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04-15-2010, 11:48 AM

#11

amoosenamedhank

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Quote:

Originally Posted by smitty2919

your headlights look smoked....those tail lights look blacked out, unless its the lack of sun that makes them look that way.

It's the lighting in the photo... they certainly are dark but the LEDs shine through just fine. No problems with visibility.

04-15-2010, 12:13 PM

#12

cliffyk

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Originally Posted by smitty2919

^^ ahah cliff that's awesome.

but what define "visible from 1000 ft away" an old cop could have terrible sight lol

i dont see how they can meter the lights or make a determination on the side of the road.

That was part of my argument, the law doesn't specify visible by whom or specify the visual acuity of the viewer. In fact the tail light requirement says that they must be ... a red light plainly visible from a distance of 1,000 feet to the rear;".

Not 100', 200', or 999'--just 1000 feet. This is typical of laws, they are written by imbeciles, and passed in to law by jerks...

The stop light languages does say "...a distance of not less than 300 feet..."; one out of two isn't bad for those sort of people...

No sort of metering or measurement is specified, just the very subjective visibility requirements--BTW amber stop lights are legal under FS 316.234, it says "...shall be equipped with a stop lamp or lamps on the rear of the vehicle which shall display a red or amber light..."

04-15-2010, 12:23 PM

#13

teej281

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Join Date: Nov 2007

Location: South Central PA

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If you get smoked heads and tails, one easy way to regain light back is HID's up front and LED's in the rear. Those will give you back the light you lost with the smoking of the lights.

04-15-2010, 12:58 PM

#14

DreamerGT

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Location: austin,TX

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Originally Posted by stangit9090

I live in central texas, and have had tinted lights on two of my past vehicles, never had ANY trouble from it. I was even pulled over 5x (not for lights specifically) and they didn't say anything about them.

+1...

04-15-2010, 02:11 PM

#15

noroofonthecoupe

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Join Date: Oct 2007

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Dude just do it your self. Get "Night Shades" I believe is what it's called I did it on my maxima I used to have in highschool....looked like it was done by a pro. It a spray can that's made for spraying lights (usually plastic) it costs like $12. Dont pay $60 or more just buy the can and do it yourself.