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These people do reflectors with a conversion in them for 19 a pair +P&P. Part of the email I had from the said - we do have headlamp protectors with convertors for the ducato priced at 19.99 plus 5.50 p&p If you would like to purchase a set please contact us on 01248 750730 between 9am-5pm
HTH
Dave
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I was recently spoken to by an off duty Gendarmme in France who was using an aire we were staying on ,he was in a motor home,and he told me that the black tape I was using to deflect my beams was in fact illegal as you are supposed to deflect your beams not mask them out and in the event of an accident/collision you could void your insurance if a claim was made that your masked lights were claimed to be contributory.Since then I always buy clear deflectors from my local car accessory shop for about 8 ,better safe than sorry I think.
Headlamp protectors -ie the headlamp area is totally covered by a tough polycarbonate cover- are a sound buy. The Peugeot / Fiat ones fit quickly by clipping under the bonnet. Touch wood they have never fallen off ! The deflector area is marked and can be removed in UK and reused next time.
Make sure you buy the right model. We have had to do a little filing to get the 2004 model to fit a 2006 van.
Given the huge cost of replacing headlamp units after they have been damaged by stone chips the cost of these seems reasonable.
I bought some headlamp protectors for my Fiat Ducato last week from Alan Kerr's in Paignton. Cost 37+.
So far I haven't fitted them as its been very cold and I seem to remember somwhere in a previous post they recommended fitting them in warmer weather! Or am I wrong?
These headlamp protectors had some BLACK sticky tapes for converting headlamps for continental use. So does this mean that as supplied this is then illegal as the sticky tapes are BLACK?
I hope they are easy to fit as we are off again end of next week.
[quote="zulurita"]So far I haven't fitted them as its been very cold and I seem to remember somwhere in a previous post they recommended fitting them in warmer weather! [unquote]
We fitted ours on the new van on a freezing day. Only difficulty was the frozen fingers of the fitter. There's no real fitting involved- they just clip on. Bear in mind all the stones in the grit they put on the roads and fit NOW !
[Quote zulurita]These headlamp protectors had some BLACK sticky tapes for converting headlamps for continental use. So does this mean that as supplied this is then illegal as the sticky tapes are BLACK?[unquote]
Ours are the same and we even have a dedicated roll of black tape in the van for future trips. Hope this was just a gendarme being picky.
Hi Dave,
Snap ! . . I wanted headlight protectors for my Ducato but too tight fisted to lash out on ready made ones, so I got some LEXAN polycarbonate sheet on e-bay (this is the stuff they make police riot shields from) :-
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this was for an offcut approx 570mm x 250mm x 6mm thick for 3 [+p&p]
and this was enough cut in half for 2 protectors, I then got from B&Q some aluminum double glazing track + a length of flat aluminium and made a paper pattern to the size of the headlight clusters & cut it with an ordinary fine tooth wood saw (it drills without splitting or cracking ok), its just pop riveted together & the base aluminium track self tap screwed to the bumper with the top screwed to the convenient radiator supports under the bonnet.
Pretty it 'ain't but its CHEAP and with the strength of this Lexan - I'm hoping that nothing short of a bullet will penetrate it !
I had some initial problems heating & bending it but done it in the end.
(When I say "not pretty" - I guess every fathers baby is pretty to them) & I'm quite pleased with my handiwork !
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