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Are clear headlights and sidemarkers legal in california?

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Old Aug 8, 2002 | 09:52 PM
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Default Are clear headlights and sidemarkers legal in california?

is there anybody that lives in cali can tell me?
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Old Aug 8, 2002 | 10:30 PM
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Yes, as long as you have the yellow bulb, or bulbs that flash yellow, inside the lense. Mine are not.
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Old Aug 8, 2002 | 11:19 PM
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your brake light have to be red when lit up
your turn signal have to be either red or amber when lit up

clear headlight and side marker is no concern
but if your headlight is too bright, they might cited you for it

this is pretty much the concensus nation wide

happy altezzzzza motoring !!

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Old Aug 9, 2002 | 06:11 AM
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Originally posted by qwerty22
your turn signal have to be either red or amber when lit up
Correction, you can't have a red turn signal in front of the car. Back is OK. It must be amber in the front or else you could get ticketed.
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Old Aug 9, 2002 | 07:37 AM
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does it have to blink amber or do i just leave it stock? sidemarkers aren't much of a problem are they?
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Old Aug 9, 2002 | 11:06 AM
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blinkers in front should light up as amber, but can appear clear. same with side markers. backs must be red or amber.
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Old Aug 9, 2002 | 11:27 AM
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Here's what I found on the California DMV site (http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc25950.htm):

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.

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