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Old Apr 5, 2005 | 08:26 PM
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back in the day, there was a post with a link in it. i know, be more specific. the post was about tinting tailights and i beleive the link was to a guy who did it to his VW. Its a really good tech article and i finally got a spare set of t/a tails and i want to do this. Does anybody have this link or a different one as detailed??? any help would be appreciated, o and if ya got pics of a red bird with tinted tails, show em off!....

Thnx in advance, Adam R.
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Old Apr 6, 2005 | 12:14 AM
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Old Apr 6, 2005 | 12:10 PM
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YES, THANKS SO MUCH..... i think this is by far the best write up for tinting lights. thanks again. O and if any pictures of birds with the lights tinted could be posted, thatd be swell.... YES!
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Old Apr 6, 2005 | 10:59 PM
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is that legal in california? anybody know?
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Old Apr 6, 2005 | 11:08 PM
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it should be legal as long as the light still shows through it when the brakes come on
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Old Apr 6, 2005 | 11:29 PM
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I must agree with him. As far as i have heard, at least in Texas, the lights are leagal as long as they shine through at night, and when the brake pedal is applied
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Old Apr 7, 2005 | 12:15 AM
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Originally posted by BlackMagic
I must agree with him. As far as i have heard, at least in Texas, the lights are leagal as long as they shine through at night, and when the brake pedal is applied
FYI: Usually you need to be able to see the lights at a certain distance.
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Old Apr 7, 2005 | 07:41 AM
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I had my Daytona (sry not 3rd Gen) lights tinted and never had any problem with them, and they were dark.
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Old Apr 7, 2005 | 09:49 AM
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Originally posted by dude that tinted his tailights
Here is me!! Look how much hair I lost doing this project . Ha Ha
ha Thats awsome work he did !Im gonna do that to a spare set of 82 T/A tail lights.Awsome link
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Old Apr 7, 2005 | 12:29 PM
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Its a bad pic, and my light center section is currently missing, but you get the idea.

I used two coats of Nightshade on the inside of my Formula tails.

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Old Apr 7, 2005 | 02:06 PM
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i've always had mine tinted (Nevada) and it has never been a problem...
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Old Apr 8, 2005 | 11:04 AM
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Yeah thats pretty cool, Zach knows his tailight tinting.
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Old Apr 10, 2005 | 08:03 PM
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in NJ its illegal my buddy did it to his 2002 WS6 and the first hour he had it done he already was pulled over with a warning.
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