ohio laws

Well... sounds like it's time for me to move to Ohio!! Pretty lenient by the sounds of it, I'd love to be able to drive with any of my lights on period.

mntndewboy69 wrote:

awesome! i dunno how things go around here but are there ever any get together events or anything? checking out everyones cars, help out with installing and/or fixing problems, and etc?

yeah like sick said we had a meet over the summer that i set up. i hope to set up another one in the spring. you ever need any help just shoot me a pm

Should just take your meet to the Dells.

mntndewboy69 wrote:

awesome! i dunno how things go around here but are there ever any get together events or anything? checking out everyones cars, help out with installing and/or fixing problems, and etc?

There was an Ohio meet this year it was more a hang out ect :
http://www.oznium.com/forum/topic18539-highlight-ohio+meet

http://www.oznium.com/forum/topic18621-highlight-ohio+meet

http://www.oznium.com/forum/topic18605-highlight-ohio+meet

http://www.oznium.com/forum/topic18538-highlight-ohio+meet

I'm in Akron ...

I called the Ohio state highway paatrol and they said blue is illegal in any way shape or form.

Red is totally illegal also.

Strobes totally illegal.

Everything else is fine.


Cambridge Oh btw.

Also I live in Columbus so I'll come to 1 of those meets no doubt.

I think we're all re-organizing the meet this year in Nashville.

SickWitIt wrote:

I think we're all re-organizing the meet this year in Nashville.

yeah, i am going for sure but if we still want to have a Ohio meet (for people that can't afford the trip to nashville) i would organize another one

Cool I might come either way even though Ohio would be much closer =)

well i just got pulled over on my way home for my blue under glow the cop was very cool about it and just told me to change the color and let me go.

i am going to make some phone calls to the highway patrol tomorrow to see what they say

Ya it doesn't specifically say no blue in the "laws" but I guess you still can't have it.

if anyone comes to cleveland hit me up lol

from what i have read on the d mv website you can have any constant color but no strobe/light movement.

dasamking wrote:

if anyone comes to cleveland hit me up lol

I live ten minutes away from Cleveland. Although I am most likely moving back to Pennsylvania within the week.

how fast are you driving to get to cleveland in 10 min?!?!

he lives 10 min away......

I am going to run straight blue wheel well + UB in Columbus OH and not give a ****. I'll let you know how it goes eventually.

coolbam wrote:

I am going to run straight blue wheel well + UB in Columbus OH and not give a ****. I'll let you know how it goes eventually.

You sir are BAD ASS!

**** the POLICE!!!



I predict it will go poorly.

Not when I show them the fine print of the law.

i run flashing all the time in NorthEast ohio... just make sure its not blue and red

I live in trentonj nj and use my ufo's on my supra all the time thru ewing and trenton with no problems, even went to ac but did get stopped buy state trooper and he just told me to turn them off on the highway, last night im crusin thru town and my radar goes nuts for 5 seconds and suddenly theres a trooper to my left at the red light, hes in the left turn lane , as I pull off he decided to follow me so I pulled over to let him pass and he turns on his bubbles, so I pull over, he asks for my paper work and then ask if the interior of the car is real snakeskin, so I inform him I do custom interiors and that its embossed leather, he informs me he does not know if the lights are illegal but suggests I turn them off, I complied , gave him my business card, and sailed off into the night, I am trying to get a clear interpretation of the law at this moment and see it varies state to state when they are on I always obey the speed limit but if I have to get busy they get turned off so I can warm the twins up!!

like people said in the post you made and call your local police and ask. ask if the can print you out the section in the law where it says that it is illegal/legal so you have prof. in Ohio it turns out that state police says its legal but certain cities say its illegal (like mine) its all about how that department interprets the law

I only have 1 problem. I mounted my lights almost a full foot under my car, I mean 1 ft back from the edge.

When you are more than 50 ft away you can fully see most of the LED tubes.

They are all pointed at a aminimum of 45 degree angle towards the ground and really arent very bright at all to directly look at.

coolbam wrote:

I only have 1 problem. I mounted my lights almost a full foot under my car, I mean 1 ft back from the edge. When you are more than 50 ft away you can fully see most of the LED tubes. They are all pointed at a aminimum of 45 degree angle towards the ground and really arent very bright at all to directly look at.

what exactly are your trying to say? ......is it...

is this legal- no in ohio you must hide the tubes so that you can no see them

How to i fix the tube issue- if so check out this http://www.oznium.com/forum/topic16875

I am also going to turn my tubes inside alittle more anyways.

If they are hardly seeable after that then screw it.

coolbam wrote:

I am also going to turn my tubes inside alittle more anyways. If they are hardly seeable after that then screw it.

lol @ "seeable"

the cops around here don't really care if you can see them or not... I see them all the time with visible tubes.

mx107marlin wrote:

coolbam wrote: I am also going to turn my tubes inside alittle more anyways. If they are hardly seeable after that then screw it. lol @ "seeable" the cops around here don't really care if you can see them or not... I see them all the time with visible tubes.

i wish the cops in my area were that way

any way did you ever hide the tubes on your focus

I partially hid mine.

I even developed some new tech in the meantime.


Take your vehicle and run it thru mud puddles to get your LED's dirty and then they don't show as bad but are still bright!

w00t w00t!

69 MPH with full red UB and wheel wells.


1 for 1 now. cop just looked at me lol.

ChevyCaprice9C1 wrote:

mx107marlin wrote: the cops around here don't really care if you can see them or not... I see them all the time with visible tubes. i wish the cops in my area were that way any way did you ever hide the tubes on your focus

Haha, I kinda hid them.... they're in my roommate's bed at the moment... lol

I pulled the whole kit off, and am waiting for Oz Customer Service to email me back..

Coolbam, what the **** does speed have to do with your lights? I'm pretty sure you can't outrun the light itself, so why does it matter. My car does 69MPH too

coolbam sure is acting like a tool lately.

If it gets to 88mph the flux capacitor causes the color to change to a legal color

huh? ^


Anyways I think it makes a differemnce if all the state cops on the highway in your area have seen you driving for quite some time also.

Oh yeah, definitely.... I bet they remember you, and are willing to cut you some slack, especially after seeing 10,000 cars each day...

I have the only car like mine in all of ohio tyvm.

I drive by them a lot too so they don't forget me.

I highly doubt it's the only one in Ohio ...
You have a mighty big opinion of yourself there ...
There are dozens of them around here in my area ...

Yeah, see more mustangs of that body style than I do hondas.

Well, maybe not that quite extreme, but still.

mustangs are like A-holes , everyone has one some just stink less then others

87 - 93 all look the same....

and a lot of them are old and not redone or anything.

What color do you think my car is because it isn't maroon.

purple?

"Cherry Chocolate"?