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Location: SE Kent
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LHD Adaptive Xenon - will it work?
Hi all - I'm after a near side adaptive xenon headlight fairly urgently... I've found a D3 HSE being broken which is a left hand drive French vehicle.
Question is, is it possible to use a LHD EU spec adaptive Xenon and 'switch' for use in UK?
I'm sceptical but just after some confirmation so if not I can keep searching.
Cheers!
29th Jan 2017 3:26 pm
JMack
Member Since: 02 Aug 2014
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 1517
There's a small lever in the headlamp to adjust the beam for driving on the left or right.
It's explained in the owner manual.
So I'd guess there would be no real difference in the light assembly other than the position of the lever for a LHD one.
29th Jan 2017 3:48 pm
maxbasscat
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Location: Cambridgeshire
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Where is this being broken? only interested in some seat stuffD3 2.7 Zermatt silver (not another one)
D3 4.4 V8 Zambezi silver
D3 4.4 V8 Adriatic Blue
D3 2.7 (gone) Tonga Green
D3 4.4 V8 LHD Tonga Green
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29th Jan 2017 4:30 pm
maccers
Member Since: 08 Dec 2012
Location: SE Kent
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Thanks JMack, I wasn't sure if the lever was just in UK lights for travelling on the continent, or whether it was also on EU spec lights for travelling within the UK. Makes sense both ways I suppose.
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29th Jan 2017 7:59 pm
Erea
Member Since: 19 Mar 2012
Location: Munster
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As far as I know (I'm open to correcting) if you use the leaver it flattens the beam so it doesn't rise at the wrong side when driving abroad. But that also does mean you won't have the same beam pattern as before at the near side (won't light up the footpath as well)
29th Jan 2017 11:03 pm
L319
Member Since: 14 Dec 2013
Location: Herefordshire
Posts: 2079
If I switch mine to drive on the right, it does just flatten the beam pattern, not make it kick up on the right instead of the left. Having said that it did pass the MoT when I forgot to change it back.
30th Jan 2017 8:46 am
maxbasscat
Member Since: 03 Jan 2016
Location: Cambridgeshire
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Got mine LHD MOTd without knowing about lever, I looked as I have RR but could not see a lever. Garage had no problem provided I blocked out beam with adaptors.D3 2.7 Zermatt silver (not another one)
D3 4.4 V8 Zambezi silver
D3 4.4 V8 Adriatic Blue
D3 2.7 (gone) Tonga Green
D3 4.4 V8 LHD Tonga Green
FFRR TDV8
Defender 300
I have had a couple of LHD Sports, a neither had a lever on the back to change the beam pattern, basically I think you find the European LHD vehicles simply dip down, whereas the UK vehicles dip down and to the left.
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30th Jan 2017 9:09 am
maccers
Member Since: 08 Dec 2012
Location: SE Kent
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Thanks all for your advice, very helpful.
It's going for MOT next week which is why I wanted to clear it up before committing to buy, which I think I will.
On a bit of a side note I see from reading into it that beam deflectors seem to be OK for an MOT, though looks to depend on how the tester interprets it.
30th Jan 2017 10:03 am
maxbasscat
Member Since: 03 Jan 2016
Location: Cambridgeshire
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Beam deflectors in my case were not actually used. I had them but did not put them on. It was funny but within the same MOT testing station there were differing views. It is written down but very much open to interpretation. I did have an amount of discussion with the tester beforehand it probably helped. Good luckD3 2.7 Zermatt silver (not another one)
D3 4.4 V8 Zambezi silver
D3 4.4 V8 Adriatic Blue
D3 2.7 (gone) Tonga Green
D3 4.4 V8 LHD Tonga Green
FFRR TDV8
Defender 300
30th Jan 2017 10:24 am
maxbasscat
Member Since: 03 Jan 2016
Location: Cambridgeshire
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Forgot to mention watch the size and spacing of the number plate D3 2.7 Zermatt silver (not another one)
D3 4.4 V8 Zambezi silver
D3 4.4 V8 Adriatic Blue
D3 2.7 (gone) Tonga Green
D3 4.4 V8 LHD Tonga Green
FFRR TDV8
Defender 300
30th Jan 2017 10:25 am
maccers
Member Since: 08 Dec 2012
Location: SE Kent
Posts: 273
Just as a follow up in case anyone has the same dilemma - it passed no problem.
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