5000K HID lights, legal?

[georgebushmoron]

So I put some on order.... without thinking about if they are street legal. So anybody know?

Should I have gone with 4000K instead? But then I read somewhere that the lower the number, the brighter! Someone who knows please explain...

 

[Randy Whorewald]

Read the box. If Street legal they should say DOT approved if not likely they will read for show or off road use only. Many new cars have HID from factory but some older cars the wiring won't support the extra juice needed to burn them and you could fry some wiring and your car.

 

[georgebushmoron]

I should have been more specific. I got these: http://www.namotorwerks.com/products/description.php/II=246/PA=0

 

[Maury Beniowski]

HID lights and all artificial lighting for that matter are rated by temperature. Typical color temperatures are 2800K (incandescent), 3000K (halogen), 4100K (cool white or SP41 fluorescent), and 5000K (daylight-simulating). Some appear to exceed this range like BMW, but this effect comes from the refraction through the lens.

No problem there. Car companies use 5000K HIDs .

 

[georgebushmoron]

Yeah up here in the Great White North it is mandatory to have daylight running lights .... now I wonder if the angel eyes are even going to show up if these 5000K lights are always on!

 

[Maury Beniowski]

Daytime running lights are high beams whose voltage have been halved (50%). But they are typically halogen lights.

 

[hitrack]

if your not sure phone up the DMV. I once saw a 911 down on the track I swear the fukker either had 8000 or 10,000 HID on that bad boy. Pure blue light.

 

[mick_eight]

DOT goes by candlepower. I forget what the max is. I know people who have been ticketed by the RCMP on the fraser canyon for it. If they are coming towards you and your lights blind them, you will find out quick what it is

 

[badwolfcgy]

DOT goes by candlepower. I forget what the max is. I know people who have been ticketed by the RCMP on the fraser canyon for it. If they are coming towards you and your lights blind them, you will find out quick what it is

About fucking time they crack down on those assholes.

 

[georgebushmoron]

Daytime running lights are high beams whose voltage have been halved (50%). But they are typically halogen lights.

Really? My daytime lights are not dimmed at all compared to the night time. It just seems my car is rigged to have the lights on all the time. Is this wrong? I hate it!

 

[flexxx]

Really? My daytime lights are not dimmed at all compared to the night time. It just seems my car is rigged to have the lights on all the time. Is this wrong? I hate it!

It's wrong, my 2004 Audi doesn't even use its HID lights in the daytime, how old is your car?

 

[georgebushmoron]

It's wrong, my 2004 Audi doesn't even use its HID lights in the daytime, how old is your car?

My car is from Arizona.

 

[Buntoss]

If you are using your regular headlights as your DRLs and than get HIDs, than you may have a problem with them flickering on start up. Over time this will reduce the life of your bulbs and may damage your ballasts. I speak from personal experience.

The reason for this, in DRL mode, the lights uses less voltage and is not enough on startup to get the HIDs turned on without flickering abit at first. This is why on most cars with stock HIDs, it is the High Beams that act as your DRLs.

You may check with the various car forums on the web for your type of car, there is usually a work around by playing around with the wires to disable the DRLs or use your high beams as DRLs.

 

[georgebushmoron]

If you are using your regular headlights as your DRLs and than get HIDs, than you may have a problem with them flickering on start up. Over time this will reduce the life of your bulbs and may damage your ballasts. I speak from personal experience.

The reason for this, in DRL mode, the lights uses less voltage and is not enough on startup to get the HIDs turned on without flickering abit at first. This is why on most cars with stock HIDs, it is the High Beams that act as your DRLs.

You may check with the various car forums on the web for your type of car, there is usually a work around by playing around with the wires to disable the DRLs or use your high beams as DRLs.

What I'd really like is to disable my regular headlights from functioning as DRLs. In fact, I don't even want my high beams to be DRLs. I could care less what the DMV says about that.... I find DRLs annoying. I'm getting angel eyes anyways, and I want these on all the time. So I will be lighted in the daytime from them.

Is this setup possible? If so, how?

 

[BC visitor]

Auto levelers for HID lights

I think most cars equiped from the factory come with auto levelers to quickly tip the headlights up and down as the body of the car angles up & down. This is to reduce (key point - reduce) the blinding of oncoming drivers.

I think in the US at least it is illegal to have HID lights without auto levelers.

As I said I think this is the case.

You can buy aftermarket kits for HID lights but I think few are DOT certified for headlight replacement.

 

[Buntoss]

What I'd really like is to disable my regular headlights from functioning as DRLs. In fact, I don't even want my high beams to be DRLs. I could care less what the DMV says about that.... I find DRLs annoying. I'm getting angel eyes anyways, and I want these on all the time. So I will be lighted in the daytime from them.

Is this setup possible? If so, how?

Do a search using Google, there are lots of car forums out there and lots of people with the same question that you have. I assume you have a BMW, a quick search found this:

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=122925

http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=202477

 

[georgebushmoron]

Do a search using Google, there are lots of car forums out there and lots of people with the same question that you have. I assume you have a BMW, a quick search found this:

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=122925

http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=202477

Thanks dude!!!!!!