Hella lighting (4kq) -- cops search?

[Lawrence C Leung]

Sodium Blue? Is this a bulb tint (BAD) or is this the actual color of the
light from the bulb (In which case that actual color is probably white,
which is good)? I thought that the blue color is from the Xenon Gas Ion
Discharge (HID) lamps, of the same type as in the "other" luxo makes
(Audi, Lexus, etc.). 

LL - NY

On Fri, 22 Dec 2000 05:21:18 -0500 "Rave Racer" <Ravewar at home.com>
writes:
>        Here in my home town, we are over regulated by busybody 
>government,
>and the tuners are harrassed by testosterone powered police.
>        One of the ridiculous rules made up and enforced here is the 
>sodium
>blue bulbs that are stock on the new BMW's, Audis and Benz's.  The 
>blue
>bulbs that can be bought aftermarket for other cars are a common 
>upgrade for
>tuners and a target for police.  Obviously the cops can't ticket cars 
>that
>were sold from the factory with these bulbs and it is mostly left up 
>to the
>officers discression any way.  The cops measure the candle power of 
>the
>bulbs, and they use the same tool to measure the amount of light 
>coming
>through window tint.  God forbid we tint to dark.  they have been 
>given the
>authority to tear the tint off on the side of the road.
>        Just my rant.                        RR
>
>> Coming from the Eastside of Seattle, lots of kids had lots of money, 
>and
>> lots of it went towards their cars.  I have heard that on occasion 
>they
>> would get pulled over due to rather bright headlights, not sure it 
>if was
>> headlights or driving lights or fog lights.  Apparently the police 
>used
>> some sort of light meter to see what kind of intensity the lights 
>were
>> putting out.  I don't know exactly what it measured but it measured
>> something none the less.
>>
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