hey everybody, I want to order some clear lights but I dont know what is legal here in Florida. Can anyone that lives in Florida and have these tell me? also, is there a site I can go to that tells me the state laws or something?

thanks!

 

Hey Stamped, I live in Orlando and I know of a couple others that live in close that are using the clear corners. Personally I use the amber bulbs so I do not get hassled by the local cops, but that is a matter of choice. To answer your question I think they are not legal because the law requires that the amber lens be there. However, this is why I leave my amber bulbs in, still looks the same when they are actually functioning, but look sweet when they are not! Hope this helps you out. Have a look at some past topics I think there are some other posts about this.

Murray.....


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Thanks, so I can get the clear corners but keep the amber bulb? would it be the same thin for the rear lights?

 

I think the same applies to the rear lights. I know Lariat4WD uses both the clear corners and lightning clear tails. As I said I think the clear lens (both rear and front) are not legal, unless they are DOT approved. (having some kinda of reflective material on them) However, if you do use them it seems to be that you can slide by using the same color bulbs that were in there without getting a hassle. Just my advice, pls read some of Lariats, and KIng James posts on previous pages in the this topic. As far as which bulbs you use, that is up to you.

Have a look here:
https://www.f150online.com/f150board...ML/000960.html

Murray......



[This message has been edited by Trippn (edited 03-19-2001).]

 

It's not the clear lense that's the problem. It's perfectly legal and I believe even white bulbs are fine for parking lights.

The problem is that an amber reflector is required so if you install clear corners, you loose the clear reflector. And I believe you also have to have amber turn signals, hence the benefit of leaving in the amber bulb.

I'm not the law but part of this I learned, if it's true, from a post https://www.f150online.com/f150board...ML/001082.html

The reflector thing is standard stuff. The bulbs I'm not sure of, but it sounds right.

By the way, I just installed clear corners and kept the amber bulb.

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Here are your statutes...They refer to the lamp color only...not the lens color...The only requirement on the lenses is that they must be D.O.T. approved...Some aren't...The cop would have to be in a really bad mood or a real a$$ (they are out there...Read FHP) to write you for the D.O.T. approval. Have fun and good luck!

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316.221 Taillamps.-- (1) Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer, and any other vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a combination of vehicles, shall be equipped with at least two taillamps mounted on the rear, which, when lighted as required in s. 316.217, shall emit a red light plainly visible from a distance of 1,000 feet to the rear, except that passenger cars and pickup trucks manufactured or assembled prior to January 1, 1972, which were originally equipped with only one taillamp shall have at least one taillamp. On a combination of vehicles, only the taillamps on the rearmost vehicle need actually be seen from the distance specified. On vehicles equipped with more than one taillamp, the lamps shall be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable. An object, material, or covering that alters the taillamp's visibility from 1,000 feet may not be placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied over a taillamp. (2) Either a taillamp or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration plate and render it clearly legible from a distance of 50 feet to the rear. Any taillamp or taillamps, together with any separate lamp or lamps for illuminating the rear registration plate, shall be so wired as to be lighted whenever the headlamps or auxiliary driving lamps are lighted. (3) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.

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316.224 Color of clearance lamps, identification lamps, side marker lamps, backup lamps, reflectors, and deceleration lights.-- (1) Front clearance lamps, identification lamps, and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the front or on the side near the front of a vehicle shall display or reflect an amber color. (2) Rear clearance lamps, identification lamps, and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the rear or on the sides near the rear of a vehicle shall display or reflect a red color. (3) All lighting devices and reflectors mounted on the rear of any vehicle shall display or reflect a red color, except the stop light or other signal device, which may be red, amber, or yellow, and except that the light illuminating the license plate shall be white and the light emitted by a backup lamp shall be white or amber. Deceleration lights as authorized by s. 316.235(5) shall display an amber color. (4) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.

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I've been from one end of the country to the other,with my clear front corners. Not a single law
enforcement official has ever given my truck a second look. I forget that I put them on sometimes.,,,,,,,98