Headlight adapters

[john]

Can anybody tell me wether i need headlight adapters on my LHD california for driving in france
i am unsure if headlights have been altered when MOT was carried out when imported last year

[peasant]

Drive your yoke up against a wall (about 2 - 3 meters away) at night and switch on the dipped headlights.

The light on the wall should show a more or less clearly defined line between lit at the bottom, unlit at the top. That line will have a kink in it where the lit part goes upwards.

If that kink is on the left, your lights are set up for driving on the left, if it is on the right, you don't need covers for France

[andisnewsyncro]

Like Peasant says check the beam pattern on a wall, or just look at the lenses. There will be an obvious prism on one side to kick up the light to either right or left. It should be on the same side as the steering wheel IF the lights are original - haven't been swapped for RHD units.

If you have RHD lights (prism on the LEFT as you look at it from the FRONT)then get some deflectors or some insulation tape and mask that bit off.
If you have LHD lights (prism on the RIGHT as you look at it from the FRONT) then no deflectors needed, but it should already have some on for driving over here- in which case take them off when you get on the boat. You might need a sharp knife to scrape them if they've been on for a while and generally they go brittle and fall off in lots of little bits so you won't be able to reuse them when you get home

There's a light hearted explanation on here http://www.aer-net.co.uk/sdc/headlamp-conversion.htm

Hope that makes sense

Andi

[john]

thanks very much for your help i will have a look tonight

cheers john

[armyphil]

also in france it is the LAW to carry two high visiabilty vests!!!! They do check

[Red Westie]

It is very unlikely you will need anything doing as it is extremely unlikely the importer would have gone to the expense of changing them to UK spec ones (a pair of these go for £200 plus) So for a L/H/D it will be like going home.
Martin

[john]

thanks for all your advise the headlights are set up for LH driving

Armyphil cheers i have the vests and all the other bits and bobs you need when driving in EU

Martin thanks again for the advise and the manual