tinted tailights

[gEkAe818]

is true that if tint or paint your tailghts black you'll be target for a ticket? has anyone got a ticket for this?

[ArizonaEagle07]

Only way you'll get pulled over:

- The tint is to dark and the lights won't show through.
- Or if the Cop is an a$$.

Smoked tailights are everywhere, and I haven't heard anyone getting a ticket or a repair-ticket for them. Your not necessarily a target either.

[rollaevo99]

^^^ like ArizonaEagle07 said...... I will repeat if the Cop is an a$$ lol

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is true that if tint or paint your tailghts black you'll be target for a ticket? has anyone got a ticket for this?

You still shave your head?? And your Latino?? You are a target already...


Milt


BTW, just do it!!

[boaclub923]

according CA driver's manual
"rear tail light should be obvious and clear front distance, and it should be red."
(i don't have the manual now, so i don't have word by word quote. but that's pretty much the main point)

well, as u can see, just like any law, it's very unclear.
how obvious of red it must be? or how big the area of tail light it has to be?
it was mention no where in the manual. so, i guess pretty much cops can give u ticket for any alternation of tail light, as long as they claim "it's not obvious" anymore.

this leads to the question tho.
infiniti FX35/45 sport pack has factory blackout taillight with no red reflective strip as well. (the reflective strip is on the bottom bumper, near muffler)
in this case, i think the taillight is NOT obvious anymore,
(in fact, it's really not obvious if the car is viewed from a distance, and it's a black car)
but it's still passing DMV code and selling everywhere.

bottom line: i think it's legal to do it, since some factory cars has blackout taillight as well. but if cops really wanna nail u, u better pray.

[philosophicaljt]

^^There are no cars on the road today that come with anything over the tailights.

It is illegal in most states. The law used to be clear: as long as at night time, the reflector is still obvious when under light, its legal.

Now, it's mostly illegal. Most likely because the amount of light visible is reduced to a point of concern.

[Sebas007]

Gen 2.5 (07+) LED taillights + smoking film (20% = 20% of the light blocked) = more then enough to see it right at night or during the day.

Ask Reggie for your pair ! Around 215$ shipped within US.
http://www.solaraguy.com/viewtopic.php?t=28260


Smoking film
http://www.solaraguy.com/viewtopic.php?t=33065


Then you have the choice to re-wire the signal or to let it like it is, regarding brake, flasher, and reverse lights. The reason why...Gen 2.5 (07+) have the reverse lights in the rear bumper. So if you want to have a reverse signal you have to re-wire all the functions. I made it, so you can too. Just read carefully the info on the forum and you'll be good to go.

Milt original thread
http://www.solaraguy.com/viewtopic.php?t=27454

My thread when I got an issue.
http://www.solaraguy.com/viewtopic.php?t=33440


I highly recommend you to buy the LED bulb Flasher CF18-08 unit. The resistance in it is "weaker" so the flasher can blinks in normal rythm. If not the your flasher will blink too fast...like when you have a burned bulb.
http://superbrightleds.com/flashers.htm

[philosophicaljt]

Gen 2.5 (07+) LED taillights + smoking film (20% = 20% of the light blocked) = more then enough to see it right at night or during the day.

I'm pretty sure that losing ~20% of the light is probably not too bad. However that is a cop's decision, and not ours.

But 20% tint, is very light.

[Sebas007]

Gen 2.5 (07+) LED taillights + smoking film (20% = 20% of the light blocked) = more then enough to see it right at night or during the day.

I'm pretty sure that losing ~20% of the light is probably not too bad. However that is a cop's decision, and not ours.

But 20% tint, is very light.

It gives this





The lights of the LED are perfectly viewable at anytime and even by all the police officers standing behind my car !!

[gEkAe818]

thanks sebas but i already have the 2.5 tail lights. thankyou fo all the opinions though i think i'm gonna stay legal. even though i need something blk to match the lip of my rims..... thanks though

[Sebas007]

thanks sebas but i already have the 2.5 tail lights. thankyou fo all the opinions though i think i'm gonna stay legal. even though i need something blk to match the lip of my rims..... thanks though

Man...the light coming thru my tinted tailligths is so visible I'm sure cops were surprised. Once during evening when the darkness starting to take all the place, a police car were following me...I'm sure he was thinking about the lights but when I break, he/she had no doubt it is visible as if it was not tinted. Don't block yourself having it because of the legality.

I will take a pic tonight.

[Donnie]

I asked one of the Sergeants on my Police Force and he said legally ANY alteration to your tail lights would change from state to state and even county to county is some cases. The two big things to consider are when you tint the lenses it gives any cop a reason to pull you over if they want to just to check you out, but that's no biggie cause there are thousands of reasons if they want one.
The second is the old rule of thumb that if someone hits you in the rear it's their fault no matter what goes out the window. From an insurance company's point of view the tail lights are nothing more than a factory and legal safety device, no matter how cool they look.If you alter them at all, no matter what the law says, you've broken the contract you agreed to with them when you took out your insurance because their agreement is to insure a factory vehicle with oem safety equipment.. If the adjuster comes to look at your car for a claim you need to remember, the first thing he's looking for is a way to get his company out of paying a dime. Especially if there's personal injury involved. They make their money from taking your's and keeping it, not giving it back
If the person that hits you notices you're tinted, all they have to say is that they didn't see your lights because of the tint and guess what, with a good Ins. Rep., the accident becomes your fault.
Sebas has LED's and I agree, you can see those things from the moon But, when you change from OEM, everything, like how well you see them, becomes a personal issue from a legal stand point. I hate to say it guys but this is a get rich quick society and people will use any reason to sue, and insurance companies will use any reason not to pay out.
Welcome to my world. I'm Vice Mayor in my city and have to deal with and think about crap like this all day long. People blow me away. We have one lady trying to sue because she said the city mowers we're making too much noise and it made her nervous.
So is the tint worth it? Well yeah it is. Just way too cool. I'm thinking about printing on view thru, matching my paint as close as I can and wrapping my lenses. If I don't like I just take it off.
Anyway, just thought I'd throw all this in.

[Robert]

I asked one of the Sergeants on my Police Force and he said legally ANY alteration to your tail lights would change from state to state and even county to county is some cases. The two big things to consider are when you tint the lenses it gives any cop a reason to pull you over if they want to just to check you out, but that's no biggie cause there are thousands of reasons if they want one.
The second is the old rule of thumb that if someone hits you in the rear it's their fault no matter what goes out the window. From an insurance company's point of view the tail lights are nothing more than a factory and legal safety device, no matter how cool they look.If you alter them at all, no matter what the law says, you've broken the contract you agreed to with them when you took out your insurance because their agreement is to insure a factory vehicle with oem safety equipment.. If the adjuster comes to look at your car for a claim you need to remember, the first thing he's looking for is a way to get his company out of paying a dime. Especially if there's personal injury involved. They make their money from taking your's and keeping it, not giving it back
If the person that hits you notices you're tinted, all they have to say is that they didn't see your lights because of the tint and guess what, with a good Ins. Rep., the accident becomes your fault.
Sebas has LED's and I agree, you can see those things from the moon But, when you change from OEM, everything, like how well you see them, becomes a personal issue from a legal stand point. I hate to say it guys but this is a get rich quick society and people will use any reason to sue, and insurance companies will use any reason not to pay out.
Welcome to my world. I'm Vice Mayor in my city and have to deal with and think about crap like this all day long. People blow me away. We have one lady trying to sue because she said the city mowers we're making too much noise and it made her nervous.
So is the tint worth it? Well yeah it is. Just way too cool. I'm thinking about printing on view thru, matching my paint as close as I can and wrapping my lenses. If I don't like I just take it off.
Anyway, just thought I'd throw all this in.

Great advice
+1

Thats one of the reasons i'm going to use vinyl, easily removable

when you use the viewthrough, you might want to make sure you use 60/40 material not 50/50 if you're working out of a sign show

[LostSoul]

You guys think it's better if it's removeable just in case you get a ticket or permanent???

[woa_its_j3ff]

^it's up to you man.
even with vinyl film or the spray on, you can always remove it. But its personal preference. just like window tint, i get cited for it all the time, but I never remove it since I don't want to for 3 reasons.

1. half tinted windows (only rears done) on coupes to me look retarded, either get it fully done, or none at all.
2. I need it to an extent, my car is parked in the sun in the summer as it is outside and it aids in cooling down the car.
3. looks better.

thats just my .02