In article <I6lcb.263$ZL1.190@newssvr22.news.prodigy.com>,
"DaveT" <bgates@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> The most bizzare, messed up thing happened to me yesterday. I live in
> Houston, TX and I had to get my car inspected. I took it to this sorry ass
> shop that said it did State Inspections. They said that my headlights
> weren't DLT approved (he looked at the bulb), and I failed and STILL had to
> pay. I told these assholes that I've had the same headlights for the past 3
> years and never got anything like that. My headlights are Xenon-like lights,
> brighter than original Honda Civic 92 lights and have a cool blue tinge to
> them. The originals were 60W-100W, these are 80W-100W.

Well, that's your problem. The "cool blue tinge" all by itself is enough
to make the bulbs non-DOT legal.

Also, it may have changed, but the standard wattage for DOT road-legal
headlights is 55/60w (55 low beam, 60 high). Yours are way, way high.

The blue lights on really expensive cars are basically mercury vapor
lights with the Xenon injected for use before the mercury heats up. The
ballast system that runs these is way expensive.