Matching Painted Tail Lights

[dg4rez]

Just bought LED tail lights, and going to paint them just like I did these. They're factory color matched to my car, and they are not smoked, or tinted.. they're painted. Not cheap stuff to have done either. Truely one of a kind. Shoot me serious offers in a private msg please.

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[EleKid]

Isn't that illegal?

[ezhacker1]

wonder how those tails look light up

[cali yaris]

Isn't that illegal?

yes, like so many things we do to our cars... :wink:

[ezhacker1]

but this takes the cake. would hate to be rear ended in fog

[EleKid]

This one is illegal AND dangerous though haha.
And a lot of our illegal mods are visibly hidden.
Lights look pretty cool though

[slothman86]

Serious coolness! I wish I had the balls to do that!

[SilverBack]

Garm, you should smoke your taillights too so they'll match your black and CF parts!

Isn't that illegal?

Only if you get caught ;)

[cali yaris]

^ true... next block of spare time.. :cry:

[dg4rez]

Isn't that illegal?

nevada law says, they have to be visable from 500 feet... I can say during the day time, good luck..

at night time, yes, they are legal, as you can clearly see them from 500 feet.

These are more for a cough *show car*

You could always buy the LED lights and install them, and that would make them wayyy brighter. Personally I only got pulled over once for them in Las Vegas, and got a warning (i've had the car over a year and a half). Even if they give you a fix it ticket.. its only like $100 bucks.

[YarisSedan]

They look nice but only really for car shows. Not really safe for driving on public streets with. I have trouble seeing people brake with blacked out headlights using a tint let alone completely blacked out with spray paint thats not meant to be translucent.

[dg4rez]

They look nice but only really for car shows. Not really safe for driving on public streets with. I have trouble seeing people brake with blacked out headlights using a tint let alone completely blacked out with spray paint thats not meant to be translucent.

The paint used is a clear paint (translucent) with factory color matched paint, used in a spray gun (exactly like you would if you were painting a car)


So when the lights are off, they look exactly like the color of the car... given the right angle.. you can still see the red lights (even when lights are completely off) and when the lights are on, you can see them clearly. Like I said, I know they aren't exactly street legal during the day, but at night, they are clearly visable, and legal to the 500 ft requirement that is NV law.

Lights are completely off in this picture... you can still see the factory red lights under the paint:

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o216/dg4rez/4-19-09/IMG_1653.jpg

[YarisSedan]

Ahhhh okay i can kinda see what you mean. That makes more sense. I was just assuming you jsut took it to a body shop and had them color match your car with regular paint.

[sqcomp]

damn this! All the cool stuff for the hatch! I'd buy this now if it were a pair of sedan lights!

[BrazdonW]

time to debadge!

[blktiger60]

I tinted mine in May of `08 - I left a non-tinted stripe that followed the body contour.

Yesterday I got pulled over on the freeway by a state trooper and was given a warning for having "black" tail lights. I told him they were red when the lights were on. He said that didn't matter. He told me that OEM tail lights have built in reflectors that reflect other cars headlights even when your lights are not on and that because mine are tinted the reflectors did not reflect.
He went on to tell me that this is A FEDERAL law - it does not matter what your state specifies. He had the option to impound my car and make me walk. He didn't, instead he gave me two days to correct them. I removed the Nite Shades today, and boy was it a bitch.

Here's how they used to look.

[blktiger60]

OK so after removing the Nite Shades tinting the OEM lens are kinda "foggy", I think the tint ate into the surface a bit. I'll need to replace them eventually but can't afford it right now.

I was looking at some after market tails and was wondering if they are legal.

Anyone know if these are ?
http://www.xtralights.com/06-08toyotayaris23doorledtaillights-smokepair.aspx

[Black Yaris]

it is federal law to have the red reflector on the rear

you still have the red reflectors when the tails are tinted, and it is still visible

you just got a prick cop, most states require stop light be visible from x amount of feet

it all depends how the laws in your state are worded.... we are cool here in Ohio, so long as our brake lights can be seen from 1000 feet

[dg4rez]

I tinted mine in May of `08 - I left a non-tinted stripe that followed the body contour.

Yesterday I got pulled over on the freeway by a state trooper and was given a warning for having "black" tail lights. I told him they were red when the lights were on. He said that didn't matter. He told me that OEM tail lights have built in reflectors that reflect other cars headlights even when your lights are not on and that because mine are tinted the reflectors did not reflect.
He went on to tell me that this is A FEDERAL law - it does not matter what your state specifies. He had the option to impound my car and make me walk. He didn't, instead he gave me two days to correct them. I removed the Nite Shades today, and boy was it a bitch.

Here's how they used to look.



Basicly, you got a cop thats mad at life, cause everyone in highschool made fun of him, and he has no friends, and is 45, and still a virgin. Which sadly, is common place in the world of police work. So they take their aggression out on you.
But on the road it isn't a place to argue, if hes going to give you a fix it ticket, let him give it to you, and argue it later.

but heres some legal info for you:

"lamps facing rearward must emit red light, lamps facing sideward and all turn signals must emit amber light (though in North America rear turn signals may emit either amber or red light), lamps facing frontward must emit white or selective yellow light, and no other colours are permitted except on emergency vehicles."

"Night time vehicle conspicuity to the rear is provided by rear position lamps (also called taillamps or tail lamps, taillights or tail lights). These are required to produce only red light, and to be wired such that they are lit whenever the front position lamps are illuminated—including when the headlamps are on. Rear position lamps may be combined with the vehicle's brake lamps, or separate from them. In combined-function installations, the lamps produce brighter red light for the brake lamp function, and dimmer red light for the rear position lamp function. The tail and brake light functions may be produced separately and/or by a dual-intensity lamp.

Regulations worldwide stipulate minimum intensity ratios between the bright (brake) and dim (tail) modes, so that a vehicle displaying rear position lamps will not be mistakenly interpreted as showing brake lamps, and vice versa.[5][15]"



But the most important:

"requires a tail lamp to emit a red light plainly visible for at least 500 feet to the rear of the vehicle. "

" stop lamps to emit a red or amber light and be capable of being seen and distinguished from other lamps for a distance of 100 feet, including during normal daylight.
If the cover you apply prohibits the lamp from meeting these requirements then it is unlawful. "


So basicly saying, during the day time, drive with your lights off. and if they can see you braking from 100 feet, its legal. during hours of operation, which is up to the state, usually an hour before dusk, and an hour after dawn, the lights must be able to "EMIT" a red light plainly visiable from 500 feet.

So if I went by federal law, my lights would be legal

[ddongbap]

BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH. Stop raining on this guy's parade. Let him do his sale.

[blktiger60]

Basicly, you got a cop thats mad at life, cause everyone in highschool made fun of him, and he has no friends, and is 45, and still a virgin. Which sadly, is common place in the world of police work. So they take their aggression out on you.
But on the road it isn't a place to argue, if hes going to give you a fix it ticket, let him give it to you, and argue it later.

Yeah. I didn't argue. There's really no point to it. He was a short dude. Ever notice how many short males have a seriously crappy attitude?

Anyway, my stock tails are kinda messed up now and I've been wanting some after market ones for a while now. So I take it that the ones I linked previosly - http://www.xtralights.com/06-08toyotayaris23doorledtaillights-smokepair.aspx are legal?

[dg4rez]

Yeah. I didn't argue. There's really no point to it. He was a short dude. Ever notice how many short males have a seriously crappy attitude?

Anyway, my stock tails are kinda messed up now and I've been wanting some after market ones for a while now. So I take it that the ones I linked previosly - http://www.xtralights.com/06-08toyotayaris23doorledtaillights-smokepair.aspx are legal?

yeah, I got mine off ebay (I got the same pair)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/06-08-TOYOTA-YARIS-2-3DR-JDM-SMOKE-LED-TAIL-LIGHTS-LAMP_W0QQitemZ200421455903QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotor s_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item2eaa0cb81f

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