Thread: LED Headlights for Defender/County/RRC etc

Originally Posted by goingbush

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.

OK I didn't mean to start an argument here, so sorry. I was just curious to know if any LED headlights are actually legal on a Defender.
Looking at land Rover Owner magazine April shows that JW LED headlights are pretty pricey. I see:
JW Speaker LED Headlamp with DRL 699 pounds
Headlight EVO 2 (JW Speaker) 499 pounds
Vortex LED headlight - chrome or black chrome - 3800 lumens 699 pounds
I also recall Nugget Stuff selling LED headlights for about $550 from memory.
So, I guess the question is, are LED headlights worth the price tag?

Originally Posted by Tombie

Just because a vehicle passes a RWC doesn’t make it legal.

Probably not, especially in South Australia where you don't even need RWC checks

what is legal anyway, there are a number of new vehicles which fail ADR's , to note Mercedes G350 has exhaust exit under rear passenger door , with opening window . thats illegal in my book


its all got to go with brown paper bags changing hands under the table.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

So, I guess the question is, are LED headlights worth the price tag?

ALL depends on how much disposable income you've got , After spending upwards of 20K on converting my Lightweight to electric another $500 here or there is nothing , yes $500 LED's are worth it for safety alone, but these $130 light are just as good, why waste $370 on semantics.

Ive has 2 blue plates & 3 RWC's on my lightweight I'm calling it 100% legal , but I've since removed the rear mud flaps & installed non approved LED's

The worlds still spinning

Thanks for the report. I've found it very useful. Agree about the very good price. Please let us know how they go in the long run.

Originally Posted by goingbush

Probably not, especially in South Australia where you don't even need RWC checks

what is legal anyway, there are a number of new vehicles which fail ADR's , to note Mercedes G350 has exhaust exit under rear passenger door , with opening window . thats illegal in my book


its all got to go with brown paper bags changing hands under the table.

Exemptions at time of approval is what gets it across the line. Like wheel spacers, or wheels wider than 8”.