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On my old Vauxhall there was a lever on each headlamp to alter them for ~European use. I now have the new 3008 is there such a device if not what options are there?
This subject has been discussed previously and I think the same conclusion was reached, however, in driving to my house in France over the past 15 years I speak from experience.The LED ones don't kick up on the left as the older halogen ones did, so they need no conversion to use in Europe.
I had an X Type with the levers to adjust the headlights and it worked well. Then I had a 2014 3008 and even with converters I was constantly flashed.This subject has been discussed previously and I think the same conclusion was reached, however, in driving to my house in France over the past 15 years I speak from experience.
If you read this post perhaps you could comment Yorky.
Agmuns thinks it is a setting under menu but I have not found this so he may be mistaken.There isn't any self adjusting lever unfortunately.
As for the manual it only states that you must have the headlights adjusted by your dealer if travelling abroad. There isn't any self adjusting lever unfortunately.
I'm possibly wrong, since Yorky said the manual states you have to visit a dealer. Maybe it was one of the other cars I tried before I bought the 3008.Agmuns thinks it is a setting under menu but I have not found this so he may be mistaken.
This subject has been discussed previously and I think the same conclusion was reached, however, in driving to my house in France over the past 15 years I speak from experience.
I previously drove cars with halogen headlamps and never fitted headlamp converters. I always set the headlamps to the lowest setting and only had the occasional headlamp flash from a disgruntled driver in the on-coming traffic.
Driving down this time in my 3008 GT with LED headlamps I was probably flashed more times in one journey than the whole of my previous journeys. I’m not sure whether the bright white lights made the difference or whether the automatic headlamp levelling doesn’t dip the light enough but this certainly needs looking in to before I make the trip again.
If you read this post perhaps you could comment Yorky.
agreed - it should also be easy to fix this with a software upgrade for LED models.Poor not having a menu setting to switch them over. A lot of cheaper cars have this, so for a car coming from mainland Europe it's a bit of a bummer.
What does the beam pattern look like if you park in front of a wall? All flat or with a kick-up to the nearside? _____ vs. \____I'm driving over to France early September and would also like clarification as to the reflectors. I didn't put any on last time but all my driving was during daylight hours. This time I'll be driving through the night. It seems the only ones you can buy are for standard headlamps or halogen. I think the LED headlights get a little too warm and the reflectors fall off.
I think I'll probably risk not fitting them but have them in the car and plead forgetfulness if stopped..........if I find I'm getting flashed a lot I'll fit a set and see what happens from there.
Not really looked at that. I'll find a wall next time I'm out in the dark and check.What does the beam pattern look like if you park in front of a wall? All flat or with a kick-up to the nearside? _____ vs. \____
I am almost certain the beam is flat but I'll find a suitable wall to test and confirm. I found the attached on the pistonheads forum and I'm assuming if the light pattern of my LED lights falls within the detailed parameters for the flat section I should be okay. I don't particularly want to mess around adjusting the height of the headlamps mechanically.On my 308 with LED headlights there is a manual up/down adjustment on the top of each light unit.
The beam pattern is flat, so there is no need to make any change for Europe. I have been there twice since I got this car with no problems either from the law or oncoming drivers.
However I did manually tweak the LH headlight down a tad.
As mentioned by Brilec earlier but I hadn’t got round to checking mine. Not sure how adjustment would affect the automatic levelling and there could be a seal on the screw so Peugeot would be able to tell if it's been tampered with.there is a white torx screw that has 'Site/Vertical Adjustment' embossed adjacent to it.
I would assume that the manual screw(adjuster sets the 'zero' position for the system. Same as for a car with plain halogens and in-cabin load-adjuster switch/knob. In a Swedish equivalent to an MOT, the lights must be able to be correctly set using the screws on the housings with the in-cabin adjuster set to 0. If you need to use the in-cabin adjuster (I'm assuming unless the car is actually loaded while tested) to ge the lights down to a correct position, it's a fail.Your posts made me go out and look at my 3008 headlamp units.
I noticed when you lift the bonnet, at the top/rear of each of the LED headlamp units, there is a white torx screw that has 'Site/Vertical Adjustment' embossed adjacent to it. I certainly wouldn't want to be fiddling with this, but clearly this is made available for some sort of vertical adjustment for garages to carry out.
My previous C4 Grand Picasso, had factory fit xenons, but also had manual height headlamp adjustment, but as you say the 3008 is supposed to do it all automatically.