pontyslapper

pontyslapper

Brought a Landy to LZ11. Yay!!
Does anyone have a picture guide of where to stick a bit of tape on the headlights of a 300Tdi Disco when you is venturing over to Frogland???

Needs it sharpish - on Ferry sat morn!!

SWMBO is threatening to make me venture into Halfrauds and part with about 6 quid for some bits of rigid sticky tape when I got rolls of gaffer tape that'll do the same job.

Surely somebody has the knowledge - I've done my own head in trying bits of tape on the lights out the front tonight - I think it was a mixture of being tired, and staring at the headlights point blank.
 
its the age old story....

yu are paying £0.20 for the tape and £5.80 for the knowledge of where to stick it :).


dont be a tight arse!
 
I'm not a tight arse - I just object to the fact the bloody things always fall off about 2 hours after I get off the ferry even when I've followed the bloody structions to the letter.

Least wit gaffer tape - there's always a roll handy.

Apart from that I'm prolly only gonna be driving it for 20 minutes in the dark on Saturday night - rest of the trip we'll be in the hovel in the Vienne or in the fancy gite in Normandy that SWMBO fancied off the interweb.
 
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There's a small sloping area to mask on the left of centre on the glass about 1/2inch in size. Also in France the lamps must be masked even in daylight.
 

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I don't bother, just turn the headlamp adjuster to 1.

How many French/German/Belgian/Dutch Trucks/Cars/Bikes do you see coming off the ferries with the lights masked? They're a rare breed that do.

/Rant On

Besides, it's really difficult to mask the modern lights that have the beams focused in the reflectors & those stupid things they sell on the boat or at the AA/RAC shops are just a plain rip off. Useless they are, don't help at all. Sorry.

/Rant Off

Gaffer tapes a good'n for early Landy lights though (see above).

Vic.
 
as said i wouldn't bother nobody else does i live here and see hundreds of british cars without it
 
It's not possible to do it on all cars.

Can't do it on my '40.

But then it's so low, doubt I would blind anything but the local vole population :eek:.
 
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