How illegal are LEDs???

[Cogez]

I bought a set of blue LED parkers and windscreen washers today off eBay (only coz they were cheap :P ) How illegal are they?? The washers can be switched off so they're OK, but the parkers can't...

[Wagon_Wheel]

You will get canaried for it if you put them on.
Cops love that sort of thing

[azkwazere]

Technically, very illegal...

The washer jets are usually chrome (illegal) and they break all rules regarding lights and colours.

Parkers must be white... again, defect.

aZk.

[kniever]

so the washers are illegal just for being chrome? why's that?

[Tom_1569]

You cant have anything chrome in view of the driver, e.g chrome wiper blades, bonnet. Because the sun reflects badly off chrome and could caus an accident. Makes sense to some degree, but then theirs chrome bullbars, aerials. Heck even mirrors have a chrome backing lol.

[Wagon_Wheel]

Yeah the bullbars and all that dont really make sense, when some like mirrors and stuff are a bog standard item lol.

I think the rule is somthing like, your not allowed anything more reflective than the paint on ur car. Somthing like that anyways

[kniever]

what about all those p platers in the dropped on their ass hilux's thats got pretty much chrome everything?

[Wagon_Wheel]

Yeah but they prob have everything chrome but the washer jets so they are fine
And im sure they have there own defectable cars to worry about lol

[DeiCide]

I thought you could legally have yellow, or possibly green coloured parkers in SA??
Correct me if im wrong...

[Morton]

I too remember hearing something to the effect of of "if it's more reflective than the shiniest stock part on the front of the car, get rid of it". That makes chrome washed jets defectable.

That aside, coloured LEDs in your parkers and washer jets look badly retarded, so just don't do it

[Reaper]

I bought a set of blue LED parkers and windscreen washers today off eBay (only coz they were cheap :P ) How illegal are they?? The washers can be switched off so they're OK, but the parkers can't...

All lights visible from the front of the car shall be either white or amber unless you are an authorized emergency vehicle. So in that case it is a defectable item .

Reaper

[wrx884]

If u really want the LED washer jets paint them black or colour code them (chromes **** neways) and wiring in a switch so u can turn them off while driving i think its a silly rule i see them more of a warning light than a defectable light but thats not wat the law is.

[And_ROOS]

I too remember hearing something to the effect of of "if it's more reflective than the shiniest stock part on the front of the car, get rid of it". That makes chrome washed jets defectable.

That aside, coloured LEDs in your parkers and washer jets look badly retarded, so just don't do it

We have a winner!

[savage1987]

yes yes!! winner! they are so homo jordan, i had blue parkers on the VN for about a month til one blew up (which LED parkers do with alarming regularity) and they are the gayest thing ever. Ever.

[r_i_d_a_h]

lol, i had the same problem, i put in a pair of white LED parkers in my VS the lil pieces of rubbish kept blowing up/dying. Blue parkers...and washer jets, rice factor >=[

..good ol incandescent bulbs

[Morton]

lol @ roos and savage

Pssssch, I've had a pair of white LED parkers in for over a year now ridah, and I havn't lost one

... *touches wood*

[Dayvo]

so the washers are illegal just for being chrome? why's that?

What if you drive an old Holden which came standard with chrome washers.

[DeiCide]

I have blue/green parkers in my Porsche (not LEDs but) and no cops have even questioned them yet.
And I'd rather have a nice light setup that suits the car, than a shopping list on a commodore

[Cogez]

hahaha thanks for all the advice guys. The lights will get here next week sometimes, i'll put them on anyway, just to see what happens :P I may even paint them black after all, I liked that idea wrx884. I'll take a picture of them when they're in, and you can all laugh at me

btw car went in for its new engine today woot

[savage1987]

ooh yay!! new motor!! cam? comp?

[mar-d-mac]

by all accounts here, - you've wasted your money, no matter how cheap they were.

[GAMBLR]

does this apply to the calais? the shiniest stock part of the calais is chrome, so the washer jest, do they have to go or can they stay? btw, the lights are just 'there', dnt use them, i like the chrome...

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[1991_Vn2nV]

They're still illegal unless factory fitted.

[Cogez]

ooh yay!! new motor!! cam? comp?

Nope, just a very stock standard 3800. My theory is that if I get a more powerful engine put in, my transmission will **** itself quicker, which is not in my best interests right now

Whoever wrote that the shiniest part of the Calais is chrome could be right, there's lots of shiny chrome bits on my car, although none of them are on the bonnet, or anywhere on the front of the car for that matter...

[GAMBLR]

They're still illegal unless factory fitted.

ahh cheers for that. lucky i cleared that up b4 regency inspection...

cheers
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