smoked tail lights

[Pappu1]

they are illegal i suppose/

why - wud someone know?

i been told by some source that its cos the red reflective bit on the break section must not be obscured

what if on a smoked tail lite i was to stick on some reflective red strips

that ought to make them allright i suppose...>?

[Guest]

lol its defeting the purpose.your lights are used to show people what your up to.eg stoping turning reversing,then you get a idiot coming along and making them black so the person behind you cant see what your doing.seems sensless to me why you make them black?they look cool yeh but id pefure some one not crashing into the back off me beacuse they couldnt see my back lights,

there iilegal to a certain point.if there black as then yes.if there slightly tintd you shuld be ok.as long as all lights are still 100% visual and it hasnt effect the lighting.

[Pappu1]

lol

no no mine are stock lites

have seen some lightly tinted ones on TM and wana know before buying

i agree with u man - black ones are silly

byt how much of a tint is ok to slide thru without getting pulled over - i suppose thats my question

have seen lotsa cars that have tinted ones but never really questioned further on that lol

[DRFVDR]

factory dark taillights are A OK,

as soon as i start to tint them you can have issues even a light tint is "illegal" but u may get away with it for bit or not depends on tester/police/insurance,if u get rear eneded by some dick who is not looking and the insurance company sees u had non stock lenses it may be an out for them is they so choose

[Divine]

My mate has a S14.

He put Black Stockings over the taillights lights LOL.

As long as they dont impair light reflectiveness I dont see the problem.

[DRFVDR]

whether or not u have a problem with it (as i dont)

It is not U or I that are out there writting the tickets nor doing the WOF check

[Divine]

 DRFVDR said:

whether or not u have a problem with it (as i dont)

It is not U or I that are out there writting the tickets nor doing the WOF check

WOF = Written On Forum?

[DRFVDR]

Chur Bro, but the fella on the forum said it was all good, so it must be hehhe

[slystiguy]

if you use tinting spray on any light its illegal an most will probably fail your wof on it. I always wondered about aftermarket lights that are tinted though because there are quite alot out there, what are the rules on changing to an aftermarket light?

[Jambun]

Depends, mate passed his WOF no worries with tinted tails.

[DRFVDR]

 slystiguy said:

if you use tinting spray on any light its illegal an most will probably fail your wof on it. I always wondered about aftermarket lights that are tinted though because there are quite alot out there, what are the rules on changing to an aftermarket light?

If it a tinted aftermarket light that was designed as a tinted version then as long as it has the correct markings then it should be fine....

[Guest]

would these pass a wof here?

[Guest]

its not the darkness they look for but they actual light that comes out of it.if the tints effects the brightness of the light you will fail,if they have a slight tint on them you shall be sweet,common sence really.

[Guest]

Do they need to have red colour visible from behind when no brake or lights on? ie are clear lights still ok?

[Guest]

i have no idea.you can tint them with tintspray.apllying each coat gets darker ect.easyest wat to do it,rember your break lights are there for a reason not just for fun

[ADIKT]

 RangeRoverSport said:

Do they need to have red colour visible from behind when no brake or lights on? ie are clear lights still ok?

They'l be sweet man, I had dark tinted tail lights on my first car and i had no problems what so ever... You could still see the lights so it was all good.. You shouldnt have a problem with aftermarket tinted lights too...

[Guest]

lol yeh but thats not what cops think.they think look at this idiot whos but dark tints over his lights to stop being seeing when hes breaking so they run up his arse lol

[Guest]

well i just bought those ones just now for NZD $654 delivered.

Sway bars en route from Japan

Dump pipe coming from Aus.

Picture me rollin' lol

[Guest]

really.shit man.thats quite expensive.you shuld have bought tint spray from repco.does the same trick!

[Guest]

 sti8u said:

really.s*** man.thats quite expensive.you shuld have bought tint spray from repco.does the same trick!

I want LED lights. Its not the smoke that makes them expensive its that they are from the USA and a decent quality LED light.

Some cheaper versions dont have LED for the turn signals.

[Guest]

aw right.well 600 is alot man.you could ahve done some decent performance mods for that!

your car your money.good luck ;D

[Guest]

what mods for $600?

A dump pipe is costing AU$900 alone

followed by Tuning $1200

[Guest]

what kind of car hav you got?that seems abit pricey man,.1200 for a tune?

[99GTB]

I thought $650 odd for aftermarket led lights of good quality was pretty cheap including delivery.

And tuning isn't something to skimp money on, not that I can talk I do it with gotasuby.

[Guest]

surley 600$ could have been spent better on performance mods.easy.but like i said his car his money.i would have looked into a panel filter upgrade,dwnpipe,then tune,im sure stm had a offer going 50% all dyno tunning or something