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If it is, then goodluck getting HIDs because they are ILLEGAL now in the states.
A lot of things are illegal in the states, like HALOGEN S15 headlamps.. why? Because they arent DOT-compliant. They may conform to Japanese laws but NOT to US laws in terms of lighting pattern.
Only set id ever recommend are McCulloch/G-Garage but they no longer exist in the states since DOT said so.
The only thing that changed was the amount of enforcement from the NHTSA because these "retrofit kits" are not DOT-compliant. When companies sell something like an HID kit, most of them dont even understand what they are selling and have no interest about lighting patterns -- they just sell you something that turns on with that funky blue color. The things I've been saying years ago I still say, retrofitting to HID by simply changing a bulb/ballast is rediculous. The proper way is to do the ENTIRE retrofit. But of course, most people cant afford to do this type of work OR are too lazy to put in the work. So, this is why "retrofit rubbish" was being sold.
So what happened? Enforcement was kicked up due to high amounts of complaints -- and in return, vendors STOPPED selling such kits because of the HIGH fines involved in selling "retrofit kits."
So, if you're going to stick halogen.. get the halogen version. If you want the HID version, buy the HID version. BOTH versions will require full disassembly of the light AND modification in order to emit a LHD-friendly lighting pattern.
And there we have it..
- Mike / ClearCorners.Com
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