bottera

recently moved to CT and just got an 03 cl type s.

found on the dmv site i can have 25% tints. couldnt find anything on smoked tail lights though or headlights.

can headlights have a yellow tint to them?

FiftyFive

I believe it is against the law to put anything on headlights/taillights.

dave_ramkumar

iTrader: (5)

why cant we tint the front?


is it cuz of them not seeing us? or us not be able to see well?

bottera

front windows can be tinted in ct to 25% (must transmit 75% light) gives it a nice look imo.

headlights can be tinted yellow im pretty sure

What are the allowable colors for my after market lighting?
Any lightvisible from a motor vehicle should be the following:

- Any light visible from the front of the vehicle shall be white,
yellow or amber.
- Any light visible from the forward most edge of the rear
tire of the vehicle to the front of the vehicle shall be
amber or yellow.
- Any light visible from the forward most edge of the rear
tire of the vehicle to the rear of the vehicle shall be red.
- Any light visible from the rear of the vehicle shall be red
or amber.
(Effective July 25, 1994)

not sure exactly, but it says it can be.

from site -
http://www.ct.gov/dmv/cwp/view.asp?A=801&Q=252796

also trying to figure how a yellow tint will look on the headlights of a CL. have seen it on a 350z, a picture

http://www.decalstyling.com/yellow_headlights_3.jpg

FiftyFive

You probably won't be harassed too much but not sure of the legality of the issue, you definitely won't pass inspections. Check out or CL forums as well.

bottera

http://headlightarmor.com/productima...dlight-675.jpg

another yellow tint

see that you are from norwalk, thats one town away from where i live when im in CT

FiftyFive

Cool, what town?

I have yellow foglight tint on my fogs from www.rvinyl.com. Good quality.

bottera

westport. going to school at UCONN in Stamford and also NCC to take the bs classes to graduate faster.

Endika

You will be fine with any kind of tint on the head/tail lights. I have seen plenty of cars with murdered out head/tail lights and even 5% tint.

JMillerUA6

iTrader: (1)

Yeah my Accord was murdered the fuck out, 20% tint, and blacked out tails, and I never had any problems from the cops.

You should be fine.

CarrieLynn

iTrader: (2)

i seriously just laughed when i read that, Justin you are crazy!!

bottera

don't like comeplete black tints, personal preference. was mostly wondering tail lights/headlights, but think i'll be good. thanks for the info on the smoked tail lights.

also im in NJ 3 days out of the week which cops have nothing better to do in my town there. since car is registered in CT pretty sure they can't bitch about the tints and crap cause in NJ can't have any.

bottera

No. In accordance with Connecticut State Law Title 14 Sec. 14-99g, the side and rear windows may be tinted to the point where at least 35% light transmitted can still be transmitted through the window as darkened, provided that the reflectivity does not exceed 27% reflectivity.

made a mistake with the 25% i guess

Htown's Finest

I got pulled over with 20% on all my windows... (before I had my Acura) I actually think the law is 35% on the front and they dont really care about the back windows. It's an issue with cops if they can't see you... especially in CT

bottera

granted some cops might not car, but there are the ones that also bust balls.

rather not have to deal with a bs fine when i dont have to.

35% will be fine i think

Eoanou

I was under the impression that it was 30%. A while back I had went through most of the CT motor vehicle statutes and that's what I had remembered.

The coolest law we have is a law legalizing the use of radar detectors.


Btw, I'm from Westport as well, just moved here 2 years ago. What do you drive?

Eoanou

I've got eyelids on my MKV Jetta and they cover up a good portion of the headlight, no tickets yet and I don't imagine I would get any.

In Westport so long as your windows aren't too dark and they can see you, you won't get pulled for headlight tints. They're very lenient.

bottera

https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-cl-2001-2003-50/finally-got-cl-type-s-748138/

just grabbed a cl.

there are the pics and other crap if you want to see it

Eoanou

Nice I'll be looking around for ya.

SlickShiftNall6

iTrader: (4)

Just got my tint done last week. 20% all around... So far so good.

I don't think I'll have any problems anyway because my cousin just got elected mayor in my city! Woot! I'll just name drop like a jerk.

Eoanou

I'm going to keep an eye out for your CL-S, nice to know there are a few CT members.

n3o

iTrader: (2)

Cop family friend of mine confirmed the tint law is 35%, but its +/- 2 or 3% I believe to compensate for factory tint since all glass is tinted 2 or 3 percent.