Tinted tail lights
 

So who has done tinted tail lights?

I've been thinking about doing this, but I don't want to give local law enforcement anymore reasons to stop me.

Pics of said lights?

I want the 13 style tails. Got that tinted look already and I like the design improvement.

I had a guy Paint my tails , sides , and center console all at one time in a booth the right way sprayed and cleared with a real paint gun and not a rattle can - couldnt be happier. They let the light through during the day and night.

I want some too

Me too.:D

Jeff^^^^ has a set of stock tails for $100 you can use to go get painted = )

Thanks man. Yes I have some and some stock headlights if anyone is interested in them.

Post them up in the classifieds = )

First I got to take some pics of them.

BACK ON Topic - LVLBELOW2000 on S197Forum.com does the best work around - but you have to mail them to him. Took about 2 days to arrive, 2 days there, and 2 days back...so 1 week Turn around.

I have some! Got all mine done for 65 bucks Bigwormgraphics in ft worth

Have any of you been stopped for having them?

nope plenty of light still shines through

Nope

Consider them sold, I'll take them and tint them.

Good price too ....^^^

I want the tails not the headlights.

I think you should get the headlights, people will see your headlights on the V6'er more than the taillights, unless you are racing Yugos that is..

Let's race buddy.:D

Ok, how is three weeks from tomorrow for you? :D

sweet, I can bring them to hooters tomorrow and you can pay me then.

Okay, just the tails though.

Yeah I know unless you'll be at the gtg tonight? I can bring them tonight.

Not tonight, I have to attend a show at Trees.

david are you sending the extra set in to get tinted??

Yep since mine is a DD I can't go without tails. Will probably just take them to a local shop and leave them there to get done.

nice are you getting the reverse tinted or leaving them alone? let me know how much too please

Yep, the whole light.

I want to get mine done too..but I like the idea of 13 style tails coming out soon...hopefully.

I have an extra pair of tails if anyone needs to borrow them for tinting.
Here mine is.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6..._891_edit0.jpg

WOW me like..alot

Looks good. I would like to do mine, but I gotta do some other stuff first.

Is anyone running their lights tinted, but without having the reverse lights tinted? It's a pain in the ass parking at night with no reverse camera and tinted windows as it is.

Jeff has some kinda tail lights that are pretty dark, but his reverse lights are bright as hell.

The bright reverse LEDs offset the dark tint. It's not hard to see at all at night.

A guy in corral.net also tints tail lights with great results.

I got stopped for tinted headlights.

The trooper told me that they changed the law and technically your taillights or your headlights cannot be tinted at all. At the inspection place they said the same thing...

but it's just a ticket and my car looks sick with them. LOL

Last I heard they still had the required "visible from x feet" behind and in front of the vehicle.

Now most vehicles have built in reflector in the tail lights, and when they tint the tails, reflectors are useless, making them illegal. This may be something they are trying to corner.

this is true for Texas Traffic Code. Taillights must be visible from 300ft and "be and or reflect red". and if the reflectors no longer reflect then yes it is illegal. Now some cities may see if differently than I do and if anyone gets a ticket for it I would like to know which part of the traffic code they exactly wrote the ticket from. The way the Texas Traffic and Penal code are written can be interpreted differently by each officer.

however the federal traffic code states that you may not alter the visibility of your taillights at all so any tint would be illegal by federal guidelines.

with that being said I dont know a single cop that has written a ticket from the federal traffic code but it is probable cause for a stop. Now I also had mine tinted on my Mach for over 3 years and never got pulled over for it a single time. was pulled over numerous times but never had it mentioned to me so take that for what it is worth.

so basically they are an easy way to get hassled by the police but the odds of getting a ticket for that alone and your not doing anything else I would say are pretty slim. Just have to decide if you want to give the police a reason to pull you over every time you drive your car