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Old 01-12-08, 06:53 PM
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Please guys, dun freak out. Just wanting to know if this is REALLY legal. As the website says it is 100% street legal and DOT approved. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-G...0249QQtcZphoto

Also, it is a HID bulb or just halogen?
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Those are just halogens and I highly doubt that they are legal.
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Painted bulbs not legal in Cali.
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You could get away with blue, yellow, and white bulbs. Purple and especially GREEN bulbs are definitely not legal.
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damn...then why do they say it is 100% street legal and DOT approved?
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Originally Posted by 350nub
damn...then why do they say it is 100% street legal and DOT approved?
That is strange..... it says in ALL 50 U.S. states. Despite what it says... trust me, if you're running around with green headlights, you WILL get pulled over.
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Buy them, print out the page and where it says 50 state DOT legal, then when you get ticketed for them, make them pay your fine for false advertisement.
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can you do that??? i would if you could...seriously!
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If they are stupid enough to advertise it, and you buy it, and then you get fined for them being illegal, i'm sure you can take it to court for false advertisement.

Worse things have happened, like the lady who sued the winebago company for not stating in the manual that cruise control didn't control the motorhome after she put it on and went back to make a sandwich.
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Green Headlights = Red and blue behind you.

Halogen/White/Blue/Purple/Pink = Halogens behind you :P

Any color EXCEPT green will not get you pulled over. Green is a very hard color on the eyes especially at dark. It's a major distraction.
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Plus, you probably can't see much of anything with green lights.
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green lights?
trying to figure out who will be in most danger (you or those around you)
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well im not going to put in on my low beam or high beam....probaly for fog lights...i have HID on anyway and in socal it seldom gets foggy...
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i doubt their legal. but one night when i was on the freeway back home. i saw this suv with green and purple hid lmaoo. i was like uhhhh why would you need that.
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LOL...yeah i saw on the freeway someone with a pink fog light too...i saw a green one too actually but not on the freeway...so tempted with theseeeee.......


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