OZman

Just wanna say HI to every1 here..
a very kewl forum indeed w/ kewl ppl & kewl civics..
newbie here.. so, i hope this topic ain't a repeat already..[IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG]

anyways..
i got a minor question for ya all civic-lovers..
i am a new guy to drive a japanese car.. a civic dx 2002 to be exact.. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]
so what's the purpose(s) of these two little 'front parking lights' located beside the headlights?
what do they do? are they just for the LooK/design? that's the only reason i can think of..[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG]

it's b/c i want to change the color of those lights..
now i am planning to change those two "seem-to-be-useless-lights" from yellowish bulbs to RED bulbs..
i want to know is it legal to have those little lights in RED?

i think the cops won't be wasting their time to pull me over just to tell me a warning about those little non-affective lights, will they?
i asked some of ma friends and they said it's alrite to change those lights to different colors.. but i still got doubts about it..
i found there are yellow, green, purple, and even red color for the 194 bulbs.. hehe.. fun colors eh?[IMG]i/expressions/demon.gif[/IMG]

o.. btw, i dunno much about the traffic law in Toronto regarding the lights regulations..
i'm still learning.. so, please share some infos on this.. thx! [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/IMG]

pbfoot

iTrader: (2)

i would suggest you go and find out about the laws over there in toronto. the lights have no purpose, but they might be used to help you park your car better...who knows.

anyways, changing them to red will most likely get you pulled over because red is a bad color to use for lights...cops say youre impersonating them and all that. mine are blue now, which is another color cops dont like to see, but i havent had any problems. this could be because im in nj and in a pretty nice neighbourhood, so cops dont care really...but im sure in different places its different.

good luck. learn the law before you change them tho...talk to a cop if you must.

ak

iTrader: (19)

It's there for show.. no real function and i'm pretty sure it's illegal to change it to any color but white or amber.

gotti

iTrader: (6)

yeah i think ak has the right idea. Not sure about the laws where you live though. So always check the laws before you do anything.

GrayGhost

I've got mine changed to green, and I've seen another 7th Gen. around my hometown with its lights changed to red...so if you want to risk it, go for it. I don't think that cops are really going to waste their time over some parking lights.

RegulatorRacing

I beg to differ... some cops love pickin apart a tuner's ride to point out all the minor infractions they can find. I wouldn't reccomend changing those lights even though they are probably fix it tickets

OZman

i agree on you guys that it may not be a good idea afterall to change those lights into different colors other than white/amber..

i checked out the Toronto's 'Highway Traffic Act' law around and although it didn't say particularly the front parking lights can't be other colors other than white/amber, but it some how mentioned it can only be either WHITE or AMBER in the front of your car..
...... one on each side of the front of the vehicle which shall display a WHITE or AMBER light only, and one on the rear of the vehicle which shall display a RED light only ......

then another thing i found out is that you can't put any color other than WHITE for the rear license plate lights..
...... the lamp shall face to the rear and reflect on the number plate a WHITE light only ......

hmm..these kind of traffic laws on lights regulation r pretty strict, eh?
i guess i will just replace those 2 yellowish front parking lights with superwhite lightbulbs.. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG]
cuz i always have to visit the downtown area..
and some unfriendly cops around there just love to pick on tuner's ride like RegulatorRacing mentioned..

Anyways, thanks for da replies/advices guys.. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/IMG] [IMG]i/expressions/beer_yum.gif[/IMG]

OZman

hey admin..
i am not sure did i post this thread in the right section..
for convenice purpose.. if it's not suitable here..
plz move over to the Canada East section cuz i just figured out there is a section in this forum..