Mk 5 headlights

[Hydraulic Bloke]

Who wants these? Made in China

[AndyG]

Won't they dip the wrong way, dazzle everybody and fail the MOT

[ake]

Won't they dip the wrong way, dazzle everybody and fail the MOT

I would think they do Andy, so not much use

[AlanN]

Oh no! the chinese again

[AndyG]

Oh no! the chinese again

[Hydraulic Bloke]

Don't know what you do in Englnd but we just swap the bulbs in Oz

[AlanN]

How does the bulb change the beam angle? When we travel abroad, we have to fit beam benders on the glass to stop blinding oncoming drivers, although this doesnt matter in france as you want as many as possible to feck off outa ya way

[Hydraulic Bloke]

Allan, if you look at the bulb filaments in the headlight you'll see that they are turned slightly off centre vertically which gives that dipping to the nearside effect. L/h bulbs are turned in the opposite direction. All our bulb boxes come with "not for use in Europe" written on them, suggest you buy transit bulbs from a l/h drive country, cause I cant find any where they sell l/h lense. Also did anyone notice the Grille and bumper.

[Hydraulic Bloke]

That van is made by Ford China and called the 06 still in production this year, headlights,grille and bumper cost 1450rm retail which equates to about A$300

[AlanN]

We don't have bulbs like that here that Ive seen, even the HIDs are in a fixed position, bulbs have to be E marked in Europe, so the burn is at a set point and wattage, so the reflectors do all the work. I don't think any other European countries drive on the left like us anymore, the Swedes were the last to change. OK forgot Ireland are still with us

There is thread about the Chinese vans on here, the wings, support panels, slam etc are all different, but what people are really interested in is the 6 stud alloys they use on the minibuses. Do you know anything about them?

[Hydraulic Bloke]

The bulbs I was referring to are for US cars cause ford US and Oz are almost identical , now I think about it Chrysler just change bulbs also. Didn't know about 6stud alloys, but would be expensive with freight, easier to redrill to 4x4 stud pattern and use 06 nissan alloys, that model has same offset as transit roughly and ther'e 16" rims