clear corners, clear lights?

[Xuon]

ive always wondered since i bought my car and it came with clear corners and i thought they would light clear like a lightbulb, but they light up amber just like oem. Are you supossed to have them amber? maybe illegal to have them light up clear?

[e30Matt]

Are you talking about turn signals or sidemarkers? Our cars don't really have "corners." That's more of an E34/6 item.

[Kruzen]

DOT req's say it must light up amber, you can do whatever the hell you want though, its your car.

But you might get pulled over and ticketed for it.

[Xuon]

sorry, i was refering to sidemarkers and turn sugnals.
I was just wondering because i always thought that the clears were to get rid of the amber color of the light.

[Kruzen]

they are, but you can't legally drive it on the streets like that here in the US.

[hamann318is]

What's the rule for the rears? Every Volvo I see around here has clears in the rear turns (from factory?). Is that legal?

[Kruzen]

haven't seen that before.. dunno

[cramer]

what you need is these:

http://store.yahoo.com/rodi/sysi75hipesi.html (I dont' believe that i the correct model bulb)

They are blue/clear unlit but when you turn them on, they are amber.

Also there are silver coated bulbs that do the same, but I can't find them in dual filament
http://www.bavauto.com/se1.asp?dept_id=144 - called stealth bulbs

[Spaz]

What's the rule for the rears? Every Volvo I see around here has clears in the rear turns (from factory?). Is that legal?

you can have 3 colours from the rear of your car

amber
red
white

respectively

amber - turn only
red - running lamps and brake and possibly turn
white - reverse.

technically you can have red turns, or amber turns it does not mater.
your running lights HAVE to be red, as do your brake lights.
your reverse lights have to be white.
and finally

running lights have to have some sort of reflector in case the bulbs fail.
and housing can be any colour, as long as they light up correctly. as long as they have some type of reflector for the running lamps.

[nando]

you can legally use clear LENSES, but the bulbs must be amber.

that said, I'm not really into clear sidemarkers/turn signals. maybe on a white car or something similar.

[Xuon]

thanks for the info :)