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Car Forum / Mercedes-Benz Cars / March 2007Headlights change uk to france
Hi there, Ihope somebody can help me. Ihave a 280 S Class, 1995, bought in the UK. As I just moved to France I need for the local tech. control the healights to point to the left side. 2 Questions: 1) Is it that easy just to buy two i.e. german headlights and exchange them 2)or I saw on the back of the headlights a little adjuster with right/left written on it; it wont be that easy... 8O Thanks vor anyone who can help me.. Syd  SignaturePosted at author's request, using http://www.AutoBoardz.com interface Articles individually verified to usenet standards. Visit URL to contact author/report abuse Thread archive: http://www.AutoBoardz.com/Headlights-change-uk-france-Mercedes-Benz-ftopict20962 4.html You have to change the lenses... Either that or swap out the units with the German one. >Hi there, Ihope somebody can help me. Ihave a 280 S Class, 1995, >bought in the UK. As I just moved to France I need for the local tech. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >2)or I saw on the back of the headlights a little adjuster with >right/left written on it; it wont be that easy... 8O The lenses are different - just change the lenses for European ones. The rest of the bits are the same. SignatureNeed Mercedes parts? http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home pages: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net For how long is this? Consider a mask; inexpensive DIY job. DAS For direct replies replace nospam with schmetterling --- >>Hi there, Ihope somebody can help me. Ihave a 280 S Class, 1995, >>bought in the UK. As I just moved to France I need for the local tech. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > The lenses are different - just change the lenses for European ones. > The rest of the bits are the same. >For how long is this? Consider a mask; inexpensive DIY job. Depends on the model and year. My mind draws a blank at anything later than 89 or so, but swapping lenses is pretty easy on most cars I'm familiar with. SignatureNeed Mercedes parts? http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home pages: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net
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