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Old 10-28-2014, 01:12 PM   #43
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Lots of hate on the tints wow!!!


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Old 10-28-2014, 01:13 PM   #44
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Have you ever seen taillights done with hvt nightshades? They could be completly black until you hit the brakes then they look like there's nothing on them. With products on the market like that the safety issues have been resolved so I don't know what you're talking about.

Not true at all. When they are blacked out with that crap and it's day light you can barely tell they are lit.
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Old 10-28-2014, 01:26 PM   #45
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Cheaper than when you get rearended and you're at fault because they couldn't see your brake lights.
Plus, blacked out taillights look dumb.
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Old 10-28-2014, 01:43 PM   #46
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I love assumptions, they just make me all tingly inside. What you're saying is because it isn't being advertised it's not an issue. It's almost a case of Pirsig's paradox. Would you believe gravity didn't exist if it wasn't documented?

That cop worried about some stupid thing may have just saved someone's life. I'd rather he take 20 minutes to try to prevent someone rear-ending you since obviously you don't get the implications behind your edgy taillights.
I actually had to look that up.
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Old 10-28-2014, 01:45 PM   #47
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Not true at all. When they are blacked out with that crap and it's day light you can barely tell they are lit.
Then you're doing it wrong.
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Old 10-28-2014, 01:53 PM   #48
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That's one nice thing about living in Indiana. Nobody around here really cares what you do. Emissions and noise regulations are here, they're just NEVER enforced. We're so ass backwards you're more likely to get a ticket for having a muffler on your car lol.
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Old 10-28-2014, 02:06 PM   #49
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Then you're doing it wrong.
Sorry but even they say it's not for street use...... I guess you know better don't ya...
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Old 10-28-2014, 02:06 PM   #50
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Old 10-28-2014, 02:39 PM   #51
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^^^^HA!


Ok, I can can see where some of you guys are coming from. I have been behind people that used the VHT on their tail lights and to me it's excessive. They are not safe for the road, especially during the day. At night, they work a little better since you don't have the sun reflecting off the painted lights and can actually see a glow. In my opinion and experience, you are better off with Big Worms Tail light tint. That way you can still see the reflectors in the day and lose ZERO light visibility. All while achieving the black out look. I've had mine for about a year and no tickets or pull-overs (knock on wood).

Blacked out tail lights can look good when smoked but when it looks painted (dull, no shine) they look crappy and cheap to me. A small part of me is dying right now even thinking this but, I dig that the mustangs offer blacked out tail lights straight from the factory. Not saying GM should do the same, just sometimes its the small things you notice.
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Old 10-28-2014, 04:32 PM   #52
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^^^^HA!


Ok, I can can see where some of you guys are coming from. I have been behind people that used the VHT on their tail lights and to me it's excessive. They are not safe for the road, especially during the day. At night, they work a little better since you don't have the sun reflecting off the painted lights and can actually see a glow. In my opinion and experience, you are better off with Big Worms Tail light tint. That way you can still see the reflectors in the day and lose ZERO light visibility. All while achieving the black out look. I've had mine for about a year and no tickets or pull-overs (knock on wood).

Blacked out tail lights can look good when smoked but when it looks painted (dull, no shine) they look crappy and cheap to me. A small part of me is dying right now even thinking this but, I dig that the mustangs offer blacked out tail lights straight from the factory. Not saying GM should do the same, just sometimes its the small things you notice.
I had big worms but I took if off. I dont like the film look and feel cheap so I bought a brandnew and it was professionally painted. Now its game over! Lol
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Old 10-28-2014, 04:47 PM   #53
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Manbearpig talks the talk but when he gets pulled over and ticketed can he walk the walk.
Know what's funny? I've been in trouble before, I'm just not stupid enough to attract it to myself again, in any form.

IE, I haven't been to the sun either, or hit with a sledgehammer. I can say without a reasonable doubt that the sun is hot and the sledgehammer is going to hurt.
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Old 10-28-2014, 05:07 PM   #54
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Know what's funny? I've been in trouble before, I'm just not stupid enough to attract it to myself again, in any form.

IE, I haven't been to the sun either, or hit with a sledgehammer. I can say without a reasonable doubt that the sun is hot and the sledgehammer is going to hurt.
Depending on where they hit ya, you may not even feel the sledgehammer.
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Old 10-28-2014, 05:37 PM   #55
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Tinted taillights look as dumb as headlight eyelashes and have the added dumbness of putting people at risk. I wish they'd start fining people a cool $1k for safety violations see if we can't go ahead and get rid of this fad once and for all. Also I wish mods would take down these "i broke the law and got caught poor me cop's a douche" threads.
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Old 10-28-2014, 05:43 PM   #56
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I was pulled over last August for blacked out tail lights and it cost me $$239? **** California!!!
No... it's not California's fault! It's YOUR fault!

So many people blaming "the laws" for getting ticketed. Blame yourself! You're the one who broke the law.
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