Took the car today to a MOT test place that I hadn't used before and passed with flying colours. Before I went I

swapped out the HID bulbs for the standard Halogen bulbs just in case.

 

After the test I spoke to the examiner about fitting aftermarket HIDs to the car and he explained that if they were

of the bulb and invertor type plugged into the projector he would not have passed the car. How he would know

if the HIDs were aftermarket and not factory fitted I didn't ask and he didn't tell me.

 

I did ask about fitting '99 spec OEM HIDs and he told me that since they were manufactured by Nissan for the Z32

and I could show that and the bulb and projector were designed to work together he would pass them. He wasn't

bothered by a lack of the "E" symbol on the glass. The fact that the car doesn't have self leveling fitted didn't matter

either.

 

Of course my experience may be down to an individual examiners interpretation of the rules, but I thought I would

pass it on.

 

Thanks for the insight Andrew - and congrats on the MOT pass.... Not that I'd have expected anything else from your fine Zed mate...:thumbup: