I am thinking about blacking out my taillights and fog lights, and I just want to know if I am fully legal in the state of California if I do this?

Thanks guys

 

sure i dont see why not

 

are you going to take the yellow lens out of the headlights just to tint it and then put it back in? For the rears as long as all the lights are still visible when you hit the brakes it should be fine.

Btw where in cali are you?

 

Nope...

 

but if you buy it black then its okay? some cars come with black headlight housing stock.

 

not legal in california .if someone rear end you. cops give you the ticket and you're at fault

 

very true...but black headlight housing is not illegal becuz new cars come with black housing. Juss look at the new Nissan Altima.

 

So really the only way would be to find black housing, not make them myself.

 

Are you talking about making the lights outside black like this:


or the inside black like on this altima:

 

i think he's talkin about both...im juss saying the headlights are not illegal...but i've heard that if you have the tails tinted and u get rear ended...then it's your fault, making it illegal?

 

what if the tail lights are lightly tinted like the sl55 amg?

 

headlight im pretty sure cops dont give a damn about. but tailights ha. my friend got owned. so i dont suggest challenging the cops

 

are you talking about all black like the picture above or lightly coated?

 

his g35 tailights are between the all black and lightly coated. someone rear-ended him. the police saw his tailights. therefore owned.
but as for headlights. its fine

 

Black housing is different from tinted headlights. The black housing doesn't affect the light output whereas tinted headlights (putting tint film over the headlights) minimizes the light output. I've gotten pulled over before and the cop looked at my black housing and did not say anything. But my friend w/tinted headlights on his 350Z was not so fortunate, i think he said something bout gettin a fixing ticket. THIS IS IN CALI btw, so i don't know about other states.

 

u can black out ur housing at home. I did it and a few other members here also did it.