It was a deal-breaker Taz....I didn't want the car without them, so they offered to put them in as part of the final figure. My last 3 cars have had them, so could never go back to halogen now. That said, the high beam is still a Halogen lamp, which works a treat in conjunction with the HID in terms of lighting up dark lanes.  Foraging near Gaydon....
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MY13 HSE Lux SD4, Baltic Blue - current, 30,000> miles without fault
MY12 HSE 2.2 SD4, Sumatra Black - gone after 10 months/43,000 fault-free miles

I find my high beam is excellent from the HID point of view, however, the halogen bit seems to light up the tress ahead about 20ft up in the air, way too high?
I also noticed in fog recently that the offside HID was pointing markedly to the near side, forgot to tell the garage at service a couple of weeks back, it's going in for a seat base replacement in a couple of weeks I will get them to take a quick look to check then.
I believe the self levelling is built into the lamps, are you sure it is not there, or does the manual control still work?
I'd be interested to know how they have done the change, retrofitted the whole light unit or just the lamp and ballast?

A quick wander off the topic

Seat base replacement
Is it getting shabby and base out of shape, mine is and if so it would be good to know that it could be changed under warranty.

Hi EY,
No not shabby, I am fed up with constantly changing the height so told them about it and they have looked at it and said there is a problem so it is being replaced in a couple of weeks, I beleive they will change the base mechanics and keep the base seat covering, I will let you know.

taztastic wrote:

They are correct then, the HID retrofit will not fail the MOT.
However, if you were involved in an accident and let's say the other party claims you lights dazzled them, then technically the car is not correct under the construction and use regulations, even though the lights carry the relevant "e" marks etc, the insurance could invalidate the insurance, although as you didn't fit them the area becomes very grey indeed.

I applaud you for having them fitted though as the standard halogens are diabolical. It is high time the law was looked at to allow retrofitting to projector style lights.

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(1) A motor vehicle, every trailer drawn thereby and all parts and accessories of such vehicle and trailer shall at all times be in such condition, and the number of passengers carried by such vehicle or trailer, the manner in which any passengers are carried in or on such vehicle or trailer, and the weight, distribution, packing and adjustment of the load of such vehicle or trailer shall at all times be such, that no danger is caused or is likely to be caused to any person in or on the vehicle or trailer or on a road.

Given that people are mostly using genuine Land Rover parts which have been Type Approved on the Freelander model, and are not using High Intensity lighting in headlight units that cannot focus the discharge (such as the modified Corsa brigade!) I cannot see that there will be any issues with this modification!

Interesting to hear the view of an MOT tester on the auto levelling situation, this had always put me off looking for a set of Xenon headlights but given your reading of the MOT guidence notes it looks like this should not be an issue?

Now where is my eBay login......

Does anyone have or know where I can go on here to get a set of RHD Xenon head light units so I can retro fit my FL2?

Here: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Freelander-2-xen...3386f122aa

Use the contact the seller button and ask him for a complete set. I brought mine from him and got a new set for a good price.
Very knowledgeable guy and pleasant to deal with.

Nice one charliecloud, much appreciated I'll give him a buzz.