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High Beam LED upgrade possible? YES
#1
Hi All,

Do these vans complain if LED H1 high beam is installed?

I was considering these
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-Ultinon...r=8-3&th=1

***Update***
Yes these do work very well and are a direct fit.
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#2
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It is your own responsibility to ensure that the use of the LED retrofit lights complies with applicable local legal requirements
"

Wordy waffle that equals - not road legal in the UK.

You can get a decent result for much less cost with bulbs like Osam Nightbreakers, their Philips equivalent, etc.
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#3
(07-09-2024, 10:47 PM)shtu Wrote:  "
It is your own responsibility to ensure that the use of the LED retrofit lights complies with applicable local legal requirements
"

Wordy waffle that equals - not road legal in the UK.

You can get a decent result for much less cost with bulbs like Osam Nightbreakers, their Philips equivalent, etc.

I dont want to change the main beam, just the high beam.
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#4
High beam is the main beam.

You may want to edit your post
2020 Rifter 1.5 allure
2010 B9 red XTR w a v. 
2001 1.9d DW8B white  Berlingo  
2005 2.l green Berlingo
2001 1.9d DW8B white  Berlingo 
berlingo 1.4 red multispace
1993 xud 1.9 red partner
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#5
Legality, regardless of its enforceability will become an even bigger issue for headlamps soon
https://www.gbnews.com/lifestyle/cars/ol...ight-glare
It is on my to do list.
But not right at the top

2012 Hdi75 van
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(08-09-2024, 07:50 AM)evdama Wrote:  Legality, regardless of its enforceability will become an even bigger issue for headlamps soon
https://www.gbnews.com/lifestyle/cars/ol...ight-glare

Like a lot of these things, though. It's just a Government setting up a committee to look at the blinding effects of a lot of these LED lamp units, it will probably take years to report back and then will it actually do anything about them? I find these LED units as a spectacles wearer, along with many others I suspect, especially dazzling at night.

It's another case of the technology moving much faster than any regulation. Think mobile phones in cars, electric scooters etc. by the time the legislators got around to doing something about them, the usage had become the 'norm' and now people get seriously upset when they get pulled up about them.

Getting back to the original point LED head lamps [either dipped or main beam] are not legal to be retro-fitted to any vehicle in the UK that has not had them fitted from new. This is because vehicles that do have them from new are checked to make sure the beam pattern is within the correct specification.

Retro-fitting LED headlamps is also an MOT failure item.
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#7
Philips Ultinon Pro 6000 are certified road legal in Germany for K9 Berlingo so it's just a paperwork issue for other countries.

I have them installed in low beams and I get some high beam notifications when the lenses are not completely clean but the view is beautiful, much better than halogens. The cutoff is exactly identical to halogens unlike some random LED plugnplays.
2021 130hp 1.5 BlueHDi EAT8 L2 XTR Gris Platinum
ex: 2003 1.4i cargo
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#8
LED bulbs are legal on motorbikes in the UK so long as they do not dazzle others and have the correct pattern. I have an Auxito H4 in my bike and the cut-off is perfect, I also have their bulbs in the side lights on my Berlingo and they are very bright more like DRLs.
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#9
Yes it is possible.

I fitted a set of Philips Ultinon Pro 6000.

Direct fit and no error messages on the dash

Very bright
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#10
(08-09-2024, 09:51 PM)boop Wrote:  I have them installed in low beams and I get some high beam notifications when the lenses are not completely clean

By notification I mean from other drivers, not by dash messages. Should've been more clear Big Grin
2021 130hp 1.5 BlueHDi EAT8 L2 XTR Gris Platinum
ex: 2003 1.4i cargo
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