Mercedes headlights in Europe
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Mercedes headlights in Europe
Does anyone know if there are stickers available for the current Mercedes Sprinter headlamps, to mask them for driving on right in Europe? Or do I just use white tape!?
grahamsb- Member
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Re: Mercedes headlights in Europe
There are three possibilities.
1. You don't need stickers because the lamp design has a flat beam pattern which does not need to change
2. You don't need stickers because there is a physical lever on each lamp to switch them from the normal pattern to a less powerful flat beam pattern, which is more or less the same effect as a sticker
3. You do need stickers, in which case you can either mess about with stickers every time, and probably not know where to put them, or you can buy a pair of headlamp protectors. They come complete with stickers, and a marking to indicate where they go. The idea being that you can just clip them on when crossing the channel.
I don't know which of those will apply to a Mercedes, however.
1. You don't need stickers because the lamp design has a flat beam pattern which does not need to change
2. You don't need stickers because there is a physical lever on each lamp to switch them from the normal pattern to a less powerful flat beam pattern, which is more or less the same effect as a sticker
3. You do need stickers, in which case you can either mess about with stickers every time, and probably not know where to put them, or you can buy a pair of headlamp protectors. They come complete with stickers, and a marking to indicate where they go. The idea being that you can just clip them on when crossing the channel.
I don't know which of those will apply to a Mercedes, however.
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Re: Mercedes headlights in Europe
I will be interested to hear from other owners with the Mercedes coachbuilt conversions. What did they do when travelling across the channel?
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Re: Mercedes headlights in Europe
Have you asked the question of your local MB dealer?
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Re: Mercedes headlights in Europe
From the 2021 MB Sprinter manual pg 84:-
"Notes on changing the lights when driving
abroad
Vehicles with halogen or static LED head‐
lamps: Changing the headlamps is not neces‐
sary. The legal requirements will also be fulfilled
in countries with left and right-hand traffic"
https://assets.mbvans.com/Mercedes-Benz-Vans/Manuals/2021/2021-MB-Sprinter-Owners-Manual-E1O-Standard-Radio.pdf
"Notes on changing the lights when driving
abroad
Vehicles with halogen or static LED head‐
lamps: Changing the headlamps is not neces‐
sary. The legal requirements will also be fulfilled
in countries with left and right-hand traffic"
https://assets.mbvans.com/Mercedes-Benz-Vans/Manuals/2021/2021-MB-Sprinter-Owners-Manual-E1O-Standard-Radio.pdf
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Re: Mercedes headlights in Europe
Welcome to the forum Graham. It's always best to take advice from folks who know what their subject is (as this query illustratesgrahamsb wrote:I will be interested to hear from other owners with the Mercedes coachbuilt conversions. What did they do when travelling across the channel?
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As an aside, the older Sprinters needed stickers, but you are in the modern world!
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Re: Mercedes headlights in Europe
With the shorter days, I have done quite a bit of driving in the dark. The dipped lights are higher on the left than on the right. so obviously set up for driving on left hand side. I have also reviewed and confirmed this on the dash cam footage. To avoid (further) annoying the French, I will fit stickers. Those I have purchased list the 2018 - Sprinter, with the position to fit them.
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