LED Lights? Legal?

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Are LED lights road legal? or can you only have certain colors
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[s60tsy206]

i think neons are illegal if you can see the tube but if you can see the glow but the tube it not visible there legal.... i think, not sure about leds tho

[dansuresh]

LED brake lights are 100% legal, most high performance cars and some bikes have them. My SV has LED rear brake lights

But by law you are only allowed red colour lights at the back and yellow for inicating and white lights at the fron with yellow again for indicating.

Think anything else would be illegal
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[s60tsy206]

some cops dont give the slightest sh!t but some ppl i know have a switch in thier car so they can turn them off when they see cops

[iDON]

Neons, visible or not (the tube) is illegal, just as ANY colored light is, nomatter where mounted.

Obviously, running blue light anywhere is highly prohibited, but I know I don't have to explain that.

As said. You can only have white or amber lights at front (some cars have amber headlights) + orange for the indicators and red and white (for reverse) at the back.

Any other colors are a no no.
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[impaler]

I know this is a bit off topic, but I know that Durham Police (who are good guys when it comes to most traffic stuff as a rule) prosecuted someone with those blue LEDs on their car as it can be construed as trying to imitiate an emergency vehicle. Apparently.
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[paulodd]

Not sure but i've just been a tart and bought a pack of blue LEDs that fit in the back of the speedo and rev counter to make it give off a blue light and it also comes with 2 side light bulbs. £10 of egay, not bad.


Paul
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[Type_Mo]

just put em in the clocks and keep the other bulbs out. simple
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[LustyLew]

You can have any coloured light anywhere on the vehicle. The only condition is, they cannot be illuminated while the vehicle is on a public highway. So, under-car neons, l.e.d washer jets are all OK in your local Maccy D's car park to show off to all your mates.

Don't be forgetting the 'lexus style' rear light clusters now.
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[s60tsy206]

lexarse lights are top



















for chavs

[roundaboutkin...]

its best to have a easily reached switch just incase we asked a copper and he says some of them will pick up on it if there bored and others wont

[jimpuntoy]

woop, i just bought these leds the other day

[Andy C]

[freestyler_onli]

Make yourselves a hot drink and try to stay awake:

Front position lamps, main beam headlamps, dipped beam headlamps, and front fog lamps can only be WHITE or YELLOW

The lamps which are fitted within the headlamp and provide a blue or green or whatever different colour would constitute an offence.

https://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1989/Uksi_19891796_en_1.htm
Try here.


(2) No vehicle shall be fitted with a lamp which is capable of showing any light to the rear, other than a red light, except-


(a) amber light from a direction indicator or side marker lamp;


(b) white light from a reversing lamp;


(c) white light from a work lamp;


(d) light to illuminate the interior of a vehicle;


(e) light from an illuminated rear registration plate;


(f) light for the purposes of illuminating a taxi meter;


(g) in the case of a bus, light for the purposes of illuminating a route indicator;


(h) blue light and white light from a chequered domed lamp fitted to a police control vehicle and intended for use at the scene of an emergency;


(i) white light from a red and white chequered domed lamp, or a red and white segmented mast-mounted warning beacon, fitted to a fire service control vehicle and intended for use at the scene of an emergency;


(j) green light and white light from a chequered domed lamp fitted to an ambulance control vehicle and intended for use at the scene of an emergency;


(k) blue light from a warning beacon or rear special warning lamp fitted to an emergency vehicle, or from any device fitted to a vehicle used for police purposes;


(l) amber light from a warning beacon fitted to-


(i) a road clearance vehicle;


(ii) a vehicle constructed or adapted for the purpose of collecting refuse;


(iii) a breakdown vehicle;


(iv) a vehicle having a maximum speed not exceeding 25 mph or any trailer drawn by such a vehicle;


(v) a vehicle having an overall width (including any load) exceeding 2.9 m;


(vi) a vehicle used for the purposes of testing, maintaining, improving, cleansing or watering roads or for any purpose incidental to any such use;


(vii) a vehicle used for the purpose of inspecting, cleansing, maintaining, adjusting, renewing or installing any apparatus which is in, on, under or over a road, or for any purpose incidental to any such use;


(viii) a vehicle used for or in connection with any purpose for which it is authorised to be used on roads by an order under section 44 of the Act;


(ix) a vehicle used for escort purposes when travelling at a speed not exceeding 25 mph;


(x) a vehicle used by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise for the purpose of testing fuels;


(xi) a vehicle used for the purpose of surveying;


(xii) a vehicle used for the removal or immobilisation of vehicles in exercise of a statutory power or duty;


(m) green light from a warning beacon fitted to a vehicle used by a medical practitioner registered by the General Medical Council (whether with full, provisional or limited registration);


(n) yellow light from a warning beacon fitted to a vehicle for use at airports;


(o) light of any colour from a traffic sign which is attached to a vehicle;


(p) reflected light from amber pedal retro reflectors;


(q) reflected light of any colour from retro reflective material or a retro reflector designed primarily to reflect light to one or both sides of the vehicle and attached to or incorporated in any wheel or tyre of-


(i) a pedal cycle and any sidecar attached to it;


(ii) a solo motor bicycle or motor bicycle combination; or


(iii) an invalid carriage;


(r) reflected light from amber retro reflective material on a road clearance vehicle;


(s) reflected light from yellow retro reflective registration plates;


(t) reflected light from yellow retro reflective material incorporated in a rear marking of a type specified in Part I Section B of Schedule 19 and fitted to-


(i) a motor vehicle having a maximum gross weight exceeding 7500 kg;


(ii) a motor vehicle first used before 1st August 1982 having an unladen weight exceeding 3000 kg;


(iii) a trailer having a maximum gross weight exceeding 3500 kg;


(iv) a trailer manufactured before 1st August 1982 having an unladen weight exceeding 1000 kg;


(v) a trailer which forms part of a combination of vehicles one of which is of a type mentioned in a previous item of this sub-paragraph;


(vi) a load carried by any vehicle; or


(u) reflected light from orange retro reflective material incorporated in a sign fitted to the rear of a vehicle carrying a dangerous substance within the meaning of the Dangerous Substances (Conveyance by Road in Road Tankers and Tank Containers) Regulations 1981[16] or the Road Traffic (Carriage of Dangerous Substances in Packages etc) Regulations 1986[17]


That covers those stupid LED's in the door handles, on wheels and it could be argued, the washer LED's (unless they're red of course)

[minesweeper]

Once saw a gsxr1000 in central london with what looked like a totaly black paintscheme, Occasionly a shimmer of black light would come on to reveal tribal patterns across most of the bikes sides in uv reactive invisible paint.

Looked utterly superb

Matt

[UrbanRacer]

legal
https://www.urbanracing.net/bike/007.jpg

[riichy]

its like race cans......most police dont have the time to pull you for it.....
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