Just a quick one - I'll be taking my car from the continent to the UK next summer, for 3 months. Is it true that I have to go to a dealer or a reputable garage (my Octavia is only 2 months old) where they have to adjust the beams and I have to part with lots of money? Isn't it enough wonder to buy stickers to put on the lens which deflects the beam from shining in the faces of UK drivers? If a physical beam direction change is necessary, how much have you in the UK been paying for this? Regards, Steve, Poland.

you cant adjust it. The kick up on your car will point up right where in the uk ours is up left. This is in the design of the headlight and not the allignment.

All you can do is get the stickers. If you have halogens point them down using the adjuster in the car. Bar that, buy RHD headlights to fit whilst you're over here?

A garage would normaly charge about £20 to adjust our cars using a Light box which they use to accurately set the beam up to uk regulations

I did a guide for UK cars to flat beam the lights for driving on mainland EU yours might be the same inside to make a flat beam for driving in countries that drive on the left. It would only take a few minutes to check.

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/203947-fl-headlights-eu-driving/page__hl__+eu%20+headlights#entry2867266

I have a 2012 with cornering xenons. It has a setting in the maxidot for "travel mode" which, as far as I can tell, just brings the two beams a bit closer together. You can also turn off the cornering feature if you want.

Also, you can turn on something called "second speedometer" which enables a little mph readout in the maxidot, above the outside temp. I guess UK cars show km/h if you enable it.

Also, you can turn on something called "second speedometer" which enables a little mph readout in the maxidot, above the outside temp. I guess UK cars show km/h if you enable it.

Spot on you can set it to MPH or KPH

I have a 2012 with cornering xenons. It has a setting in the maxidot for "travel mode" which, as far as I can tell, just brings the two beams a bit closer together. You can also turn off the cornering feature if you want.

Also, you can turn on something called "second speedometer" which enables a little mph readout in the maxidot, above the outside temp. I guess UK cars show km/h if you enable it.

UK cars show KPH permanently on maxidot, I believe there is some EU law possibly type approval related that all EU cars must show KPH then a British one that obviously requires MPH & KPH. My speedometer dial has MPH only and KPH is permanently shown on maxidot (UK car)

you cant adjust it. The kick up on your car will point up right where in the uk ours is up left. This is in the design of the headlight and not the allignment.

All you can do is get the stickers. If you have halogens point them down using the adjuster in the car. Bar that, buy RHD headlights to fit whilst you're over here?

A garage would normaly charge about £20 to adjust our cars using a Light box which they use to accurately set the beam up to uk regulations

You are missing out Ryan, read my post both Octy II and Octy II FL halogens can be manually adjusted (beam flattened as shown in pics removes the kick up to side) link I posted shows FL and for Octy II http://octavia-vrs.c...ight-conversion

Spot on you can set it to MPH or KPH

You guys can flick between MPH and KPH on Maxidot via the stalk controller? I thought it was only via VCDS and changing the country code for car :( I still want the BIG KPH on mine.

fair enough, what about non projectors or are all newer octys fitted with projectors?