(1) What did you and your truck do today?
01-27-2014, 11:16 AM
Senior Member
I tried it on a friend's car and we felt it was too dark and we peeled it off. That being said, if someone has inoperative tail lights that does not mean that if you rear end them it is 100% their fault. You should be following at a safe enough distance that you can see them slowing down, and can react in time. Chances are they would get a ticket for their tail lights, and you would get a ticket for following too close, and an insurance company would probably say you are both partially to blame, and bicker back and forth, determining the percentage of liability. Bottom line, just because someone has tinted tail lights doesn't mean you can rear end them and get away free and clear. Negligence can be found on both parties, one being he made his lights more difficult to see, and the other for not allowing enough room (1 car length per 10mph) to be able to slow down in time, even if the vehicle had faulty equipment.
They are not some flashy sort of feature, they are a safety light to indicate to other drivers the behaviour of the vehicle.
Imagine pilots started tinting their marker lights. Same thing with boats. You leave them visible and easy to see as they come from the factory.
If you like the black look buy HD or FX tails.
And on the side I personally do not like the look at all. And not to say you shouldn't be a good driver and maintain space, but if the guy in front of me has done this to his lights I'm assuming he doesn't carry a whole lot of not so common common sense.
01-27-2014, 11:42 AM
How about just use common sense and don't black out or tint your lights and make everyone's life easier.
They are not some flashy sort of feature, they are a safety light to indicate to other drivers the behaviour of the vehicle.
Imagine pilots started tinting their marker lights. Same thing with boats. You leave them visible and easy to see as they come from the factory.
If you like the black look buy HD or FX tails.
And on the side I personally do not like the look at all. And not to say you shouldn't be a good driver and maintain space, but if the guy in front of me has done this to his lights I'm assuming he doesn't carry a whole lot of not so common common sense.
They are not some flashy sort of feature, they are a safety light to indicate to other drivers the behaviour of the vehicle.
Imagine pilots started tinting their marker lights. Same thing with boats. You leave them visible and easy to see as they come from the factory.
If you like the black look buy HD or FX tails.
And on the side I personally do not like the look at all. And not to say you shouldn't be a good driver and maintain space, but if the guy in front of me has done this to his lights I'm assuming he doesn't carry a whole lot of not so common common sense.
With many many people, style will win over function any day. If they think it looks good, they'll do it, regardless of operation, function, or safety. While I agree it could be a hazard, one could argue use common sense by not tailgating the person in front of you and it will never be an issue. If you looked up statistics and how many accidents are caused by following to close vs dark tail lights I guarantee they are not even close.
I had a BMW 335i that had blacked out tail lights when I bought it, they looked amazing, but the LED tail lights were so bright, my tail lights were as bright as anyone else's. To each his own
Last edited by pcastal; 01-27-2014 at 11:44 AM.
01-27-2014, 04:57 PM
01-28-2014, 05:14 PM
Got to go out in the snow and play around a little bit which is a one time a year if you are lucky kinda deal here in Alabama.
01-28-2014, 05:55 PM
Member
01-28-2014, 07:40 PM
Decent amount for here but not a whole lot. I would say not much more than a inch maybe two inches in spots. Enough to just about shut the entire town down lol. People here lose their mine over a little snow.
