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Date:         Mon, 25 Sep 2000 15:23:13 -0500
Reply-To:     Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
Organization: not likely
Subject:      Re: Hella H4/why such different prices?
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> >3.Are they street-legal in California or anywhere?
>
> AFAIK no light using the H4 bulb is street-legal anywhere in USA.
However,
> there is another bulb that looks exactly like an H4 (but costs more,
of
> course) that could *potentially* be used in a DOT-legal headlamp.  I
think
> it might be numbered 9005 or 9006 -- something like that; it's an H4
> supposedly built to tighter specs.  But it would have to be used in
a DOT
> approved headlamp.


the Hella Vision Plus uses the H4 bulb and is DOT certified street
legal for all states. says so on the box. and i like 'em a lot. gotten
to where i think they might be better than the old Cibie Z-Beams
(which were NOT street legal... but nobody ever noticed). :)
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