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captain_sugar wrote:
With the 24.000V warning sticker on the xenons, i rather blind some Englishmen rather than putting my fingers there. 8)
Or you could just switch them off before adjusting 2020 BMW X1 18d XDrive X-Line Auto
9th Nov 2006 6:04 pm
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27th Sep 2007 7:52 pm
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Re: Changing head light direction!
Nickhearne wrote:
Well I have read the hand book & if I'm right this is the way to change the head light direction when going abroad!
Back of the light remove gray cover, inside you will see a leaver (A) to move a slide at the bottom (B)
Have not tried it with the lights still in the car, but it would make a lot more sense!
Nick
Help! I've got my headlight out and there's nothing in the manual about WHICH WAY you move the lever A. Is it up for "drive on the left" and down for "drive on the right" or the other way round?.. Bloomin' manual doesn't say. All opinions expressed in this posting are my own and are not necessarily those of someone who knows what they are talking about.
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23rd Mar 2008 4:28 pm
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Up for the UK and down for Europe.
23rd Mar 2008 5:23 pm
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WillMyth wrote:
Up for the UK and down for Europe
Cheers mate!
Easy to remember: "Down with Europe!" Up with UK & Ireland! 8)
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23rd Mar 2008 5:45 pm
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Well I have to admit I have not bothered doing this for any of my trips since my first trip with the D3!
I normally take 1 to 2 trips over a year & no one has flashed me yet, but this may be that they are still in the Europe position as I had the car repatriated after my first trip! And I have never changed them back!! D5 HSE Waitona Grey 2015
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25th Mar 2008 8:41 am
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I had a go at the weekend. Had to take the lights out to make the adjustment. Can't see myself doing it on the Chunnel. Most of the driving will be during daylight so I'm not bothering to change them unless Frog Plod pulls me over and tells me to.
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27th Mar 2008 10:43 pm
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Rob I travelled down to spain from the chunnel in november, mostly night driving and not a single person flashed me (other than the prostitues lining the road into Mercia one time lunch )Duncan
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Don't do it on the chunnel! Opening the bonnet reveals your nice hot engine to the fire detection system and they get all of a tizzy with you.
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28th Mar 2008 10:30 am
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Dear Friends,
I am sure you are going shout at me but I never do anything when I am back to France!
I know I am French and don t really obey the rules...Arno
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28th Mar 2008 10:39 am
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lafona00 wrote:
I know I am French and don t really obey the rules...
And there lies one of the most endearing things about the French, if it doesn't make any sense then don't worry about it
28th Mar 2008 11:08 am
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Simon,
Your avantar is reflecting the same sort of behaviour Arno
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28th Mar 2008 12:13 pm
andychelt
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So without sounding like a if I want to have a feel around how would I make sure i dont fry myself?! Is just having the lights off enough to stop me killing myself or do i need to disconnect them from anything? Those stickers have scared me....
Gunna have to get my practice in so I can do it without a crisis down the ferry port!
27th Apr 2008 11:23 pm
mack1979
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frying yourself
I have same system on Mondeo ST Xenons. You really have to take the headlights out to flick the switch (been in BMW which had electronic switch inside cabin, thanks Ford/PAG!) but never unplug them and not dead yet!
Also, those asking about the black tape - don't put black tape on if you have xenons. They will burn a nice sticky mess onto your lenses and you'll need to buy new headlight units. The intensity of xenons is why you have to have a switch, and why they MUST have washer jets.
If you don't have xenons, you can still use tape. Its not pretty, but its a lot easier than this daft system. Anyone with the swivelling eyeball driving lights know if these are automatic/electronically switched from L->R?
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Up with UK & Ireland! 8)
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