Blue side light bulbs legality

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Mon 10 Dec 2007 16:32
Blue side light bulbs legality - dado
Does anyone know if blue side lights are illegal would the car fail an mot for this. all other headlights main and dipped are white.
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Mon 10 Dec 2007 16:48
Blue side light bulbs legality - John S
If they are the high brightness bulbs with a blue glass envelope that shine white they are fine. If they actually emit distinctly blue light (eg blue LEDs), I'd guess almost certainly they are not - regulations require vehicles to show white lights to the front.

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Mon 10 Dec 2007 18:04
Blue side light bulbs legality - henry k
If they are the high brightness bulbs with a blue glass envelope that shine white
they are fine.

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I have them and they have passed three MoTs at a place I trust.
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Mon 10 Dec 2007 19:07
Blue side light bulbs legality - Hamsafar
It depends what you mean by blue. If they really do look blue like a police strobe, they are illegal, if they have a blue filter to correct the amber of an incandescent bulb, that's OK.
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