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Old 09-17-2018, 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by deepblonde View Post
RIght Hand Drive headlights are different to LHD, (and have different part numbers);

Each have projectors that are made to not dazzle oncoming traffic by way of the cutoff - in a LHD they will direct light slightly down and to the right.

In principal the thought is correct but literally it's quite incorrect.

The cutoff for LHD vehicles is such that light goes up from centerline ONLY right of center, but when properly dialed in the light on the left side will be bright straight out from centerline.





Here is a visual of how that works. Notice the beam on the driver side (LHD) stays nearly horizontal. The passenger side (right in this case) rises quite a bit to illuminate the world especially road signs.
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