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      12-27-2019, 10:19 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by dinonz View Post
I'm looking at importing a classic car from Switzerland, however the original owner lived on the border of France and Switzerland and knew he would be in France a lot, so had the car spec'd and delivered from the factory with French spec yellow headlamps.

I think this link is the federal regulations regarding headlamps, and it states they have to be white:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/571.108

This is the link to the Texas Public Law on headlamps required, but it does not state they have to be white. It specifies heights that differ from the federal regulations also:

https://texas.public.law/statutes/te...ection_547.321

Does that mean the Texas regulations supersede the federal ones? Or am I still going to have trouble with yellow headlights even though the car came from the factory that way?
Federal law will always trump state law when it comes to inaction - the reciprocal is true for action. If the federal law says you have to have "X" and state law says you don't - you do. If federal law is silent on if you have to have "X" and state law says you do - you do.

Depending on the age of the car, there are many different legal requirements regarding DOT regulations - best to have a broker handle the transaction. Getting it through customs is where the issue is going to be - as they may not release it. Once it's in your possession and registered and plated in TX, none of this really matters.
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