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Blacked out lights, legal?
I was wanting to black out my tailights and backup lights and I was just wondering if it is legal. Has anyone been pulled over for this? Where do I get that special paint to do it?
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I have a GT brand rear tail lamp black out kit. Bought it for $50 or so, sell for $20+S*H
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Mine are blacked out. Never had a problem with the police. I even asked one about it, he said as long as you can see the brakes you're good. He also said some cops might give you crap about it.
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Yea, I have clears right now and it sounds like they are the same deal as blacked out. They are basically leagal but not 100% bacause of the whole reflector issue. With clears, the reflectors are white instead of red/amber. Do the reflectors still work when they are blacked out?
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Ok, well this is my 4runner now:
And this is a 4runner with blacked out tails: Which do you guys think looks more stylish?
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BLACK!!! I'll try and post a pic of mine tomorrow.
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i ahve seen factory dogde trucks with black lights. so it should be legal.
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to me, it depends on the vehicle... white would look better wit hclears.... darker colors look better with blackouts
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Nice, I wan't to black out my backup lights also. Does anyone have experience with blackout paint? Does it dim the lights significantly?
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the actual rule on tailight blackouts is that the lights still need to meet distance glow requirements..... in CA its something like visible from 500 feet away or something like that
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My buddy had some of that paint stuff on his sidemarkers and it didn't look to good. It could chip of pretty easy if you don't do it just right. I would just get some GTO's or AutoVentShade's for $40-50. I've never had any trouble with the Fuzz about mine, but Kentucky is pretty leniant.
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I have been pulled over for the black headlight covers on my 94 Ranger. He would have given me a ticket for my rear covers, but they were slotted.
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Here in Virginia they're illegal. I read a trip report from a local group and one of the Jeeps got pulled over and ticketed for those black-out covers over his tail lights.
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Blackout lights? *Bling Bling* from like 10 years ago;not bad looking but it has been played out.
I personally look at going back to red but looking at newer 3rd gen lights with some led or some type of high intensity bulbs.
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depends on the state. In cali, black tails are okay as long as your lights are visible from a distance of I think 100 meters.. Might be more. And you *must* have a red reflector. That's why the clears are illigal.
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illegal in new mexico and utah as well. my brother is a cop and i asked him, he told me cops will make a judgement call on those. depends on the ticket quota, mood and all those great factors when it comes to getting a ticket
![]() i should clarify, he said the smoke (or darks) are the ones that are not legal. i have wade brand clears on mine, definately worth protecting against pitting of the glass over the years. Last edited by sn0w_m0nkey : 06-11-2004 at 07:45 AM. |
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