My HID lamp is illigal???

[GGPIS3]

If they want to be anal, HID on non-HID equipped cars are illegal, does not matter what color it is. 6000k HID is not blue. It is call some sh*t like plasma white. As far as I know, anything over 8k (aka diamond blue) is illegal.

Oh, S2k comes with 6300k HID, which is the highest number on a stock car.

exactly. any aftermarket hid kit is technically illegal. the question is how dumb is the cop that pulls you over

[GGPIS3]

where the cops are the worse.

lol.. the cop wasn't being a ****. he was just letting the kid know that blue lights were illegal. and who are you to lol at how he writes when you can't even get your grammatical structure right. :idb:

[kyx]

all i know dot legal hid in usa comes at 4300k at most, everything above that is illegal, but they cannot really tell if you have 5000-6000k since its a little bit more bluer. If you have a hid in a normal halogen lightning thats illegal since you are just running you high beams.


n\e on my Phillips Ultinon 6000k it says on the side, DONT USE IN USA!

[josh green]

You people with HID's wouldnt get hastled by the cops if you would install them correctly by retrofitting a REAL projector lens, not some plastic ebay **** or nothing at all. Just search ebay and you can have a whole setup in your car and looking good for $300. Most people are just too lazy to retrofit.

[AnthonyF]

lol.. the cop wasn't being a ****. he was just letting the kid know that blue lights were illegal. and who are you to lol at how he writes when you can't even get your grammatical structure right. :idb:

i hate u.

no1 I was referring to braselton jackass. not gwinnett. O, and good job. you pointed out that I made an error. oooooooooo your so damn witty now.

[sprix!]

I doubt most cops are gonna have a temp gauge or pull your bulbs to check the rating. Tell them they're 6300k just like the ones in the Honda S2000 Roadster. If you DRIVE a Honda, you might even say you bought 'em from a Honda stealership. Just act nice and pretend that you were just trying to get some better lights than what came stock and you didn't know better. You're a lot less likely to get the ticket then next time, though he might still tell you "If I see you again with the same bulbs I'm gonna give you a ticket"

I dunno why this is a big deal. The real problem isn't a lowered car with high temperature lights. It's raised trucks that don't have their lamps re-aimed and are running illegal 6 and 8-bulb off-road patterns. Actually had a guy pull up behind me in a lifted F250 on a two lane road with me doing 10 over the limit and have his full load on. I couldn't see sh*t and my mirrors were stuck in full auto-dim. The whole time I can't even tell how far away he is. We drove past TWO Cobb County cops, neither of them did a damn thing.

I don't know if it has been clarified, but any non-factory HID system is INDEED illegal.
HID's in all factory cars, including the S2000, are 4300K systems. The problem with most people buying aftermarket HID systems is that they go with the 8000k and 9000k and so on, and expect that they can slide by legally. The truth of the matter is that there is a HUGE difference between 4300k and most of the "HID" systems you see, and if you install such a system on your vehicle you ought to be prepared to deal with any and all repercussions.
Police officers are not all as dumb as some think they are. Some know the law very well...

[R3RUN]

There is a much simpler explanation for this guys. Any thing greater than the factory luminosity on your car is illegal. Nitro probably knows for sure but I'm pretty sure HID's are greater than your factory luminosity. Thus, even with a retrofit you can still get a ticket. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the headlight tampering game

[speedminded]

LOLOL, find me a legitimate company that is selling aftermarket HID's. Name just one. You can't because they are all illegal in the United States. Any company caught selling aftermarket HID kits [for highway use] is subject to severe fines and/or imprisonment. This is exactly why manufactures have to resort to individual people selling them.

The point is ALL HID's that did not come as a factory option on your car are illegal, it doesn't matter the color/temp.

[2shroom]

oh my bimmer i got pulled over for my parkin lights being clear........that sucked ass.

[fatman169]

all hids are illegal if it is not stock on a car but they cant prove that it is not stock...so it really dont matter

[Bruce Leroy]

I got pulled over by sea world the other day because the cop said my lights have too much glare. Not that they are to blue. But this is also the same cop that rolls through the street races looking for stolen ****, so he might have wanted to search my car for stolen ****. I do have after market projectors right now with 8000k hid. I want to do a retrofit but im broke!

[eYezs1ck]

I say FCUK THA POLICE and get 12000k LMAO

[speedminded]

I say FCUK THA POLICE and get 12000k LMAO

12k is purple and really dim...if you want to piss people off get 4300-4800k with a non-HID lens.

[hXc007]

ive been riding around with 8000k hid's since for as long as ive owned my rsx and ive never been stopped nor have i been pulled over for them

even when i got pulled over for an illegal turn around at night, the cop didnt say a word about my headlights

[Bruce Leroy]

12k is purple and really dim...if you want to piss people off get 4300-4800k with a non-HID lens.

or you can get 3000k bulbs and put them in a non hid projector with no cutoffs like my friend

[dp32185]

from which sources are you guys claiming that the s2k bulbs are 6300k?

[collins]

LOL @all the ppl saying f*** tha police! you're knowingly breaking the law and you b!tch when you get stopped. hell NITRO, the HID king even said they're illegal... so you have no excuses.

there's a smart way and a ricer way (sorry nitro) to do hid's. if you put ANY hid in a non hid enclosure then you're asking for trouble because they do glare like a MOTHA FUCCA! i came across this s13 with the non projector jdm front end at a redlight. he was across the intersection from me and i might as well have been looking driectly at the sun because i couldn't see SH!T. i literally had to hold my hand in front of my eyes and peek around my fingers so i could see when the light changed to green. sh1t pissed me off.

the smart way to go about it is to retrofit a GOOD projector lense (as stated earlier) if you dont have a projector housing and go with a lower k. i'm running a 6000k in my factory projectors and i had my car driven toward me to ensure it wasnt obnoxious. if yours is retarded bright and/or blue/purple, most cops know thats not factory and can (and probably will) give you a ticket.

[puregroove]

LOL @all the ppl saying f*** tha police! you're knowingly breaking the law and you b!tch when you get stopped. hell NITRO, the HID king even said they're illegal... so you have no excuses.

there's a smart way and a ricer way (sorry nitro) to do hid's. if you put ANY hid in a non hid enclosure then you're asking for trouble because they do glare like a MOTHA FUCCA! i came across this s13 with the non projector jdm front end at a redlight. he was across the intersection from me and i might as well have been looking driectly at the sun because i couldn't see SH!T. i literally had to hold my hand in front of my eyes and peek around my fingers so i could see when the light changed to green. sh1t pissed me off.

the smart way to go about it is to retrofit a GOOD projector lense (as stated earlier) if you dont have a projector housing and go with a lower k. i'm running a 6000k in my factory projectors and i had my car driven toward me to ensure it wasnt obnoxious. if yours is retarded bright and/or blue/purple, most cops know thats not factory and can (and probably will) give you a ticket.

+rep

[Repost Squintz]

open yur eyez mo-fo

lolz i cant the hids are blinding me

[AnTi-PooN]

did ur lil brother type this up? lol.

technically you cannot have anything blue or red on your car. He was just a dìck cop trying to get you for something. dont sweat it. leave your HID's alone. I'm running 10k and never get pulled over. And i live in braselton where the cops are the worse.

thatz cuz cops hate hondas... known fact

[DeeAOne]

i dont understand why factory hid's are legal but non factory aren't.. stupid laws these days

pretty much what everyone else is saying but a HID bulb without the projector housing(non-HID equpped vehicles) are too bright because the projector lens isnt there to focus the light and bring the brightness down.

[§treet_§peed]

lol **** it imma get 8k hids and 8k in my fogs if i can find good head lights for my civic lol

[chituntang]

I read a post from the Subaru forum about HIDs. Since their car has the HID option and people likes to save a few hundred on just putting a set of aftermarket units on, they made a post about it. They had a comparison between different cars with stock hid and it stated the S2K HID are 6300/6200 (do not remember which one), which are the highest number.

But I checked S2ki forum and all of them say that S2k comes with 4300k, so IDK...

[harleyweise]

im running 10k and have never had a problem

[AnthonyF]

12k is purple and really dim...if you want to piss people off get 4300-4800k with a non-HID lens.

lolol owned. LMAO at people who think higher Kelvin rating = brighter light.

[JDMirza]

You should of told him to eat a f*n doughnut, and leave you the hell alone since you were trying to get into some panties in which he has never probably gotten into.

[jayjaySTI]

i got 6k but there blue as fock

[Nitro]

i got 6k but there blue as fock

u have xtreme blue

[jayjaySTI]

u have xtreme blue

how is that at only at 6k

[speedminded]

how is that at only at 6k

The glass could be coated...

[jayjaySTI]

The glass could be coated...

no the glass is clear

[magneto198]

HID on non-HID equipped cars are illegal, does not matter what color it is.

Meowth, Thats Right

[Double_0_Rusty]

I have 7000k in my truck. never been stopped, hell I had a cop ask me where I got em, cuz he wanted some.

[Mr. Clean]

I have 7000k in my truck. never been stopped, hell I had a cop ask me where I got em, cuz he wanted some.

hahaha... cops are ridiculous

[SleeperWRX]

Are yellow blubs 3500K illegal

[MaconPerformance]

I had 10k in my ek sedan and never had a problem, but I am in Macon.... Cops dont worry about that yet.

[AnthonyF]

Are yellow blubs 3500K illegal

No. But some dumbasses like to put them into their highbeams and drive around with their BRIGHT ASS highbeams and think that just b/c they are yellow they arent illegal. BS! I hate that sh*t!

[speedminded]

Are yellow blubs 3500K illegal

3500 isn't yellow yellow, 3000k is....and yes it is illegal but you can get away with it alot easier than say illegal tint for example.

[Brett]

To you all saying S2000's come with 6300k HIDs you are in flat out wrong, They are 4300k STOCK

[Brett]

the S2K HID are 6300/6200 (do not remember which one), which are the highest number.

But I checked S2ki forum and all of them say that S2k comes with 4300k, so IDK...

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