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There is a photo of a Euro GT-5 Pantera with 'covered' headlights on p. 7, in POCA, the December, 1999 Newsletter. It is in the Letter From Europe from Patrick Renault in Belgium. The 'covered' Headlighs have a clear glass or plexiglass cover and are recessed, without any 'pop-up' feature. Those 'covered' lights look alot like the European Ferraris. That also looks really great, but as Jack DeRyke commented, the Motor Vehicle Code in New Mexico requires headlights to be 20" or 24" from the pavement. That's why people get stopped for just driving with their fog lights and parking lights on.

Technically speaking, as Jack stated, that's anouther reason the USA Panteras had shock spacers. Also, as we do these 3" or 2.5" pop-ups on our Pantera's while lowering them with shock spacer removal, well then, we are out of spec with State and Federal Laws. But the truth is, the Man is probably only gonna stop you to get a better look at your car, and isn't gonna ticket you anyway, maybe a warning. The Judge would maybe tell you to fix them... or pay the ticket. I'm just gonna do it to may car (the 3" pop-up) and be really nice to the cop if he pulls me over, maybe ask him if he wants to have a ride in this Pure-Bred Italian supercar.

Also used to be that you couldn't have Amber in the taillights, so only the Euro Pantera had Amber turn signals in the rear. Now almost all vehicles have Amber in the tail lights.

Seems like the Nissan ZX, the Mitsubishi 3000 GT, etc., have headlighs that are really alot closer to the gound than 20" or 24" Thus seems like the manufacturers are pushing the limits here too. [fyi, there are also laws on how high headlights can be]

[This message has been edited by ron norman (edited 06-29-2003).]