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Old 12-03-2019, 01:55 AM   #72
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Re: Yet to be named... ‘78 K10 Suburban

I dig the lights.

Here are the PA laws concerning lights. Vehicle Equipment And Inspection Regulations - PennDOT -The lighting section start page 29.
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(l)Auxiliary Driving Lamps and Fog Lamps- Auxiliary driving lamps and fog lamps may be installed on a passenger vehicle or light truck if the lamps comply with the following:
(1)Auxiliary driving lamps may not be substituted for headlamps. Auxiliary driving lamps may only be used with high headlamp beams.

(2)Fog lamps may not be substituted for headlamps.

(3)Auxiliary driving lamps and fog lamps shall be mounted on the front,spaced at least 20 inches apart from center to center and at height not more than 42 inches above level surface upon which the vehicle stands nor lower than the lowest chassis part. Rear fog lamps, if originally installed or offered as optional equipment, are acceptable.

(4)Auxiliary driving lamps and fog lamps shall be aimed when the vehicle and lamp assembly are in the straight ahead position with the beam not above horizontal center line of lamp at 25 feet.

(5)A vehicle specified under this sub chapter may have only one pair of approved auxiliary driving lamps and fog lamps.

(6)Auxiliary driving lamps and fog lamps may not be placed in front of a required lamp.
Whats going to get you is the approved part. SAE J581 is the compliance needed for auxiliary driving lamps and SAE J583 is for fog lamps. Even with a 55w bulb the lights still are not SAE J581 compliant. But if mounted and aimed right you might be fine, unless they are really looking. Now KC dose make a led version of those in a driving beam pattern, that are SAE J581 compliant. For if you like the look and want to be 100% legal.

Also here in MN the light don't need covers unless above the maximum mounting height, but your not "suppose" to turn them on unless they are approved or you're off road. I did not find anything to whether that is true in PA.
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