04lariattexas

SB 439 makes it illegal to add reflective material, lights, emblems or anything else that changes the color of the license plate or makes it difficult to read the letters on the license plate. The name of the state where the vehicle is registered must be visible.



I found this on a website. Does this mean that i would get pulled over for exchanging my clear liscense plate lights with some blue ones I found from advance autoparts.

rick99601

i have led's for my license plate lights to match the interiors and hids. it makes me nervous.
theyre a bit dimmer and are definitely not DOT approved.

so yes you can be pulled over for it.

silverkorn

technically yes it will be illegal, but i think your chances of getting pulled over will depend on how "blue" the lights will be. got any pics of what it would look like?

CrashTECH

I have been stopped for off colored plate lights in the past. Probably not worth it especially since you can't see the plate when you are driving

redrider911

I too have been stopped when I had the blue 194's in. They do fade over time.

Mod (Ret.)

My son recently paid a $100.00 fine in Florida for this. He bought some nice LED taillights (they were O.K. - legal), but his liciense plate lights were not; he tinted them with some of that tint paint folks use to tint their taillights with.

He ended up having to buy two new liciense plate light assemblies, as he could not remove all of the tint spray off the old ones.

So I'd stick with clear light bulbs to let the police be able to see the tag. Most states are going to the cameras at intersections now to flash the red light runners. I would assume they will get tougher on the license plate lights because of this.

jhelrey

Asking to be stopped... May not get a citation but it will get you stopped and you better not have anything illegal, odors, etc.

jkurtz04

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04lariattexas

Thanks for yalls replies. I put them in the other day and I could hardly see the plate so I immediately took them out and put my 194 silverstars back in. Then I tried to put them in for my sidemarkers on my headlights and deff said no to that one. Got any ides where to put these blue 194 bulbs lol? I guess I could see what it looks like for my shifter lights. As for carrying anything illegal I doubt that'll ever happen since I'm a corrections officer for my county jail. But that doesn't mean anything...my friend of six years that works with me just got a ticket for a taillight being out from an officer that he knows and sees on a daily basis.