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Old Nov 29, 2004 | 06:33 PM
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illegal bulbs

i have clear corners and i remember a thread where it sayed u had to have yellow lights but do u have to have both lights yellow or just the signal lights?
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Old Nov 29, 2004 | 06:41 PM
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thecorner lamp must light up orange, orange light not yellow, if you use clear the the bulb must be orange
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Old Nov 29, 2004 | 06:52 PM
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my bad...orange not yellow

but my question is are the signal light bulbs the only ones that have to be orange or just the regular driving light bulbs too....look at his corner bulbs, see how he has white is that illegal?

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ttnguy...&.dnm=7308.jpg
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Old Nov 29, 2004 | 06:56 PM
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Not true because here in Miami I have the blue bulbs and when I see across from me I always put them on and I have never gotten stopped don't know about other cities.
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Old Nov 29, 2004 | 07:07 PM
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only bored cops would pull you over for that garbage. only thing i;ve heard was my brother being pulled over and they wrote up a "fix-it" ticket because his bulbs were blue. i think they said something liek "only we're supposed to have blue lights" i have white lights, never been bothered.
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Old Nov 29, 2004 | 07:14 PM
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It does vary a little from state to state, but I believe that the general law states that all turn signals on the front of the vehicle must light up amber and all turn signals in the rear of the vehicle must light up amber or red.

That means that if you have clear signal light lenses, you must run an amber colored bulb. The parking lights do not have to be amber unless they are the same lights as the turn signal lamps.

Typically, if a police officer pulls you over for something else, he'll write you up for these kinds of violations, but it's not often that an officer will pull you over specifically to write you a ticket for these rather minor infractions.
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Old Nov 29, 2004 | 07:40 PM
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it says in the noob thread...speaking of it...where did it go??
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Old Nov 30, 2004 | 12:29 AM
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Blue lights obviously aren't legal... slapped a nice fine on me the other night. Took long enough!
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Old Nov 30, 2004 | 12:41 AM
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anything from white to yellow to amber to orange and in between will never get you pulled over
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Old Nov 30, 2004 | 01:16 AM
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ive been driving with blue lights for 2 years.. never been pulled over..

i flash my purlplish blue blinkers infront of cops all the time.. never got pulled over

shoot, i dont even get pulled over for these:



and i drive with these on all the time
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Old Nov 30, 2004 | 01:45 AM
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well i asked some guys in a shop about having clear lights. IN California, but they said you could have clear lights, just as long as teh lights are blue or red cuz the cops use red and blue.
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Old Nov 30, 2004 | 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by DrDre1443
anything from white to yellow to amber to orange and in between will never get you pulled over
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Old Nov 30, 2004 | 09:52 AM
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Ya it kinda pissed me off when I got pulled over for them. I had mine on the corners of the turn signals. I had a cop pull me over before b/c I crossed the "improved median" and he didn't say anything about them. As long as they're not strobing/blinking/flashing or whatever I don't see what the big freakin deal is! How often do you see a cop pull someone over with solid blue lights? hmmm.. They always seem to be flashing to me. And they're never at the bottom of the car.
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Old Nov 30, 2004 | 10:30 AM
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white, yellow, orange is safe here. colors(green,red etc) get you pulled over. mostly
in the burbs tho. but you have to have red or amber in the rear
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Old Nov 30, 2004 | 12:44 PM
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I think here in colorado you're not allowed to have blue or red lights ABOVE teh hood of the car, so no wiper lights but everything else should be fine. I' djust but on some whites to be safe. what'st eh big deal with blue bulbs anyways?
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Old Nov 30, 2004 | 04:49 PM
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i was thinking about this thread on my way home today....I saw 2 cars with white blinkers in the back, an old mercedes and a saab. they both have that smoked turnsignal and when it blinks it shines through a dim white....so do you really think you can only have amber/red in the tail?
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Old Nov 30, 2004 | 04:52 PM
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i thought kia sephia's come with white rear blinkers stock...
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Old Dec 1, 2004 | 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by legendaryCL98
i thought kia sephia's come with white rear blinkers stock...
I'm thinkin the lense is clear but the bulb is suposed to be yellow.

Originally Posted by gingerbread
an old mercedes and a saab. they both have that smoked turnsignal and when it blinks it shines through a dim white....
maybe since it's a smoke color it's O.K.
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