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bowglie · 2017-12-18T21:28:17Z

Looking like the time has come to replace OH’s car with something a bit bigger & more practical. We’re looking for something about 12 months old from a car supermarket or similar. Cars like Focus, Leon, Octavia and Yetis appeal, particularly if they’re the warm hatch variety;) The thing that is putting the OH off Skoda and Seat is the rubbish headlights on our previous two Skodas. She has to regularly drive on longish stretches of unlit country roads, where there’s just enough oncoming traffic that you can hardly use full beam lights. She’s currently got a Fiesta and previously had a 2013 Octavia VRS - the boggo lights on the Fiesta are far better than the Octavia (even with unrated bulbs on latter). We’ve been looking on the Skoda forum and noticed that people are still complaining about cr*p headlights on the latest generation Octavias and Yetis. Does anyone on here have experience of Skoda Yetis or Octavias with Xenons? If so, what’s the dipped beam like on unlit roads? Also wondered about Seat Leons with LED headlights - again, we’ve read mixed reviews on forums. People who use them on unlit roads complaining that the dipped beam is really low and has a sharply defined cut off to the beam - does anyone here have real world experience of the Leon LED headlights? Any sensible feedback most welcome. TIA

CountZero

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It isn't something that can be adjusted either since they are self-levelling (so I don't quite follow CountZero's post above about setting them a bit higher).

Didn’t know about the auto-levelling on the LED’s, actually, a lot of cars have a little scroll-wheel that allows the beam to be raised and lowered, I guess for load variations, and which has helped on some cars, although the Merc A180 with the abysmal lights just couldn’t be improved on.
I guess the few cars I’ve driven with Xenon/LED lights have been set up in such a way that I’ve been able to drive in the dark with few issues.

Posted : 21/01/2018 5:13 pm

Cougar

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I've just got a new (face-lift) Octavia. Dunno what tech they are but the headlights are great. The reversing lights however are toilet.

Posted : 21/01/2018 5:24 pm

tjagain

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From my experience of newish hire cars most headlights are set far too low. Getting them checked with MOT type equipment will only tell you if they are too high not too low

Posted : 21/01/2018 5:30 pm

GlennQuagmire

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The reversing lights however are toilet

Same as the Leon. There's only reversing light and it seems to be powered by candles.

Posted : 21/01/2018 5:33 pm

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