Nautsiju

Im lookin at these pics and im thinkin rockblocker is the shit. but is tinting your tail lights legal if you have the spoiler light? and if it is illiegal, how can i make it legal? ive read about relfectors but i really dont know what those are (im in school to be a cop so less tickets on my record = )

I Fear No Five O

Tinting your tail lights is definately illegal no matter what you do. But you can just tint them a light shade (instead of blacking them out completely) and hope you don't get pulled over.

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

The cops here look for stuff like that and I've had no problems with mine *knocks on wood* I even passed inspection with it. I have the lighter of the 2 rockblocker tints, the 20% it's black enough to look sexy, but the brake lights and such come right through it like it's not even there. Here's what it looks like on my car, they use me for one of their gallery demos.

Shoshinsha_KiDs_CL

its just depends.. i got pulled over last week for them.. they said they couldnt see my brake lights.. but i didnt brake at the light cuhz it was a flat surface and i have a 5-spd.. i think they just wanted to check out my car

Nautsiju

then how do these production cars get made with black tail lights? im thinking if i get a light shade then go to the ref and have him give me a . then i should be good to go? i still have a spoiler red reflector also

klepto

its illegal if it covers up your reflectors, which it does. I dont think your spoiler reflector is enough to let you go. Id say get it anyways, screw the cops. and while youre at it take off your front plate, and tint your windows.

on and come to the all cali meet, link below

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

Spoiler reflector won't do anything for you. New lights are made tinted and black because they still expose the reflctors like klepto said

shnee

I just got pulled over the other day, and I have the darkest tint on my lights..
the trooper didn't say anything about them, and just gave me my (first) speeding ticket

Shoshinsha_KiDs_CL

that sucks!
yeah cops dont really say anything about tint. just do it

Nautsiju

mabye if i cut a design in the rockblocker tint? ill still have some of my main tail light reflectors? and only part of it is tinted? it would probably look like ass tho. well see ill probably do full tint anyway and regret it later like i always do. thanks for the info




and i might go to the meet, im kinda new on this board and my cl isnt gonna be modded much. well see if my girl wants to go on a little trip

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

Don't cut them Just get the kit I got, it's niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice (borat voice)

gotguinness?

I installed my rockblockers today..I had the 35% tint and it looks absolutely fine to me....I dont think id get away with 20% around here:

spencer_homer

yea klepto is right, its just the reflector. I thought about just mounting some 1/2 inch reflector strips next to my liscense plate in the gap so they cant bug me about it even if they want to. but ive been pulled over many times, even for the tinted liscense plate cover and he didnt even say anything then

Nautsiju

will 1/2 strips of reflectors be enough for it to be legal?

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

U got it backwards, these tints, the darker is 35 and the 20 is lighter it's backwards from window tint, sounds like u got the 20 like me

shnee

blackack, what do you use on the tints?
rockblocker said it's fine wax them, but my wax says "not for use on vinyl" which these tints are, i think.
basically, my tails are looking kind of dull.. i want to make em shine again like in this pic

AznX TL

ive been tailgated by cops numberous times with my tints.......they're pretty dark. havent had a problem yet but im pretty sure you can see the reflectors fine during day and night.

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

I use a liquid detailer wax like turtle ice instead of wax

Nautsiju

Well i did a little reasearch for it and got the official word:

Vehicle Code section 24600(e) states:
Taillamps shall be red in color and shall be plainly visible from all distances within 500 feet to the rear except that taillamps on vehicles manufactured after January 1, 1969, shall be plainly
visible from all distances within 1,000 feet to the rear.


so much for a rear tinted street legal car. (i know cops may not pull me over but background check + tickets for dumb shit = bad news for wanna be cops.)