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injebreck99

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Hi all, just trying to find out the proceedure for adapting the headlamp beams to LHD for my newly aquired 2009 Fiat Ducato M/H please. Planning a trip abroad later this year.:Smile:
 
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If its a Swift Bolero Coachbuilt then you can buy Eurolite Adaptors from Halfords and stick them on (details of where to stick them are inside the pack)
 
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Head light adapters

I got them off E. Bay cheaper than Halfords.

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On Amazon @ £2.79 inclusive of delivery.

Never used them , but they look to be a single use product . Possibly a decent grade of clear double sided sticky tape would allow multiple use.

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Our MH is the fiat ducato base (2008 ). Anyone know if the standard headlamp units on that base have the internal screw adjustment / lever adjustment fitting which allows for physical adjustment of the beam to LHD settings ? So doing away with the need for bits of plastic being stuck to the cover ? Handbook for the base doesn"t mention and I wouldnt be too sure what to look for under the bonnet.
 
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Techno

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These are dearer but do a far better job , and you can re-use Link Removed

Useful illustrated instructions for fitting headlight beam deflectors:

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Worked a treat for me.
 
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beam benders!?

I have been abraod a number of times with my land rover and have never fitted them. Never had any probs.

Safe travels

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spannermanwigan

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My advice is to use the covers as Stagman suggests.

The stick on deflectors are rubbish no matter where you buy them from.
When you have fitted them,the heat from your headlights and the glue
and perspex of your lens react, and no matter how you try you will end
up with your lamps marked when you remove them.
I now have an etched outline of the deflectors showing on my Ducato,
which can only have been caused by dust particles being attracted to the
glue on the edge of the deflectors,during driving.
replacement of your headlight will be far more expensive than buying the covers.
They take only minutes to fit, I learned by my mistake.:Doh:

Regards
Steve
 

jonandshell

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I have been abraod a number of times with my land rover and have never fitted them. Never had any probs.

Safe travels

You never see Johnny foreigner with his fitted when he visits Blighty!

We have a set, they are in the glovebox!:thumb:
 
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I have used the stick on adjusters on the m/homes and our car and never had a problem removing them - yet!

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spannermanwigan

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I have used the stick on adjusters on the m/homes and our car and never had a problem removing them - yet!


Bet youve got real glass headlights, unlike most of us who have polycarbonate lens.

Ducato,Peugot etc 2002 on all have Polycarbonate.

Polycarbonate lenses are easily damaged by chemical attack or abrasion, same material as used for habitation windows on most vans, and we all know how careful you have to be with those not to scratch them.

Also mine where on van for over 2 months during which time we covered around
5650miles.

regards
Steve
 

wivvy's dad

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You might not have had any problems, but what about people coming towards you?

Okay, just drive around Dover for a while and count on your fingers the amount of foreign cars/vans/trucks that have beam deflectors fitted.

After a day, you'll still have a full complement of unused fingers.

I've never bothered in 40-odd years of travelling abroad in cars/motorhomes/motorcycles - day or night.

But don't let me stop you.
 
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I use methylated spirits or deicer to remove the adhesive from beam deflectors on polycarbonate headlight lenses. It takes a while but does not damage the lense.

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spannermanwigan

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I use methylated spirits or deicer to remove the adhesive from beam deflectors on polycarbonate headlight lenses. It takes a while but does not damage the lense.

Check out the etched on teardrops on my headlights,same both sides
dont say you havent been warned.

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regards
Steve:Smile:
 

callumwa

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I lived in France for over 10 years.

I had both a UK car (rhd) and UK motorbike with me over there, along with a French car and French scoot.

I used the UK car (bigger boot) in France more than the French one. I never ever used beam deflectors. I just used to put the lamps on the lowest setting on the electronic levelling on the dash.

I was stopped many many times by Gendarmes doing "routine" stops as they tend to do frequently in France. At no time ever did I have lense or beam deflectors fitted, and the Gendarmes never mentioned them or asked me about them once, in all those years.

When we go over in the M/H now I also do not bother to fit them, again if driving at night I just use the electronic headlight levellers on the lowest setting.
It's not as if you are driving a rally car at high speed in the dark in the forest.
You still have main beam available at any time should you want more light.

If you are concerned and you do want to do something about your dip beam, you could also just put some electrical tape over the "wedge" on the lens thereby blocking the part of the beam that flicks up on the UK nearside. If you are unsure where to put the tape just do it with your lights, on and park up close in front a wall. You will soon see from the light on the wall when you got the right area.

A lot cheaper and easier than "beam deflectors".

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oldun

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I don't take mine off? Still passed mot ok

So you are happy to drive using headlamps that have had the light output permanently reduced making it more difficult to see the kerb. Rather strange
 

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I have driven in the dark here and recently over the water. I get no flashing from oncoming traffic and have no problem seeing.
 

oldun

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On Amazon @ £2.79 inclusive of delivery.

Never used them , but they look to be a single use product . Possibly a decent grade of clear double sided sticky tape would allow multiple use.

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Our MH is the fiat ducato base (2008 ). Anyone know if the standard headlamp units on that base have the internal screw adjustment / lever adjustment fitting which allows for physical adjustment of the beam to LHD settings ? So doing away with the need for bits of plastic being stuck to the cover ? Handbook for the base doesn"t mention and I wouldnt be too sure what to look for under the bonnet.

You must be careful sticking anything to a headlamp with a plastic lens as some glues when hot with craze the glass, presumably the stick on adapters have a suitable adhesive.

My VW Transporter has a plastic headlamp cover with marks on it so that this type of converter can be placed accurately.

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tim22es

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I have clear lenses on my m/h, so no real clear indication of where they should be placed, so they got left in the cupboard!! Drove across France at night, it wasnt a problem....
 
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We Fitted the Australian type headlight protectors on our Fiat Ducato,which has positions marked for the stick on,or black tape converters , easer to position them now and take off, and the bonus of headlight protection, found putting converters on the existing plain glass headlights a pain, as you were never sure where to put them, just peel off and clean and wipe with a drop of meths and your back to correct uk position
 

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Mine Sat in the glove box of the mondeo for 2 years and are now Sat in the glove box of the campervan.. they are the benders that don't reduce the light output apparently just change the beam but I've no idea how to for them and always forget to work it out as I get off the ferry/train

Mine say they are reusable so I assume they won't mark the lens

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You never see Johnny foreigner with his fitted when he visits Blighty!

We have a set, they are in the glovebox!:thumb:

When I asked the question in France, I was told that their headlights dip directly in front, not to one side as ours do. As a result they don't dazzle when used on the "other side".

Made sense to me.:france:
 
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Buy yourself some of the protectors they are easy to fit and you can peel the black benders off and reuse time and again if they stop sticking use some black fablon cut outs,they also save your headlights from stone damage so well worth the cost.:xThumb: Just because foreigners don't use them here doesn't make it right for us not to.
 
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Bought a set of the lens covers last year before we went to Portugal, driving across making progress in a strong crosswind we managed to lose the left hand one. So I now have a spare right hand one LOL.

Worst fifty quid I ever spent terrible if you drive in bad weather they get really cruddy inside you have to take them off to clean your lights.

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