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Mail From: jem (John Miller)

> ...all this comotion about these lenses makes me want to dust off my
> (one) remaining DOT legal Cibie lens, H4, Z-beam lens, with a bad
> reflector, and swap the reflector from one of my E-code lenses -
> just so I have 1 legal H4 lamp/lense set up on the car.

I fail to understand the issue here.

Should you find the one official somewhere, of some agency having
jurisdiction, that recognizes that your lights may not meet certain
criteria, which is unlikely unless you're running blue bulbs in which
case you ought to be cited purely on stylistic grounds anyway, in
California you will get a $10 fixit ticket and have to face the
inconvenience of sticking a set of old sealed-beams in there and having
someone, somewhere, sign it off. Then you drive home and put them back
in, much as we deal with the presence or absence of a front license plate.

As previously noted, in thirty years of driving at least 15K miles per
year behind 'illegal' H4 lights I've encountered no such issues.

John.

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Mail From: dinn (Michael 'Moose' Dinn)

> As previously noted, in thirty years of driving at least 15K miles per
> year behind 'illegal' H4 lights I've encountered no such issues.

I suppose it's like exhaust on a Harley - it's only too loud if someone
complains...

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Mail From: ckelly (Chris Kelly)

Reminds me of what I used to do with the Falcon to pass inspection - had to
change the steering wheel (too small, no horn) back to the stocker, add
pipes that exited the body in front of the rear tires (kept them in the
attic, normal exhaust was header muffers) and hang some parking lights on
the bumper (lost the real bumper in a wreck) made from a piece of steel.

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Chris Kelly - ckelly at raceabilene.net
raceabilene.net/kelly/hotrod
Merkel, Texas
Member:
International Hot Rod Association
Abilene Performance Car Association
Falcon Club of America
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: classic-mustangs-bounces at lists.twistedpair.ca
> [mailto:classic-mustangs-bounces at lists.twistedpair.ca] On
> Behalf Of John Miller
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 7:05 PM
> To: Chris Kelly
> Subject: Re: [CM] Classic-mustangs Digest, Vol 46, Issue 55
>
> > ...all this comotion about these lenses makes me want to dust off my
> > (one) remaining DOT legal Cibie lens, H4, Z-beam lens, with a bad
> > reflector, and swap the reflector from one of my E-code
> lenses - just
> > so I have 1 legal H4 lamp/lense set up on the car.
>
> I fail to understand the issue here.
>
> Should you find the one official somewhere, of some agency
> having jurisdiction, that recognizes that your lights may not
> meet certain criteria, which is unlikely unless you're
> running blue bulbs in which case you ought to be cited purely
> on stylistic grounds anyway, in California you will get a $10
> fixit ticket and have to face the inconvenience of sticking a
> set of old sealed-beams in there and having someone,
> somewhere, sign it off. Then you drive home and put them
> back in, much as we deal with the presence or absence of a
> front license plate.
>
> As previously noted, in thirty years of driving at least 15K
> miles per year behind 'illegal' H4 lights I've encountered no
> such issues.
>
> John.
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