Preparing my english car for Spain
I would like to know the criteria for my headlights and rear lights in preparation for changing my English car to Spanish really frustrating i need help is there anyone out there
I would like to know the criteria for my headlights and rear lights in preparation for changing my English car to Spanish really frustrating i need help is there anyone out there
Headlights need to properly dip to the right which in more cases than not will mean complete replacement. Don't be fooled by the levers or adjusters some cars have for 'continental' driving which generally only flatten the beam as that is not adequate.
You can easily tell by shining the lights on a wall and observing the dipped pattern then performing whatever adjustment (if any) is provided and seeing if it does faithfully mirror the lh dip beam or not.
At the rear the fog light needs relocating from the left to the right hand side, sometimes that might be as simple as swapping the bulb over but it can also mean replacing a rear lens, or even an entire light cluster, and maybe some wiring mods to boot.
Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 11:54pm
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Movingon wrote on Thu May 30, 2019 4:14pm:
Headlights need to properly dip to the right which in more cases than not will mean complete replacement. Don't be fooled by the levers or adjusters some cars have for 'continental' driving which generally only flatten the beam as that is not adequate.
You can easily tell by shining the lights on a wall and observing the dipped pattern then performing whatever adjustment (if any) is provided and seeing if it does faithfully mirror the lh dip beam or not. ...
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At the rear the fog light needs relocating from the left to the right hand side, sometimes that might be as simple as swapping the bulb over but it can also mean replacing a rear lens, or even an entire light cluster, and maybe some wiring mods to boot.
Just to add ... if your car has any modifications from standard, the Spanish ITV guys may require you to return the car to standard specification. In my case, the car was fitted with xenon lights from a later year (otherwise identical) car. They insisted that I replace them with halogen lights.
Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 2:11pm
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A UK registered car here is worth beans. Think carefully before you bring. It is always better to sell in the UK and buy here.
Richard
Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 6:37pm
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Richard080943 wrote on Fri May 31, 2019 2:11pm:
A UK registered car here is worth beans. Think carefully before you bring. It is always better to sell in the UK and buy here.
Richard
Why does everyone always go on about the price. People always forget to mention the extortionate price of used cars here. Perhaps they like their car and would like to keep it. Best to point out its not ideal driving RHD here but is possible. Maybe its a brand new rolls that they would like to keep !
Also check the cost of transferring to spanish plates. Mine is going to be around 1100 euros. However my car is UK reg Landrover freelander...Not worth a carrot appartently according to this forum. Must say that it is LHD and cost 1/2 what it would here.
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