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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17372   
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So is it now legal to have lights mounted that high up which display a supposedly dipped beam? It certainly wasn't not long ago (in fact it wasn't legal to have lights mounted that high for road use at all not long ago). |
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17th Jan 2023 3:02pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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It's always been legal to have lights at high level but only if they are linked with the main beam. High level dipped beam lights are definitely illegal, though. Not that anybody enforces this stuff, of course
 Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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17th Jan 2023 3:16pm |
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| Moo Member Since: 01 Oct 2021 Location: UK Posts: 1367 
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I'm was thinking of this sort of solution on the black Defender.
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17th Jan 2023 3:21pm |
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| Co1 Member Since: 19 Aug 2018 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 3674 
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I have the matrix lights on an RRS and they are excellent. Hopefully yours just need turning on Walfy.
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17th Jan 2023 7:55pm |
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| Hairy Dan Member Since: 25 Apr 2013 Location: NW Durham Posts: 1414 
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I also have the Matrix lights and they are fantastic, much better than I've had on anything else and they work flawlessly blanking out cars coming towards you or when you catch a car up
 One way to tell if they are activated is that when you are out and about in the dark with no street lamps the blue high-beam light will stay on even when cars are coming towards you, the matrix system then moves the beam about to stop it dazzling oncoming vehicles and vehicles you are following. You can see parts of the beam spread going dull and then brightening back up. Cheers Ian
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18th Jan 2023 12:04am |
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| Nyali Member Since: 13 Oct 2021 Location: Northumberland Posts: 17 
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Yes I agree the Matrix LEDs are brilliant and it can become a bit mesmerising watching them do their stuff.
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18th Jan 2023 12:11am |
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| whiterdesign Member Since: 10 Jun 2021 Location: Preston Posts: 269
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My Matrix lights are good, but not as good as the ones I had in my XC60. As well as being Matrix they were also Adaptive, I.e swilled when cornering, Best lights I’ve ever had and that was on a car that was 5 years old. 110 XS 250 MY 23 Gondwana Stone, Cold climate pack and towbar
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18th Jan 2023 12:56am |
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| walfy Member Since: 29 Aug 2007 Location: Frome Posts: 2658 
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Had a look at the settings and they had been enabled, looking at pics online I have the ball/lense thing in the centre rather than not so assume they are matrix.
Drove home and I managed to get the lights to show the icon with auto underneath it, but it didn't get dark enough to see them in action. I have an early start tomorrow with a site visit to Princetown so will see if they work then. 110 D250 SE HT 110 USW SOLD RRE HSE Dynamic Gone, wife killed it VOLVO XC60 R Dynamic with some toys Polaris RZR 900XP SOLD |
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18th Jan 2023 1:17pm |
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| walfy Member Since: 29 Aug 2007 Location: Frome Posts: 2658
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So drive from Frome to Princetown this AM really early. The matrix lights did work, but are pants. If I had come from the Puma 11 alone then I'd be impressed but as I also drive an XC60 the lights on the new Defender aren't that impressive. The XC knocks them out of the park.
So for me currently, it was a wasted £700 for the matrix lights 110 D250 SE HT 110 USW SOLD RRE HSE Dynamic Gone, wife killed it VOLVO XC60 R Dynamic with some toys Polaris RZR 900XP SOLD |
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19th Jan 2023 4:15pm |
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| Moo Member Since: 01 Oct 2021 Location: UK Posts: 1367
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Sadly I agree. Having had the matrix lights on the XC90 and seen how good they were, the Defender's are not in the same league, hence my thinking about Lazer lights to supplement them.
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19th Jan 2023 5:15pm |
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| walfy Member Since: 29 Aug 2007 Location: Frome Posts: 2658
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I think I might go the same route, as long as they act the same as the main lights and dip automatically.
After watching the links you posted Moo, it seems they do, I'm just wary about cutting into the loom though. Could get very expensive very fast 110 D250 SE HT 110 USW SOLD RRE HSE Dynamic Gone, wife killed it VOLVO XC60 R Dynamic with some toys Polaris RZR 900XP SOLD |
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19th Jan 2023 5:24pm |
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| oop north Member Since: 23 Mar 2016 Location: Preston-ish Posts: 59
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Have you set the lights on auto setting? I had an iPace with matrix lights and not inferior to those on my wife’s c40. Which of course only proves that JLR can do matrix lights, not that they are great in the defender. And they may be better on the xc60 than the c40
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19th Jan 2023 5:36pm |
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| Linds Hanson Member Since: 16 Jan 2021 Location: Cornwall Posts: 485
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The Lazer linear elite with dip beam assist is amazing for its size offering much better light output both on main and dip than any OEM headlight
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20th Jan 2023 10:25am |
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| Moo Member Since: 01 Oct 2021 Location: UK Posts: 1367
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Have you had them installed? If so, how easy was it?
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20th Jan 2023 10:40am |
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