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Understanding Differences Between UK and Continental Car Headlamps

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  • #1 6506955
    kucyyk
    Level 12  
    Hello. I have a factory from 2005 and I want to know what the difference between the English lamp and the continent is. It is impossible to say what the differences are. or wogule how are the lamps of each brand different that they do not fit ?????????
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  • #2 6507073
    any56
    Level 39  
    The front continental lamp has light beams raised to the right. However, the English version - to the left.
    To check this, stop about 10 - 15m in front of a bright wall and shine the dipped beam headlights.
  • #3 6507075
    krzycho123
    Level 31  
    Reflector. As you can deduce for yourself, in right-hand traffic, the right lamp illuminates the roadside, and thus has a differently shaped reflector, and left-hand traffic is analogous.
    Except that the left lamp illuminates the roadside, the adjustment will not help, you have to replace the lamps.
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  • #4 6522326
    fiskusmati
    User under supervision  
    England: Understanding Differences Between UK and Continental Car Headlamps
    Poland (Europe): Understanding Differences Between UK and Continental Car Headlamps

    And now take the car to the other side without changing the lamp - you are giving it to the eyes of the road :-)


    And here is the situation like podjezdzach in front of the wall, as a colleague wrote above: Understanding Differences Between UK and Continental Car Headlamps
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  • #5 6529427
    kucyyk
    Level 12  
    and when i buy a lamp, how can i unravel it
  • #6 6529445
    lysy1980
    Level 33  
    I met the markings on the lamps in the form of LHD and RHD, I think the continental one is LHD (left Hand Driwing) for the UK it is RHD (Right Hand Driving), I do not know if such a mark is in Skoda

    In the case of a lens / xenon, you can also see through the bulb's opening the profiling of the aperture, if the left side (looking through the bulb hole) is lower (or truncated at an angle of perhaps 15 °), and the higher right is a continental lamp, if the opposite is a UK lamp .

    If I'm wrong please correct me.
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  • #7 6529765
    fiskusmati
    User under supervision  
    lysy1980 wrote:
    I met the markings on the lamps in the form of LHD and RHD, I think the continental one is LHD (left Hand Driwing), the UK is RHD (Right Hand Driving), ...


    That's right, my bald friend is absolutely right :-)
  • #8 6596536
    gucio233
    Level 12  
    kucyyk wrote:
    and when i buy a lamp, how can i unravel it


    There is also E approval on the lamp shade. The English version is E11
  • #9 6704262
    kpodolak
    Level 15  
    E11 is not always the English version. I recently bought a lamp after a lifts for Vectra B on Allegro for funny money. When she came, I started to look at it from all sides, I look, "E11", "Made in UK", I think - damn, I got into the hole, but I plugged it in and checked it , and it is most continental. To be sure, I checked the reflector - I compared with English lamps and European ones - it is for right-hand traffic.
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The discussion focuses on the differences between UK and continental car headlamps, particularly regarding their beam patterns and reflector designs. UK headlamps are designed for right-hand traffic, illuminating the left side of the road, while continental headlamps are for left-hand traffic, illuminating the right side. Users noted that the shape of the reflectors differs, necessitating a complete replacement of lamps when switching between regions. Markings such as LHD (Left Hand Drive) and RHD (Right Hand Drive) help identify the appropriate lamp type. Additionally, the E approval code on the lamp shade indicates compliance, with E11 typically associated with UK lamps, although exceptions exist. Users shared experiences of purchasing lamps that were misidentified based on these markings.
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