VA Laws against headlight intensity..?
02-01-2007, 07:53 PM
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VA Laws against headlight intensity..?
Does anyone know the VA laws concerning HID/XENON headlight ratings?
My car has 4300k power stock HID bulbs...But i'd like something a little more 'bluer' so I was thinking of going to 6000k, 7000k, or 8000k...But for some reason I heard certain 'power' HID lights were illegal here?
Not that it really matters, im going to go with what want, but thought i'd ask anyways.
My car has 4300k power stock HID bulbs...But i'd like something a little more 'bluer' so I was thinking of going to 6000k, 7000k, or 8000k...But for some reason I heard certain 'power' HID lights were illegal here?
Not that it really matters, im going to go with what want, but thought i'd ask anyways.
02-01-2007, 10:22 PM
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Re: VA Laws against headlight intensity..?
yeah...but i think anything over 6k is illegal in vA
but then again im sure anythign not oem is illegal as Zero stated
but then again im sure anythign not oem is illegal as Zero stated
02-02-2007, 03:13 AM
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Re: VA Laws against headlight intensity..?
yup.all OEM HIDs are 4300 temp,so anything higher than that would be illegal both ways.
i have 5k in my bike.that's about as high as you want to go.blueish look,but still great light.anything higher just gets pinkish and you start losing useable light very quickly.
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i have 5k in my bike.that's about as high as you want to go.blueish look,but still great light.anything higher just gets pinkish and you start losing useable light very quickly.
Chris
02-02-2007, 03:19 AM
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Re: VA Laws against headlight intensity..?
all hid conversion kits are illegal in VA...technically but i have 10k in my 240sx and not one local or state cop has bothered me
02-02-2007, 04:23 AM
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Re: VA Laws against headlight intensity..?
i got pulled over for my sylvania "cool blue" silverstars the other day 
the officer made me pull out my bulbs, he looked up the model number and they were indeed legal... but whats the world coming to???
the officer made me pull out my bulbs, he looked up the model number and they were indeed legal... but whats the world coming to???
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02-02-2007, 07:40 AM
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Re: VA Laws against headlight intensity..?
...just doing their jobs.
Are your headlights aimed properly? IMO, if they were 100% properly aimed, they would be relatively unnoticed. They're illegal, regardless, and I would imagine it's the "one bad apple" theory. Get what I'm saying?
Are your headlights aimed properly? IMO, if they were 100% properly aimed, they would be relatively unnoticed. They're illegal, regardless, and I would imagine it's the "one bad apple" theory. Get what I'm saying?
02-02-2007, 02:19 PM
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Re: VA Laws against headlight intensity..?
My M3 had no front license plate, but then again I didnt drive around like most maniacs do in sports cars, so they never bothered me. Again in the WRX, I have no front plate - since im running a FMIC - but have never been bothered. Im running a straight 3" exhaust on it, catless, everything, loud as hell, but have never been bothered. Maybe i've just gotten lucky. You wanna make sure you never give the popo reason to pull you over, just drive well and DO CLOSE to the speed limit if they're near.
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