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GLYNNE
Member Since: 06 Oct 2006
Location: KENT
Posts: 4695
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Whilst in France yesterday I changed the headlight beams over. What a palavour! Had to take the front grill off to get the light out to flip the switch (my hands are too big to do in situe and I haven't trained the kids to do it yet) in a layby, and then went throught the whole process again on the ferry home. The switches now feel like they have actually bent - I can see that I'll be taking the car in again to get new headlights (AGAIN)!! What a load of cr*p. 
Also have recently had the stereo upgrade on my base model and now the CD player restarts the CD from the beginning and not from the last track it was on when the engine was switched off (which it used to do). Has anyone else had the same experience? 
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 19th Nov 2006 3:11 pm |
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dochummer
Member Since: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Pacific Northwest
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Changed the headlight beams over? Feel free to call me a stupid american, but what does that mean? 2005 Zambezi V8 SE
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| 19th Nov 2006 4:44 pm |
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DiscoStu
Member Since: 09 Apr 2006
Location: London
Posts: 11412
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Tempting.... 
Because in the UK we drive on the left, our headlights are aligned to the left to avoid blinding oncoming vehicles. When we go to Europe they have made the strange decision to drive on the right, so we have to move the headlights aim the opposite way to avoid blinding them. There is a switch on the back of the headlight to enable you to do this. Disco 5 HSE Lux
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peyiqaJrmMU
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| 19th Nov 2006 5:16 pm |
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Ocsid
Member Since: 29 Nov 2005
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 255
 
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Now done three continental trips involving switching the lights 6 times. It gets much easier with practice.
I found putting silicone grease on the slider plates to ease the friction against the rubber sleeves has made all the difference as I have stated before. Whilst it’s a bit of a fiddly job it was getting those “B†sliders to move first time was by far the worst bit of the task. So I recommend that you do that the first time well before you need to do the task on the quayside.
At least with the Disco it can be done, with the Touareg xenons it was exchange the light units each time; now that is “c—p†design.
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| 19th Nov 2006 5:42 pm |
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90BHP
Member Since: 18 Oct 2006
Location: Half way along the road on the right
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What's wrong with good old beam benders - you know the sticky tape solution that just sits on the headlight. I can't be arsed to take them off my Motorbike...
As for the mini, I drove it two years on the trot 6000 miles to Italy and back and never had a problem with them. "To finish first, one first has to finish ...."
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| 19th Nov 2006 6:08 pm |
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dochummer
Member Since: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Pacific Northwest
Posts: 69
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DiscoStu wrote:Tempting....
Because in the UK we drive on the left, our headlights are aligned to the left to avoid blinding oncoming vehicles. When we go to Europe they have made the strange decision to drive on the right, so we have to move the headlights aim the opposite way to avoid blinding them. There is a switch on the back of the headlight to enable you to do this.
Ohhh... ok, makes sense now...  2005 Zambezi V8 SE
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| 19th Nov 2006 6:26 pm |
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