French Road Trip Headlight Query

May 22, 2010

Hopefully going on a road trip to France in a couple of weeks via the channel tunnel. We're hoping to get down to the Atlantic coast around La Rochelle via the Loire Valley, which should be rather nice this time of year - I hope.

One question though. How do I convert the UK RHD headlights for France? On my cars in the past there was always a mark etched into the glass that you covered up with either black tape or official stickers.

The late 1990's Cougar I had even had a switch on the back of the headlights that moved the settings from LHD to RHD and vice versa. Is there something similar for the Prius or do I just have to guess where to stick the tape and hope Monsieur Gendarme doesn't look too carefully?

May 22, 2010

Just got back yesterday ;)

You can buy the beam deflectors from Halfords for any car model that give the necessary fitting instructions but to be honest mine are still in the spare bulb kit box as I never use them, even if there was any night driving I never had a problem with irate locals flashing me, that included the two times driving from Dunkerque to Venice via Strasbourg and Innsbruck then blatting round Corfu for a week. :thumbsup:

May 22, 2010

The deflectors mentioned work fine. My son uses them all the time on his Prius he goes to France and Italy about once a month.

May 22, 2010

Just got back yesterday ;)
You can buy the beam deflectors from Halfords for any car model that give the necessary fitting instructions but to be honest mine are still in the spare bulb kit box as I never use them, even if there was any night driving I never had a problem with irate locals flashing me, that included the two times driving from Dunkerque to Venice via Strasbourg and Innsbruck then blatting round Corfu for a week.

Thinking about doing the same in Sept. Visiting Arillas on the North west of Corfu for two weeks.

How was your journey, how long did you take and which ferry did you use?

May 22, 2010

Just got back yesterday ;)
You can buy the beam deflectors from Halfords for any car model that give the necessary fitting instructions but to be honest mine are still in the spare bulb kit box as I never use them, even if there was any night driving I never had a problem with irate locals flashing me, that included the two times driving from Dunkerque to Venice via Strasbourg and Innsbruck then blatting round Corfu for a week.
Thinking about doing the same in Sept. Visiting Arillas on the North west of Corfu for two weeks.
How was your journey, how long did you take and which ferry did you use?

Hi Kevin

Here's a link to last years trip that has a link to the year before :thumbsup: CLICKY

We always sailed via Venice and the first year the journey was done in two days which was a bit much, especially with 9 Roadsters, the second year was much more relaxed taking three days.

You can always travel further down Italy and catch the shorter cheaper ferry but the trip from Innsbruck to Venice via the Dolomites is something else ;)

If you need any help at all with the planning just PM me

Les