Regardless of how "under the radar" they look, it doesn't change the fact that they are illegal. I deal with almost daily inspections on my other vehicle and as such I am not one to ever cut corners and add something that is illegal no matter how cool it looks.
That's why I was interested in whether or not the LMC "euro" lenses are DOT/SAE approved.
There is no way to make an HID lamp safe in a non-HID lens . . . it's simply a mater of the physics of how each lamp creates light. To do it the aforementioned way will always create a light with excessive glare to oncoming drivers.
Yes color temperature of the lamps is a legal issue, if they are too blue or beyond they are illegal. Likewise if they fall too far into yellow, here in the US that is also illegal for a headlamp. They have to, by law (USDOT), fall into a certain color range considered white.
The setup I built for my 87 and similarly on my Freightliner uses an SAE/DOT approved lens produced by Hella . . . it is legal because the lens is designed to put light on the road in the proper manner and cut off where it's not supposed to go, when it is used with the lamp that it was designed for.
I have had the lights inspected in seven states thus far and it passed all of those inspections as well as the DOT inspection that the truck has to go through annually.
I can tell you that had I put in some cheap "euro style" lenses or a cheap Chinese built HID kit, then I would never have passed inspection. Flying under the radar is unacceptable in my book.
Blue light is actually detrimental to night vision . . . scientific fact . . . closer to the yellow is actually much better for inclement weather too.
BLE 'BURBAN . . . the lights I have are very similar to what you have, with the exception of lamp selection. Put up against a set of Hella HID projectors on my friends bus, the light output, placement, range . . . is all far superior for long night driving with the Halogens. You will loose a tremendous amount of light output if you convert those over to HID.
Check this out for some interesting facts about HID
http://www.danielsternlighting.com/t...nversions.html
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/...d.php?t=287266