Are yellow headlights "the actual bulbs" legal in GA?

[VTECking]

Ive been searching but I cant get a direct answer. All I get is saying that yellow headlight assemblies are illegal, but not the acutal bulbs. Will appreciate answers before I waste $10 bucks.
*And I know I spelt legal wrong in the title. Wrote this at 2 in the morning. Sry.*

[DeeAOne]

they might grab attention from the cops but i dont think they are illegal. i have yellow headlights and running lights on my teg and i, knock on wood, have never been pulled over for them.

[slostang]

I hope they are illegal bc I hate those motherfùckers.

if I was ready to die I would crash head on into everyone I see with those obnoxious ass headlights.

[.::UNKNOWN::.]

they are illegal only in fayette county i got a 56 dollar ticket for them.... every where else cops wont bother you..... but the down side when it rains you can't see sh!t

[OTG Signs]

There is no law saying headlights have to be a certain color. The law only says it has to be visible from a certain distance and it can't cause glare. With that said, changing your headlight bulbs for color is retarded.

[AnthonyF]

Yellow Headlights ARE illegal. Yellow Foglights are not.

-Ant.

PS-fixed your title...

[VTECking]

well then, no yellow headlights for me

^ thanks about title.

[G.C]

just buy OEM bulb, or some HIDS.

[bigdare23]

Yellow Headlights ARE illegal. Yellow Foglights are not.

-Ant.

PS-fixed your title...


x2 I got a good ol' $175 ticket back in my ricer days.

[mocha latte cupcake]

yellow lamps ftmfw! i got so many compliments on my set when i had them in lucy... however yes... be prepared to see absolutely nothing...

[OTG Signs]

just buy OEM bulb, or some HIDS.

Or do it properly and do a projector retrofit.

[OTG Signs]

x2 I got a good ol' $175 ticket back in my ricer days.

I would've gone to court and fought it.

[AnthonyF]

yellow lamps ftmfw! i got so many compliments on my set when i had them in lucy... however yes... be prepared to see absolutely nothing...Exactly, Yellow is for FOG, Hence why they go in the "Foglight" assembly. Yellow Cuts through fog where white reflects. Thats why you dont put your high beams on in the fog. :goodjob:

-Ant.

[speedminded]

they are illegal only in fayette county i got a 56 dollar ticket for them.... every where else cops wont bother you..... but the down side when it rains you can't see sh!tlolol, i'd love to get into a debate with that officer and judge!!

There is no state law on headlight color other than a) they can not have any covering over them, ie: lamin-x, "nite-shades", etc. and b) the bulbs can't be blue or red.

The color of headlights is a federal law set forth by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), the color has to be between two certain values on the color/K° spectrum scale. Good luck figuring that out without a spectrometer to analyze the wavelengths and all the other properties of light! LOL!



40-8-34 Color of Lighting Equipment
The color of all lighting equipment covered in this title shall be in accordance with Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Standard J578 April 1965 as thereafter revised or amended.



[0007] SAE Standard J1383 also specifies certain requirements for vehicular lamps functioning as headlamps, including minimum and/or maximum luminous intensity requirements. According to the aforementioned standards, a minimum and/or maximum luminous intensity must exist at various points in the illumination zone to be in compliance. These specific photometric requirements for vehicular low beam and high beam headlamps, as set forth in SAE Standard J1383, are included hereinbelow. TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 PHOTOMETRIC SPECIFICATION - LOW BEAM Low Beam Minimum (cd) Maximum (cd) 10U to 90U, 45.degree. R to 45.degree. L 125 8L to 8 R, H to 4U 64 4L to 4R, H to 2U 125 1U to 11/2 L to L 700 1/2U to 11/2L to L 1000 1/2D to 11/2L to L 3000 11/2U to 1R to R 1400 1/2U to 1R, 2R, 3R 2700 1/2D to 11/2R 8000 20000 1D to 6L 750 11/2D to 2R 15000 11/2D to 9L and 9R 750 2D to 15L and 15R 700 4D to 4R 8000

[0008] TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 PHOTOMETRIC SPECIFICATION - HIGH BEAM High Beam Minimum (cd) Maximum (cd) 2U to V 1500 1U to 3R and 3L 5000 H to V 20000 75000 H to 3R and 3L 10000 H to 6R and 6L 3250 H to 9R and 9L 2000 H to 12R and 12L 500 11/2D to V 5000 11/2D to 9R and 9L 1500 21/2D to V 2000 21/2D to 12R and 12L 750 4D to V 12500 Maximum Beam Candela.sup.(1) 30000 .sup.(1)The highest candela reading found in the beam pattern

[0009] SAE J578, entitled "Color Specification", sets forth the definition for white light as applied to headlamps. The definition applies to the overall effective color of light emitted by a headlamp in any given direction and not to the color of the light from a small area of the lens. In SAE J578, the fundamental requirements for color are expressed as chromaticity coordinates according to the CIE (1931) standard calorimetric system.

[0010] Pursuant to SAE J578, the following requirements for white light shall apply when measured by the tristimulus or spectrophotometric methods, as are well known in the art. TABLE-US-00003 TABLE 4 WHITE LIGHT (ACHROMATIC) The color of light emitted from the headlamp shall fall within the following boundaries: x = 0.31 (blue boundary) x = 0.50 (yellow boundary) y = 0.15 + 0.64x (green boundary) y = 0.05 + 0.75x (purple boundary) y = 0.44 (green boundary) y = 0.38 (red boundary)That all makes perfect sense right?! :tongue:

[.::UNKNOWN::.]

lolol, i'd love to get into a debate with that officer and judge!!

There is no state law on headlight color other than a) they can not have any covering over them, ie: lamin-x, "nite-shades", etc. and b) the bulbs can't be blue or red.

The color of headlights is a federal law set forth by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), the color has to be between two certain values on the color/K° spectrum scale. Good luck figuring that out without a spectrometer to analyze the wavelengths and all the other properties of light! LOL!



That all makes perfect sense right?! :tongue: so basically what you are saying these douche bag cops need to start carrying a spectrometer before they start giving people tickets? f*cking pings:no:

[preferredduck]

stay out of pendergrass on the was to commerce, got a $186 ticket for CLEAR TURN SIGNAL BULBS!!!!

[G.C]

Or do it properly and do a projector retrofit.

Exactly. Mine is Projector with OEM Bulb and its brighter than HIDS.

[speedminded]

Exactly. Mine is Projector with OEM Bulb and its brighter than HIDS. :thinking:

[Nittanys1]

Or do it properly and do a projector retrofit.
:goodjob: :goodjob: :goodjob: :goodjob: :goodjob:

I love mine :D

[SloWRX]

i had yellow headlight bulbs in my integra and never had any problems with the cops except them asking me "when im gonna get some real bulbs" but other than that no problems

[Tech5]

It doesnt say anything about yellow headlights in the code book! It says , Blue,red,Green,amber....Nothing about Yellow...I had Yellow ones for long time even in Fayet an know problems! I got pulled over from a NOOB cop, I told him please check the code book an show me, because its nothing in there about yellow! an I was right,! I know I am right I have many cops in my family!!!!!

[speedminded]

It doesnt say anything about yellow headlights in the code book! It says , Blue,red,Green,amber....Nothing about Yellow...I had Yellow ones for long time even in Fayet an know problems! I got pulled over from a NOOB cop, I told him please check the code book an show me, because its nothing in there about yellow! an I was right,! I know I am right I have many cops in my family!!!!!It's a Federal law. :slap:

[AMD_Civic]

SO I WAS PLANNING ON GETTING SOME 3000K HIDS WHICH IS YELLOW..IS THAT GOOD OR BAD? AND WILL I BE ABLE TO SEE IN THE RAIN WITH THEM??

[jew_boy]

well down here in houston county cops really dont care about that. ive had 10K HID's for about a years now and never got pulled over. but yeah down here they dont care maybe up there, but it really just matters what mood the cop is in

[greasemunkey]

(to amd civic) yes you will, the cheap ass walmart "bulbs" don't do shiit, and those are the ones they are talking about, plus if you are worried switch the beam to regular...get the high low kit. I have past many cops, even followed some cops...they wont pull you, I even go through peachtree city to newnan all the time

[OTG Signs]

Exactly. Mine is Projector with OEM Bulb and its brighter than HIDS.

What?