Blue Lights on Vehicles in the VI

[twincityfinest]

Does anybody know if it is true that the government passed a law to forbid blue lights on vehicles? It is really hard for me to believe that!

[StreetRX7]

What do you mean blue light...????
I know alot of those new cars come factory with HID headlite which is blue like...

[Tekknikal]

depends on what you mean by blue lights?

HIDs from factory vehicles are obviously legal but arent really blue.

real blue lights are illegal however, and i believe they may be illegal on a federal level.
in general, headlights must be white/yellow, you must have yellow turn signals, yellow corner lights, red tail lights and white reverse lights... blue is not allowed anywhere unless you're an emergency vehicle.

headlight laws are strict in most states (especially california which is VERY strict) regarding where the lights are, what equipment is used, modifications allowed, etc. enforcement varies greatly though.

im not sure what they want to do here though, and hadnt heard anything lately...

[twincityfinest]

when i say blue lights i mean like those blue led nozzle (on the hood), blue indicators, pure blue hid, blue underbody kits etc...., Idk its hard to believe but i guess we will see if its true very soon!

[mitsubishi]

Ive been noticing alot of cars are clearing there headlights with blue. They mix blue in the clear coat and spray the headlights.. Real stupid plain and simple. Fine if you have a trailor queen show car, but not for something on the public roads. They are very distracting/dangerous to uncoming traffic.:mad:

[Tekknikal]

yeah if you must have a blue tint your headlights, go HID.....

[StreetRX7]

well I payed 1000 for my HID kit they better dont mess with me...lol..
Or they gonna have to :shiftdrive: catch me... vrooooommm

[mentally]

they going bring out a special unit cAR TO CATCH DEM BOOST CAR on the street, lmao

[StreetRX7]

lol ...... they gone need it..

[Tekknikal]

an old thread.. but it deserves a bump:
police seem to be trying to crack down on HIDs...

when i went with the new owner of the G to transfer ownership, the car had to be inspected. when i turned on the headlights, the inspection officer was asking if they were modified... for a moment it looked like he didnt want to OK the car.

of course, i told him that the projectors were oem and showed my low beam and high beam, and he reluctantly signed off... but for a minute it looked like he didn't want to OK it... :ugh:

[92vr4]

I have blue led tag lights and I got pulled over in the states for "impersonating a police officer" I haven't been stopped yet down here. but I'm definitely not allowed a license in Florida anymore. :)

[DomesticChiney]

I haven't had a problem in Texas.... I currently have 8000k (Blue) HID lamps but I'm thinking about down grading them to 6000k (Bluish-White)......

[Tekknikal]

the inspector was hesitating on Philips 6000K in OEM projectors :ugh: :ugh:

[DomesticChiney]

Is that what you got on your GT-R Tekk? You got pics of it being on?

[Tekknikal]

no... was talking about the g35 i sold...

http://www.streetseen.vi/?p=392

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Tech/Lights/IMG_0105x2b.jpg

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Tech/Lights/IMG_0110s.jpg

the gt-r is stock. the headlights are better than i expected... more and more companies are trying to minimize color @ cutoff and nissan kept it in - even though the 06+ g35 and g37 dont have that much. plus the beam is pretty wide. i like it.

the other day i saw my g on the road, looked nice :hs: the philips 6k were a good balance for overall color and light output, esp given that those projectors didnt have the best cutoff - the cutoff was purplish. i recommend them to anyone in the market..

only thing is, after 6k you start losing light quick. so its a give and take kind of thing

[DomesticChiney]

Those are nice! My 8000s just give a little hint of blue which I think makes it easier for me to see at night. I don't know why the officials hate on things that make you see better!

[StreetRX7]

Yo Tekk next time come check me I'll hook it up for you.. lol..

[evoking]

a friend of mine who work at the DMV was telling me that by next year they will start to crack down on HID aftermarket headlights. So i believe that when they are going to inspect your car you wont be able to pass inspection if you have those equipped onto your vehicle. I dont think it is everytime your registration and tag expires annually that you have to go to have your car inspected but i did get the news that they will be cracking down on these headlights etc.

[StreetRX7]

Well My rx7 have aftermarket lights an I aint taken them off.. period...lol.... How much of those blue lights cause accident .. An why are they cracking down on it ... Did something bad happend .. ????

[Tekknikal]

this is just my opinion... but i dont think anything is wrong with someone upgrading to HIDs... of all the laws that are getting broken i dont think they should be wasting their time on that. especially given the importance of light here....combined with the fact that they cant even light our roads properly.

having said that, i DO think the cutoff aiming and high beam use should be enforced, esp on modded setups. nothing wrong with having more light....as long as its pointed onto the road and not just scattered all over. thats what blinds people.

[evoking]

they are cracking down on it mainly because at night when people drive around with it on highbeam it can cause major accidents. and they do have that effect of blinding you while you are passing the car with the bright lights. thats jus like what nearly happened to me last night, i was driving and since the road i was on didnt have any lampost to light it someone with their HID lights had it on highbeam and i had to literally pull over because it was too bright and i couldnt see. so i guess its for safety as to why they are doing this.

[StreetRX7]

combined with the fact that they cant even light our roads properly.

So they should be happy we lighting up some of they roads...:rofl::D

Also what about ppl who drive with there HIGH BEAMS ON with regular lights..??? I see it all the time.. They blind you too...

[evoking]

and yes i must agree with u Tekk..but i think they shouldnt be cracking down on it because some roads arent properly lit and at least if someone is gonna use those headlights keep it on lowbeam as much as possible because the highbeam is real dangerous.

[evoking]

So they should be happy we lighting up some of they roads...:rofl::D

Also what about ppl who drive with there HIGH BEAMS ON with regular lights..??? I see it all the time..

oh yeah the HIGH BEAM is becoming a major issue as far as i know StreetRX7. they need to start pulling people over for using their high beam when its not needed because its like when people are driving their cars its like they tend to 4get their not the only ones on the road and leave their high beam on. so i must back u up on this one the high beam with the regular lights is an issue that should get some attention. but i dont see why they should waste their time on the HID headlights i was kinda annoyed when the person told me about it.

[StX_RdRunr]

they are cracking down on it mainly because at night when people drive around with it on highbeam it can cause major accidents. and they do have that effect of blinding you while you are passing the car with the bright lights. thats jus like what nearly happened to me last night, i was driving and since the road i was on didnt have any lampost to light it someone with their HID lights had it on highbeam and i had to literally pull over because it was too bright and i couldnt see. so i guess its for safety as to why they are doing this.

I can understand this but actually the biggest problem is that they do not require that headlights be aimed for driving on the left hand side of the road. Don't get me wrong, I love driving on the left and it is one of the many reasons we live here (if i could do it without major reconstruction I would convert the Road Runner to RHD to match our Land Rovers). However, it was even demonstrated in Tekk's article how with low beams for US spec headlights they are designed to shine down the right hand shoulder, which down here is right into the oncoming traffic's eyes. The lights here should be UK, Australia, New Zealand, South African, Japanese spec. That of course would require someone in the government to use their brain and since that is not allowed it will never happen.

[StX_RdRunr]

Actually, as far as lighting the roads here. We have too many streetlights as it is. It makes me sick to sit up on our porch and see how much energy is being wasted lighting the streets here. Do we really need a streetlight on every other pole on the south shore? No!

The Road Runner has halogen replacements as that is what Western Auto had and the Land Rovers are plain incandescents and we can see fine even on the darkest roads. It is actually easier to see on a road that is not lit by anything but your lights as the amount of lighting does not change and that is what makes it hard to see, going from light to dark.

Rant off.:rofl:

[VIZuki]

So they should be happy we lighting up some of they roads...:rofl::D

Also what about ppl who drive with there HIGH BEAMS ON with regular lights..??? I see it all the time.. They blind you too...

come one HID highbeams and regular highbeams..thats like holding a lit candle to light your way compared to regular lights on highbeam...:rofl: you drive with HID highbeams on you can see what the person is wearing in the backseat yo....thats what piss's me off HID fools who still need the highbeam...hope there len's burn the F&ck out that or they burn holes in there headlight covers...lmao:rofl:

[evoking]

I can understand this but actually the biggest problem is that they do not require that headlights be aimed for driving on the left hand side of the road. Don't get me wrong, I love driving on the left and it is one of the many reasons we live here (if i could do it without major reconstruction I would convert the Road Runner to RHD to match our Land Rovers). However, it was even demonstrated in Tekk's article how with low beams for US spec headlights they are designed to shine down the right hand shoulder, which down here is right into the oncoming traffic's eyes. The lights here should be UK, Australia, New Zealand, South African, Japanese spec. That of course would require someone in the government to use their brain and since that is not allowed it will never happen.

true i agree with you StX_RdRunr "However, it was even demonstrated in Tekk's article how with low beams for US spec headlights they are designed to shine down the right hand shoulder, which down here is right into the oncoming traffic's eyes."

das tru but some people just dont turn off their highbeam when there is light on the road thats what makes me so mad.

[DomesticChiney]

You can adjust your beams on your head lights. I can adjust mines up and down, and left to right.

[StX_RdRunr]

You can adjust your beams on your head lights. I can adjust mines up and down, and left to right.

People actually using those would be a start.:rofl:

I think there is more than just adjustment, though. Our Land Rovers' service manual lists multiple bulbs depending upon LHD or RHD and which country. This was way before lights were as sophisticated as they are now.

[Tekknikal]

^multiple bulbs could also be secondary lighting which varies on every car by country. for example, in the US its yellow. in europe , white is allowed on more locations.

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Tech/Lights/original.jpg

if you're above that cutoff, you will not, at all, be blinded. in fact, it'll be like looking at a light that's not pointed at you...

a proper HID setup will have less glare and less light above cutoff vs a halogen traditional setup. if they're going to enforce anything that's what they need to enforce. proper cutoff. part of the problem is that it cant really be escaped due to mfr designs (as seen above - that setup doesnt work that well here on the other side of the road)

at the end of the day though, its a big waste of time...

[StX_RdRunr]

^ Actually, in this case it was the headlight bulb specifically but you are correct about the ancillary bulb differences.