Xenon dipping for Europe is possible, switch is in the unit!

[UKS4APR1]

There is a small wire/lever behind the cover of the headlight which needs simply flipping over to swap your dip for continental driving.
Bit tricky getting to it [lack of room]
Switch from circled position to arrowed position in pic. or vice versa.

[Mik]

Very useful tip. Beats having to put annoying little stickers on my head lamps when going abroad

Mik

[UKS4APR1]

The other point is that those "annoying little stickers" DO NOT in fact work on the xenons as the light is not deflected by the headlight glass in the same way as conventional headlights.

[Mik]

Never knew that and I once got told off by French Police for not using the stickers on on the xenons.

[JohnW]

They make special stickers to use on projector style xenons.

We tried looking for these switched at the ferry port last week on DaveP's RS4 and could not find them.
Maybe its a case of only being able to get at them with the HID connector removed.

I will investigate further this weekend and see what I can discover incase anyone is interested (maybe only the RS4 owners...).

[docurley]

This is great as I just purchased the RS4 lights on the left-hand drive car being broken up and assumed I would have to buy new shells.

Thanks for the post

[JohnW]

It is possible you still might need to

If they are the same you have a result, but it would be worth checking.
From experiences with xenons on Porsches the Uk and mainland europe lights are different.

With a uk porker light the beam raises to the left to illuminate roadsigns and the kerb.
When you switch the switch on these it cuts the beam pattern so it is flat.

With a european porker light the beam raises to the right, and is cut to flat when switched.

The simple answer is to compare the parts numbers and lights prior to fitting them.
The next solution would be to just swap over the HID beam unit which should be screwed into the light moulding.

[docurley]

Could someone post up there UK lights part number so I can compare and thanks.

[Dippy]

In my experience you need to remove the single unit headlights to change the switch. It is about half hour per headlight if you are being careful (make sure there is NO chance of the high voltage Xenons being turned on when you work on them). You also need a torx screwdriver and one of the screws is recessed to it has to be long (and it could also do with being magnetic so that you don't lose it!).

I might also point out that "Yes Mr. Gendarme my headlights have been internally changed to suit right-hand driving" does not always work and if he can see the stickers he's unlikely to cause any problem.

So I just use the stickers 'cos it's a lot less hassle.

[Morpheous]

Bloody French Police!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dont take a Road Angel to France. Even if its turned off they will confiscate it.
Friend of mine was also fined £500 on the spot fine!!

All recent Audi cars have this facility.
Was able to switch mine on the tunnel crossing.

[GrahamS4]

Possibilty I am going to Germany soon for a few days - was thinking of driving. This alone is putting me off. What a faff.

[DrB]

I eventually managed to change mine when I went to Germany in the Summer: http://www.rs246.com/index.php?name=PNp ... ht=#117190

When you flip the switch they do not flip over the lights but block out the top left corner.

[DrB]

Sorry I forgot to say, once you have done this once it will only take 2 mins per light to do.

[GrahamS4]

Thanks.

[Scotty]

I had something similar on my TT but when I pulled my head lights out on my 2003 S4 I couldn't see anything like it.