Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 18:18:23 -0800
Reply-To: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
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From: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Subject: Re: Bosch and Hella H4 Lights - Group Purchace (All Model Years)
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Good points brought up about the city lights. You can buy red, green, blue
and purple lamps to go in these sockets. These coloured lamps are illegal
in Canada as well as almost any other place in the world - for those
reasons I do not sell the colored bulbs. These sockets are designed to
hold a "white" 5W park lamp as they are used as park lamps in Europe and
Asia - signal markers only come on when you are signaling. In Canada it
is not illegal to use the park lamps included in these headlights, I do not
know what the laws are in the USA - so, if it is a concern to you, please
check your local laws before ordering.
At 02:23 PM 13/11/1999 EST, Steve Lashley wrote:
>In a message dated 11/13/99 11:42:07 AM, vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG wrote:
>
><<These lights works quite well, but they are not European spec lights with
>the built in park light. No, it is not necessary to have the European spec
>lights but it is neat to be unique!>>
>
>The motorcycle 7" H4s are sold by Hella USA, the European lamps with city
>lights are being imported directly from Europe. According to my contact at
>Hella, the NHTSA has been going after retailers selling the European head
>lamps, tail lamps and other non DOT approved lighting. Now if you're in
>Canada, I don't know what the Canadian laws are.
>
>Hella USA gets away with selling the 7" H4s as they have a legitimate use for
>off road vehicles. According to Hella, any retailer selling the European
>lights won't be safe even if they mark them "for off road use"
>
>I'm not trying to discourage anyone here, just letting you know that it is
>possible that you can get a fine for using non approved head lamps. I have
>the 7" H4s in my '74, and I am also taking a small risk. The good thing
>about my Hella H4s is that they don't stand out. They look very similar to
>the stock lamps. The European H4
>"unique" lamps with the city lights really stand out. I would recommend that
>you don't throw out the originals in case you ever need to go back to legal
>lamps.
>
>Steve Lashley
>'66 Westy
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>
>
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