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I'm relocating to the UK and I don't know if I should change the headlights before driving over or get this done once in Spain. I know it's a bit costly to do but it's a must. Is there anyone that has any advice on the best way to do this?
Posted: Wed Aug 8, 2018 8:52am
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We have an old Honda Accord. It has wrap-around lighting units (main beam headlight, dip beam headlight, side light, indicator).
We bought brand new LHD wrap-around units from Ebay. £87 for the pair, including delivery from China to the UK and import tax. Our local garage in England charged us 2 hours labour to fit them (they re-used the bulbs, wiring etc).
So only around £170 in total.
We had to be careful with specifying the lights ... "Honda Accords" are not all the same (there are Euro versions, North American versions, Asian versions etc). China produces pattern parts for all of them.
Pocha wrote on Wed Aug 8, 2018 8:42am:
I'm relocating to the UK and I don't know if I should change the headlights before driving over or get this done once in Spain. I know it's a bit costly to do but it's a must. Is there anyone that has any advice on the best way to do this?
Thank you very much.
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Thank you very much.
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Make sure before you incur cost that they are not switchable, our B class Mercedes has a lever inside the light to switch from RHD to LHD that even the Mercedes dealer weren't aware of.
Thanks very much. We also have a Mercedes. Did you do this in the UK? Our concern is, if we do this before coming to Spain it may may not be accepted once in Spain even though the UK say it's fine.
With ours it’s just a simple lever next to the lamp in the headlights
With ours it’s just a simple lever next to the lamp in the headlights
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