NH HID conversion laws

[packofqtips]

I say spray your lenses blue and call it a day... Hids are expensive and overrated.. Um 3 bucks for a halogen bulb or 300 for a hid one... You do the math.

i paid 65 shipped for my hid kit thats about the going rate now

[d3ad1ysp0rk]

that would be me I get high beemed by everyother car that goes by me.... when I'm going down back roads it's really bad, everyone thinks my high beems are on

Why not do it the right way and do a projector retrofit? It's not that hard.

Why must people be cheapasses at the cost of others... (and potential extra light!)

[WTFWBBD?]

because....game over.

[Hkssupra]

65 bucks for an hid kit? how ghetto is it? my silverstars were that much for my blazer..

[WTFWBBD?]

Next Level Motorsports sells them for a very good price to members.

[GTS4-R]

Why the hell are u running 30000k?! U might as well have two candles on the front of your car....
Go get some 4300 or 6000k and call it a day
Not only do they look better but u will also be able to see the road!

[packofqtips]

65 bucks for an hid kit? how ghetto is it? my silverstars were that much for my blazer..

works great alot of people on s-10 forum have them no major problems
i got a bad ballast but they said if i send it back they will send me a new one or for 15 they will send a new one right away

[LumpyGTP]

pulled over once for my HIDs but it was cause one was out (happens alot) but i just have to turn them off and then back on when that happens, but i asked the cop about mine he said there legal for my car and i have projectors. so dun no

[01FocuS2]

ill be buying some soon! hope 6000k isn't bright.

[Jeff_Wolf]

From what I understand and have been told, if your car came stock from the factory with HID's no matter what kind of housing (Projector, Reflector) it's legal.

Now, here is where we get into modifications and stuff becomes a little fuzzy:

It isn't illegal to have HID lights (Projector, Housing, Color) as long as they are aimed properly and aren't blinding oncoming traffic.

When you just throw the blue bulbs into the reflector I have heard that is illegal, but I have never seen that in writing.

HOWEVER

Most dealerships I know will not let a car pass state inspection if it has HID bulbs in it and it didn't come stock with them. I'm not sure how dealerships would react to a full ballast conversion. I can look into that though.

As for the fuzz, they're looking for any excuse to pull you over these days. Driving around with exotic looking lights (Yellows, Purples) is gonna be like waving a red flag in front of a bull.

Hope this helps.

[HeyIsThatAnEVO4!?]

From what I understand and have been told, if your car came stock from the factory with HID's no matter what kind of housing (Projector, Reflector) it's legal.

Now, here is where we get into modifications and stuff becomes a little fuzzy:

It isn't illegal to have HID lights (Projector, Housing, Color) as long as they are aimed properly and aren't blinding oncoming traffic.

When you just throw the blue bulbs into the reflector I have heard that is illegal, but I have never seen that in writing.

HOWEVER

Most dealerships I know will not let a car pass state inspection if it has HID bulbs in it and it didn't come stock with them. I'm not sure how dealerships would react to a full ballast conversion. I can look into that though.

As for the fuzz, they're looking for any excuse to pull you over these days. Driving around with exotic looking lights (Yellows, Purples) is gonna be like waving a red flag in front of a bull.

Hope this helps.

You're 100% correct....as i posted earlier. Ask me how i know
It's also illegal for a dealership, small shop ect, to fail you because they think it's legal, when it's not.

again:
if it's a blue "VTEC STYLE YO LOOK LIKE HIDZ SO TITE" halogen bulb. it's not gunna fly.

if it's got a ballast. it's 100% legal.

[jfspeed6]

I have the 6000K HIDs and I never get bothered by the cops.

[Motostar Performance.com]

This is a very interesting thread as I think that a lot of tuners would really like to upgrade the light their vehicles put out while simultaneously upgrading the look while driving. I personally dont understand why my car didnt come with HID from the factory, and the standard headlights and foglights on my LGT are terrible!

I actually went so far as to call the dealer where I bought the car regarding this very issue. They are pretty mod friendly as far as dealers go, and they said that my 08 LGT would pass their state inspection as long as the HID conversion kit had high and low beam capability. The dealer suggested that I choose something that looks as close to what an OE setup would look like on the car lit to not draw undue attention from the authorities.