The purpose of the lowered law (headlight centerline to ground min.) is to prevent blinding oncoming cars. Headlights are to be aimed down a certain amount of inches at a fixed distance so the focal point of the light is on the road not straight ahead. On a lowered car the headlights are not aimed down but almost level so they can see down the road, so anytime the car is going up even a slight grade, they are blinding oncoming cars with the focal point of the light. You will notice this driving. Almost all lowered cars in the opposite direction seem to be blinding you unless they are going downhill. It also seems that most lowered cars have obnoxiously bright headlights and foglights.
there is also the law that the rim of the wheel has to be below the lowest point of the body, so the car can steer if there is a flat. Common sense, but I am always amazed at how many lowered tuner cars I see that looks like they violate this rule.
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97 Passat TDI Wagon
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