Are hid's illegal???

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07-04-2008, 11:50 AM

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Well if you get the light bar might as well add some lasers

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07-04-2008, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by 180ls1

if you are interested i can get you in touch with a guy who has a lifetime warranty on his hids and he sells them for around $200.

i have hid's i got them installed by a guy at irwindale, they are really nice, i got the 8k i know he hooked me up for less than 100 bucks. they are awesome. im just waiting to get them on my hi beams, and fogs

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07-04-2008, 12:38 PM

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Factory HID's have a "cut-off" that blocks the light from blinding oncoming traffic... aftermarket ones typically don't. Therefore they are illegal.

Many people fabricate their own from BMW HID's... that way they keep em legal and they outperform most others

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07-04-2008, 02:56 PM

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they are not illegal

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07-04-2008, 03:28 PM

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they are illegal, because cars that come with them from the factory have certain provisions built into the units to the control the pattern of light going out from the front of the car, therefore not blinding people. versus cars with factory light housings and hid's retrofited into them dont have these kind of provisions, therefore making them illegal.