Legality QUestion on JDS BLack HEadlights in ohio

shynegrynd07
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I'm gettin ready to purchase a set of BLack, JDS projector headlights for my Eclipse (pictured above,sry its a huge pic) and I'm wondering whether anyone is familiar with the legality of these in the state of Ohio? I do not think the actual lense is black, so I'm assuming their legal. Anyone who knows whether or not their legal or has purchased a pair and knows please respond! thanks a bunch

 
best advise is to call the nearest vehicle inspection center, they are ran by the Ohio State Highway Patrol, or go there and inquire. I know there is one in Findlay, not sure about any near Akron

 
Older Jaguar have similar headlamps straight from the factory.

Notice the "SAE" (backwards in the pic) on the lamp. >> Wikipedia:

International headlamp styling

In 1983, the 44-year-old US headlamp regulations were amended to allow replaceable-bulb, nonstandard-shape, architectural headlamps with aerodynamic lenses. The first U.S.-market car since 1939 with composite headlamps was the 1984 Lincoln Mark VII. These composite headlamps, when new to the U.S. market, were commonly referred to as "Euro" headlamps, since aerodynamic headlamps were already common in Europe. Though conceptually similar to European headlamps with nonstandardized shape and replaceable-bulb construction, these headlamps conform to the SAE headlamp design standards contained in U.S. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 108, and not to the internationalized European safety standards used worldwide outside North America. Nevertheless, this significant change to US regulations largely united the formerly disparate paths of headlamp styling within and outside the North American market.

In the late 1990s, headlamps with round styling themes returned to popularity on new cars. These are generally not the discrete self-contained round lamps as found on older cars (certain Jaguars excepted), but rather involve circular or oval optical elements within an architecturally-shaped housing assembly.

 
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