JDM Rain Light TOO BRIGHT

Red__Zed

Saying "it is not illegal at all" is pretty misleading.


It does not comply with MIR rules for use in clear weather (federal law) if wired as a running light, rear position light, or switched and used in situations where it is not warranted (and this is officer's discretion, but guidelines are generally scripted around extremely heavy fog and torrential rain)


It is legal (at least federally, may vary by state), if wired as a brake light.



http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_20...cfr571.108.pdf


Of course your chances of actually getting busted are low, but that is another topic.

red6spd

Really? Its not illegal at all if used properly. Cars have high beam lights but if there not used correctly there illegal. So yes I stand by my previous statement that the rear foglight is not illegal at all.

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Red__Zed

In that, you'd be correct but irrelevant to the thread.


The OP wants to tone down the light because he is using it as a running light, which is illegal unless he tones it down....

red6spd

When does he say he is using it as a running light? All he says is that other people find is distracting. I have had friends tell me the same thing when I use it at night and ya know what I tell them? "its suppose to be bright"

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Red__Zed

It's also illegal to use in the context you are using it...

I guarantee you that no one finds a fog light distracting in the proper context....they find it to be a godsend so they don't hit you.

If you have a running light on your car, it is basically constrained to being no brighter than the factory running lights. Legally, you are considered to be using it as a running light any time it is active in anything but extreme conditions with limited visibility.


Of course, from a guy with a $25,000 fine opportunity on his car, a $100 illegal fog light operation ticket is chump change.

red6spd

I'm not going to get sucked into another argument with you thats just going to get me banned and more praise to you. I wonder if you get the same warnings I do whenever you quote one of my comments... Probably not since your a god here.



Anyway OP pop out the bulb and see if there is a wattage number on the bulb. If there is just try and get a lower wattage bulb, should be simple.

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shadoquad

Can you be pulled over for it? Sure. Would I want to be without it in heavy rain/fog? Heck no.

Red__Zed

Right, but OP sounds like it is wired as a running light, hence the thread. Debating the merits of the fog light is a separate topic.