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Sorry Mick but it is not an EU directive! The UNECE regulations are the regulations for vehicle harmonisation scheme and has nothing to do with the EU. The EU consists of 28 countries whereas if I remember correctly over 100 countries are signatory countries not all are participating...

Taken from 6.2.9 Individual specifications for dipped beam headlights in UNECE R 48 Can be checked out here Regulation 45 deals with headlamp cleaners and available to read here Brendan

Legal route? UK Vehicle Lighting Regulations States headlights must have an approval mark UK Road Traffic Act says it is an offence to supply, fit or use a defective item. Item not approved equals defective. Designation of Approval Marks accepts UNECE as an approval mark and the U.K. is both...

Kissmyaura, yes you are correct, headlights need to be type approved to be road legal. However on that eBay example you have given there are photographs of several different lights and most of them are not road legal as they do not carry the correct approval markings. Now if a headlight has an...

Have a few words with the lads at Clutchfix. Long term specialist in making clutches from vintage commercial vehicles through to a range of clutches for Land Rovers here Brendan

Choices appear to be 4 fold. All depends exactly how much clearance you need to achieve. !) Take garage roof off and increase height by at least 6" 2) Change up and over door for some folding or outward opening doors. 3) lower the garage floor by an inch or two 4) Lowering spring Brendan

Specification supplied is a bit minimal. 600 watts is 50 amps at 12v. Standard battery size is typically around 100 amphr That means if using a single starter battery and it was fully charged then within 1 hr it will have used 50% capacity of the battery so starting to impinge on starting...

Well done Al. Hope yours was not the Santa sleigh that was attacked here Brendan

Some nice photos Phil. Any more? Brendan

Many sellers state that the LED headlights they are selling are road legal, are E marked will pass a UK MOT etc. There is a very simple check to tell if an LED headlight is road legal have a look at the markings. IF the markings on the headlights are DOT, SAE, E + number in a circle then...

Those headlights are not road legal in the UK as they are not approved for road use. Unbranded illegal headlights so where is quality controlled They claim 75 watts per light. The fuses on a 300 TDi 110 are 7.5 amps so if that power rating is anywhere near correct you are getting close to...

What LED headlights have you fitted? Where are you measuring this voltage? On a 300 TDi there is likely to be dim dip fitted. As voltage at battery drops the voltage out of the dim dip will drop and fluctuate as heater load fluctuates. If this is close to minimum voltage for headlight they...

If your vehicle fails on major or dangerous defect you should not be allowed to drive it away. If your vehicles has minor defects but still has a current MOT you will be allowed to drive it away BUT if anything goes wrong you may be prosecuted because you have been made aware of the defects...

Are you referring to a 7" LED headlight with DRL and indicators built in? If when the ignition is switched on which should automatically illuminate the DRLs then the trailer warning light should not illuminate. The chances are that it would be a MOT defect as the warning switch is not...

Have a look at the Russian made Planar heaters, cheaper then Eberspacher or Webasto heaters. Made to European safety specifications. The Russians should no something about cold weather. Brendan

So lithium ion batteries are less toxic then lead acid batteries? One of the main sources of lithium is from Chile where there are environmental problems from the extraction of lithium causing health problems to the local population. Where are lithium batteries made? Yes in that...

Well for such a rare beast of a 300 TDi ROW 2008 110, I will offer 3 cans of spam and some sucked pineapple cubes. Brendan

Have a look at the Ram Mount X grip for the phone holder. To fix it to a dash without drilling? Now if a post 2007 Defender with a passenger grab handle you could remove one of the bolts and use this adaptor here If an earlier vehicle then find a suitable bolt and use this ball mount here...

MrHappy80, please read section 5 of Schedule 4 part 1 of the VLR. It clearly states that obligatory and optional headlights need an approval mark or a British Stamdard Mark (the old kite Mark system) on vehicles manufactured since 1986. No ifs, no buts. Now if you look at the headlights...

The law is quite clear. Vehicle Lighting Regulations clearly state that obligatory vehicle lights need an APPROVAL mark Approval marks are under the Designation of Approval Marks Act which says anything approved under the UNECE regulations is legal in the UK The Road Traffic Act states it is...