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11-05-2009, 09:03 PM
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lol what a jerk.... 
it should be cool dude with clear side markers with either white or amber lights... cops didnt say **** when they got me for my blinkers being blue...
it should be cool dude with clear side markers with either white or amber lights... cops didnt say **** when they got me for my blinkers being blue...
11-06-2009, 02:34 AM
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I live in Orange County, CA. I replaced both my wife (E320) & mine (CLK) side marker to clear at least 5 or 6 years now, never having any problems with CA highway patrol or the police (I was stopped once, but they do not care, busy writing the speeding ticket).
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11-07-2009, 10:56 PM
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Mercedes C300 Sport, BMW 745Li, VW Mk6 Golf TDI
cops have better things to do than enforce your sidemarker colors, but it is illegal. Legally in cali, you're supposed to have orange sidemarkers
11-09-2009, 12:42 AM
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its been awhile since i read the ca vehicle code and dot regulations on this but iirc front reflector need to be amber and rear reflector need to be red. front light color needs to be amber and rear light color needs to be red...
therefore, amber bulb with white reflector only satisfies the light color but fails the reflector color requirement...
i'll do a quick check and see if i can find it again...
therefore, amber bulb with white reflector only satisfies the light color but fails the reflector color requirement...
i'll do a quick check and see if i can find it again...
25100. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (d), every vehicle 80 inches or more in overall width shall be equipped during darkness as follows:
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(2) At least one amber side-marker lamp on each side near the front and at least one red side-marker lamp on each side near the rear.
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(2) At least one amber side-marker lamp on each side near the front and at least one red side-marker lamp on each side near the rear.
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:
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(c) All lamps and reflectors visible from the front, sides, or rear of a vehicle, except headlamps, may have any unlighted color, provided the emitted light from all lamps or reflected light from all reflectors complies with the required color. Except for backup lamps, the entire effective projected luminous area of lamps visible from the rear or mounted on the sides near the rear of a vehicle shall be covered by an inner lens of the required color when the unlighted color differs from the required emitted light color. Taillamps, stoplamps, and turn signal lamps that are visible to the rear may be white when unlighted on vehicles manufactured before January 1, 1974.
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(c) All lamps and reflectors visible from the front, sides, or rear of a vehicle, except headlamps, may have any unlighted color, provided the emitted light from all lamps or reflected light from all reflectors complies with the required color. Except for backup lamps, the entire effective projected luminous area of lamps visible from the rear or mounted on the sides near the rear of a vehicle shall be covered by an inner lens of the required color when the unlighted color differs from the required emitted light color. Taillamps, stoplamps, and turn signal lamps that are visible to the rear may be white when unlighted on vehicles manufactured before January 1, 1974.
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