This looks great to me. Anyone else ordered and installed?
Tinting Tail Lights
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This looks great to me. Anyone else ordered and installed?
Nope. Not too expensive, but I'll take a pass.
The laws around tinting headlights and taillights are a mishmash of yes and no from place to place.
Pretty sure it's illegal in Ontario. BC may be different.
I'd be concerned about insurance liability, and the general inconvenience, in case of a rear end collision.
The laws around tinting headlights and taillights are a mishmash of yes and no from place to place.
Pretty sure it's illegal in Ontario. BC may be different.
I'd be concerned about insurance liability, and the general inconvenience, in case of a rear end collision.
Headlights you are not allowed to use a colored material on. Taillights you can, however the Act stipulates the tail lights must be visible from 150 m and Stop/Turn lights visible from 100 m. I am sure these would be OK.
Update:
If you get stopped, ask the cop to stand 150m behind the car to determine if he/she can see the taillights and when they do: just drive away.
Update:
If you get stopped, ask the cop to stand 150m behind the car to determine if he/she can see the taillights and when they do: just drive away.
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Why would one want to reduce the brake lights by ANY amount?? Sorry, it's counter intuitive.
I'm not sure I would want to have that conversation with my insurance company after being rear-ended.
Ya, I was thinking of that too. That could give the rear ender an excuse from following too close also.
I want all my vehicles to have tail lights like some motorcycles do- not kidding. Maybe the idiots won't drive so close!
I followed an idiot that had a 12 inch high reflective surface (tape?) on his rear end that reflected my headlights back at me. No way I could even follow him!
That's a little dangerous, but I bet it kept tailgaters away!
Lol- I won’t go that far!
But it’s crazy how small the C8 brake lights are for the amount of plastic and crap back there!
I did it on my coupe and HTC. The Paragon kit doesnt cover the actual tail light part, only the reflectors and reverse lights if you choose.
I did both on the orange car but didnt do the reverse lights on the HTC.
I did both on the orange car but didnt do the reverse lights on the HTC.
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For the OP JCWP and in case this helps anyone else interested, I installed the rear tint on my current 2023, since the car is black and I wanted to maintain that "blacked-out look". I'm happy with the look, but that's just me. However:
-I checked first to ensure it wasn't so black, it would interfere with visibility for someone behind me. I think the videos show that and I've looked at them after install and think they're fine;
-I didn't do the rear back-up lights (clear "bulb"/lense);
-I also purchased the side marker set.
All from Paragon Performance. Install was +++ easy, as shown in their videos. Fortunately for me, my daughter lives in Chicago so I had everything shipped there, which saved a bunch on shipping, with her bringing them home. Here's what I paid in US dollars back in October of last year (copied from my invoice):
-I checked first to ensure it wasn't so black, it would interfere with visibility for someone behind me. I think the videos show that and I've looked at them after install and think they're fine;
-I didn't do the rear back-up lights (clear "bulb"/lense);
-I also purchased the side marker set.
All from Paragon Performance. Install was +++ easy, as shown in their videos. Fortunately for me, my daughter lives in Chicago so I had everything shipped there, which saved a bunch on shipping, with her bringing them home. Here's what I paid in US dollars back in October of last year (copied from my invoice):
Considering how everyone has SUVs with even brighter headlights mounted higher... reflective tape sounds like a pretty nice and effective way to back people off you
Remember the old commercials for the snow plow trucks with the tail-gunner?
These tints do look nice, but if there ever were an accident, I'd feel rather stupid for reducing the visibility, even if only slightly.
With, or without, stutter flashes?
I'm thinking tinted tail/brake lights would be harder to see in the daylight hours.
Less contrast with daylight, and glare from the sun, etc....
