i found some black taillight and headlight covers for my truck. They are like these.


I live in Manitoba Canada but are they illegal in some places?

Will my headlights, turn signals, reverse lights and brake lights shine through them good still?

 

Illegal and rightfully so, the lights are put there so you can see and people can see you. You could use them when your truck is parked I guess

 

actually they are legal as long as they arent the acrylic drag racing and pulling trusck covers that completely black them out, but thats in america. hlogen lights and amber halogen lights shine directly through those as long as theyre smoked and not blackout, buut smoked is still pretty dark

 

I don't know about Canada, but.

Federal laws say no here in the USA, they cover up the red reflector, same reason the crystal clear front lights aren't legal. According to the Federal motor vehicle code there must be an amber reflector to the side within the front 12" of the vehicle and a red reflector to the side within the rearmost 12" of the vehicle, BUT most LEOs don't know that.

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Why do you want to make your lights darker anyway, I already have enough idiots that can't see the truck run into it at stoplights.

 

well i live in ohio lol no vehicle laws get enforced, like the sound ordinance, or emissions, or headlights and taillights, or bumper height or almost anything that affects the street legality of the vehicle. Awhile back my grandpa took a 6 in pipe from a swingset and straighpiped his 454 chevy lol he used to beat on his trucks so that thing sounded like it was right outside youur window two miles away. No one in our town GAS, btw wat is an LEO?

 

I have seen those covers before and in fine print they always say "For Off Road Use Only"

passengerdoorsmud - LEO = Law Enforcement Officer

 

Agreed

 

Why not just get a set of aftermarket lights if you wanna change the look. I had a set of those black covers on a truck when I was a teenager but they SEVERELY dim the lights. It was hard to see the lights at night. almost couldn't see them in daylight.

 

i had a set on my 90 cougar , and they were cool looking , but you couldnt see anything with them on and the lights on

 

I live in sask, and got pulled over when i was in my youth for having blacked out headlight covers on my mustang.

The fisherman is right, the cops told me they are for "off road use" only.


Taillight covers would be the same, and I cant imagine the laws differ a whole lot from manitoba to sask.

 

or u can buy lens paint I did it and it doesnt effect brightness unless u put it on to thick..still dont know how legal it is bt I live in central ks so knowhin cares much