Blub Tint Side Lights

[Paul-J]

Are these illlegal?

[DJ Wozza]

I believe so matey, the law says something like...

only white or yellow light to come from the front

yellow from the side, and then red, yellow, or

white (for reverse) from the rear.

I'm not a police officer, but remember reading

the construction & use regulations a while back,

and this is the info I remember.

[Paul-J]

Yeah I thought so to, the only reason I ask is because I bought a set of HID bulbs from eBay and the side lights are blue

[sparkzilla]

Lights with the HID effect blue tint are fine as they shine within the accepted temperature range. However any lights that shine a true blue colour are technically illegal as it is classed as 'impersonating an emergency vehicle'. This goes for all blue lights including sidelights and those blue lights you sometimes see on window washer nozzles. However my girlfriend drove around in her golf with blue sidelights for over two years and never got pulled. I think if you ever got pulled over, you would simply be told to remove the lights, unless the copper was having a bad day.

Mark

[DJ Wozza]

I bought a set like that, they should be fine

as the light comes out as an Ice White.

[sparkzilla]

I bought a set like that, they should be fine

as the light comes out as an Ice White.

As did i, the bulb looked blue but shone as an ice white colour when installed

[Paul-J]

The rst of the bulbs from the set are blue and shine ice white, but the side lights are shinning blue

[sparkzilla]

Id get down to a local car parts dealer and buy a set of HID effect sidelights. I don't think they cost more than a few quid (although never bought any for a Lexus). I always thought my girlfriends blue sidelights looked stupid, but there was no telling her that ;)

[si's_lex]

ive seena few cars up this way with the very blue LED side lights, now from other forums ive seen that these are for off road use only.

however i had the blue/white one from Halfords and they were said to be road legal. looked only ever so slightly blue-ish and a lot whiter than stock. not bad for 3 quid i thought. i only ever use side lights tbh when pulling up to the guards at work.