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one little issue with this, inforcement..
everyone with a 2006-08 pontiac g8gt has illegal tail lights. per this law. |
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I've been telling you guys for years that all the light you need comes out of a set of $10-$15/each halogen sealed beam headlights from Wal*Mart and the headlight relay upgrade. Heck, just try the relays with what you got before you do anything else. Taking that factory 10.4 volts (stock wiring) and moving it up to 12-14 volts off the battery through a relay makes a world of difference. AND IT IS LEGAL. I never did get/understand the clear taillight and side marker "style". |
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I remember back in the late 70's, or was it the early 80's? (lol so much for remembering) when we started to sell the Hella Halogen light conversions at an auto parts store I worked at. There was a bit of an uproar on whether they were legal or not, because they were so much brighter than the sealed beams.
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read up.. it's an issue, and they are the factore tail light set up.. for the gt model.. thats HOW I FIGURE, DON'T ASSUME that the low volume gt lights have dot aproval |
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Testy testy.
I'm quite aware that the GT has different tails than the standard G8. What was the ticket for specifically? |
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[QUOTE=mrein3;4954519]I've been telling you guys for years that all the light you need comes out of a set of $10-$15/each halogen sealed beam headlights from Wal*Mart and the headlight relay upgrade. Heck, just try the relays with what you got before you do anything else. Taking that factory 10.4 volts (stock wiring) and moving it up to 12-14 volts off the battery through a relay makes a world of difference. AND IT IS LEGAL.QUOTE]
As far as I am concerned there is not a better and cheaper way to put plenty of light down the road at night than the sealed beam halogen bulb with the relay. |
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Seems more like a case of a clueless judge. |
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I got stopped for my painted ones covering my lights as well and the cop was going to write me a ticket but i brought up the fact that Corvettes and other vehicles have hide-a-way headlights and so whats the difference. He let me go :smoke: Mine are just manual removal. Don't need to see them in the daytime what a joke! |
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The wider issue though is that in a modern free society like the U.S an innocent motorist can still find themselves at the mercy of the law, here in the U.K & Europe it would simply not be legal for a cop and judge to find the motorist guilty in a case like this, but instead it would have to be taken up directly with the manufacturers as that is where the law was broken, and then a revue ordered of the way the whole DOT approval system works, after that there would most certainly be a recall. The main thing being the motorist would & could not legally be held responsible. And just incase...I'am not having a dig at the American way of life. |
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I did an HID conversion on my car and my truck, but I used "projectors". They are no different than BMW's or Audi's or most other high end vehicles. Its the people that do the HID swap into halogen oriented headlights without a projector to change the beam pattern, that cause glare to oncoming driver's.
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Try driving with 6v headlights. That's how I started out and everything else has been an upgrade. In 40 years of driving I've always been able to see well enough to drive with whatever lights were in the vehicle. When they came out with halogens I started using those because the idea of improved lighting isn't a bad one. I'm happy with that.
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In the G8 Link,
"But the story doesn’t stop there, with some folks alleging that Jakalope wasn’t sporting factory lights, but rather modified taillights on his car. Jakalope has since both stated that he did have the factory lights on the car when the ticket was issued (although he does have other “show” lights). He also claims that even the modified taillights, which can be seen on his Cardomain page, should be legal as well, as they continue to reflect the color red." Seems kind of suspiscious to me. Who has show lights that they change out when they go to a car show? |
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