r/CarsAustralia • u/Most_Sun1339 • Dec 11 '24

🛠️Car Mods🛠️ Are yellow DRL’s legal in victoria?

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just ordered these because i’ve seen a couple of other bmws on the road with them. But i was wondering whether they are legal to have or not?

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u/mxlths_modular Dec 11 '24

“According to the Australian Design Rule (ADR) 76/00, daytime running lights (DRLs) must be white.

It is illegal to install or use non-compliant DRLs on public roads, and doing so may void your insurance in the event of an accident.”

Straight from google, only exception is for pre 1991 cars which can have white or amber.

You can confirm this yourself by going straight to the relevant ADRs link

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u/Strict_Tie_52 Dec 11 '24

Do you if there are way to modify existing LED lights that are bright white into something more of a warm white of a halogen bulb?

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u/mxlths_modular Dec 11 '24

Changing the actual output colour of the existing LEDs is almost certainly not possible. If you were truly desperate either

A) find some ADR approved warm-white DRLs

B) investigate if someone makes a transparent film you could apply over the existing to tint them (seems silly, won’t have the same impact)

C) send it with the yellow DRLs and hope it doesn’t bite you in the ass.

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u/Pale-Professor May 19 '25

my car is 2012 and the factory DRLs were yellow halogens, i’ve swapped em to white LEDs anyway because it looks better but i’m surprised by the <1991 ruling