Xenons?

jerrytlr said:

Well I now have the L322 - will review it in another thread - it does have xenon lights, and I have found the levers inside them despite not being able to find any mention of them in the user handbook.

It is clear that the levers just blank the high part of the beam so the light is now clipped both left and right sides. Will be interesting to see what the Controle Technique people think about this....

I haven't investigated enough yet to see if non-Xenon lights can be fitted instead without major mods, need to take one of the lights out for that, which means trying to find my RAVE CD......

Cheers

Jerry

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why wouldnt you want xenon lights ???

Because if I need to replace my lights with LHD ones, I don't want to have to buy a new set of xenon headlights - €€€€€!

Halogens seem to be available second hand, I have yet to see a set of LHD xenons second hand.........


Cheers

Jerry

jerrytlr said:

Because if I need to replace my lights with LHD ones, I don't want to have to buy a new set of xenon headlights - €€€€€!

Halogens seem to be available second hand, I have yet to see a set of LHD xenons second hand.........


Cheers

Jerry

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As far as I am aware you don't need to change the lights , there is a facility to do so within the headlight housing. I'm sure one of the Gurus will tell me if I'm right or wrong.

gold rover said:

As far as I am aware you don't need to change the lights , there is a facility to do so within the headlight housing. I'm sure one of the Gurus will tell me if I'm right or wrong.

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Not wrong, but has been discussed...we are not sure if the Frogs will consider that as 'acceptable' for a 'permenant' resident car rather than a 'visitor'

Saint.V8 said:

Not wrong, but has been discussed...we are not sure if the Frogs will consider that as 'acceptable' for a 'permenant' resident car rather than a 'visitor'

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Ah ok, thanks for the confirmation that it is possible

gold rover said:

Ah ok, thanks for the confirmation that it is possible

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Saint.V8 said:

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This is what happens when I don't bother reading the whole thread

gold rover said:

This is what happens when I don't bother reading the whole thread

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Guilty of that too sometimes

Saint.V8 said:

Not wrong, but has been discussed...we are not sure if the Frogs will consider that as 'acceptable' for a 'permenant' resident car rather than a 'visitor'

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I run modified RHD headlights on my P38 and it passes the French MOT

Hi Keith - what modification did you do?

I am going to take a closer look at the innards of my L322 lights and see if I can cut away a bit of the mask to create the LHD beam pattern - by observing what the lever does that masks the high part of the RHD beam pattern I should be able to work out the geometry!

Cheers

Jerry

jerrytlr said:

Hi Keith - what modification did you do?

I am going to take a closer look at the innards of my L322 lights and see if I can cut away a bit of the mask to create the LHD beam pattern - by observing what the lever does that masks the high part of the RHD beam pattern I should be able to work out the geometry!

Cheers

Jerry

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Remember P38 headlights are not HID's so my mod will not apply, but if you look at the plastic moulding where the dip bulb fits, there are 3 slots where the tangs on the bulb fit, 2 are wide but the top one is a close fit. If you look closely you can see a moulding mark where the slot would be for LHD, either cut the plastic so the bulb will rotate to the alternate position, or if you are lazy like me bend the top tang back and rotate the bulb to the alternate position. This gives the LHD light pattern, not perfect but good enough, then just a little realignment of the lights and job done.. Easy to flip back when in the UK as well.