are dark tints on ur tailights illegal? has anyone been pulled over for it?

yes its illegal....no i havent been pulled over for it.....

depends how dark u go....if u go flatout black u will more than likely get pulled over in no time.

Hrmmm ive had mine (about 6 or 7 layers) for a couple months now, and ive had police sit behind me several times... at night, at day... but have never been questioned/pulled over. It is ment for 'off-road' use, but if your being a hoon, and looking for trouble, they will prolly add it to your list of defects.

to cover your arse if u have dark tintage just always drive with your parkers on it creates the illusion that there not as dark as they really are. plus also its a safety thing

Hrmmm ive had mine (about 6 or 7 layers) for a couple months now, and ive had police sit behind me several times... at night, at day... but have never been questioned/pulled over. It is ment for 'off-road' use, but if your being a hoon, and looking for trouble, they will prolly add it to your list of defects.

ditto

i've had mine tinted for aaaagges now.

Another tinter here... although they are tinted, they are more visible than my frosted tail lights were.

are the brake lights just as bright and do the indicators still flash a decent orange light if u have like a pretty dark tint?

Not so much during the day no, but during the night the lights are quite noticable... although mine aren't AS dark as say [THUGDOUT] and Eek's are

So you can see the difference

http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19830

thanks a heap

how do ya tint ya lights?
looks pretty good, think i may do it :D

another thought...
should i tint my rear lights or get clear frosties?
i got a silver TE

sif tanya and my tints dont rock :D
http://www.mysti.org/albums/mymagna/tint2.sized.jpg


another thought...
should i tint my rear lights or get clear frosties?
i got a silver TE

Hrmm. silver. tinting would look bad on silver, and frosties wouldnt look that hot either :\

hmm i wonder how long i can get away with this avatar :P

yer...
i was a fan of frosties til i saw them in action and when they light up it looks terrible!
mite try find a silver magna with tinted lights and then take action.

This is a pic of SLO3L and My car

Frosted Vs Tinted
SLO3L has crossed to a frosted tail lights man lol

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/934/us28bh.th.jpg (http://img296.imageshack.us/my.php?image=us28bh.jpg)

silver and white magnas are the only cars that should have frosted lights

all other coloured magnas with frosties should burn! (NOT LITERALLY)

wot bout 1stgen manilla cream??? tint or altezza?

can u get first gen ricelights :nuts:

even so in that case i wouldnt base it matching on the colour, id say it would look hideous because of the bodyshape

lol probably right a just get them tinted up then

Mine

http://members.iinet.net.au/~simonrod/AM-pics/magna6.jpg

tho they arnt that dark in real life (at night they are)

no problems with cops and being a P plater i get followed abit

i had my 1st gen tinted really really black never once got pulled over for it,
my 3rd gen are tinted too, they were really black a couple of years back its kinda wearing off now but still tinted also never been pulled up for them

ive been told off heaps of times for em :doubt:

defected twice

yeah but i got a feeling u get pulled over for more than just tinted tails ..... like maybe that ur guts r scraping on the ground .huge 19's and a huge r34 body kit tends to get their attention i would think:P

my gut isnt that big thankyou :shock:

id be laughing, if u got pulled over and the first thing the cop sed was, Mate your tail lights are abit dark.

id be laughing, if u got pulled over and the first thing the cop sed was, Mate your tail lights are abit dark.
lol the u'd get arrested, beaten and strip searched coz the cop woudl think u were being a smartarse!

pleazn, im not surprised u got defected

way i see it ... u do it on a magna u will probably be ok as ling as its not pure black ...... if this was done on say an import then may be another story ...

me and silencr

Yeah i agree magnas can get away with quite abit simply because its still a magna, But In cases like SYNRGY and Boooya and BRICK, there not really magna's anymore so there gunna attract quite alot of attention.

id be laughing, if u got pulled over and the first thing the cop sed was, Mate your tail lights are abit dark.

:bowrofl: :bowrofl:

but least your headlights will smell nice, dave :D

haha yeah for sure they smell sexy :D

Now we've established that the cops don't care, how about insurance companies... :naughty:

Yeah i agree magnas can get away with quite abit simply because its still a magna, But In cases like SYNRGY and Boooya and BRICK, there not really magna's anymore so there gunna attract quite alot of attention.


yeah agreed!

though shaun collins has managed to to get away with a non engineered turbo magna for the past 2 and a half year with big FMIC :P

thats cos it looks like a grannys car

I got the word from the RTA inspector the last " Cruise Inspection" I had to go through and as far as the Law is concerned, as long as your Tail lights and Indicators and Reflectors are visible from 100 Metres at night or 50metres in fog they don't mind.. It is up to the individual officer to advise you if your lights are too dark..

so what about insurance companies do they care?

Insurance companies will reject a car with Mags and a Bodykit so what is to stop you tinting...

im not catchin ya drift lol

so what about insurance companies do they care?
Anything that is not roadworthy (ie. tail light tinting) on your car they will certainly care about, and so might you, if you end up in an accident pending investigation... (a bit extreme but possible).

You just have to keep the question in mind... are you willing to risk it?

i didn't know that light tinting was unroadworthy thats pretty gay how do you know for sure?

i didn't know that light tinting was unroadworthy thats pretty gay how do you know for sure?
Ok, I have no "proof" but we have strict ADR compliance automotive lighting in Australia... but if you have a look on the side of a can of "Night Shades" you will clearly read it is not intended for road use, more for show purposes only... hey I am not saying don't do it, but if we don't tell you the risks, and just say DO IT..DO IT and you get stung well I would be expecting a thread in a few weeks titled "YOU BASTARDS DIDN'T TELL ME I WOULD BE FINED!!!" lol

Up to you mate...

Anyway, dont take my word for it, ask SYNRGY... no, better still check his defect post out... 4th point down.

http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/showpost.php?p=332794&postcount=4


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thanks a heap man ill prob still do it just hope the police dont pick me up being a l plater and all lol