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Hi People
We are hoping to move to France in the near future, I have searched the world for right hand dip lights for my XJ8, did not intened paying £285 each for them from Jaguar, anyway a customer of mine, asked the garaged where he gets his XJ8 serviced, they had a set on the shelf, they had had a French car in, this was converted to Left hand dip, they offered them to me on a straight swop or £40 each I choose the latter incase I need them to be swopped back at some time, is it much of a job to fit them, can find nothing about this, any where.
Second I needed a Certificate of Comformity another strange French rule, the local dealer could not help, in fact did not know what I wanted, contacted Jaguar as some one sugested, they sent this to me special delivery at no cost, the guy I had contact with I had spoken to him when I was buying the car, told me that their sister company Land Rover charge £94 for the same thing, so you know where to go if you need one

Colin

Colin
Try the AA or RAC or as an outside chance Simon Cronin (who organises the JEC trips to France) may know. His details are in the leading pages of the JEC magazine.....Joe

the headlights will simply ' pop out, and pop in ' ,

however, dont drive on UK roads with them fitted, as you will blind everyone coming towards you,

BB

Hi Colin E,

Yes I would be tempted to put headlamp convertors on for the initial trip to France and replace the headlamps when you get there.

Once there find a wall. Park your car roughly two feet from the wall. Remove your headlamp convertors and shine your headlamps on the wall and mark the pattern made by the lamps. This assuming your lights are correctly adjusted for British roads. You will be marking a shape similar to a stretched out letter V.

Now fit your continental lamps and shine the lights again on the wall. If they are adjusted correctly the pattern will be the reverse of your markings and shine to the right. Also your markings will show the correct height adjustment for your lamps.

Hope this helps.

Turkeybill