Date:         Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:36:55 -0500
Reply-To:     Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: post mounted 'police' spot lights...... illegal?
Comments: To: Mike S <mikes@flatsurface.com>
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On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Mike S <mikes@flatsurface.com> wrote:

> At 11:52 AM 6/21/2010, craig cowan wrote...
>
>  so then by default all these colored high end HID light systems that
>> put out bluish or yellowish light, along with fog lights are all
>> illegal?
>>
>
> The aftermarket "6000K+" bulbs that the pre-pubes like are illegal. The
> stock HIDs use a ~4300K bulb, which fits the SAE/legal definition of
> white. What you call "yellow" for fog lamps is probably amber, which is
> allowed. Again, this is for Michigan.
>
> MCL 257.699 "Head lamps shall in all cases emit a white light.
> Auxiliary lamps may emit either a white or amber light."
>

"Your honor, we intend to prove that the head lamps in question do, in face,
emit white light.  As the statute is silent on the question of the blue
filters my client placed in front of the white-emitting lights, we feel
confident that ..."

:)