HID Lighting...help!!

[2007HDF150]

hey guys

are HID Lights Illegal in BC??

im thinking of getting the 8000k bulbs and i was wondering if the cops will pull me over for having such bright lights


thanks!!

[Talus91]

The short answer is yes, they are illegal. HID lights need to be in a DOT approved HID housing to be legal. Didn't stop me though, but you might want to consider 6000k, as the 8000k are pretty heaty.

[tohi2care]

Anything over 4700k is for color anyways.

Motor Vehicle Act of BC
http://www.qp.gov.bc.ca/statreg/stat/M/96318_00.htm

[2007HDF150]

can you show me on the Motor Vehicle Act where is says about the HID Lights?? ....i didnt see it


thanks!!

[tohi2care]

Sorry it was the wrong link use this one... http://www.qp.gov.bc.ca/statreg/reg/...8/26_58_00.htm
and look at Division 4.

Or if your too lazy...

General lighting requirements
4.02 (1) A vehicle on a highway must only be equipped with and use lamps, reflectors or other illuminating devices authorized by this Division or authorized in writing by the director.

(2) A vehicle on a highway must be equipped with lamps equivalent to those provided by the original manufacturer in accordance with the requirements that applied under the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (Canada), or a predecessor to that Act, at the time of vehicle manufacture.

(3) All lamps, lamp bulbs and reflectors required or permitted by this Division must comply with

(a) the approved standards established by the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (Canada) and the applicable SAE standards,

(b) the conditions of use described in this Division, and

(c) the requirements of Table 1 of the Schedule to this Division.

(4) The function of 2 or more lamps or reflectors may be combined if each function meets the following requirements:

(a) no turn signal lamp may be combined optically with a stop lamp unless the stop lamp is extinguished when the turn signal is flashing;

(b) a clearance lamp must not be combined optically with a tail-lamp or identification lamp.

(5) The director may exempt vehicles or classes of vehicles from the requirements of this section.

[en. B.C. Reg. 476/98, s. 2; am. B.C. Reg. 135/2003, s. 1.]

Mounting of lamps and reflectors
4.03 (1) If 2 lamps of the same type are required or permitted on a vehicle, the lamps must be mounted at the same height unless otherwise specified in this Division.

(2) If 2 lamps of the same type are required or permitted on the side, front or rear of a vehicle, the lamps must, unless otherwise specified in this Division, be mounted with one lamp at or near the extreme left and one lamp at or near the extreme right of the vehicle, so as to indicate the approximate width of the vehicle.