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Old 01-08-2012, 12:05 AM
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Smoked Tail lights!?

Is it true in the State of California that if you have smoked tail lights, and you get rear ended it's no matter whats it's your fault!?

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Old 01-08-2012, 12:09 AM
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Smoked tail lights are illegal in Cali, so they could use that against you.
 
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Old 01-08-2012, 12:15 AM
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Well guess I'm un-smoking my tail lights -_-
 
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Old 01-08-2012, 12:45 AM
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that sucks .... good thing i dont live in Cali anymore hahahaa!
 
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Old 01-08-2012, 02:28 AM
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Rather live in Cali, and have un-smoked tail lights lol
 
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Old 01-08-2012, 02:40 AM
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that sucks ....
 
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Old 01-10-2012, 02:11 AM
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Yes it is true. This could definitely be use against you. Our cars have all LED set up which makes our tail lights much brighter than most cars. This has always been my argument as to why, even when smoked, our tail lights are probably brighter than un smoked cars. But even so, a mediocre lawyer will see that and run with it.
 
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Old 01-15-2012, 04:01 AM
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I've got a ticket for it before in my old car, I wouldn't recommend it in Cali.
 
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Old 01-15-2012, 04:56 AM
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ah ha, but as i read a year or so ago, if the tail lights can be seen from less then 200 meters away then it is perfectly legal, unless they happened to change the law... OR you could use bluebatmobile's gtr style tails that don't block the led's
 
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Old 01-15-2012, 10:53 AM
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ah ha, but as i read a year or so ago, if the tail lights can be seen from less then 200 meters away then it is perfectly legal, unless they happened to change the law... OR you could use Bluebats GT-R style tails that don't block the led's
As a resident of CA. that's....^....your best option if you need smoked tails so you're not breaking any laws. We have members with GT-R style painted tails that don't get tickets!
Gary
 
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Old 01-15-2012, 11:26 AM
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I have 4 brake lights 2 of which are unsmoked/untinted. I have my left and right tail lights then my in glass 3rd light hooked up and my spoiler 3rd light hooked up making 4 lights so if they hit me and can't see all those I don't think it would be my fault lol
 
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Old 01-20-2012, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Majiks
ah ha, but as i read a year or so ago, if the tail lights can be seen from less then 200 meters away then it is perfectly legal, unless they happened to change the law... OR you could use bluebatmobile's gtr style tails that don't block the led's


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Old 01-20-2012, 04:08 PM
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GTR syle FTW.
 
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Old 01-21-2012, 02:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Blue_Batmobile


B@t
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Old 01-21-2012, 01:53 PM
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You can smoke them in CA if you don't smoke the reverse lights. 100% smoke is against the law though. That's what I always had in CA and no problems but I guess it's your call.
 


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