I'm planning on doing the headlight conversion using THESE lights off of eBay as many members have already had good results with them. My question is though- What is the difference between Euro and DOT. From what i understand Euro has a low cutoff because it is illegal in Europe to have headlights that hit signs high in the road and DOT's cutoff is not as low and will shine the signs in the road better. Am i right or did i read something wrong?

Thanks-Blake

 

I have no clue, sorry. But I figured I should at least respond, since there have been over twenty views to your question with no response...

 

Thats what I've heard. I have the DOT ones.they are like 2 dollars more. Just get 'em. Plus you will be able to see the signs above. lol

 

I'm not sure of the difference between the two, but in order to get vehicles inspected in my province (New Brunswick, Canada), headlights have to be DOT approved to pass.

It might be a good idea to check with a shop that does inspections in your area to see if non DOT headlights will pass inspection (assuming that you need to get vehicles inspected to make them street legal where you live).

 

Headlights have to be DOT approved to be road legal in the US. I'm not sure about Canada but from the above post it seems like they have to be DOT there too. E-code is the DOT of europe. Like you said, in Europe all road signs on highways have to be lighted, so headlights can be made with a sharp cutoff at the top of the beam to avoid blinding oncoming traffic. DOT attempts to do the same thing, but requires a little bit of light leakage up and to the right so as a result they are actually worse for oncoming traffic and the beam is less consistent and smooth. Of course, if you live in a DOT nation, you can't legally use e-code. Many people do, myself included, and get away with it, but technically...

 

Ok I think I will go with the Euros and if i need Higher lights then i will put some hellas or something on my grill guard. Thanks for the help everyone!