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Old Jul 2, 2014 | 07:51 AM
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I have taken my Jeep Cherokee from the UK to Spain where I will be working for the next 6 months minimum. Cars in the UK are RHD, in Spain LHD... so I really should exchange the headlamps for LHD units.

Does anyone what shipping might cost from the US to Santander, Spain, postcode 39001, and what I might expect to pay for a the used pair of lights?

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Old Jul 2, 2014 | 08:37 AM
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They don't have 6054 bulbs in Spain?
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Old Jul 2, 2014 | 10:35 AM
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????????
Head light are head light. I have never seen or heard of a right hand and left hand drive headlights. Head lights are headlight.
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Old Jul 2, 2014 | 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by RTorrez1
????????
Head light are head light. I have never seen or heard of a right hand and left hand drive headlights. Head lights are headlight.
beam pattern is different for LHD and RHD.
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Old Jul 2, 2014 | 11:21 AM
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How about just swapping the left and right lamps and then aiming them correctly?

In any event I would not get a used set of lamps. New standard lamps are not expensive.

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You guys are funny. There is a difference.

RHD laps shoot a bit off to the left away from oncoming traffic and LHD shoot off to the right. It's in the lens cut.

That said, if you moved from England to Spain, you should be able to buy the correct parts in Spain.
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Old Jul 2, 2014 | 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by cruiser54
You guys are funny. There is a difference.

RHD laps shoot a bit off to the left away from oncoming traffic and LHD shoot off to the right. It's in the lens cut.

That said, if you moved from England to Spain, you should be able to buy the correct parts in Spain.
They are just adjusted different. No difference in the head light it's self.
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Old Jul 2, 2014 | 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by RTorrez1
They are just adjusted different. No difference in the head light it's self.
youre wrong. they have different lenses.

for left hand drive cars, the beam pattern is as so: ___------

for right hand drive cars, the pattern is as so: ----_____

this is not the left headlight being aimed higher than the right, or vice versa. this is the actual pattern of the glass (or complex reflector) of BOTH headlights.
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Old Jul 2, 2014 | 12:46 PM
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Well, I learn something new every day.
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Old Jul 2, 2014 | 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by RTorrez1
Well, I learn something new every day.
heres an image of the beam pattern for left hand drive US cars.



essentially RHD cars are the opposite pattern.
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Old Jul 2, 2014 | 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by RTorrez1
Well, I learn something new every day.
Yeah, come on Robert!! Pull your head out!! LOL.

Only reason I knew is I've used European headlights for years......
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Old Jul 2, 2014 | 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by cruiser54
Yeah, come on Robert!! Pull your head out!! LOL.

Only reason I knew is I've used European headlights for years......
LOL!
I would pull my head out but it can get pretty far in there...
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