I got pulled over for having no "amber" in the front of my G3 integra w/JDM conversion. of course i have no way of putting "amber" into the JDM 1 piece headlights... other than screwing in orange bulbs. are there orange blinker bulbs taht have both low and high filaments? all the orange bulbs I've seen are just single filaments... does anyone have any suggestions or where I can get this signed off at?
it should be a correctable violation right? the officer marked it as not correctable on the ticket... =T

 

dang, those cops up in the sj area are real dicks eh? sorry i don't really know about your question though.

lots of s2k guys complain about the cops giving too many no license plate tickets up there. good luck tho.

 

You can probably go to a your local auto parts store and get those "temporary fix" colored tape. They make them for when you have a cracked tailights, turn signals, etc. I think if you put an amber film over the turn signal area on your JDM lights they'll be able to write off the ticket.

Take it off right after


[Modified by Supersonic DC2, 11:09 PM 10/28/2001]

 

fix-it ticket in Fremont, eh? damn i'm surprised they didn't get you for speeding... have you seen the size of the police station off of Stevenson? it's humongous... anyways, yeah i sympathize with you, freakmont po-po's are dicks about everything... kind of reminds me of milpitas PD...no murders or domestic violence so they deal with moving violations

 

your fu@ked. I have a ticket thats due in actually, **** Tuesday for that plus a exhaust violaton and smog from awhile back. I went to a smog ref and he cleared my car, but the ticket says I owe like $385!
When I was pulled over he got me for hyper whites in the blinkers. Since then I just run orange all around to be legal. However we still need that orange refelective plastic in the housings. I'm currently in the process of making my own refeletors to put into the housings. However this will require me to heat up the headlights and to pull them totally apart and rebuild them. Hopefully if it all works out and I don't brake anything, it should be technically legal, however I can still see a cop harassing me for it, especially since I don't have a front plate.
Anyway, nothing to do buddy, but to just pay the fine. Let me know the cost of the ticket. I'm curious to see how much it was since my total cost was added with some other stuff.

Damn tickets suck, especally if you miss the court date to contest it!

 

it varies by state, but check your laws....most states ALLOW amber OR white in the front for bulbs, and amber or red in the rear...

I don't know CA law, but it's worth a shot...NJ is pretty rough of a state as far as laws, and I know this is the law there!

I'll see if I can find something for you, and I'll repost the statute if I find it

 

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/vc/vctoc.htm
California DMV Vehicle Code

Chapter 2, Article 15 Lighting Equipment

Color of Lamps and Reflectors

25950. This section applies to the color of lamps and to any reflector exhibiting or reflecting perceptible light of 0.05 candela or more per foot-candle of incident illumination. Unless provided otherwise, the color of lamps and reflectors upon a vehicle shall be as follows:

(a) The emitted light from all lamps and the reflected light from all reflectors, visible from in front of a vehicle, shall be white or yellow, except as follows:

(1) Rear side marker lamps required by Section 25100 may show red to the front.

(2) The color of foglamps described in Section 24403 may be in the color spectrum from white to yellow.

(b) The emitted light from all lamps and the reflected light from all reflectors, visible from the rear of a vehicle, shall be red except as follows:

(1) Stoplamps on vehicles manufactured before January 1, 1979, may show yellow to the rear.

(2) Turn signal lamps may show yellow to the rear.

(3) Front side marker lamps required by Section 25100 may show yellow to the rear.

(4) Backup lamps shall show white to the rear.

(5) The rearward facing portion of any front-mounted double-faced turn signal lamp may show amber to the rear while the headlamps or parking lamps are lighted, if the intensity of the light emitted is not greater than the parking lamps and the turn signal function is not impaired.

(6) Reflectors meeting the requirements of and installed in accordance with Section 24611 shall be red or white, or both.

(c) All lamps and reflectors visible from the front, sides, or rear of a vehicle, except headlamps, may have any unlighted color, provided the emitted light from all lamps or reflected light from all reflectors complies with the required color. Except for backup lamps, the entire effective projected luminous area of lamps visible from the rear or mounted on the sides near the rear of a vehicle shall be covered by an inner lens of the required color when the unlighted color differs from the required emitted light color. Taillamps, stoplamps, and turn signal lamps that are visible to the rear may be white when unlighted on vehicles manufactured before January 1, 1974.

 

yup, there ya go....I just found it too...
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc24953.htm

Division 12 Ch 2 Art 5 Sec 24953

tell em to shove that ticket up their ***!

 

this means that even the front reflectors can be white as well, correct? the officer clarified to me that i have to have an orange reflector somewhere on the front bumper.

 

just show them that statute and it should be dropped...

it clearly states that the LIGHT has to be clear or amber....
In general, the reflectors colors usually follow the same pattern as the bulbs, except in the rear it MUST be red...

but just follow by showing them section 6 subsection c as follows

(6) Reflectors meeting the requirements of and installed in accordance with Section 24611 shall be red or white, or both.

(c) All lamps and reflectors visible from the front, sides, or rear of a vehicle, except headlamps, may have any unlighted color, provided the emitted light from all lamps or reflected light from all reflectors complies with the required color.



[Modified by typer98, 11:15 AM 10/29/2001]

 

Roach gave the better one. It explicitly states white turn signals are legal. Cop was just a dick.

You should do what I do... always have a copy of the vehicle code in your car, and find which citations state your stuff is legal (use the web search to find them). Go to the DMV, the Vehicle Code book is like $3. I get them for free though... work at the DMV.

 

thats why i never messed with clear, hyper white blue bulbs.. imo amber looks totally fine.. but everyone has their own taste of course.. yes they do sell amber bulbs.. i paid like 7-8 for each to put on my front end.. i couldnt find them at pep-boys so i went to one of those speed shops, and i think brand is hyper that makes them.