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Are smoked/tinted rear lights legal?
- Thread starter littleC18
- Start date
I am not an officer, but the fact stands that it is quite clear cut. As long as the rear lights and reflectors are clearly visible then they are allowed to be smoked.
This is why on a lot of smoked rear lights there is one part that isn't smoked at all, on clios there is a reflector. It looks like you have a ph1, so I don't know where the reflector is on yours, but you must not smoke that part.
In all honesty, it also depends on where in the country you live. If you live in Essex, don't mod your car. If you live round by me, they don't care!
This is why on a lot of smoked rear lights there is one part that isn't smoked at all, on clios there is a reflector. It looks like you have a ph1, so I don't know where the reflector is on yours, but you must not smoke that part.
In all honesty, it also depends on where in the country you live. If you live in Essex, don't mod your car. If you live round by me, they don't care!
421 Cammed 172
I believe there is a test where-by if a set amount of light cam pass through the tint they are deemed legal.
A bit of google will turn this up somewhere. If you can't find it there is after market JDM clusters which have a black plastic inside, and a clear plastic outside, with the lights seeming to be similar to 'afterburner' lights.
I had some on the 206 also
My gloss black ones were like this or there's these, depending on what you're after, i'm just posting loads up to give ideas - LOL
A bit of google will turn this up somewhere. If you can't find it there is after market JDM clusters which have a black plastic inside, and a clear plastic outside, with the lights seeming to be similar to 'afterburner' lights.
I had some on the 206 also
My gloss black ones were like this or there's these, depending on what you're after, i'm just posting loads up to give ideas - LOL
+1 lolIn that case, if you haven't even passed yet lad/lass, I really wouldn't. In all honesty, they look s**te anyway.
Just my honest opinion
If you do do it, do the smoke spray quite lightly so it's not ridiculously dark, then do a gloss coat over the top so it's not matt finish and s**t.
Also, leave your reflectors showing or add some elsewhere - legally you have to have them and, apart from that, you don't want some t**t driving into the back of your parked car 'cos they're blind and your reflectors didn't light up bright enough for them to notice your car...
i didn't think it was road legal!!!if you look on the back of the cans of spray paint for doing this then they all say for show use only. not legal on roads. or something along those lines. i remember reading it just as i sprayed mine. i had no prblems with mine and i sprayed the whole thing worst thing that can happen is if you get told to remove it by the police in which case its a 10min job to do so.
TT 225
i have a set for sale with rear reflectors i actually got randomly stopped and checked over by the po po and no problems
i actually got randomly stopped and checked over by the po po and no problems In that case, if you haven't even passed yet lad/lass, I really wouldn't. In all honesty, they look s**te anyway.
Just my honest opinion
each to their own.. but they only look really good on a black car i think. anything else, stick to clear.
me too. and mine are jet black DIY jobs.
how much? ph1's or 2's?i have a set for sale with rear reflectors
If you smoke them there's always the rusk of someone running into the back of your car while parker then claiming they "Couldn't see the reflectors of the car so didn't see it in time" then you get sod all payout from insurance. Plus the fact they look w*nk and went out of fashion in the 90's tbh.
Evo 8 MR
Hence they are w**k cars.
Ph1 track 172
me and my mate had them,
he got pulled about twice then got a VDN so took them off,
i got pulled over constantly and told to take them off,
so i swapped em for ph2 lights,
and the girl i gave them too has been pulled about 3 times in 2months.
either way i think they look w**k now,
he got pulled about twice then got a VDN so took them off,
i got pulled over constantly and told to take them off,
so i swapped em for ph2 lights,
and the girl i gave them too has been pulled about 3 times in 2months.
either way i think they look w**k now,
Yes, but they were intended to come from factory like that I.E The actual plastic insert on the light is coloured black instead of red. Not someone taking some cheap tinting spray to a set of lights which were meant to be red and making them look pish.
didnt say they were good cars, i was talking about the tints on the lights.
got some on mine & i dont think they're that bad!
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