m&p headlight mot failure

[speedy jon]

hi all,

the westfield failed today on headlight patern. it was dipping to the left.

iv done a search and have read about other peoples problems with these headlights but none that i could find said how they sorted it.

would a beam corrector from halfords sort it or would i need to get in contact with M&P directly.

any help on this would be great.

Jon

[Terry Everall]

Err should it not dip to the Left?

[Matt Seabrook]

The M&P lamps are motor cycle lamps and as such have a flat beam pattern. Nothing M&P can do about that.

[speedy jon]

it might be right then, i know he said the patern was as if it was for a left hand drive car.

[speedy jon]

it was one of the boys in my work that failed it. i tried giving him sweets but he wasnt having it.

[blankczechbook]

take a look at the lens, both left and right glass should look identical. with the slanted dipping section easily visible.

if you have mirror image lenses then yes the tester is correct you have a LHD lens in one.. if not and the glasses are the same then try reseating the bulb.

very surprised the tester ( if he works for you ? ) didn't make clearer what was wrong.

[stephenh]

Like Matt said, they are motor cycle lights. They dont dip left OR right, they dip up and down in a vertical plane, and a horizontal light plane, IYSWIM.

I should take it to somewhere more kitcar friendly!

[Man On The Clapham Omnibus]

It's daft that bikes can get away with this and cars can't. It's like the front number plate exemption on bikes - too inconvenient to fix so forget it.

[FW500]

Ridiculous but not unexpected - I've been told the beam correctors work and bought a set to get through the SVA. It passed without them in the end.

[stewart pickles]

it was one of the boys in my work that failed it. i tried giving him sweets but he wasnt having it.

if sweets don't work try a baseball bat   my mot man doesn't even care if they light up

[Matt Seabrook]

it was one of the boys in my work that failed it. i tried giving him sweets but he wasnt having it.

if sweets don't work try a baseball bat   my mot man doesn't even care if they light up

Ah but you are from the frozen norfff  

[Crazy Eddie]

As I understood it they dip down similar to having a LHD car with the little correction stickers on (which is an MOT pass) and so these should also pass MOT. Always did on mine anyway at a couple of testers so just take it elsewhere if he is on a power trip  

[stewart pickles]

it was one of the boys in my work that failed it. i tried giving him sweets but he wasnt having it.

if sweets don't work try a baseball bat   my mot man doesn't even care if they light up

Ah but you are from the frozen norfff  

who rattled your tin pie munching southerner    

[Matt Seabrook]

Afternoon mate

[cidersurfer]

Try taking it to the MOT station that Matt uses, mine passed there last year and it was on fire several times