Driving in France

[meterman66]

Hi All

I'm going to be driving in France for a week in the summer.

Does anybody know how to convert the beam on the headlights??

The kits I have seen seem to be for square headlights only.

Regards

Colin

[Number 6]

Originally Posted by meterman66

Hi All

I'm going to be driving in France for a week in the summer.

Does anybody know how to convert the beam on the headlights??

The kits I have seen seem to be for square headlights only.

Regards

Colin

Dependant on your headlights,If you have Standard H.L turn the wheel on the dash to lower the lights.If you have the other sort (Halogen I think) there is a lever on the rear of the lamp that will allow you to level the top part of the beam so as not to interfer with on coming traffic.

And before any says you must fit beam deflectors when you come to the UK from France there are NO notices saying you must fit Beam Deflectors when driving on the left.Unlike when you leave the UK for France where there are notices everywhere claiming you need to buy them before you go at over inflated prices at the port.

[suzublu]

The projectors have a lever to flatten the beam pattern, halogens will need a deflector fitting I think

[COLVERT]

Originally Posted by meterman66

Hi All

I'm going to be driving in France for a week in the summer.

Does anybody know how to convert the beam on the headlights??

The kits I have seen seem to be for square headlights only.

Regards

Colin

Just use some black sticky tape on the wedge shaped bits just left of centre.
This takes out the high bit of the beam used in Britain to read road signs to the left. This is the bit that dazzles in France and the tape blocks it out.



Colvert. ( France. )

[rovertone]

You need Eurolite Beam Adapter/Deflectors search on ebay and you will find plenty to choose from, they will only cost you about £3 inc p&p. You only use the circle bit, there are full instructions included, I use them all the time and they work perfectly.
Bon voyage

[meterman66]

Originally Posted by COLVERT

Just use some black sticky tape on the wedge shaped bits just left of centre.
This takes out the high bit of the beam used in Britain to read road signs to the left. This the bit that dazzles in France and the tape blocks it out.



Colvert. ( France. )

Hi could you advise me where to place the vinyl tape on the attached pics...

Many Thanks

Col

[macafee2]

Originally Posted by Number 6

Dependant on your headlights,If you have Standard H.L turn the wheel on the dash to lower the lights.If you have the other sort (Halogen I think) there is a lever on the rear of the lamp that will allow you to level the top part of the beam so as not to interfer with on coming traffic.

And before any says you must fit beam deflectors when you come to the UK from France there are NO notices saying you must fit Beam Deflectors when driving on the left.Unlike when you leave the UK for France where there are notices everywhere claiming you need to buy them before you go at over inflated prices at the port.

if driving on an unlit road in the dark you are not doing yourself any favours from tuning the headlights downwards.

macafee2

[Christopher]

Originally Posted by rovertone

You need Eurolite Beam Adapter/Deflectors search on ebay and you will find plenty to choose from, they will only cost you about £3 inc p&p. You only use the circle bit, there are full instructions included, I use them all the time and they work perfectly.
Bon voyage

I need to fit these Eurolite Beam Adaptors tomorrow (next month I will be putting my projector headlamps into this car!) ... does anyone have any photos of theirs fitted so I don't have to faff around (in the rain) figuring out where to stick these silly things?

Thanks!

[ProfDave]

Originally Posted by meterman66

Hi could you advise me where to place the vinyl tape on the attached pics...

Many Thanks

Col

On my MK1 I recall this being clearly shown by lines in on the lamp clusters. I thought it was also shown in the manual. I know I took my 1999 Club across France in 2000 and used black tape cut to fit the marks on the lamps. Looked for a pic but its predigital so not on my computer

[Christopher]

Originally Posted by ProfDave

On my MK1 I recall this being clearly shown by lines in on the lamp clusters. I thought it was also shown in the manual. I know I took my 1999 Club across France in 2000 and used black tape cut to fit the marks on the lamps. Looked for a pic but its predigital so not on my computer

I'll check to see if its in the manual - if it is will sculpt some black duck tape instead of the eurolites ....

Thanks