Headlamp converters for European driving

If you're heading abroad this summer, you'll need to bend your beams to stay legal in Europe.

Save yourself some cash and don't buy your headlamp converters from Halfords, who rip you off at £9.99 for a pack, pick some up for a fraction of the price on Ebay:

Ebay Beam Benders

Good call. What other bits are required for Euro driving?

GB sticker
Hi vis jacket(s)
Spare bulbs
Warning triangle
Breathalysers?

Is there a particular spare bulb kit we can get for our kombis?  I need to get a new fire extinghuiser & saw a package online that had extinghuiser, 1st aid & bulb kit amongst other bits but have no idea if bulb kit is suitable.

The main headlamp bulb is a H4(472) so if you buy a kit that includes that, then you'll be heading in the right direction.

Tallulah wrote:

Good call. What other bits are required for Euro driving?

GB sticker
Hi vis jacket(s)
Spare bulbs
Warning triangle
Breathalysers?

All those.   

URmysunshine wrote:

Is there a particular spare bulb kit we can get for our kombis?  I need to get a new fire extinghuiser & saw a package online that had extinghuiser, 1st aid & bulb kit amongst other bits but have no idea if bulb kit is suitable.

Just Kampers have the bulb kits for £8.00 and I brought my headlight converters from their at the same time but they can be found cheaper online if you shop around...

Anything else we may not have thought of for our continental trip??, I've just ordered a continental hook up connector should we need one...

beakyboy wrote:

Anything else we may not have thought of for our continental trip??, I've just ordered a continental hook up connector should we need one...

How about Mrs. BB's ST orange parasol?

TimV wrote:

beakyboy wrote:

Anything else we may not have thought of for our continental trip??, I've just ordered a continental hook up connector should we need one...

How about Mrs. BB's ST orange parasol?

  Mrs BB's is now wishing we had a tow bar and a trailer.....
Shes been warned we're travelling light as want to bring the bike along....

I know someone with lots of left hand drive headlights lol

Can anyone advise how the converters fit? For some reason the Brazi Bay is not on a standard vehicle fitting list (!) and the slope on the lens seems to go the opposite way to the norm... Cheers

There is a picture on the Just Kamper's website. That's how I worked it out.
http://www.justkampers.com/headlamp-beam-converters-for-continental-motoring.html

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Same position for both headlamps.

TimV wrote:

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Same position for both headlamps.

That's quite different from the Just Kampers website. I trust yours though TimV. How easy is it to reposition?

I found a section of black masking tape to be both effective and cheaper (think Daz pointed me in that direction).

Sunny wrote:

I found a section of black masking tape to be both effective and cheaper (think Daz pointed me in that direction).

Yep I just use black elec tape as I have it in bay at all times

If you get a chance Daz can you post a picture of where you put it.

harryhornet wrote:

If you get a chance Daz can you post a picture of where you put it.

its the triangle bit that is marked out you need to cover

Got that. Thanks Daz.