Wade: then tried to 'interpret' them according to his viewpoint

heylinb4nz: So the Hamilton WOF Station failed the car stating the park, reverse and plate lights which were LED were not substantially white.

They even went on to incorrectly quote Kelvin colour ratings "with their eye meter" (which arent even mention in WOF code) saying they needed to be closer to 4300K when in fact they were about 6300k also saying that no one makes a complying white LED and they are all blue tinged. FYI daylight is 4800K and my lights are actually classed as pure white and were visible closer to 5800-6000k.

lxsw20:

Athlonite:

lxsw20:

Athlonite: Same problem with HID upgrade kits aswell passed for 3 years then all of a sudden nope sorry not allowed WTF 

Nor should they be. If you don't have the correct lens for an HID they blind traffic coming the other way. 

Bollocks they do I had them in my car for 3 years (and passed 6 WOFs with them in) never got flashed because someone thought my lights were on hi beam once never failed a WOF until last year when regs changed they wanted to say they're to bright well they would be that if I had gone with the 70W option but these were the standard 35W ones previously I had 90/100W bulbs installed and the light given off by the HID's was much better in all weather conditions so making driving at night safer....
 

It doesn't matter how many times you found a slack WOF inspector. The VIRM is very clear they are not legal.

https://vehicleinspection.nzta.govt.nz/virms/in-service-wof-and-cof/general/lighting/headlamps

A high-intensity discharge (HID or Xenon HID) conversion kit consists of an HID bulb with a high voltage power output or ‘ballast’ which fits into the original headlamp unit in place of the original bulb with no change to the headlamp lens, reflector or housing. It is illegal to fit an HID conversion kit to a vehicle as it brings the headlamp out of standards compliance by producing poor beam patterns and light that is far too bright to be safe. The bulbs can also produce light that is noticeably blue and not the required substantially white or amber colour. Vehicle and headlamp manufacturers do not permit this modification, and these kits cannot be LVV certified. It is permitted to replace a complete halogen headlamp unit with a complete HID headlamp unit.

ilovemusic:

heylinb4nz: So the Hamilton WOF Station failed the car stating the park, reverse and plate lights which were LED were not substantially white.

They even went on to incorrectly quote Kelvin colour ratings "with their eye meter" (which arent even mention in WOF code) saying they needed to be closer to 4300K when in fact they were about 6300k also saying that no one makes a complying white LED and they are all blue tinged. FYI daylight is 4800K and my lights are actually classed as pure white and were visible closer to 5800-6000k.

daylight is actually 6500k.

heylinb4nz:

ilovemusic:

heylinb4nz: So the Hamilton WOF Station failed the car stating the park, reverse and plate lights which were LED were not substantially white.

They even went on to incorrectly quote Kelvin colour ratings "with their eye meter" (which arent even mention in WOF code) saying they needed to be closer to 4300K when in fact they were about 6300k also saying that no one makes a complying white LED and they are all blue tinged. FYI daylight is 4800K and my lights are actually classed as pure white and were visible closer to 5800-6000k.

daylight is actually 6500k.

Even better :) means my lights are near bang on.

I believe it varies at altitude and also level on horizon, and cloud cover level as well, but K rating aside the law says "White" which to me would encompass all whites from warm to cool.

How the hell someone would confuse a pure or cool white led on a car as a police vehicle is beyond me.


Next time I might just fit these for a joke :)

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/16W-Wired-Strobe-DRL-Car-Grille-Warning-Light-Fireman-Caution-pilot-Lights-Parking-Running-Lights-Car/32280559144.html

Athlonite: previously I had 90/100W bulbs installed and the light given off by the HID's was much better in all weather conditions so making driving at night safer....;

richms: Much better for who tho? HID in bad reflectors suck for other road users. Way too much light in the face for a dipped beam.