Here is my Smoked 3rd Brake light
smoked tailights
Tuned
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Tinting to smoking your tail or brake lights is a bad idea. Why make yourself less visible. Its a helluva price to pay for vanity when you get rear ended adn the cop writes you the ticket and your at fault for not having working brake lights.
I try to make mine brighter if anything.
Most fo the smoke kits say they are NOT street legal and are for show purposes only.
I try to make mine brighter if anything.
Most fo the smoke kits say they are NOT street legal and are for show purposes only.
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Tinting to smoking your tail or brake lights is a bad idea. Why make yourself less visible. Its a helluva price to pay for vanity when you get rear ended adn the cop writes you the ticket and your at fault for not having working brake lights.
I try to make mine brighter if anything.
Most fo the smoke kits say they are NOT street legal and are for show purposes only.
I try to make mine brighter if anything.
Most fo the smoke kits say they are NOT street legal and are for show purposes only.
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The smoked head lights , tail lights and third brake light i got off e bay are lightly tinted , there just as bright as the stock lights....Lew
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Tuned
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Nope, Titnted is tinted. I am a traffic safety coordinator, and I teach motorcycle safety classes. if they are tinted, it will detract from their visibility. No way around it, Thats why manufacturers dont make tinted lights factory on any cars.
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From: Tobyhanma, PA
I don't know if this is what you were looking at, typed your words into ebay:
89-96 FORD F150 F250 SMOKE TAIL LIGHTS+LED THIRD BRAKE | eBay
But I have those exact lights and I can promise they put out more light then stock. No If/ands/or buts drive on over and I'll show you
89-96 FORD F150 F250 SMOKE TAIL LIGHTS+LED THIRD BRAKE | eBay
But I have those exact lights and I can promise they put out more light then stock. No If/ands/or buts drive on over and I'll show you
Tuned
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I like my truck and dont want to get rear ended so I dont tint any of my lights. I install LED and HID to make my truck MORE visible, not less.
I am not trying to be a safety ****, But trying to justify these as safe is absolutle absurd. its your truck do what you will , but dont blow smoke and tell me its a safe practice to tint required safety lights on a vehicle and expect me to believe it. If installing LED made then as visible as factory, dont you thing factory production performance cars would have LED adn tinted lights?
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From: Eastern Ky
I have the smoked taillights, lightly tinted...
And, aside from the smaller sections of red reflective prism plastic....I have no issues with visibility....And yes I know that all lights on the rear of the vehicle, and turn signals have to have a certain amount of reflectivity to be legal....
And, aside from the smaller sections of red reflective prism plastic....I have no issues with visibility....And yes I know that all lights on the rear of the vehicle, and turn signals have to have a certain amount of reflectivity to be legal....
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From: North Central MA
better than nothing, but still the tint takes away from reflective light.
I like my truck and dont want to get rear ended so I dont tint any of my lights. I install LED and HID to make my truck MORE visible, not less.
I am not trying to be a safety ****, But trying to justify these as safe is absolutle absurd. its your truck do what you will , but dont blow smoke and tell me its a safe practice to tint required safety lights on a vehicle and expect me to believe it. If installing LED made then as visible as factory, dont you thing factory production performance cars would have LED adn tinted lights?
I like my truck and dont want to get rear ended so I dont tint any of my lights. I install LED and HID to make my truck MORE visible, not less.
I am not trying to be a safety ****, But trying to justify these as safe is absolutle absurd. its your truck do what you will , but dont blow smoke and tell me its a safe practice to tint required safety lights on a vehicle and expect me to believe it. If installing LED made then as visible as factory, dont you thing factory production performance cars would have LED adn tinted lights?
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From: Charleston
my brake lights and turn signals are pitch black. but they light up red. vht nightshades is a wonderful thing. ive had it on their for close to a year with no complaints or law official harrassment.
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