France trip - Headlamp dip

[tusc-mj]

I am soon embarking on the first trip to France in the Tuscan, but need some advice on how to best alter the headlamps to avoid dazzling oncoming vehicles when driving on the 'wrong' side of the road.

Have purchased a set of adaptors from 'Halfrauds', but am a little unsure of the proper placement of the circular beam deflectors.

Any advice / pictures would be helpful.

Mark

[Big Al.]

I just bought a set took em with me, never bothered to fit never got flashed by oncoming drivers.

[billynomates]

tusc-mj said:

I am soon embarking on the first trip to France in the Tuscan, but need some advice on how to best alter the headlamps to avoid dazzling oncoming vehicles when driving on the 'wrong' side of the road.

Have purchased a set of adaptors from 'Halfrauds', but am a little unsure of the proper placement of the circular beam deflectors.

Any advice / pictures would be helpful.

Mark

No need to ..Tuscan lights are "Flat Beam"

[Big Al.]

billynomates said:

No need to ..Tuscan lights are "Flat Beam"

and naffing Dim to boot.

[billynomates]

Big Al. said:

billynomates said:

No need to ..Tuscan lights are "Flat Beam"

and naffing Dim to boot.

Dimmer than a dimmer thing in Pie and Piston I reckon ...

[tusc-mj]

Thanks Al & Phil!

I see from your profiles that your cars are both newer than mine, (2000/X). Being an earlier car, would it have been supplied with flat beam, (symmetrical), dip bulbs as per yours?

Cheers, Mark

[dvs_dave]

billynomates said:

Big Al. said:

billynomates said:

No need to ..Tuscan lights are "Flat Beam"

and naffing Dim to boot.

Dimmer than a dimmer thing in Pie and Piston I reckon ...

I suggest you have a read of this thread.
Also, the beams on mine aren't flat, they have the same beam pattern as any other car.

[PascalBuyens]

dvs_dave said:

billynomates said:

Big Al. said:

billynomates said:

No need to ..Tuscan lights are "Flat Beam"

and naffing Dim to boot.

Dimmer than a dimmer thing in Pie and Piston I reckon ...

I suggest you have a read of this thread.
Also, the beams on mine aren't flat, they have the same beam pattern as any other car.

And to change the pattern from RHD to LHD, there are three screws at the back of the light unit. Two are in a fixed place, one has an oval opening. When you unscrew the three screws, you can turn the unit a bit, which changes the dip pattern from --- to -/-/-

Main beams have a flat pattern, as is the case on most of the cars.

Edited by PascalBuyens on Tuesday 8th May 07:13

[ec1 eex]

Here's an old diagram I picked up from pistonheads a long time ago that shows the fixings:

[russian rocket]

yellow sticky will keep the frog's happy, even though they don't do that any more and it does nowt to beam pattern

[billynomates]

dvs_dave said:

billynomates said:

Big Al. said:

billynomates said:

No need to ..Tuscan lights are "Flat Beam"

and naffing Dim to boot.

Dimmer than a dimmer thing in Pie and Piston I reckon ...

I suggest you have a read of this thread.
Also, the beams on mine aren't flat, they have the same beam pattern as any other car.

I have now....and your point is?

[PascalBuyens]

billynomates said:

dvs_dave said:

billynomates said:

Big Al. said:

billynomates said:

No need to ..Tuscan lights are "Flat Beam"

and naffing Dim to boot.

Dimmer than a dimmer thing in Pie and Piston I reckon ...

I suggest you have a read of this thread.
Also, the beams on mine aren't flat, they have the same beam pattern as any other car.

I have now....and your point is?

HID's the way to go?

[Wacky Racer]

I bought some of those stick on thingies on the ferry going over to France, during a recent trip to Stuttgart, but didn't bother fitting them, and I don't think anyone else did either,,,Waste of £5......

[PascalBuyens]

Hmmm... coming to think of it, no one ever mentioned someting about me still driving around with the RHD pattern too

[tusc-mj]

I guess I'll go with taking the beam adjusters with me and fitting if asked!

[chris_tivver]

I bought stick on things. They fell off -whether heat from headlamps or high wind speed (very windy that week ) I know not. No-one flashed, no-one cared. Spares and stiff to meet French rules is more important - they get fussy if you do get stopped, but you can always say your stick on bits must have fallen off

[so called]

I drive a lot on the continent and have had to convert my lights on a number of different cars.
I have found that the kits you buy tend to fall off and so I started using black insulation tape.
If you park your car facing the garage door with headlights on you can see the beam pattern. Then simple try to block out the raised portion of the beam with the tape, trim with a knife and jobs done.

Never get flashed, stays on a long time, easy to remove and costs pennies.

[dvs_dave]

PascalBuyens said:

billynomates said:

dvs_dave said:

billynomates said:

Big Al. said:

billynomates said:

No need to ..Tuscan lights are "Flat Beam"

and naffing Dim to boot.

Dimmer than a dimmer thing in Pie and Piston I reckon ...

I suggest you have a read of this thread.
Also, the beams on mine aren't flat, they have the same beam pattern as any other car.

I have now....and your point is?

HID's the way to go?

It seems to me that it's not just your lights that are "Dimmer than a dimmer thing in Pie and Piston".