Headlamp Masking For Continental Driving

[halfpenny]

Off to the land of Cheese and Windmills next week (Work and LoT Trackday !! ).

 

Reading through the manual, it says that if I undo the three bolts holding the wheelarch liner inplace, there is a "switch" for continental driving that moves the headlamps.....

 

Do I really have to try and undo three bloody bolts on the wheelarch liner and flick a switch that may or may not be there ?

 

Can I not buy that black stuff "normal" cars use and mask off the headlamps ?

 

Cheers,

Lazy of Derby

[Ladders]

I wouldnt bother!

 

No one checked the two times I went Le Mans!

[dobbo]

Ditto Ladders, but if it is as easy as a switch it might be worth doing.

 

If that's what the manual says, at least you have a defence if the plod over there don't like your lights !

[halfpenny]

That was TBH what I was inclined to do anyway.....

 

Only pi55er is the fairy gets in at just after midnight local time, so if the local plod / imigration plod / customs have a "dicky fit" I'll be trying to feck about at some ungodly hour of the morning...

 

But to be honest - the Dutch aren't too bad - could be worse....they could be French !

[AndyD]

I'm driving around here and in Germany in a UK car for 12 months and have never changed the headlamp alighnment - doesnt help on a dark night to see the edge of the dyke though

 

Oh and I've used the same "fairy" that your coming on a few times and no-one checks ..

 

See you next week

[halfpenny]

Cheers all. Probably risk it then.

 

AndyD - as an aside - I guess your car is still running on UK plates ? Have you ever been stopped by the Douane in NL asking questions about registering your car and paying shite loads of Luxury Tax ??

 

Only reason for asking is I lived in NL for 7 years, and had a LHD UK reg 911 for the last 2-3 years. Was for ever getting pulled over by the Douane telling me to get the F out or pay the tax - am looking at moving back to NL very soon and was thinking about bringing the Exige over, but don't need / want the hassle !

[AndyD]

Not been stopped .. yet

 

Equally, Im driving very sober looking Audi A4, which is registered to our company so I dont know if that makes any difference

[halfpenny]

Ahhhhhhh....probably does. Maybe not as often seen in the Elise.

 

Oh well - See you next week !