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Old 06-01-09, 05:17 PM
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Are they illegal here in cali? because I am reading some of the law, but the people who wrote them must have wanted to confuse the **** out of us.

I have a clear corner and white led (by VLED)
Old 06-01-09, 06:22 PM
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dun think they are legal...(someone told me) lol
Old 06-01-09, 06:43 PM
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White LED = not legal i had a buddy back in the day that did this to his SI and got nailed everywhere only a fix it ticket but do you really want to keep giving 10-15 bucks to the court ?
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iirc, signals (warning/hazard) must be amber/orange or red.
hence, yes, they are illegal, however, correctable violations.

could be wrong though i'm getting too old for this
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i got pulled over once for this...you have to have yellow/amber signal lights up front
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everyone's right... they are illegal
i also asked my cop friend
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Thanks Guys
o well it was fun white it lasted back to the ugly amber bulbs

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Old 06-01-09, 09:10 PM
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basically its illegal to change any of lighting hahahaha
Old 06-01-09, 09:59 PM
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what about tail signal lights?
Old 06-02-09, 12:41 AM
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im running white turn signal lights front and back. the front of the is350/250 has two turn signal bulbs per side. plus mine are LED so they are bright and they also blink really fast. im not taking them out until i get a ticket.
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its illegal of course...but usually it depends on the cop...
Old 06-02-09, 02:08 AM
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They havn't gotten me yet!!
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lol I got a ticket for that back in the day on my integra, but looking back on it now, that was a good thing. Amber looks way better, at least on that car hhehehe
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In case it hasn't gotten to you yet..yes they're illegal

Amber/orange looks better to me than white anyways.
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actually guys as long as your turn signal lights in the front are WHITE and not BLUE (ie-greater than ~5000-5500k in color) then you are very much Legal in the state of california. for the rear though you do need red or amber.

CVC 24953(a) Any turn signal system used to give a signal of intention to turn right or left shall project a flashing white or amber light visible to the front and a flashing red or amber light visible to the rear.


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