Colour Coding Rear Lights Illegal Or Not?!?!?!?

[liamrsi]

Hi all, I have just colour coded my rear lights green to my car using the green paint and adding laquer to the mix before spraying.

This has changed the transparancy level and you can see all lights working perfectly (ok a little less than before but not much)....

BUT, is it illegal to do this or not, someone told me that as long as lights can be seen it doesn't matter, how true is this?????????

Cheers Liam

 

[Liam]

so long as the colours are visible it doesnt matter what colour the casing is.

Liam.

 

[patty]

afraid its illegal as u must have a reflector on your rear lights...

 

[liamrsi]

so, if i put a reflecter somewhere on my car, like below the number plate or something, it would be ok!!!!

Liam

 

[Karlos182]

Well you actually need two reflectors - one on each side in order to comply with the law. I did this to one of my old cars, but I masked off the reflectors, so they stayed red, and it passed the MOT no probs that way. TBH, you'll probably only need 'em for your MOT.