VSCC Alternators

[Stuart Giles]

My understanding of the upgrading of headlights to LED is they are not road legal for two reasons.
LED bulbs are not E marked.
Must be 30 watt minimum.

The 30 Watt minimum for car headlights is certainly down in black and white; there was no period related exemption that I could find when I looked it up.

ISTR seeing in the manual that MOT testers are required to fail cars fitted with LED lights that aren't original equipment. Obviously not an issue for A7s that don't need an MOT.

But my understanding is that LEDs aren't legal for road lighting unless they are E marked. pretty well every advert I've seen for LED replacement bulbs says something along the lines of 'for off road use only' this may well be the reason that the VSCC wouldn't allow cars so fitted to compete in a night road event.