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let alone the fact that if they were installed on USDM
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Altersys
on June 08, 2003 at 4:23 AM
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Correct - and they are *not* DOT approved since no car
posted by YugoBernie (NoVA)
on June 08, 2003 at 02:21 AM
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cars, they'd have projectors with inverted optics wrt to JDM... you can fudge it by rotating the projector by 15 degrees (or however much it is) in the housing, but not on ECE-beams (ECE is not a wedge-shaped cross-section).
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Anybody ever get stopped/ticketed for HID's in their Z?
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PA_Z
21:20:51 06/06/03
they aren't legal? wow. i just bought some. (n/m)
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fairladyz90999
21:27:25 06/06/03
They have to come from the factory with HID's to be legal (n/m)
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PA_Z
21:28:06 06/06/03
Never have. But hard to tell what type ofcar has HID in
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MikeH(Twin GT35BB Incon Z)
21:38:01 06/06/03
True nuff, although I suppose if you're driving around at
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PA_Z
22:33:11 06/06/03
What's the difference between aftermarket ones and...
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P Rock(OH)
21:48:30 06/06/03
The OEM ones have optics made for HID's . The after
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MikeH(Twin GT35BB Incon Z)
21:53:12 06/06/03
Ahh, I see. So one would have no problems with the stock...
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P Rock(OH)
21:58:01 06/06/03
And aim (n/m)
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Zboost
22:00:15 06/06/03
Although they'd still *technically* be illegal, no? since
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PA_Z
22:30:29 06/06/03
The lights have to be DOT approved to be legal.
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MikeH(Twin GT35BB Incon Z)
22:39:43 06/06/03
Are the JDM ones DOT approved then? (n/m)
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PA_Z
22:48:36 06/06/03
they might be if they are used on other vehicles in the
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MikeH(Twin GT35BB Incon Z)
22:53:46 06/06/03
the beam pattern is reversed...
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Altersys
04:33:30 06/07/03
Correct - and they are *not* DOT approved since no car
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YugoBernie (NoVA)
02:21:07 06/08/03
let alone the fact that if they were installed on USDM -
Altersys
04:23:52 06/08/03
actually you would have problems since
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Altersys
04:32:25 06/07/03
just dont point them too high and you will be fine... (n/m)
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Fuzznutz
23:42:40 06/06/03
i drive by cops all the time...
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Altersys
04:30:10 06/07/03
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