Do I need stickers for projector headlights in EU

damian01211

Hi guys.
I'll be driving soon to EU with my car. I've been looking for an answer about my question on google but its all about the reflector headlights. Nothing really about the projector headlights.

So I was wondering. if I have avensis from 2004 with projector headlights. Do I still need to put the stickers on to the headlamps ? Or should I lower down the passenger beam and up the driver one ?
I didn't find anything about the switch in the headlamp that would forward the beam from left side to the right side of the road.

So any one have an idea ?

Del2005

If the beam lifts towards the left then you'll need beam stickers. On some cars you can flip the way the beam rises or some cars they have flat beams and don't need to do anything. I wouldn't be adjusting the lights up and down as that would blind other drivers.

But if you aren't planning on driving during the night then they won't be needed.

CiniO

Definitely don't lower your passenger beam and higher driver's beam. It doesn't work that way.

What countries are you going to be visiting.

I'd check first if beam stickers are obligatory there.

damian01211

So by looking at the beam pattern on the road it looks that more of the light stays in the middle of the road rather then going to the left.
So maybe its a flat beam ? By looking at the wall the driver beam is a bit lower then the passenger side and if you park against the glass you can see passenger side begin stronger light then the driver side.

I'm going to Poland, they probly wont care in it but I'm driving thru France, Belgium and Germany.

Del2005

damian01211 wrote: »

So by looking at the beam pattern on the road it looks that more of the light stays in the middle of the road rather then going to the left.
So maybe its a flat beam ? By looking at the wall the driver beam is a bit lower then the passenger side and if you park against the glass you can see passenger side begin stronger light then the driver side.

I'm going to Poland, they probly wont care in it but I'm driving thru France, Belgium and Germany.

Take the picture again 10m from a wall and you'll see if the beam is flat or not, you can't really see much with the picture above.

CiniO

damian01211 wrote: »

So by looking at the beam pattern on the road it looks that more of the light stays in the middle of the road rather then going to the left.
So maybe its a flat beam ? By looking at the wall the driver beam is a bit lower then the passenger side and if you park against the glass you can see passenger side begin stronger light then the driver side.

I'm going to Poland, they probly wont care in it but I'm driving thru France, Belgium and Germany.

You don't need beam stickers in Poland. No law there requiring them.
Just make sure you lights are correctly adjusted or even biased down a bit not to dazzle oncoming drivers.

I don't know exact regulations in France, Germany and Belgium but I'd be surprised if you run into trouble for driving without those stickers there - especially that you're probably only going to drive there on motorways, where your beam makes no difference to oncoming drivers.

I've crossed France, Belgium, Netherland and Germany, Czechia, Slovakia, Austria and Italy multiple times without them.
I was pulled over by cops in Germany and Austria few times, and they never even mentioned anything about the stickers.

damian01211

Had to wait full day for that.
So by my opinion it looks like I have a flat beam but I'm not a specialist in it.

I was talking with my friend that own 08 Passat and he said that apparently French Polica love to check if You have the stickers in Rosslare.

Seth Brundle

damian01211 wrote: »

I was talking with my friend that own 08 Passat and he said that apparently French Polica love to check if You have the stickers in Rosslare.

What? Why would the French be doing checks in Rosslare?

Del2005

damian01211 wrote: »

Had to wait full day for that.
So by my opinion it looks like I have a flat beam but I'm not a specialist in it.

I was talking with my friend that own 08 Passat and he said that apparently French Polica love to check if You have the stickers in Rosslare.

They aren't flat.

The French police in Rosslare! There would be an international incident.

damian01211

I'll put them just in case but anyone know do the cover a lot of light on the road or the pattern still gonna be alright on the road itself ?

kirving

I wouldn't go messing with the beam angle, stickers will be fine.

Just another side note on this. The projector lens will have a cut-off sheild. On my Volvo, the sheild was actually on a pivot, so you could open up the bulb housing, and just tip the sheild left or right depending on where you were driving. No need for stickers or adjusting beam angles.

First image here is similar, imagine the sheild could pivot about the hole in the centre of it.
https://www.google.ie/search?q=projector+cutoff+shield&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjUu9qyrsnbAhUCaxQKHd_uCB4QsAQIKw&biw=1920&bih=974#imgrc=4UjSZXpz42qrNM: