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Old 09-30-2008, 06:41 AM
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okay, here is a thought....

when you tint with say the vinyl tint film or with the use of clearcoat with a hint of black to darken it, light will still reflect out of the housing.....

when you paint them say with black spray paint and then clearcoat after that, a very small amount of light may pass, if any, and not allow reflection of the orange or red housings...

my tails are painted with clearcoat that had black in it to darken it up condiserably....during the day, they are blacked out, but at night, i turn my lights on and the red passes right through with no problems...


i think the thing to look at here is that " vehicle must reflect amber" and "vehicle must reflect red"....im pretty sure they mean at night so if your corners still produce an amber-like color and tails red in color when the lights in the housings are on, im sure youll be fine as far as cops go...
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Old 09-30-2008, 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by 0NF1R
okay, here is a thought....

when you tint with say the vinyl tint film or with the use of clearcoat with a hint of black to darken it, light will still reflect out of the housing.....

when you paint them say with black spray paint and then clearcoat after that, a very small amount of light may pass, if any, and not allow reflection of the orange or red housings...

my tails are painted with clearcoat that had black in it to darken it up condiserably....during the day, they are blacked out, but at night, i turn my lights on and the red passes right through with no problems...


i think the thing to look at here is that " vehicle must reflect amber" and "vehicle must reflect red"....im pretty sure they mean at night so if your corners still produce an amber-like color and tails red in color when the lights in the housings are on, im sure youll be fine as far as cops go...

dam bro your tails are dark as a ****.
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Old 09-30-2008, 06:33 PM
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have any pics with them lit?
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Old 09-30-2008, 08:10 PM
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here are a couple of them lit during the day....

the pics are small because they are snapshots of a vid from a digital camera...



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Old 09-30-2008, 10:28 PM
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i have everything tinted, and the cops still havn't pulled me over for them.
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Old 10-04-2008, 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by 0NF1R
i think the thing to look at here is that " vehicle must reflect amber" and "vehicle must reflect red"....im pretty sure they mean at night so if your corners still produce an amber-like color and tails red in color when the lights in the housings are on, im sure youll be fine as far as cops go...
You are correct in that the key phrase is "must reflect." That means that WITHOUT the lights in the vehicle being illuminated, when a light is shone AT them, they must reflect the light back either amber or red, depending on which marker it is. Reflectors work during the day, as well as at night.
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Old 10-04-2008, 09:09 PM
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We've painted some for customers. They turn out great. Let us know if you need this done, we'd love to work with you!

Thanks!
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