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Changing headlights to LHD for France
Afternoon everyone, first post.
Need to convert the headlights to LHD on my Discovery 3 2.7 TD V6 so that it passes the CT when I register it over there. Europarts out of stock until June (!) so looking for recommendations of others to try. Also any ball park figures to get it done?
Quite frankly some of the threads on here bake my head as you all seem to be very knowledgeable and enthusiastic - I'm going to be posting all sorts of naïve and daft questions, so please be gentle!
Cheers
Neil
24th Feb 2017 2:06 pm
waterbuoy
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Someone is bound to ask so - what type of headlights do you have at present (ie halogen, xenons etc). If unsure then a photo might be an idea Currently 2009 Disco 3 SE, 2013 MY D4 HSE and 2016 D4 SE
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24th Feb 2017 2:14 pm
joness7
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If you fill in your profile info we can see what trim level etc you have.
In my 2006 D3 HSE, there was a lever on the back of the headlight unit that you rotated to select LHD or RHD. You needed to remove the grill and the headlight to get to it. I remember several trips on the Eurotunnel with the car in bits and people looking curiously as they walked by....
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24th Feb 2017 7:02 pm
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I really won’t bother, mine has been 6 years in Spain with RHD headlights, no one has ever flashed me, it has even passed the ITV here (equivalent of the MOT in Spain but in my view far more rigorous).Club Narpy Torch
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24th Feb 2017 7:25 pm
se19 exile
Member Since: 24 Feb 2017
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Cheers for the replies everyone.
They're basic halogens. If I changed to xenon so that i can manually switch over I'm assuming I'd have to get washers fitted for them too. Seems a bit of a ballache, and obviously more expensive.
Stickers won't help me pass the French MOT which I need to register it there. Just rather do a straight swap as it'll be spending near on 8 months a year out there.
27th Feb 2017 9:18 am
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Do you know anyone locally that has a left hand drive D3 and can just swap lights with you for the MOT? Easy to swap, 1 minute job, and just plug and play.
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27th Feb 2017 10:06 am
se19 exile
Member Since: 24 Feb 2017
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DSL wrote:
Do you know anyone locally that has a left hand drive D3 and can just swap lights with you for the MOT? Easy to swap, 1 minute job, and just plug and play.
I like your thinking....
27th Feb 2017 10:58 am
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