Driving in the eu

[Breene]

Hi all just got myself and e class coupe 2010 can someone point me in the direction of how I place the light reflectors on the headlights so I can drive

 

[clk320x]

I’m pretty sure you can set the beam pattern from the dash options on the W207 if you have ILS specified…

Setting the dipped-beam headlamps for driving on the left/right
This function is available only in vehicles with the Intelligent Light System.

You can use this function to switch between symmetrical and asymmetrical dipped beam more.
Press on the steering wheel to open the menu list.
Press or on the steering wheel to select the Settings menu.
Confirm by pressing on the steering wheel.
Press or to select the Lights submenu.
Press to confirm.
Press or to select the Dipped beams Setting for function.

• You will see the selected setting, right-side traffic or left-side traffic .

Press to save the setting.

• If you change the setting, conversion does not take place until the next time the vehicle is stationary.

If you set the dipped-beam headlamps for driving on the right /left, then motorway mode and the extended range foglamps are unavailable. These are deactivated only if the setting for driving on the left /right is set opposite to your vehicle's country version.

 

[Darrell]

Hi all just got myself and e class coupe 2010 can someone point me in the direction of how I place the light reflectors on the headlights so I can drive

When we moved over to Greece in 2007 I made a real song & dance about the headlight sticker things.

I dutifully stuck them on whilst in the car park at Dover.

After a couple of hours in France they fell off. That was it.

 

[Breene]

Perfect thanks and yeah happened to me on my old car

 

[SpikyMikey]

When we moved over to Greece in 2007 I made a real song & dance about the headlight sticker things.

I dutifully stuck them on whilst in the car park at Dover.

After a couple of hours in France they fell off. That was it.

Like the Greeks would care....

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

£6, including postage

Are you bovvered?

Eurolites Car Van Headlamp Beam Reflectors Deflectors Benders European Travel | eBay
Eurolites Car Van Headlamp Beam Reflectors Deflectors Benders European Travel | eBay

 

[Darrell]

Like the Greeks would care....

Nor did the French, the Swiss or the Italians.

 

[ALFAitalia]

I got stopped for not having them before i left Calais!.....I would personally not risk it again.
It's understandable as you will be dazzling other drivers at night.

 

[JHS]

During nearly 50 years crisscrossing the European mainland bi-weekly from Yugoslavia to Finland and every country in between as a sales manager, I never used them and was never stopped.

 

[Petrol Pete]

When we moved over to Greece in 2007 I made a real song & dance about the headlight sticker things.

I dutifully stuck them on whilst in the car park at Dover.

After a couple of hours in France they fell off. That was it.

I had exactly the same happen . I had always used RING ones purchased in Halfords which I used many times without problems. Once I ordered them online and fitted them as before . On the way to the Channel Tunnel it rained and they had fallen off , I had to buy overpriced ones at the terminal . My guess is the online ones were fake.

Not driven a RHD car in Europe for a while now but I have noticed many UK RHD cars getting on and off the train/ferry without 'beam benders' being fitted , even on older cars. Not sure I would like to take the chance with the French motorway plod , but not sure even what the las is there now ?

 

[W1ghty]

If you get stopped by the French police and you have them fitted then there is no conversation to be had ….. fit them.
Those Eurolites above don’t fall off for weeks regardless of the weather

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

If you get stopped by the French police and you have them fitted then there is no conversation to be had ….. fit them.
Those Eurolites above don’t fall off for weeks regardless of the weather

+1 I put Ebay sourced Eurolites on for a couple of winter months at a time and I struggle to get them off after they've done their job.

That said, French police are more animated with stopping Muslims, crooks, kids in beat up old motors, and folks dangerous driving. (In that order)

 

[W1ghty]

+1 I put Ebay sourced Eurolites on for a couple of winter months at a time and I struggle to get them off after they've done their job.

That said, French police are more animated with stopping Muslims, crooks, kids in beat up old motors, and folks dangerous driving. (In that order)

Add to that list ….W13hty in his shiny UK plated CLK

 

[GrahamT]

How many foreign registerd card do you see over here with 'beam benders' ? I never have !

 

[ALFAitalia]

Lots of cars with properly designed headlights dont need them... My last couple of BMW and my last ALFA just have levers on the headlights to convert from one way to the other. BMW was doing it years ago... pretty sure my ancient E30 3 series had it..my mint 97 E39 528i certainty did. Most bikes don't need them either....having flat beams with no kick up on the beam pattern.

 

[rf065]

Hi all just got myself and e class coupe 2010 can someone point me in the direction of how I place the light reflectors on the headlights so I can drive

Don't bother, they don't work very well and are not required by law either.
The law in the EU states it's an offence to blind oncoming traffic, it does not say you have to fit anything to your lights.
If you have an adjustable headlight switch on the dash, turn them down to the lowest position and you will not blind anyone.
Check if there is a switch on the headlights themselves, or worst case, don't drive at night.

 

[ALFAitalia]

It's mandatory to have them according to Google...and the RAC.

From them...

Headlamp beam deflectors are a legal requirement throughout France and all other mainland European countries

 

[rf065]

It's mandatory to have them according to Google...and the RAC.

From them...

Headlamp beam deflectors are a legal requirement throughout France and all other mainland European countries

No it's not, it's only "mandatory" if you listen to the ferry companies, the RAC etc and anyone else who will happily sell you them. They've been praying on gullable motorists for decades.

 

[Dippo]

Here's a leaflet from the AA via Eurotunnel that seems fairly accurate:

https://www.eurotunnel.com/Eurotunnel/files/79/79c11598-b41f-46f1-9a59-486da6506a2f.pdf

 

[rf065]

Here's a leaflet from the AA via Eurotunnel that seems fairly accurate:

https://www.eurotunnel.com/Eurotunnel/files/79/79c11598-b41f-46f1-9a59-486da6506a2f.pdf

Again, a leaflet from someone who is selling all these things that are not required by law. They've been getting away with it for years counting on car owners ignorance of what the law actually is.

They even say on the second page, "The legal requirement is to ‘not dazzle oncoming drivers’ rather than specifically to adjust/convert the headlampbeam pattern. Without adjustment the dipped beam will dazzle oncoming drivers and this could result in a fine" So they admit in the same document that it is not law to fit beam convertors. Shysters is a good term to describe all these companies.