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I've heard hear say and it never came up with a clear answer but I just got a ticket for my hids. I have heard that in Florida if they don;t come factory then they are illegal. does anyone know for sure? My HID's are out of a G35 So the Ballast is stamped with a DOT certification. Wouldn't that make them ok?
Show them the proof. If I ever get ticketed, I'm pulling out the dot approved papers. Technically aftermarket hids are illegal, ie putting hid in a car that wasn't supposed to have them. How did they find you tho, were your lights aimed too high or blue/purple color?
I'm pretty sure that if the HIDs didn't come out of the factory WITH your car, its considered illegal. With retrofits, although they came out of a car with factory HIDS, once you put them on a different car, it is still considered illegal.
I'm pretty sure that if the HIDs didn't come out of the factory WITH your car, its considered illegal. With retrofits, although they came out of a car with factory HIDS, once you put them on a different car, it is still considered illegal.
Haha I just got pulled over for this not too long ago. I pretty much BSed the cop saying BMW and Audis have them whats the differnce with mine. Shes like well yours are too blue. I told her that they came right from the bmw factory. Then Im like ill show you the ballest and then she got all confused so she didnt give me a ticket for it but I still got a ticket for my tint
best thing to do is contact the agency that wrote you the citation and ask them if aftermarket hids are illegal... dont tell them you got a ticket. and if they say they are illegal then ask for the state code for that law.
my father works at a shop and thats where I got the g25 headlights so Im just going to have my dad write a recipt for the headlights and we realighned them lower and Im going to show them the dot papers and she what happenes.
Aftermarket HID kits are Illegal... They are for Off Road/Show purposes only...
Even if you have OEM Infinity HIDs in your car, Its still illegal
Infinity G35 uses OEM D2R bulbs (D2R HID bulbs, Meant for G35 Headlight Housing, Not civics).
Our OEM headlights are meant for only H4 Halogen bulbs.
Just giving you the real facts... Sucks that you got pulled over just for having HIDs. Everyone that gets HIDs really needs to have them aimed. I bet if they were aimed correctly or lower you wouldnt have gotten pulled over?
being unrealistic, lets take the g35 front end and put it on a civic. so thats headlights, bumper, hood, fender, lights, etc everything for complete conversion. now the hids that came with the g35 are still in the headlamps thats gonna go on the civic. would that still be considered illegal?
