What headlights do I have?

[SuperCaliFragilistic]

We're travelling to the EU tomorrow, and I've bought a set of the Eurolite stickers for our 2016 California Ocean, but I can't work out if my headlights are considered standard or Projector/Xenon, as per the instruction list for the Eurolites.

Can anyone help from these photos please?

 

[kurienp]

We're travelling to the EU tomorrow, and I've bought a set of the Eurolite stickers for our 2016 California Ocean, but I can't work out if my headlights are considered standard or Projector/Xenon, as per the instruction list for the Eurolites.

Can anyone help from these photos please?

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Those are projector LED lights. They do not need stickers as LEDs throw a flat beam.

If in doubt, put as per Xenon instructions.

 

[andyinluton]

Those are projector LED lights. They do not need stickers as LEDs throw a flat beam.

If in doubt, put as per Xenon instructions.

Those are LED but on a T6 they are not a flat beam . On that model in the system settings there should be a "travel mode" that you need to turn on that sorts the lights out.

 

[Vagophile]

Do LED lights have washers?
You should be able to tell from the data sheet in front of the handbook.
Mine are 8EC which is "bi functional headlight with gas discharge lamp for driving on the left".
It should be possible to decode on igorweb.org/equidec.aspx

 

[andyinluton]

Do LED lights have washers?
You should be able to tell from the data sheet in front of the handbook.
Mine are 8EC which is "bi functional headlight with gas discharge lamp for driving on the left".
It should be possible to decode on igorweb.org/equidec.aspx

You can tell by looking at them, no need for a data sheet.

The choice on that age van was Halogen or LED, the halogen look like the photo below for comparison.

 

[RockinNRollin]

Do LED lights have washers?

Sometimes! My old 2019 Octavia had LEDs and washers, while my 6.1 Ocean has LEDs but no washers (don't miss them - never convinced they were that effective for normal road grime and they gobbled washer fluid. Might work better with muddy water I suppose)

 

[SuperCaliFragilistic]

Thank you everyone for your responses. This forum is amazing.

I found the 'travel mode' in the MFD. Turns out it was already turned on!

France, Belgium, Germany, Czech Rep, Austria, Switzerland... here we come!

 

[cjblackw]

Hello All, I'm off the EU in a month so checking if I need to switch my headlights. My Cali 6.1 Ocean was one of the last 6.1 vans off the production line. Is there a way I can check on the type of headlight I have and whether it's flat beam so an adjustment is not necessay? It seems very complicated to establish - I even had to read the manual which didn't yield any headlight info on driving on the EU RHS roads. I cannot find a "travel mode" in the MMI and there are not any headlight washers. Thank you for your help. Charles

 

[TripleBee]

Hello All, I'm off the EU in a month so checking if I need to switch my headlights. My Cali 6.1 Ocean was one of the last 6.1 vans off the production line. Is there a way I can check on the type of headlight I have and whether it's flat beam so an adjustment is not necessay? It seems very complicated to establish - I even had to read the manual which didn't yield any headlight info on driving on the EU RHS roads. I cannot find a "travel mode" in the MMI and there are not any headlight washers. Thank you for your help. Charles

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Drive up to a wall and look at the projection of the headlights.
If it looks like this:

you will have to adjust through the MFD or radio menu.
If it looks like this:

there will be no real reason to adjust the headlights, but you might still find the setting in the MFD or radio menu.

 

[andyinluton]

Hello All, I'm off the EU in a month so checking if I need to switch my headlights. My Cali 6.1 Ocean was one of the last 6.1 vans off the production line. Is there a way I can check on the type of headlight I have and whether it's flat beam so an adjustment is not necessay? It seems very complicated to establish - I even had to read the manual which didn't yield any headlight info on driving on the EU RHS roads. I cannot find a "travel mode" in the MMI and there are not any headlight washers. Thank you for your help. Charles

UK T6.1 Oceans are all LED and have an almost flat beam. No need for stickers & theres no setting for travel mode.

 

[vbk1975]

Hello All, I'm off the EU in a month so checking if I need to switch my headlights. My Cali 6.1 Ocean was one of the last 6.1 vans off the production line. Is there a way I can check on the type of headlight I have and whether it's flat beam so an adjustment is not necessay? It seems very complicated to establish - I even had to read the manual which didn't yield any headlight info on driving on the EU RHS roads. I cannot find a "travel mode" in the MMI and there are not any headlight washers. Thank you for your help. Charles

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Headlight adjustment or not for Europe on a 6.1

Hi I’m going to Spain in our t6.1 California. I can’t see a definitive thread about whether I need to adjust my LED lights. Any advice would be very welcomed.

vwcaliforniaclub.com

 

[cjblackw]

Thank you very much for the comments and help.. Charles

 

[brcas64]

We are in Italy at the moment no need for stickers on led lights. Plenty of tunnels and not been beeped at.