Hey everyone. Im planing to retrofit the new facelift bi xenons to my car and i was wondering if im gonna need AFS to enable travel mode. The reason i ask is that im really having a hard time to find RHD lights so im thinking of buying LHD light so i can enable travel mode and its gonna be like have RHD lights
Re: Do i need AFS to have ' travel mode ' ?
Posted: Thu May 05, 2016 2:31 pm
by Cuprabob
Travel mode does not convert the beam pattern from LHD to RHD and vice versa but "clips" the beam to prevent it dazzling oncoming traffic. Similar to those stickers you get to block part of the beam.
Re: Do i need AFS to have ' travel mode ' ?
Posted: Thu May 05, 2016 5:24 pm
by davidscirocco
Cuprabob wrote:Travel mode does not convert the beam pattern from LHD to RHD and vice versa but "clips" the beam to prevent it dazzling oncoming traffic. Similar to those stickers you get to block part of the beam.
hey thanks for the replay . but wont this pass the mot test?
Re: Do i need AFS to have ' travel mode ' ?
Posted: Thu May 05, 2016 6:30 pm
by Cuprabob
davidscirocco wrote:
Cuprabob wrote:Travel mode does not convert the beam pattern from LHD to RHD and vice versa but "clips" the beam to prevent it dazzling oncoming traffic. Similar to those stickers you get to block part of the beam.
hey thanks for the replay . but wont this pass the mot test?
It may do but you would be missing part of the beam which is bound to affect visibility.
Re: Do i need AFS to have ' travel mode ' ?
Posted: Thu May 05, 2016 7:18 pm
by davidscirocco
hm... ok but as i said before. its too hard to find a RHD headlights... thats why im thinking to buy LHD and try travel mode
Re: Do i need AFS to have ' travel mode ' ?
Posted: Fri May 06, 2016 6:14 am
by rpsmith79
But why buy upgraded lights that will offer less light on the road than the standard ones you have..........
....... seems like a downgrade to me, or am i missing something
Re: Do i need AFS to have ' travel mode ' ?
Posted: Fri May 06, 2016 11:23 am
by davidscirocco
rpsmith79 wrote:But why buy upgraded lights that will offer less light on the road than the standard ones you have..........
....... seems like a downgrade to me, or am i missing something
What do you mean less light than my standard ones? " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; this video looks fine to me
Re: Do i need AFS to have ' travel mode ' ?
Posted: Fri May 06, 2016 11:32 am
by Cuprabob
davidscirocco wrote:
rpsmith79 wrote:But why buy upgraded lights that will offer less light on the road than the standard ones you have..........
....... seems like a downgrade to me, or am i missing something
What do you mean less light than my standard ones? " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; this video looks fine to me
Because you will lose a significant part of the beam pattern. It will be totally flat as opposed to kicking up at the passenger side as it should do.
If you are desperate to have Xenons then buy tbe correct ones from TPS or have your current lights converted by the likes of Headlightretrofits.
I don live in the UK so i cant do any of the 2 that you told me... The only thing i can do is wait and hope to find something on ebay... If you know any link i can make a search please let me know. Btw anyone here knows the part number for RHD headlights?
