Thoughts on these lights?
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Where do you live? USA?
I'm not sure if it's federal or state law...but general consensus is you are limited to 4 forward facing light outputs.
Eyebrows, halos or LED strips built into the original headlight housing may already be pushing the boundaries. Your setup however is CLEARLY a fixit ticket waiting to happen.
My vote is to keep it since you already done the work and it satisfies YOU. However don't be surprised if a CHP officer uses this against you as probable cause to pull you over. Assuming everything else is kosher (aka...you have a front plate...no tinted windows...exhaust is not loud...you werent on the phone when getting pulled over...etc) it'll only be a $25 ticket and you can remove it then.
Also...purely as an exercise (please do not take offense)...without knowing anything about you, the passengers, or present driver...
If I saw this car in public...I would automatically assume it belonged to a young asian male. Probably early 20s living with parents.
Associated mod lists might include anything with the words "plasti dip", ultra bright exterior LEDs (example: on the rear license plate frame maybe), and possibly graphics...and the car most likely were acquired used (possibly even a 3rd owner).
Sure it looks cool...but the above statement is what I'll be thinking in the back of my head as I continue to profile the vehicle. (heck...I'm thinking of possibly getting a "Student Driver" sticker for my rear window as I type this. On my way home today I noticed a car with this and NOONE was tailgating him, but I digress)
HOWEVER...as members always preach here....do what YOU like. I've gone through similar phases and it would be a shame to not do something you wanted to do simply because you were peer pressured the other way. If it's tacky...you'll figure it out eventually.
I'm not sure if it's federal or state law...but general consensus is you are limited to 4 forward facing light outputs.
Eyebrows, halos or LED strips built into the original headlight housing may already be pushing the boundaries. Your setup however is CLEARLY a fixit ticket waiting to happen.
My vote is to keep it since you already done the work and it satisfies YOU. However don't be surprised if a CHP officer uses this against you as probable cause to pull you over. Assuming everything else is kosher (aka...you have a front plate...no tinted windows...exhaust is not loud...you werent on the phone when getting pulled over...etc) it'll only be a $25 ticket and you can remove it then.
Also...purely as an exercise (please do not take offense)...without knowing anything about you, the passengers, or present driver...
If I saw this car in public...I would automatically assume it belonged to a young asian male. Probably early 20s living with parents.
Associated mod lists might include anything with the words "plasti dip", ultra bright exterior LEDs (example: on the rear license plate frame maybe), and possibly graphics...and the car most likely were acquired used (possibly even a 3rd owner).
Sure it looks cool...but the above statement is what I'll be thinking in the back of my head as I continue to profile the vehicle. (heck...I'm thinking of possibly getting a "Student Driver" sticker for my rear window as I type this. On my way home today I noticed a car with this and NOONE was tailgating him, but I digress)
HOWEVER...as members always preach here....do what YOU like. I've gone through similar phases and it would be a shame to not do something you wanted to do simply because you were peer pressured the other way. If it's tacky...you'll figure it out eventually.
Last edited by edgalang; Aug 7, 2014 at 04:40 AM.
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Where do you live? USA?
I'm not sure if it's federal or state law...but general consensus is you are limited to 4 forward facing light outputs.
Eyebrows, halos or LED strips built into the original headlight housing may already be pushing the boundaries. Your setup however is CLEARLY a fixit ticket waiting to happen.
My vote is to keep it since you already done the work and it satisfies YOU. However don't be surprised if a CHP officer uses this against you as probable cause to pull you over. Assuming everything else is kosher (aka...you have a front plate...no tinted windows...exhaust is not loud...you werent on the phone when getting pulled over...etc) it'll only be a $25 ticket and you can remove it then.
Also...purely as an exercise (please do not take offense)...without knowing anything about you, the passengers, or present driver...
If I saw this car in public...I would automatically assume it belonged to a young asian male. Probably early 20s living with parents.
Associated mod lists might include anything with the words "plasti dip", ultra bright exterior LEDs (example: on the rear license plate frame maybe), and possibly graphics...and the car most likely were acquired used (possibly even a 3rd owner).
Sure it looks cool...but the above statement is what I'll be thinking in the back of my head as I continue to profile the vehicle. (heck...I'm thinking of possibly getting a "Student Driver" sticker for my rear window as I type this. On my way home today I noticed a car with this and NOONE was tailgating him, but I digress)
HOWEVER...as members always preach here....do what YOU like. I've gone through similar phases and it would be a shame to not do something you wanted to do simply because you were peer pressured the other way. If it's tacky...you'll figure it out eventually.
I'm not sure if it's federal or state law...but general consensus is you are limited to 4 forward facing light outputs.
Eyebrows, halos or LED strips built into the original headlight housing may already be pushing the boundaries. Your setup however is CLEARLY a fixit ticket waiting to happen.
My vote is to keep it since you already done the work and it satisfies YOU. However don't be surprised if a CHP officer uses this against you as probable cause to pull you over. Assuming everything else is kosher (aka...you have a front plate...no tinted windows...exhaust is not loud...you werent on the phone when getting pulled over...etc) it'll only be a $25 ticket and you can remove it then.
Also...purely as an exercise (please do not take offense)...without knowing anything about you, the passengers, or present driver...
If I saw this car in public...I would automatically assume it belonged to a young asian male. Probably early 20s living with parents.
Associated mod lists might include anything with the words "plasti dip", ultra bright exterior LEDs (example: on the rear license plate frame maybe), and possibly graphics...and the car most likely were acquired used (possibly even a 3rd owner).
Sure it looks cool...but the above statement is what I'll be thinking in the back of my head as I continue to profile the vehicle. (heck...I'm thinking of possibly getting a "Student Driver" sticker for my rear window as I type this. On my way home today I noticed a car with this and NOONE was tailgating him, but I digress)
HOWEVER...as members always preach here....do what YOU like. I've gone through similar phases and it would be a shame to not do something you wanted to do simply because you were peer pressured the other way. If it's tacky...you'll figure it out eventually.
I appreciate your thoughts.
Btw im not asian lol
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I am not sure what we are supposed to be giving our opinion on. If the focus of the thread wasnt the ugly LED strip in the grille, then what? All I see is some overpowering headlight bulbs. Im assuming HIDs?. Cant really focus on the headlights themselves as you say you wanted our thoughts on. Are you referring to the fact you put a drop in HID kit in a halogen headlight housing?
They didn't get kind of tacky, they were tacky from day one
They didn't get kind of tacky, they were tacky from day one
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Why do you always need extra lights?
Maybe for extra attention? Which is stupid.
Looks tacky, I think you should stop wasting money.
This is my opinion, I didn't read anything else in this thread but first post.
Maybe for extra attention? Which is stupid.
Looks tacky, I think you should stop wasting money.
This is my opinion, I didn't read anything else in this thread but first post.
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Lol your response was funny. I live in NJ and i had them on for like 4 months and drove everywhere infront of cops and never got pulled over. And i have tints. But anyway i took them off because i started to think they were getting kind of tacky. I still want to keep the class in the benz.
I appreciate your thoughts.
Btw im not asian lol
I appreciate your thoughts.
Btw im not asian lol
If you drove like that during daylight, fine...however if you had the center strip on at night with the lows and fogs, then that's when it'll get dicey.
Other than the "asian" bit...how is the rest of the assessment? Did I profile the rest of the car correctly?
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Just giving my thoughts as requested. I can only guestimate what the CHP might do here in the Bay Area, (California), since I have no experience with east coast highway patrol.
If you drove like that during daylight, fine...however if you had the center strip on at night with the lows and fogs, then that's when it'll get dicey.
Other than the "asian" bit...how is the rest of the assessment? Did I profile the rest of the car correctly?
If you drove like that during daylight, fine...however if you had the center strip on at night with the lows and fogs, then that's when it'll get dicey.
Other than the "asian" bit...how is the rest of the assessment? Did I profile the rest of the car correctly?
I'm Asian and I don't have those
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It's ok. So am I and I don't have those either. I was simply sharing my perception.
My previous ride, whenever I ask someone to profile the car EVERYONE thought it belonged to a drug dealer, and I was ok with that.
Point I was making was, people will ALWAYS profile. The info you are after is the commonality of that data set, so from there you can properly decide if that is an acceptable image you are portraying to the general public.
