UK Headlight Coverters
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Has anybody come across effective headlamp converters for driving in Europe, apart from the BMW ones?
(For Halogen lights of course).
(For Halogen lights of course).
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Originally Posted by KAF' post='373009' date='Jan 2 2007, 08:05 PM
Has anybody come across effective headlamp converters for driving in Europe, apart from the BMW ones?
(For Halogen lights of course).
(For Halogen lights of course).
You should ask olli_535d.
He's great on these modifications as on other "street wise" ones.
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I thought there was a switch on the back of the headlight unit for left or right lane motoring...... Maybe I imagined it, but I'm sure BMW had this...
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Originally Posted by spareone3' post='373077' date='Jan 2 2007, 10:40 PM
I thought there was a switch on the back of the headlight unit for left or right lane motoring...... Maybe I imagined it, but I'm sure BMW had this...
Only on the Bi-Xenon units
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Originally Posted by KAF' post='373084' date='Jan 2 2007, 10:58 PM
Only on the Bi-Xenon units
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Bear in mind that the lever on Xenons does not turn the LHD projector into an RHD one; it simply eliminates the "kick" to the left of the beam, so you don't blind others with glare. Although it's not "poor" lighting, it's not as good as a proper RHD headlight.
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Originally Posted by aybeesea' post='373165' date='Jan 3 2007, 07:17 AM
More like a lever.
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I am forever travelling between the UK and the continent. At least once a week now.
In the beginning I set the lever to european side driving, but after a while I just left them both facing inwards.
That way you never have to change them and there is plenty of light..
In the beginning I set the lever to european side driving, but after a while I just left them both facing inwards.
That way you never have to change them and there is plenty of light..