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Old Aug 2, 2010 | 08:47 PM
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Tinted Tailights (What do you guys think?)

Just had it done today. I think it looks sweet .



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W/Out Brake



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Old Aug 2, 2010 | 08:49 PM
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looks good! are they vinyl or did you paint them?
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Old Aug 2, 2010 | 08:54 PM
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theres a place in my city that does em, and they painted em
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Old Aug 2, 2010 | 09:06 PM
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nice, I think painted is a lot better than vinyl. they definitely look good!
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Old Aug 2, 2010 | 09:12 PM
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Looks great, BTW is your rear window brake light out?
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Old Aug 2, 2010 | 09:12 PM
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where's ur third brake light?
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Old Aug 2, 2010 | 09:19 PM
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where's ur third brake light?

x2....and why is the middle halogen blinker light on with the brakes?
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Old Aug 2, 2010 | 09:23 PM
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by the third brake light u mean the one thats normally clear? well since i was taking the picture i jus put the emergency button on so the lights in the back wud blink. i had no idea it would be different (the middle light isnt normally on when u brake?). so i shuda said with emergency light, not brake sryyy
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Old Aug 2, 2010 | 10:14 PM
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it looks good, but i feel like u just became a cop magnet lol.
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Old Aug 2, 2010 | 10:38 PM
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^only in Jersey/NYC where the 5-0 hate on G's lol
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Old Aug 2, 2010 | 11:41 PM
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haha i live on the west coast of florida. ive seen plenty of cars with smoked out tails so i hope i dont have an issue. in your guys opinion was it bad that i had the third brake light sprayed over?
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Old Aug 2, 2010 | 11:44 PM
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since you have a NON-S, isn't your third brake light on top of the rear seat?

I don't think you'll have any trouble w/o it
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 11:38 AM
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I agree you’ve made your car a cop magnet, and all the risks that entails.
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Chekov
I agree you’ve made your car a cop magnet, and all the risks that entails.
At risk of turning this into a back and forth thread, and as much as I agree with you about tinting the front windshield, I completely disagree about the tails.

Unless you completely black the tails out (which is dumb and I've NEVER seen anyone do it) there is zero saftey risk of tinting the tails. It is still very easy to see the brake lights, both during night and day
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by hispeed-lowdrag
At risk of turning this into a back and forth thread, and as much as I agree with you about tinting the front windshield, I completely disagree about the tails.

Unless you completely black the tails out (which is dumb and I've NEVER seen anyone do it) there is zero saftey risk of tinting the tails. It is still very easy to see the brake lights, both during night and day
Well, putting aside the safety issue (where I still believe that if there’s less light emitted from darkened tails then there’s a potential safety risk), I was coming from the position of attracting cops because they may believe the darkened tails have not met the state’s standard for light emission. In other words, even if these tails are legal they still may draw attention from law enforcement. And you’ve heard it before: get pulled over for one thing and they may find another, etc…
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