police dont like my tails
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From: Jerzeyy
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police dont like my tails
i just got pulled over again last night because apparently i have "no taillights" ..........i had my tails tinted really dark and only a little light shines through so i was wondering if anyone knew of any brighter bulbs i could put in the tails to maybe shine more light through ?
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You're going to have to redo the tint otherwise you will need to increase the brightness of the bulb by magnitudes and science just doesn't make a 40,000 lumen tailight bulb that you can remove 98% of the light transmission from to get the necessary 800 lumens.
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A friend of mine was sued (and still paying) when he was rear ended because the other driver didn't see him because of his heavily tinted tails. His insurance company dropped him.
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Hey, I've got a new trend for everyone who blacked out their taillamps to follow....just as worthy of a Darwin Award, too!
Get a razor blade and scrape down your seatbelts to make them matte instead of shiny....you know, like matte vinyl wrap.....make sure you scrape 'em hard......matte seatbelts...sooo cool, sick, dope..........whatever.
Get a razor blade and scrape down your seatbelts to make them matte instead of shiny....you know, like matte vinyl wrap.....make sure you scrape 'em hard......matte seatbelts...sooo cool, sick, dope..........whatever.
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I understand your sentiment, but the OE light output is designed to be effective at safe following distances. Diminish the light and even what are regarded as safe distances are no longer so. So, you don't need to be where you so poetically suggested to wind up with a possible problem. We all like mods, (check my sig), but as with all things, many may make sense, but some won't. This topic is an example.
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And let's not forget, as with Ron's friend, if Scoonie is ever hit from behind and has any amount of tint left on his lights, he may be paying the price for all expenses and injuries/deaths, whether it is his fault or not.
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From: Jerzeyy
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you people honestly need to think about what your saying.....did i ever once say in my post that you cant see my tailights when i break? NO! the tailights are extremley bright enough to see when pressing the break and it does help that mercedes installed a LED tailight bar in the rear window?!? im not stupid people like some people who obviously talk before they know the facts. and the tint is a spray tint so therefore it cant be "SCRAPED" off with a razor blade....light shines through enough to see that they are on the only problem is when another person is up ur *** their headlights are so bright it makes it so you cant see the light shining through the tails....hope this helps and as for I AM AMUSED...TYPE R'S bumpin all day B****
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you people honestly need to think about what your saying.....did i ever once say in my post that you cant see my tailights when i break? NO! the tailights are extremley bright enough to see when pressing the break and it does help that mercedes installed a LED tailight bar in the rear window?!? im not stupid people like some people who obviously talk before they know the facts. and the tint is a spray tint so therefore it cant be "SCRAPED" off with a razor blade....light shines through enough to see that they are on the only problem is when another person is up ur *** their headlights are so bright it makes it so you cant see the light shining through the tails....hope this helps and as for I AM AMUSED...TYPE R'S bumpin all day B****
And what really sucks is if you have just had enough with someone running up your *** and you give em the brakes, it is your fault if anything happens.
Yeah, but it was more fun to discuss the bigger picture...anyhow, LEDs will give you more light output but from what I have experienced and read about, they are not very reliable and may end up burning your light socket with a bad resistor. If you run higher wattage incandescent bulbs, you also run the risk of overheating your lens and/or socket.
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do you see all the trouble you are going through just for these damn tinted taillamps???
common sense should have told you not to do it in the first place, but that wasn't enough. so fate threw a cop on your a$$ and THAT wasn't enough.
now you are having trouble finding a bulb a) on your own, and b) now on the forum.
how many more signals do you need before something else happens? i can't wait for someone to rear-end you and claim that it was your fault because they couldn't see your BRAKE (not break) lights.
had a change of heart yet? go rent a buffer and take that ***** off.
your time and money is better wasted elsewhere imo.
common sense should have told you not to do it in the first place, but that wasn't enough. so fate threw a cop on your a$$ and THAT wasn't enough.
now you are having trouble finding a bulb a) on your own, and b) now on the forum.
how many more signals do you need before something else happens? i can't wait for someone to rear-end you and claim that it was your fault because they couldn't see your BRAKE (not break) lights.
had a change of heart yet? go rent a buffer and take that ***** off.
your time and money is better wasted elsewhere imo.
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From: Jerzeyy
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noone will rear end me because they are bright enough to see from any distance as long as the car isnt 2 feet behind your bumper thats the only time someone would have trouble and i would hope when someone is 2 feet behind my car they would be able to see it.
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My personal feeling is that if you like tinted tail lights, you might want to consider using LED's and doing a light tint, otherwise it really is a safety issue, and I'm sure the police are going to keep hassling you. I think your tint might be far too extreme, that's my 000.2cents
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I personally follow the mantra of modding to your liking but don't compromise your safety and attraction of the police. Having tinted tails might look good but when you get sued because some incompetent driver "doesn't see" your brake lights in the day, then you're pretty much screwed for a LONG time. Never mind the night visibility, tinted tails really screw with the day visibility of brake lights.
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From: Jerzeyy
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Oh, you underestimate the stupidity of other drivers. Do you really trust someone else behind you on the wheel? Even 10 feet is a bit close for some drivers out there, especially if you are going above 45 mph.
I personally follow the mantra of modding to your liking but don't compromise your safety and attraction of the police. Having tinted tails might look good but when you get sued because some incompetent driver "doesn't see" your brake lights in the day, then you're pretty much screwed for a LONG time. Never mind the night visibility, tinted tails really screw with the day visibility of brake lights.
I personally follow the mantra of modding to your liking but don't compromise your safety and attraction of the police. Having tinted tails might look good but when you get sued because some incompetent driver "doesn't see" your brake lights in the day, then you're pretty much screwed for a LONG time. Never mind the night visibility, tinted tails really screw with the day visibility of brake lights.
