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WANTED E500 LHD lights lenses
- Thread starter Goran124
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Pretty sure those are correct for E500 with LHT (left-hand traffic), Japan/UK/Australia.
How much are they being sold for? These are available from a German seller on eBay for €550/pair:
Mercedes W124 500E E500 ab 8/1993 Streuscheibe Scheinwerfer li+re NEU HELLA RHD | eBay
Für 500E / E500 und AMG mit verchromtem Inlay. Nur für Rechtslenker bzw Linksverkehr oder als Grundlage für den Umbau! Zustand Neu: Sonstige. Vor dem Kauf. Anzahl der Einheiten 1. Einbauposition Links rechts, Vorne.
www.ebay.com
out there trying to sell UK lenses to unsuspecting people without disclosing that they are for the wrong side of the road
LHD = RHT. Don't confuse the location of the steering wheel, which is irrelevant, with the side of the road a country drives on.
You do not need LHD. You need RHT. As Tim says above, the lenses shown are NOT for RHT.
You also did not answer my question, how much was the seller asking for these LHT lenses?
To clarify: In the USA, for example, traffic drives on the right side of the road (RHT). USA-spec vehicles are "left hand drive", with the steering wheel & controls on the left side of the vehicle.
If you import a right-hand-drive vehicle from Japan (for example) into the USA, the headlights/lenses must be RHT, because USA roads drive on the right (RHT). The location of the steering wheel, left side (normal) or right side (backwards) doesn't matter. Lights/lenses must match the country / traffic direction, regardless if the steering wheel is left, right, front, back, or in the trunk.
Got it! You definitely need RHT (right-hand traffic) headlamps / lenses.
€700 for a single lens, €1400/pair! That's crazy. You can get the pair for €500 from the eBay seller. Unfortunately that doesn't help since the lenses for sale are LHT... not what you need for Croatia RHT.
I prefer the £124 price shown on their screenshots (still doesn't help, because LHT):
Yes, but LHT/RHT is dictated by the country you drive in.Man….you are confusing me
So LHT is RHD and RHT is LHD, right?
LHD/RHD doesn't matter because you can have either one in any country, so for example a UK/Japan car that is RHD will be on the "wrong side of the road" in USA where traffic is RHT.
You need RHT lenses, from countries that drive on the right side of the road. And yes, these lights/lenses are factory on "LHD" vehicles.So i need LHD facelift lenses
The confusing part is a LHD vehicle can be in a country with LHT. For example all 400E/500E worldwide are LHD. There was never a RHD version produced. These drive on the "wrong side of the road" in Japan/UK/Australia. But they will not have RHT headlights/lenses in those countries. Which is why I'm trying to clarify that LHD/RHD (location of the steering wheel does not matter. What matters is the direction of traffic in the country you drive in... your headlights / lenses need to match this. Not the steering wheel location!
This is also why Mercedes specifies lights / lenses by traffic direction. LHT / RHT. Never, ever as LHD / RHD.
Enclosed an visual explanation I've posted last year regarding RHT versus LHT lenses.
And as Dave pointed out - keep focus on the traffic driving direction only, not the steering wheel position.
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It is a different low beam graphic due to different fluting/pattern on the headlight lens. I've put up a comparison for the left headlight, and the placement of the circled section on the lens is theeasiest only way to determine the difference visually.
RHT (right hand traffic)
LHT (left hand traffic)
So, when you stay in front of the car looking at the headligths - if that triangular pattern/section is to the right on the lens - it is also for RHT and vice versa for LHT.
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And as Dave pointed out - keep focus on the traffic driving direction only, not the steering wheel position.
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It is a different low beam graphic due to different fluting/pattern on the headlight lens. I've put up a comparison for the left headlight, and the placement of the circled section on the lens is the
RHT (right hand traffic)
LHT (left hand traffic)
So, when you stay in front of the car looking at the headligths - if that triangular pattern/section is to the right on the lens - it is also for RHT and vice versa for LHT.
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