Quote Originally Posted by PopDorset View Post
applies to vehicles: Sharan, Alhambra and Galaxy before facelift.

Before going abroad this year I spent hours on the internet trying to find a pattern or template for making my own headlamp masks for right hand driving. I came up with a complete blank, except a couple of forums where people were saying buy a Halfords set and cut them to fit.

I am always a little suspicious of the "one size fits all" principle, and the handbook for this is just not that precise...it's impossible to get an accurate mapping from it and there arn't any measurements at all, just a basic shape.

Frustrated, I drove to the local farm one evening and parked with the headlights on in front of a large barn. The next step was to cut up a cereal packet and tape the basic shape to the headlight. After about 45 mins of trimming and taping bits on I came up with a template for a mask for each headlamp (they are assymetrical) which gives a perfect beam pattern and no leaks of light. The object here was to get rid of the kick up on the left hand side of each beam pattern.

These templates I now keep safe, and I will, every year, use a small piece of black Fablon or other make of sticky back plastic to make a fresh set for my holidays.

I would be happy to scan these templates and forward them, but half the fun for me was just the satisfaction of getting a very accurate and reusable template.

My research threw up a number of good sites but this one in particular is now in my "Favourites" folder:

http://www.eurodriveregs.co.uk/

Happy driving!

PopDorset
1. Please send copy of template to ds.mulberry@virgin.net
2. www.eurodriveregs.co.uk no longer available