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Cd · 05-20-2023, 07:00 PM

I like the look of a lowered car, and like that it also has a side benefit of lowering drag.

So I looked up the laws on theTexas DPS site :

Head Lamps
Every head lamp upon every motor vehicle, including motorcycles, motor-driven cycles and mopeds, shall be located at a height of not more than 54 inches nor less than 24 inches to be measured from the center of such lamp to the level ground upon which the vehicle stands when such vehicle is without a load.

Guess where my STOCK headlamps are located ?

22" at the center to the ground, and "20 to the center of the filliment .

And the 54 " light rule ? Every.Single. Day I see truck after truck at my job that completely sails over that in height.

This is Texas.
Odds are I would get a ticket for having my car at stock height if rhe officer felt like it.

Should I risk lowering the car ?

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Cd Ultimate Fail Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Austin,Texas Posts: 3,585 Thanks: 2,872 Thanked 1,121 Times in 679 Posts	So my STOCK Civic is lower than the legal limit in Texas. I like the look of a lowered car, and like that it also has a side benefit of lowering drag. So I looked up the laws on theTexas DPS site : Head Lamps Every head lamp upon every motor vehicle, including motorcycles, motor-driven cycles and mopeds, shall be located at a height of not more than 54 inches nor less than 24 inches to be measured from the center of such lamp to the level ground upon which the vehicle stands when such vehicle is without a load. Guess where my STOCK headlamps are located ? 22" at the center to the ground, and "20 to the center of the filliment . And the 54 " light rule ? Every.Single. Day I see truck after truck at my job that completely sails over that in height. This is Texas. Odds are I would get a ticket for having my car at stock height if rhe officer felt like it. Should I risk lowering the car ?