Jump to content
Check your Alphards past history in Japan in detail with CarVX ×

Headlight beams


Recommended Posts

Hi to all club members from myself, Nigel, and my good lady Shirley, we have recently become the proud owners of a stunning 2003 Alphad purchased from Paul Mundy and intend to drive down to Croatia in a couple of weeks time, I've bought some headlight beam deflectors but the Alphad isn't on the list of vehicles showing placement, can any members offer any advice on this?. Cheers.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

3 hours ago, Nigel Heyward said:

Hi to all club members from myself, Nigel, and my good lady Shirley, we have recently become the proud owners of a stunning 2003 Alphad purchased from Paul Mundy and intend to drive down to Croatia in a couple of weeks time, I've bought some headlight beam deflectors but the Alphad isn't on the list of vehicles showing placement, can any members offer any advice on this?. Cheers.

 

Hello Nigel and Shirley,

 

Welcome to the Forum

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 months later...
On 8/27/2022 at 10:59 AM, Nigel Heyward said:

Hi to all club members from myself, Nigel, and my good lady Shirley, we have recently become the proud owners of a stunning 2003 Alphad purchased from Paul Mundy and intend to drive down to Croatia in a couple of weeks time, I've bought some headlight beam deflectors but the Alphad isn't on the list of vehicles showing placement, can any members offer any advice on this?. Cheers.

Hi Nigel, I'm just about to head off to Spain, did you manage to fit these ok? Cheers

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Hi Alfie, in the end due to time constraints and lack of information, I took the van to my local garage, who, for a quick £20 Bung, fitted them using their beam adjuster apparatus, since returning to the UK, I removed the deflectors, which left behind the sticky marks, now I know where to fit new ones in Spring when I have to go back. Have a great trip to Spain.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Hi all, and specifically Alfie, here is an idea of the positioning of headlight beam deflectors for European driving, I had these fitted at my local garage and as you can see I have since removed them, but fortunately haven't cleaned off the residue, hopefully this may help with members fitting for themselves.

IMG_20221106_135753.jpg

IMG_20221106_135748.jpg

IMG_20221106_135734.jpg

IMG_20221106_135728.jpg

  • Thanks 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites

10 minutes ago, Nigel Heyward said:

Hi all, and specifically Alfie, here is an idea of the positioning of headlight beam deflectors for European driving, I had these fitted at my local garage and as you can see I have since removed them, but fortunately haven't cleaned off the residue, hopefully this may help with members fitting for themselves.

IMG_20221106_135753.jpg

IMG_20221106_135748.jpg

IMG_20221106_135734.jpg

IMG_20221106_135728.jpg

 

I did a similar thing on one of my other cars.

 

Bought the stickers, went to my local MOT station and had them fit them.

Certainly a cheap approach rather than making a mess of it yourself.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...

I think I mentioned in another thread, that you align them with the mark on the headlamp lens (in your photos, you can see a small round circle on the headlamp glass. 

 

That's the beam centre, so glad that aligns with the garage beam adjuster equipment! 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I think I mentioned in another thread, that you align them with the mark on the headlamp lens (in your photos, you can see a small round circle on the headlamp glass. 

 

That's the beam centre, so glad that aligns with the garage beam adjuster equipment! 

 

Might have been on a 20 series post, the 20 series has small dimple marks on the inner surface of the lens. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 4 months later...
On 11/6/2022 at 2:03 PM, Nigel Heyward said:

Hi all, and specifically Alfie, here is an idea of the positioning of headlight beam deflectors for European driving, I had these fitted at my local garage and as you can see I have since removed them, but fortunately haven't cleaned off the residue, hopefully this may help with members fitting for themselves.

IMG_20221106_135753.jpg

IMG_20221106_135748.jpg

IMG_20221106_135734.jpg

IMG_20221106_135728.jpg

Is yours flat beam? From what I understand, if they are flat beam, there is no need for the deflectors?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 3 months later...

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.