on wednesday and I installed them yesterday. Pretty simple install. I have a tiny new scratch as well I found it better to just stick the screw driver in there and place the towel underneath the flathead. But anyhow they look nice and I was wondering if it's illegal to use the stock bulbs that came on the car instead of the amber lights. That way a white light will shine instead of the amber light.

 

i havent actually read it anywhere but im 99% sure it's illegal to have a clear bulb under a clear lense. and also, i belive it's illegal to have a red light on the front of your car. so i think you should put an amber bulb in there.

 

This has been stated before and I'll state it again. Plain and simple you can only have white or amber lights around the front of the vehicle. Let me say that again...white and amber bulbs only in the front of the vehicle. You can have red, amber and white bulbs only in the rear of the vehicle. One more time....red, amber and white only in the rear of the vehicle. I have had my clears in for 7 going on 8 months now and I have never been pulled over for the color of my bulbs (only speeding ). There you go. Thank you, drive through!!

 

maybe it depends on the state because a friend of mine from school (she is from NY) was pulled over AND was given a ticket for having clear turn signals in the front. Let me say that again...she was pulled over and she was given a ticket for having clear turn signals in the front. i think its the same case here in virginia as well.

 

now i just realized you may not have been talking about the turn signals specifically when you said clear lights. so sorry for being sassy but if you were then like, umm...i dunno.

 

Alrighty, I might stand corrected, it could be state dependant. I apologize for smarting off before, it is just that this topic has been covered before. Now if it is state dependant, then you will have to look into the laws that apply to your particuliar area. However, as I said before I have had mine in for 7 almost 8 months and have not been pulled over before. That is is IL, IN, IA and WI.

Thank you again...drive through!!

 

Forget about what the law says about white or amber bulbs for now...If it does not say DOT or SAE approved on the lens then the FIXTURE ITESLF is illegal!! But if you have the wright bulbs you will only get 1 ticket instead of 2 I guess

 

dude .. those stock bulbs aren't white .. they're yellow ... trust me .... you're going to want to replace them with a set of superwhite bulbs ...

 

If you are talking about the side markers then as far as I know it does not matter. All they are there for is to let someone on the side of you know where your car begins and ends.(unless you rewired them) Blinkers do have to be either yellow or amber in front and red in back. But then again this is all IMHO.

P.S.
get PIAA Extreme's for the side markers, they look tight!

 

So, then...I can use my BLUE bulbs after all???


ADMAN

 

From what I have seen..... the front turn signals can be EITHER white or amber and ANY color in between. Rear turn signals can ONLY be amber or red and any color in between.

Clear side markers (from many earlier posts that I have read) are legal as long as you have an amber bulb in the front and a red bulb in the rear.

 

Ohio -- only orange corners are allowed in front but from the few cops I've talked to, not many actually care... They do get picky with blue corners or turn signals...

 

Believe me ohboiya, i would but I am worried about the legal matters involved. I would follow your advice as well as Rob'sAE but I am worried about getting pulled over. As it is California laws are pretty strick as there are. I will have to do some research about this or will have to talk to a police officer.

 

Is anyone listening? 99% of clears are illegal because they are not DOT approved. Most cops won't pull you over for bulbs but if your caught speeding or something they might lay on the tickets.

 

altimas along with dozens of other cars come with clear lenses in front. even if 99% of them are illegal how is a policeman supposed to know which ones are factory and which ones arent for every year of every model of every make of every car out there? they wont just assume they're not approved because they're clear.

 

When I posted this thread, i must have missed this discussion about whats legal and whats not. I must have missed the times when this discussion has been brought up. I didn't mean to spark a debate or stir people up. I honestly don't care if the clears are legal or not, because fact is its my car and if it's illegal to have clear, if; then why is it that they are manufactured. Let me clarify, I know that i can't do whatever i please, and i follow the rules of the land and what i think is right or wrong in my own book. But if get pulled over and i am given a ticket, I am not going to whine about it or get mad. Some of you here told me the consequences and i already knew them and so I choose to risk getting a ticket. I was thinking the same exacact thing Newman96SE was thinking when i was messeing with the stupid sway bar. Anyways, if I angered or upset someone simply because i posted about a topic that has been discussed so many times i apologized. I didn't feel like searching through the org because i didn't have the time and i wanted opinions of pwople who have posted and have not posted about this topic before. I hope made sense. Anyways Thanks to all who have expressed there opinions and have posted on this thread. I always like hearing what you guys have to say. I learn a lot from you guys and I hope you guys don't mind me depending on you guys for further enlightenment. Thanks guys.

 

sometimes debates are good. you can learn more from others when you thought you already knew it all. dont worry about it. i dont think anyone is upset or annoyed.

 

Clear sidemarkers are LEGAL, but you should have amber or red bulbs in um, F&*$ that! Get some PIAAs like me! (I have um in my front and rear turn signals too)

 

Sorry but that is incorrect. There are 2 laws in question here.

1. What color bulbs are legal and where. This varies from state to state.

2. Use of not DOT approved lenses. Most aftermarket lenses are not approved and are illegal. They are made and sold because it comes with fine print that says " not for street or highway use" or "for show or off road use only" if not you can sue the company.

Bottom line is most cops wont pull over for non DOT approved lenses but if your caught speeding it must say DOT approved ON THE LENSE. Look at all your other lights.

Hey do what you want but know the law!

 

The clears are illegal because they don't reflect orange. A car must reflect on the sides, orange in the front and red in the rear. No matter what else you do, what color bulbs, this must be true. Look at any stock car on the road today in America.

However, cops 99.9% won't care as long as you have orange bulbs in the front and red bulbs in the rear.

 

In NY theyll probably pull you over for some other violation before ticketing you just for the clear corner bulbs and all. I got pulled over in Queens for no reason by some undercover cops...3 of em busted outta an old impala and im like WUTTT??? after seeing that I didnt steal the car, they gave me bs about not havin my front license plate on..i had clear corners too..but they didnt say anything about that.