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Old Dec 12, 2006 | 07:49 PM
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Default well, the yellow headlights are no more

i finally found out the hard way that 3000k headlights are illegal. driving home from a friends house sunday night i got pulled over by the good ol volusia county sheriff because of my yellow headlights. $74.50 for unlawful or unsafe equiptment. i came home, peeled off the yellow overlays and replaced my bulbs with the stockers.

SO JUST IN CASE anyone in florida doesnt have white headlights, change em now before you find out the hardway too.
Old Dec 12, 2006 | 08:04 PM
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I got hassled by the CHP for my smoked headlights. Got out of it with a warning tho.

Sorry to hear about your misfortune. Gotta pay to play...
Old Dec 12, 2006 | 11:40 PM
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I don't understand the reasoning behind making them illegal. They put out a brighter light that shows the road better and they don't seem to be as annoying to me atleast as those bright white ones?!?!?!?!
Old Dec 13, 2006 | 12:16 AM
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umm.. They're illegal cause they're misleading. You can't have any spectrum of blue or yellow because cops use blue and road workers use yellow. A bright white is better than yellow anyways.
Old Dec 13, 2006 | 12:52 AM
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what about smoke overlay for taillights?
Old Dec 13, 2006 | 05:19 AM
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Originally Posted by sunnyflorida
what about smoke overlay for taillights?
That was the other thing he hassled me for and my exhaust, but I'm leaving them for now...
Old Dec 13, 2006 | 02:22 PM
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You can keep the Fogs yellow...

Silverstar headlights and yellow fogs work good enough for me. Nice and bright + street legal.

-THE DON
Old Dec 13, 2006 | 02:35 PM
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i had gotten rid of the fogs because one got cracked a while back, but i was gonna fit some 4" rectangular yeelow fogs on the new FAB kit and go with some 8000K hids
Old Dec 16, 2006 | 06:12 PM
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I have luminics bulbs and i got stopped in ludlow ma the second day i had them in 35.00 ticket, but screw it there still in
Old Dec 23, 2006 | 08:50 PM
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Did you have to order the Luminics or can you find them at most auto stores? Im interested in that JDM Yellow
Old Dec 26, 2006 | 11:32 AM
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could not find them in ANY store. ended up ordering them off e-bay for about 23 dollars. excellent product, strongly recomend.
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