HID's Illegal? (Just got a ticket)
12-03-2004
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HID's Illegal? (Just got a ticket)
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?
12-04-2004
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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?
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Rep Power: 0 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.
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Originally Posted by JCiv03
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.
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Rep Power: 0 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 
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Rep Power: 487 You got busted for this in florida? lol. i find it funny that they dont have any emissions testing at all inflorida, yet they care about headlights 
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Originally Posted by abmerop18
You got busted for this in florida? lol. i find it funny that they dont have any emissions testing at all inflorida, yet they care about headlights
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Rep Power: 348 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.
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Rep Power: 273 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.
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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?
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?
12-05-2004
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Originally Posted by rickinthescv
The housing has to be DOT approved with HID bulbs to be legal. Our housings are not, so they will never be legal.
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Rep Power: 251 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?
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Originally Posted by D17thgen
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?
BUT, It would be completley OEM and you would not be getting pulled over for something like that... There would be nothing wrong with it (unless aimed too high).
I have HID projectors on my car... Ive never gotten pulled over. I have had cops ask me where I got my headlights and I have always told them the dealership (damn were they confused)
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Rep Power: 286 i have the brightest HIDs in the history of the F'ing world.. pointedd high, 8000k, all blue.. i've sat facing cops at lights for like 2-4 minutes straight and never been pulled over. maybe they like them. lol... either way, having them is worth a ticket here and there.
12-06-2004
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Originally Posted by ImPulse
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?
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?
you are correct sir
12-30-2004
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Rep Power: 273 this cop was just being an @$$ he came up to the window and started yelling and cursing and saying how I was fu(KING blinding him. He was in a pissed off mood before and just wanted to take it out on me.He tried to get me for speeding(my radar picked himup when he turned around for me) but i was doing the limit.I have till the 5th of jan to fix it so im going to go to the courthouse during the day and aim them straight down and say I bought it like that.
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Rep Power: 0 id say so i was thinking about getting hids, if i do i would just need to have them aimed so they dont blind the fu*k out of people. also if i were to get them what is the best brand and how much do they go for.
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Rep Power: 787 Hit up Impulse for hid. But really, what can they do if you say you bought em before the ban went into effect? Nothing. I'm not taking out my $600 hid kit just because the law changed...unless they're willing to pay the cost to take it. As long as light emitted is white in color 4500K ish then you should be fine. There are stock cars with hid that are alot more blinding than aftermarket kits in our vics.
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Originally Posted by gearbox
I'm not taking out my $600 hid kit just because the law changed...unless they're willing to pay the cost to take it.
like, you do something that is "okay" and a cop pulls you over and just compliments your ride, and then two weeks later the cop pulls you over for no reason except that what you did 2 weeks ago is in violation with a law that was passed yesterday.
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Originally Posted by infinite012
isn't there an amendment that goes with what you just said? i think it was part of the 5th amendment of the u.s. constitution, but i'm not too sure.
like, you do something that is "okay" and a cop pulls you over and just compliments your ride, and then two weeks later the cop pulls you over for no reason except that what you did 2 weeks ago is in violation with a law that was passed yesterday.
like, you do something that is "okay" and a cop pulls you over and just compliments your ride, and then two weeks later the cop pulls you over for no reason except that what you did 2 weeks ago is in violation with a law that was passed yesterday.
lol... that wont work on a cop, he will probably nail your ***
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Rep Power: 247 I live in Florida. A cop pulled me over a couple weeks ago, not speeding or anything! I was like wtf. He was tellin me he don't care bout my HIDs, but cuz my washer nozzle lights were blue.
Point is this FL cop didn't care bout HIDs.
edit: Still didn't get a ticket btw
Point is this FL cop didn't care bout HIDs.
edit: Still didn't get a ticket btw
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