My bike failed it's MoT due to lack of a reflector. A £2.00 stick-on one fixed it. The shop had a card of them, because they are often missing on imported bikes. The bike had had at least 3 or 4 MoTs before anyone noticed. Have since noted stick-on reflectors on a number of bikes, so it must be something the testers have been reminded of.
As Mark says, lights are supposed to be E-marked. Whether that applies to cars of the age of ours I don't know, but it was a requirement of the SVA test and, as our local police check bike exhausts for CE marks, I wouldn't put it past them to check your lights too. Sorry to be a party-pooper..! Now, what about finding some nice, E-marked, flush, twin headlamps for the coupe and/or 2+2? In fact, will these be needed for the new car to meet IVA, Eddie? Dave. On Feb 21, 8:02 pm, "Susan and Martin Scott" <[email protected]> wrote: > On the Last Chance Saloon I fitted some reflectors (with the reflector pealed > off) within the fog lights - they only mask 1/2 of the fog light, and the > reflector is provided by the fog light reflector (I nicked the idea from an > old Quantum Mechanics - my apoologies for not knowing the author). Anyway > they work well and were passed at SVA. > Martin > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jim Hearne > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 4:53 PM > Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] Re: More lights > > My Saloon passed an MOT with no rear reflectors. > I fitted clear MK2 fiesta lights with coloured bulbs. (Mk1 Fiesta lights > have the reflector in the centre of the light cluster, Mk2 have the reversing > lights there and reflectors on the bumper). > Use a clear bulb in the centre of the cluster on one side for a reversing > light and a red one on the other side for the fog light. > > Jim > > From: Mark Miles > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 4:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] Re: More lights > > I am not sure that you could do that and remain legal. I have a spare set > of taillights that I was planning to do the same thing with.... I like the > look of leds. All electrical equipment fitted to cars is supposed to be E > approved. How this applies to our cars I don't know nor do I know whether it > is something that an MOT would check. My perfect solution would be to be able > to get a smoked acrylic moulding the same as the sierra taillight cluster and > to build the LED cluster myself. As the sierra lenses are tinted you would be > limited on any changes you would want to make to the layout. You also need to > have reflectors showing to the rear, this is usually built into the light > cluster. It would look quite unpleasant having an extra reflector stuck on > somewhere IMHO. > > Mark Miles > > Manager > Bar Square > 8 Market Place > Wokingham > Berkshire > RG40 1AL > > 07565 110439 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > From: MatthewG <[email protected]> > To: Quantum Owners Group <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, 21 February 2012, 15:01 > Subject: [Quantum Owners] Re: More lights > > Jim is right that the brake lights must be separate and some way apart > from the rear fog lights. I have a figure of them needing to be 10cm > apart in my head (but I could well have made that up...). > > The third-brake flasher idea seems quite nifty. I'd just need to add a > third brake light to my 2+2 first... > > Going back to the original point about using LEDs though, I was always > a fan of Maserati's 'boomerang-style' LED rear lights. I'm sure that > we could come up with something along those lines that both meets the > regulations and gives our cars a bit more individuality. I'd bought > myself a couple of flexible LED strips to play with and was thinking > of tracking down a set of Sierra lights to use as a template for > holding them (that would still fit if my tinkering worked). I bet that > someone with more skill than me can come up with something far > prettier and more cheaply. > > Matthew > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Quantum Owners Group" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/quantumowners?hl=en > > IMPORTANT NOTE: All information presented herewith is provided on an "As > Is" basis, without warranty or the implication thereof. 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