Thanks Scott. I'd love to actually read over the code.

I'm not thinking of blacking them out entirely. Just a nice little subtle darkening. Now to find the proper method...

 

This is VERY VERY TRUE. i asked my brother-in-law who happens to be a cop and he said and i quote:

"the CV Code is so vague that we can pull ANYONE over for ANYTHING... it's like that so we can check for warrants ANYTIME we have a hunch. I'd say 90% of the people myself and others pullover is due to the fact they look suspicious and might have a warrant... or if they look over at me and try desperately to avoid me like they have something to hide. the other 10% are legitimate driving violations that i couldn't ignore. All i have to do is see a person that can be driving 65mph at 10&2 and I WILL ALWAYS FIND SOMETHING i can use in order to pull he/she over."


That's why i always wave and act cool around the CHP.

 

Make eye contact, smile and tip the hat.

 

So with that said you can do anything you damn well want. you can have a blaze orange station wagon with sirens, and 20 airhorns on the roof and they can still pull you over just as easily as the "stock car with the perfect driver"


Will you get more attention? of course, and you may get a fix-it-tix but overall it's on you.

 

ARe the smoked tails legal in PA?

They sell them on e-bay and advertise them as DOT leagle in all 50 states. That is false advertisment or is it?

 

wow, i found it...

Taillamps

24600. During darkness every motor vehicle which is not in combination with any other vehicle and every vehicle at the end of a combination of vehicles shall be equipped with lighted taillamps mounted on the rear as follows:

(a) Every vehicle shall be equipped with one or more taillamps.

(b) Every vehicle, other than a motorcycle, manufactured and first registered on or after January 1, 1958, shall be equipped with not less than two taillamps, except that trailers and semitrailers manufactured after July 23, 1973, which are less than 30 inches wide, may be equipped with one taillamp which shall be mounted at or near the vertical centerline of the vehicles. If a vehicle is equipped with two taillamps, they shall be mounted as specified in subdivision (d).

(c) Every vehicle or vehicle at the end of a combination of vehicles, subject to subdivision (a) of Section 22406 shall be equipped with not less than two taillamps.

(d) When two taillamps are required, at least one shall be mounted at the left and one at the right side respectively at the same level.

(e) 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.

(f) Taillamps on vehicles manufactured on or after January 1, 1969, shall be mounted not lower than 15 inches nor higher than 72 inches, except that a tow truck, in addition to being equipped with the required taillamps, may also be equipped with two taillamps which may be mounted not lower than 15 inches nor higher than the maximum allowable vehicle height and as far forward as the rearmost portion of the driver's seat in the rearmost position. The additional taillamps on a tow truck shall be lighted whenever the headlamps are lighted.

Amended Ch. 924, Stats. 1988. Effective January 1, 1989.

 

That for California?

 

just because something is DOT legal dosent mean it meets NHTSI standards as well. NHTSI is the real governing body over stuff like lights, and airbags. if some product has an NHTSI certification then it truely is 50 state legal.

 

no way...he made lapdances legal in socal once again! :banana: hahah.

as for smoked taillights, i agree with DareDevil...don't do it!!!

 

yes, off the dmv website

 

So as long as you can still see red at 1000 feet you're cool.

 

you will then get into the technicallities of what the definition of red are. I know that this has some flexibility to it because without using the proper equipment you can not tell from sight what color the lights are. The same issues apply to headlight colors as well.

 

why are you so rice, huck.... why............................................... .....

 

suck it.