Thread: LED Headlights for Defender/County/RRC etc

Good value for money. Are they ADR--approved?

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Good value for money. Are they ADR--approved?

Nope probably why they are so cheap, ADR approval process would bring a higher price , but they are stamped DOT & some other approval. Colour temp between lights is slightly off too.

So if they're not ADR does that make the vehicle unroadworthy and void the registration and insurance, making you vulnerable to prosecution, particularly if the vehicle is involved in a collision?

Originally Posted by goingbush

Nope probably why they are so cheap, ADR approval process would bring a higher price , but they are stamped DOT & some other approval. Colour temp between lights is slightly off too.

Dot and tuv?

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

So if they're not ADR does that make the vehicle unroadworthy and void the registration and insurance, making you vulnerable to prosecution, particularly if the vehicle is involved in a collision?

My brake lines aren't adr, but they are tuv, which is equivalent (or higher), both my engineer and rwc guy were happy with that.

Let’s get this clear people....

Even IF a light is ADR approved it does NOT mean it’s approved for a specific vehicle. In this case a Defender type.

Yes it’s good to have those DOT & E marks etc stamped on it - but from China anything can be stamped on it

The ONLY approved LED headlights for a Defender are the JB units on the G4 and limited editions.

Does JB = Nolden?

Regardless of weather the light is approved or not , Makes no difference so long as its mounted in accordance with ADR guidelines , IE distance between lights / height / brightens / aiming / etc .

If you have one ADR approved headlight pointing high, or leave your ADR approved lights on high beam in traffic your could get pinged .

But if you've got correctly installed lights & dip accordingly you have nothing to worry about .
I had my Defender pass RWC with non approved LED's
I'd prever to be able to see where I'm going than to pander to semantics.

And whilst on ADR's there in nothing at all ADR compliant about the bloody Iveco brakes , but thats legal on the back of EU certification despite the fact it could never pass a full on ADR brake fade test & it has no shuttle valve to warn of line fail & no secondary reserve fluid for when a line does fail & they do. But they are legal & even the RVCS is fine with it.