"Fred Labrosse" <
[email protected]> wrote
> > I have a pair of Travel Spot headlamp beam adaptors, the sort you buy
> > in Halfords. Sadly, a Defender is not one of the models listed on
> > the fitting list! Anyone able to offer help about how to fit the
> > things? It's a 2001 TD5 Defender 90.
I used the stick on fresnel lens type on my Discovery '91, but the first
time I used them on my new Defender 130 Td5 2002MY, one fell off due to the
curvature of the glass.
So I used the dash mounted switch in it's lowest position. I've used it
this way on all my visits to Germany, without ever being flashed at night.
So it must be OK.
Yes the light level on the road is lower, but I did say I drove a Discovery,
so I was used to low light levels from it's headlamps.
Years ago one could buy headlamps that could be switched between LHD and
RHD, but I can't find anyone selling them now.
Last month at the Allrad off-road show at Bad Kissingen, I asked about
symmetrical beams rather than asymmetrical. I was told that they were now
illegal.
Another example of backward advancement. When I drove my Austin 1800 to
Europe, I just switched the headlamps over. Decades later with more UK/EU
travel, we've lost that simplicity.
Alan
