Differences, LHD-RHD Lights.

quattro777

Stupid question alert

What are the differences between LHD and RHD lights? Is it the glass, reflector or both.
I can buy all the lights for my resto in LHD no problem, but not a hope in RHD.
Is it possible to convert them easily or swap them around?

SilverBell

quattro777 wrote: »

Stupid question alert

What are the differences between LHD and RHD lights? Is it the glass, reflector or both.
I can buy all the lights for my resto in LHD no problem, but not a hope in RHD.
Is it possible to convert them easily or swap them around?

Cant say definitively, but I think its just the glass/lens, the reflectors are probably the same as they can be tilted and adjusted. Used to see lhd cars with bits of tape over their lights, to block the wrongly scattered light beam .
Is that your resto?? nice if it is!

quattro777

The car in the picture is not mine unfortunately, it's in the Audi Museum.

Mine is in a thousand pieces at the moment and swallowing money at an alarming rate :rolleyes:

Dades

I bought an original UK 350SL from a couple living in France, and they just had replacement LHD glass fitted to get past the Contrôle Technique.

I had to just swap them for the original ones once I got home.

Hope that helps.

Anan1

I think it all depends on the car. Some, like the R16, have a little lever that you move and that's it. Others, like the Mk2 Golf I brought back from Germany, needed complete new headlamp units.

quattro777

These are the LHD versions for sale.

Headlights
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270635383234&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT


Fogs
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360313602777&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

superfly35

The difference is the glass, if I reminber correctly.
I went trought a lot of problem with my van LHD to get the lamp right.
You actually only need sticker that you find in halford or any place else or alternatively some tape will do the job.

Some on lights you can modified simply the setting, but I don't know about a quattro.

Maybe give a ring to Audi garage and explain you case, then might be able to answer for definite on the setting.

After if you went through all the scrap of ireland and you can't find it.

I would say buy the LHD drive stick the sticker on for the NCT and remove them after if you don't like them. It is a tener solution

Wheelnut

I would think the fog lights and the main beams are the same for both LHD and RHD because they are not asymetrical. (so now you're only searching for a pair of low beams )

superfly35

This sounds like a good thinking