Smoked Headlights Illegal?
5th Gear Member
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 2,472
From: Lehigh Valley, PA
not to sound like a dick but this isnt the customer service dept. the headlights are 100% legal im not sure about the covers tho
4th Gear Member
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 1,481
From: NC
How can you make a statement like "not to sound like a dick, but..." and then follow it up with "this isn't the customer service department???"
His question sounds like a very reasonable question to the forum, and if anyone KNOWS the answer, they can respond with HELPFUL information.
Of course, I don't write this to sound like a dick...
I don't know about the laws in MD, but none of the guys I know in NC have had any issues with smoked headlights. I just installed a set of the Dark Smoked AM headlights on my car this morning. They look real good. I won't know how much light output I am losing at night until it gets dark here. I seriously doubt that anyone would say anything to you about these headlights. They have a little tint to them, but they are not THAT dark.
His question sounds like a very reasonable question to the forum, and if anyone KNOWS the answer, they can respond with HELPFUL information.
Of course, I don't write this to sound like a dick...
I don't know about the laws in MD, but none of the guys I know in NC have had any issues with smoked headlights. I just installed a set of the Dark Smoked AM headlights on my car this morning. They look real good. I won't know how much light output I am losing at night until it gets dark here. I seriously doubt that anyone would say anything to you about these headlights. They have a little tint to them, but they are not THAT dark.
6th Gear Member
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 6,817
From: NJ
You def need HID's for these things haha
They are illegal as far as i am concerned... I don't think they have D.O.T approval on them and that right there is illegal.
As for the tail lights it depends which state you live in.. Some states its illegal like NJ, others it's legal as long as you can see the brakes from 500ft away
They are illegal as far as i am concerned... I don't think they have D.O.T approval on them and that right there is illegal.
As for the tail lights it depends which state you live in.. Some states its illegal like NJ, others it's legal as long as you can see the brakes from 500ft away
2nd Gear Member
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 187
From: Nebraska
Check your state laws, I got mine a couple of weeks ago and when they showed up i started to panic at how dark they were so I called my father up who is retired state pd and he said that as long as the the side markers are a visible yellow and you can see the light they emit from at least 500 feet away then you should be fine. But each state law is different in regards to this so its up to you.
Chupacabra
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 9,621
From: wilkes-barre PA
I have the smoked headlights for the 94-98 models which I got for american muscle, they have a nice look but they don't seem super dark, those "dark" smoked headlights seem alot darker than mine. I don't have an issues with stock lighting at night with mine and the cops haven't bothered me about them yet. I beleive as long as they have the amber side markers they are legal.
