These people have prices
http://www.seatpartsshop.co.uk/category/SEAT_Ateca_2017,b.html
I'm cogitating headlight protectors / deflectors. Anybody know whether the beam can be clicked for the continent. For my Altea I bought purpose sold Altea headlight protectors from the Seat dealer that included plastic pieces that you stuck inside them on the grid marks. Bob was your uncle. You peeled them off when returning, stuck them onto the backing material and just keep recycling them each time you go abroad. They were made in Australia, they also make Fiat ones as well.
Tell tail sign as to whether they intend you to stick deflectors on the lights is whether the front lights have markings for the sticky bit to be applied - if front mounting, however page 136 of the Ateca manual reads, "tourist light mode" is legal abroad. Doesn't say how to switch to it, perhaps minimum setting or haven't read it enough.
So looks like light protectors and deflectors are separate now. Research continues. Will have to check whether Leon Mk3 owners can buy protectors, they stop stone chips giving you expensive headlight repairs that's if you don't know what I'm talking about.
Hmmm from the Ateca manual
Driving abroad The light beam of the dipped beam lights is asymmetric: the side of the road on which you are driving is lit more intensely. When a car that is manufactured in a country that drives on the right travels to a country that drives on the left (or vice versa), it is normally necessary to cover part of the headlight bulbs with stickers or to change the adjustment of the headlights to avoid dazzling other drivers. In such cases, the regulations specify certain light values that must be complied with for designated points of the light distribution. This is known as "Tourist light".
The light distribution of the halogen and fullLED headlights allows the specific "tourist light" values to be met without the need for stickers or changes in the settings. Note "Tourist light" is only allowed temporarily. If you are planning a long stay in a country that drives on the other side, you should take the vehicle to an Authorised Technical Service to change the headlights.
The Leon Mk3 has similar text in the manual. Discussions on that... Basically you don't need to stick on deflectors but if you ever moved to the continent long term the car would fail the law, so it's a temporary allowance, no extra buttons to twiddle.
That then leaves the small matter of whether headlight protectors will be made for it. I got a definite feeling that headlight protectors have been dropped from accessories since I can't find them on Leon Mk3 catalogue although on the Mk2, the car that inherited some of the Altea's design parts. Anybody got any information on these step forward. I reckon Leon Mk3 owners gamble the LED pretty light look against the £500 + or so charge to make good a smashed assembly.
