DYK

Has anyone on here used these deflectors on the clear glass xenon lights.
The car i'm going to be using don't have the setting on the computer menu to adjust for driving in Europe,have been told about an adjustment screw somewhere on the lights,but requires getting the light unit out or something,and don't really want to fiddle if these stick on deflectors will do the trick.I know a couple people who have used them without any issues,but some are saying not to use them as it can damage the xenons..


Cheers...

DYK

I take it that's a NO then..well i won't be posting the pics of me sucking some French cops dick

dpb

Use them every time go across,

Too poor to have them fancy Dan lights I'm afraid.

DYK

Hooray a reply...

To be honest i wish i hadn't had xenon lights when i ordered the car now,but saying that,they are great for night driving.
Problem is now is that i don't normally use my car to drive in Europe,but this time i'm having too.I didn't know the setting for driving in Europe was not on my computer,until i checked of course.

alcazar

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First off, there's no proper way to refocus HID lights, unless a) the lights have the gismo built in, or b) you take them apart and switch the gismo to the other side. Sorry, that's just how they work.

Secondly, no WAY can those damage HIDs. I'm unsure of the effect the adhesive might have on plastic lenses, however.

Lastly, sticking some on will mean you don't get the attention of an French cops looking for easy money.

Can you turn yours down a notch or two on the leveller? Does it have headlight beam control? That will stop you getting flashed.

DYK

The lights have automatic levelling,is no switch tho adjust the beam manually.when I start the car the light beam drops down and then levels back up again.
Have been told about a lever somewhere in the light unit,but involves a bit of fiddling about,just thought it would be easier if I could use these deflectors..

Just found this so looks like I'm ok.still best to make sure,don't want a few quid end up costing me hundreds.


Are the headlamp adaptors suitable for the newer ‘Xenon’ / ‘High Intensity Discharge’ (HID) headlamps?

A: Yes, our headlamp adaptors are tested on, and have been used with, these headlamps for over 10 years. Our products have been ‘tried, tested and proven’ on these lights, and they are included in the fitting instructions.

dpb

Use bit of white spirit / meths remove the residue after whipping them off

DYK

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Yeaaaa.

I'm changing the car soon anyhow,don't know what I'm getting next,but I'll make sure it has the setting in the computer...

alcazar

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I still use black electrician's tape on mine...keeps the robbing French "flics" off my back...

RobsyUK

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When I drove to Spain in an old carisma I followed every eu law and purchased these. A go sticker a triangle and a high vis jacket. I kept the jacket on the parcel shelf and the FB on the boot and when being busted by the Spanish police for speeding they said nothing abut the reflectors. I still have them if anyone wants them.
I saw so many UK cars without them and the police didn't seem to care.

Do EU people need deflectors for here?

SRSport

Thats exactly what I do. They arent 'deflectors' as such so much as 'blockers'. I think if they actually called them blockers most people would realise they can just use anything that covers the right area.

I drove for 3 years in Spain with these on and never had any issues despite countless road blocks and inspections.

alcazar

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The only places I've seen french police stopping folk for a lighting check is off the ferries. They are also VERY good at speed traps in those areas...they know tourists are carrying money, and we all know it's the modern version of the highwayman.

I was once stopped in a small French village near Limoges at about 1am for a vehicle and papers check. The officer wanted to know why I had black tape on my lights

as for foreign vehicles here, yes, the same laws apply. WE don't apply them though, even though it would be more easy money for Kent constabulary. Personally, I'm sick of being blinded by Johnny Foreigner in his 44 tonne lorry.

DYK

My mate got fined 337 euro in Switzerland last week,because. His trailer was 2 cm over height......

alcazar

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I can imagine.

The motorist has been vilified, demonised and criminalised throughout Europe, yet is treated as a cash-cow.

Time EVERYONE removed their number plates and refused to put them back.

It would be the end of policing by camera, kerching!

speeding fines in France are incredible, and speed cameras pop up like mushrooms.
The French government congratulate themselves publicly on bringing down the fatality rate by using cameras to control speed.
but the graph THEY show, from 1998 is a small part of a graph that shows the fatality rate dropping at the same gradient since 1971.....more a testament to better tyres, brakes, suspension, stronger cars, seatbelts, airbags, side-protection, crumple zones, better roads, better junctions, better signs, less drink-driving etc etc etc.

But NONE of those gets a mention, just cameras.

Lying by omission, just like they do here

Except for Lying Labour.....they just lie.

DYK

Well i'm actually heading to Czech so only a bit of France driving,only Czech requires you drive with lights on all the time,so that's why i was a bit concerned about these deflectors melting..

dpb

Think they recommend turning on to high beam just to make them stick on originally