I hear you, I think if anything they just look for the DOT compliance markings, they only do a quick OBD test for emissions where I live so I couldn't say for sure for places that have safety inspections... But that's also a great point, if they actually check your headlights for DOT compliance, any of the Euro's including OEM won't have it, so that is damn good reason to use US market headlights, either OEM or quality replica, to use for a retrofit.