Beam converters

Has anyone used the beam converters on the new type headlamps with the clear
lenses for driving in France ?
Alternatively, does anyone know where to tape off the headlights on the new
type Mondeo ?

regards ... ken

"Ken L" <kdl@redyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Has anyone used the beam converters on the new type headlamps with the
clear
> lenses for driving in France ?
> Alternatively, does anyone know where to tape off the headlights on the
new
> type Mondeo ?

Ken

Do you mean the clear teardrop shaped ones? If so I use them but I rarely
drive at night on the continent so not sure how effective they are.

David

"Mike" <mikeansom@m> wrote in message
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>
> "Ian McFarlane" <icmcfarlane@bigtoe.com> wrote in message
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> >
> >> snip
> > Questions along this theme appeared in the July/August issue of Motoring
&
> > Leisure (the magazine of the Civil Service Motoring Association) and the
> > editor wrote "Under EC legislation introduced two years ago, drivers
only
> > need to fit beam deflectors if their stay in Eurpoe is going to be for
> > longer than 90 days."
>
> Sorry to be a pain but I could not find the artical you refere to. Could
you
> please tell me what page its on?
> TIA
> Mike
>
Don't fit beam converters unless you are legally required to. French and
Belgian road markings are so poor that at night you need every lumen you can
muster to follow them at night and it gets 100% worse when it is raining.

I suspect beam converters and gas discharge lights may be incompatible

"Matt" <mwburton@m> wrote in message
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> . . . As all cars in the EU are 'e' rated (take a look at your
> headlamps for the 'e' logo) this means that they conform to
> EU regulations and can be legally driven . . .

Only if you're rich, and you don't have to run an old car :-)

Mike

"Mike" <mikeansom@m> wrote in message
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> "Ian McFarlane" <icmcfarlane@bigtoe.com> wrote in message
> news:lJ_Qa.48077$9C6.2538955@wards.force9.net...
> >
> >> snip
> > Questions along this theme appeared in the July/August issue of Motoring
&
> > Leisure (the magazine of the Civil Service Motoring Association) and the
> > editor wrote "Under EC legislation introduced two years ago, drivers
only
> > need to fit beam deflectors if their stay in Eurpoe is going to be for
> > longer than 90 days."
>
> Sorry to be a pain but I could not find the artical you refere to. Could
you
> please tell me what page its on?
> TIA
> Mike
>

Page 10, top of column 4. It's at the end of the comments on letter
entitled "Sign on or off" which starts in column 3. It was a question about
beam deflectors and GB plates. I have had a bit of a search on Google to try
and find the legislation but didn't come up with anything.

Ian