Did anyone replace the stock clear blinker/ parking light bulb after clearing thier headlights. I know that an amber bulb is need to stay legal, but that seems to defeat the purpose of clearing the lens. What colors, if any, have been tried? Any pictures? Also, for those that have left the stock clear bulbs in, has anyone gotten pulled over by the police?

 

go with the amber bulbs.... the point to clearing them is to look good during the day, and having them all clear without the reflecter.... it woud be real noticable at night if you didnt have the amber bulbs.... and you might get a "impersonating a police officer ticket", as you will have a white blinking light

 

(Noob question) How do you guys clear out the headlight? I used to have a Celica and got pulled over for some other thing when the cop asked if my blinker flash blue? I said it flashes white and gave a demonstration. He said "Oh okay" and let me go. Please ask your local enforcement agency on the legal blinker colors in your state.

 

to clear the headlight, you have to "crack" open the housing and remove the amber reflector, glue it back togther and reinstall the housing. if you dont get a good seal with the glue, it can causing fogging leaking issues with the lights. i wouldnt recommend it.

most states dont allow any other colors of flashing light other then yellow (front and rear) or red (rear only) for turn signals. white light grabs your attetion better (which is why most police strobs use it) and can distract drivers, or make them belive that you are a cop. i have had several friends down here get in trouble for that

 

In order to keep the clear look durring the day (instead of the orange reflecting off the reflector and making it look orange), I have seen people who spray a very light coat of high temp silver paint over the orange bulb (cover the metal contacts first).

Durring the day it is silver and does not change the look, at night, it shines orange and is legal.

A company does this (I think Philips) for the Euro market, and it is available for some $$ on line if you search for it.

You might give the high temp silver paint a try, I have been tempted to do it in one of my cars that came from the factory with clears.

Good luck.

 

What about cars that were manufactured with white front directional signals? Are there exceptions in the law for them?

 

In CA, you are okay with white blinkers, but you may have no lights that are red in color anywhere to the front of the drivers doors, and nothing that is blue or can be mistaken to be blue. As someone else noted, these are reserved for emergency vehicles.

 

They have an orange bulb, or orange lens inside the clear outer lens so they shine orange.

My other car has this.

 

This question keeps popping up and everytime there seems to be different replies as to what the law states. On one of these last threads somebody posted a link to a website (I think) which stated that all vehicles must have an amber reflector on the front, per federal law. I was gonna get my lights cleared by someone in Jersey who did a few members cars on this board until he told me it wasn't legal but cops are pretty laxed when it comes to stopping people for that. HOWEVER, unless you have a hook up, come inspection time you're gonna fail. Then you'll have to pay to get your lights either replaced or put back to standards. Seems like a waste of money to me. Anyone care to chime in and agree or set me straight?

 

Nope. I have owned eight cars that had white parking/directional lights as standard equipment with no orange or amber bulb. I'm sure there must be some leniency in the law that would allow cars originally equipped that way to be driven on the streets.

 

what cars? i dont know of any that didnt have at least an orange bulb/reflecter. i know fl and nc (my previous state) both had laws concerning the color of the turn signal. again the cops are fairly lax, but it does give them the ability to pull you over... especially if they want to pull u and need a reason.

this is another reason why you have to make sure that euro clears are legal in your area....

 

Onager.............Well, yeah, you would not be remembering these cars because they were before your time. I was talking about pre-1970 cars of which I owned eight or nine (wish I had them all back...I'd be rich). They all had white parking/ directional signal lights, and what was interesting, we would paint the bulbs amber to give the car the "euro look". In a curious way, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

 

Laws have changed, and older cars are exempt from those laws, just like the missing polution control on old cars.

I had a 69 Buick Electra many years ago as a beater, and I remember the front turns were clear, but the owners manual called for NA bulbs (natural amber).

It was also the first year it had front side markers, no reflector either.

Laws change, but new ones are requrired to comply.


EnJ

As for the link to the DOT laws for cars, that was me in another clear head lights tread.

 

Yeah you're right bro..this is the thread I was talking about.
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...red+headlights

 

When I clear my headlights this spring, I am going to use sylvania silverstar signal bulbs. These bulbs look blue, but when they light up, they're amber. Nice looks during the day and still legal. Check out the sylvania website. Anybody put hyperwhite bulbs/LEDs in the side markers?

 

Is it illegal just to clear it or it's legal as long as it blink amber?

 

Two answers.

1. It is more legal when it blinks amber.

2. To make it fully legal, you need an amber reflector on the side of the car, in front of the wheel. Since clearing the headlight removes the amber reflector, it is still illegal (you could put on a stick on amber reflector, but that would be goofy).

BTW - the LED one behind the wheel does not count as it is not amber unlit, and is behind the wheel (nor is it intendede to be a reflector).

It all depends on the cops, and state inspections in your area if you can get away with it without a hassel later.



I am not a lawyer, but if you do clear, and don't have amber as the turns, or an amber side reflector, you could be in trouble in an accident at night if the lawyer is smart enough, as they could say their client could not see you properly as they were missing

 

Good point onthe liability issue. Consider carefully before clearing lights.

 

what can i say, your old!!!!! just kidding.... im just a youngin

thanks ENJ for finding the mandate that shows what is legal. i know that my friends didnt get tickets for nothing all those times

be safe and use amber bulbs

 

I got some chrome ones that are chrome when not in use and amber when they are on. In the daytime it looks clean with the clear headlights. You can get a pack at pep boys for like $15 a pair.

 

Remind me. What is the bulb size again? 7440 or 7443? Thanks.

 

What brand are those that are clear and then amber when lit???? What is that bulb number by the way???

 

car looks sick either way (cleared or not), i think acura could of made it a little less conspicious though because it is rather large compared to other cars. (amber reflectors). In my opinion its not worth risking getting pulled over, becuase even though you may be able to talk your way out of a ticket for blacked tail lights, tints, cleared headlights, --god forbid u get pulled over for one of these minor things and happen to be commiting more serious crimes. I rather not give the cops a reason to pull me over. The front headlights are some of the nicest on the market stock.

 

The bulb type is 7443. Dual filament 21/5 watt. HTH

 

And Fogs are 9006 (51W for USA Fogs and 60W for CAN DRLs)

Service Manual Reccomends accessing the Turn Signal Bulb from the Wheel well. Just remove the plastic fender well and it should be right there towards the front. This is also how you access the Side Markers (Towards back of Wheel Well)