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Glass headlights?

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makenzie71

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Our plastic headlights are completely crap...just nasty. I want to get some new ones...that have glass lenses. Anyone make a decent set?


This is for a 2004 model, by the way.
 
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They don't make glass composite headlights anymore. They're all plastic with the glass capsule bulbs inside.
 
matt5112 said:
Buddy, glass isnt legal in the US.
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Considering my motorcycles all have glass lenses, our commercial trucks all have glass lenses, and my Chevy Express has glass headlights (as does any other vehicle that uses sealed beams), I think you're mistaken.

You're more than welcome to show me some kind of proof, though...like USDOT statute or at least a generic article that says they're illegal.

They don't make glass lights on many stock vehicles any more becuase plastic is cheaper and easier.
 
explain why the E36 in america had plastic headlights and in europe had glass ones...

http://www.bmw-m.net/TechProc/ellipsoid.htm

These lights are not DOT approved for use on US public roads. So they are *technically* illegal and for off-road use only.
Some States require DOT biannual inspections (inspectors search for DOT marking on all lighting). In this case, one *might* have a glass shop etch DOT makings into the glass lenses of the Euro lights (removing glass covers can be accomplished by bending back the plastic tabs on the top and bottom of the light assembly). I am not suggesting that however! J Enjoy your new lighting!
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You're not going to find DOT approved glass lenses. That alone makes them illegal.

I'm not saying glass period is illegal, but they are not made for our market hence they arent put through safety testing.
 


matt5112 said:
I'm not saying glass period is illegal...
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That's exactly what you said.

..but they are not made for our market hence they arent put through safety testing.
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I didn't ask for legal headlights, either. I have legal headlights...which are garbage. I get more light from my single 4" sealed 6vdc 30-year-old XL250 than my Grand Prix.

What I asked for are good glass lights. I'll have illegal headlights if it means having good, safe light.
 
Lulz.

Guess what happens when you get in an accident without legal headlights.

Same thing as if you get rear ended with tinted tails.

You're toast.

Good luck finding the glass lenses.

If they exist they're illegal.

But i highly doubt they exist.

I mean unless you want to go back to sealed beam instead of composite lighting...
 


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