sportster07

Chrome will rust in 6 months (or less) but is cheaper, stainless won't rust. Here's a picture of my tips, if you want more let me know. You can't see where the tips meet the tail pipes because they're long enough to hide that. Short tips won't do that. They'll run you about $35 a piece, maybe less where you're at. Those are 3.5, aboput as big as you're going to want to go.

Rapsusklei

yeah I'm OK, and so are the other three people. (two in the car that hit me, one in the car that i slid into)

Rapsusklei

those look really good! they're about $35 here too.

Rapsusklei

I hate to bring up a dead thread, but my dad recently said that I could be liable, because I have smoked taillights, I was just wondering if this is true. I think the law states they have to be visible for 500 feet, which I'm not sure if even the stock ones are during the day, but I have a picture of the truck with the tailights smoked, but still looking bright as hell from about 150-200 feet. Also the person who hit me was cited for speeding and failure to avoid a collision by the on duty police officer (about 3 cars away when the accident happened) What would you guys think my liability is? Hopefully none

sportster07

I know where I live, the shop I took my truck to have the tails smoked (they're pretty light, not overly dark) gave me a card to tell me that they were fully legal. I have never been bothered however a few of my buddies with much darker tails have been pulled over. I can't see them making a huge fuss about your tail lights, don't mention it to the cops or anyone and play stupid. Mentioning them could screw you over big time and avoid insurance at all costs if possible. It's nice to be able to do things without insurance, it just rises your rates in the end if you are held liable and you put everything through insurance.

TomB275

When stopped, legally there is nothing to require you to have your foot on the brake, although that is best practice when other vehicles are behind. So the vehicle that hit you is at fault, period. Don't mention your lenses.
However, lamps must meet Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 108 which specifies the photometrics of light output. It might look cool to reduce lamp visibility but why place yourself at risk? The CHMSL center high mounted stop lamps were found to significantly reduce rear impacts...why take step back?
As far as someone giving a paper stipulating that their mod still meets FMVSS 108....baloney. Ask to see the ETL test lab report with results.

sportster07

I'm in Canada, you're in America. Different country, different rules. FMVSS is American

TomB275

CMVSS 108 is nearly identical to the US 108.

Rapsusklei

I always keep my foot on the break when stopped. It's just a habit, I guess. I mean visibility was probably reduced a little bit by the tint, but I also did it very light, as I didn't want to reduce visibility (and didn't want it to streak too much). I guess I just won't mention it and hope for the best. I haven't heard any news in 2 days. Is that normal? Or should the other people involved be contacting me regularly? (Obviously I've never been in an accident before now.)

Rapsusklei

Also my high mounted stop lamp has all LED bulbs in it, because it makes it easier to see when backing up, and provides more trunk light, which is nice sometimes.