xenon lights and washers

[Laura]

will a car fail its mot if the washer jets have been removed or is it one of them things you can get away with?

they just look so damm ugly

 

[Hazza]

Depends on the mood of the MOT'er

 

[Beef-Mc]

I was under the impression that it was a legal requirment to have washer jets if you had xenon lights.

 

[DanS]

do you mean the small ones stuck to the bumper?surely you dont need these as not every car has them!

 

[GemH172]

do you mean the small ones stuck to the bumper?surely you dont need these as not every car has them!

Apparently you do if you have xenons!

 

[Timmay]

leave em on just for MOT then remove afterwards?

 

[Gregg]

I was under the impression that it was a legal requirment to have washer jets if you had xenon lights.

That's correct, but I'm pretty sure you won't fail an MOT if you don't have them. Think this has been mentioned before and the reasoning is that if the washers are missing they can't be tested but the MOT tester doesn't test for what should/shouldn't be on a car legally.

EDIT: Just had a quick search. It seems that washers are only a legal requirement on a brand new car with xenons are fitted at the factory. If xenons are later added then the washers are not required.

 

[Mostro]

I have them....... but they don't work. Is that an MOT fail?

 

[Laura]

im not sure if mine work lol, i assunme they do but ive never actually tried them lol

 

[Race2theRedline]

Laura, as mentioned in the other thread my Trophy previously had Xenon’s fitted, certainly the MOT testing station I would of used wouldn’t have failed me for them if they where correctly aligned and adjusted.

I assume if you where just having a set of colour coded blanking plates from one of the non washer models it wouldn’t be a huge chore to return to standard if the MOT testing station had an issue.

R2TR

 

[Laura]

yeah i think ill get some, something else to add to my parts needed list lol

 

[DanS]

why on earth is it a requirement to have these on xenons but not on standard lights, I never even use mine!

 

[Laura]

i think because if there is dirt on them it han effect the scatter of the beam

 

[Dan 172]

It is a legal requirement, just depends where you take I suppose.

Most of the time they leak or don't work on the Clio. Even when they do work, they don't really do much

 

[-KarL-]

mine passed with them not working just for show

 

[Greeny.]

Will probably be fine, I passed with one of mine working but spraying abit randomly!

Also Russ has had his removed I think and he didnt have a problem.

 

[Christopher]

they do fark all on the Clio anyway! have you ever seen one working?

push the boat out and fit VAG motorised units

 

[Laura]

i just dont want them at all lol

 

[Christopher]

illegal.

the police will crush your car, or a £30 fine if you're Polish

 

[ben_p]

illegal.

the police will crush your car, or a £30 fine if you're Polish

lol

 

[Owen:s]

i do mot,s and i aint got any headlight wash jets at all smoothed them out

 

[David Ramsey]

i do mot,s and i aint got any headlight wash jets at all smoothed them out

Yours looks much better without them

 

[Chris_Cliomk1]

illegal.

the police will crush your car, or a £30 fine if you're Polish

The police will crush ur car?????!!!! for not havin 2 little tiny washers on ur flamin headlights. somehow i doubt that mate.

 

[rustybolt]

i had mine removed cos they are ugly things, the garage did the work then they carried out the MOT and passed it. They said if they wasnt there they dont test for them, so get them deleted..

 

[Laura]

i just want the blanking plates, not to smooth them out completely