On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, Nate Nagel wrote:

> Maryland (I know it's not exactly relevant to this discussion) it is a
> hassle to pass inspection with E-code low beams as they check the light
> output with a light meter. I went through this with my Scirocco, the
> guy performing the inspection insisted that I needed to pass his light
> meter check at the height specified in his printed table for an '84
> Scirocco even though I told him up front that the car was lowered about
> 1" from stock.

You didn't flunk 'cause of your E-codes, you flunked 'cause of your
lowering. Lots of people have E-codes in MD.

> In some other states in which I've lived, you fail if your lights don't
> have the aiming pips on them.

Old info; aiming pips *per se* haven't been required on US headlamps since
1994.

> I didn't notice what state Corky was from

NH