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Old 01-30-2003, 02:58 PM   #1 (permalink)
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CLEAR TAIL LIGHTS: ILLEGAL?

wheres the best place to buy clear tail lights... clear corner lights.. all clear. well.. anywayz i heard it was illegal over here where i live.. NY... and cops can be bitches about it.. so i dunno if i should get em.. plus like u can get sued big time if someone crashes into you cause u had no red brake lights.
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wheres the best place to buy clear tail lights... clear corner lights.. all clear. well.. anywayz i heard it was illegal over here where i live.. NY... and cops can be bitches about it.. so i dunno if i should get em.. plus like u can get sued big time if someone crashes into you cause u had no red brake lights.
Yep. I got a ticket 4 years ago for them... that's why they say that they're for "offroad" use only.
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Old 01-30-2003, 03:41 PM   #3 (permalink)
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wheres the best place to buy clear tail lights... clear corner lights.. all clear. well.. anywayz i heard it was illegal over here where i live.. NY... and cops can be bitches about it.. so i dunno if i should get em.. plus like u can get sued big time if someone crashes into you cause u had no red brake lights.
Not worth it! You don't want to take a chance that someone's going to slam into you during the day because they couldn't see your brake lights. Personally I avoid driving behind cars with clears cuz I can't see their brake lights. Also it's not worth an unfriendly visit from the NYPD.
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clear tails are not illegal. Yes altering your OEM tails, and buying clears is illegal, but if you car came stock with clear tails like the next RX330.... its perfectly legal. The only illegal part would be not having a red reflector in the rear, and this is why the next RX330 has red reflectors along the bottom of the bumper, and on each rear side.
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well.. they're are illegal in most States and provinces UNLESS your car came with them.

yes the RX330 has clear "looking" lights, but you can clearly see inside the red from the bulbs.. they're not clear white like the aftermarket ones.. they're actually more transparent. and the bulbs are most likely superbright red bulbs, which would give you the RED light rather than the pink effect that clear aftermarket lights give you.

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well.. they're are illegal in most States and provinces UNLESS your car came with them.

yes the RX330 has clear "looking" lights, but you can clearly see inside the red from the bulbs.. they're not clear white like the aftermarket ones.. they're actually more transparent. and the bulbs are most likely superbright red bulbs, which would give you the RED light rather than the pink effect that clear aftermarket lights give you.

um, thats what i said. No explanation needed.
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Old 01-30-2003, 08:54 PM   #7 (permalink)
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well i live in staten island in nyc and i havent had a problem with my clear taillights n i already gotten pulled over with them for speeding in the day and night and other bs...but like rx330 u could see the red bulbs and i had the lenses for a good 9 months...so i really dont kno if theyre illegal
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Old 01-31-2003, 02:43 PM   #8 (permalink)
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im pretty sure, here in bc at least, that there has to be red on the tail lights
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as much as i hate to say it, altezzas would be your best bet, since they combine clear and red...



UNLESS you want to paint the clear taillights cherry red...
i think those look kinda cool...
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glad they dun make them for my car 8)

but instead of the clear one's sometimes they make nice ones like these


instead of the stock one. like these.


beside....i like it red anyways....makes it look like a car....
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^ ummm.....does that first one say "Type S" and has a racing stripe down the middle????

man.....what was that guy thinking......
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^ ummm.....does that first one say "Type S" and has a racing stripe down the middle????

man.....what was that guy thinking......
:o i didn't even notice the type s
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so wheres a good place to find clear tail lights??? ive tried autodynamic.com but its not clear its red and white....i want that euro look that u see like on the new altimas
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so wheres a good place to find clear tail lights??? ive tried autodynamic.com but its not clear its red and white....i want that euro look that u see like on the new altimas

you mean altezzas that you see on Toyota Atlezzas/Lexus IS300's...
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Old 02-04-2003, 12:23 AM   #15 (permalink)
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you could get altezzas and then spray either smoke or red lens spray. it would look cool because its red/smoke but when you brake you could see the individual circles. if you want to do this make sure you get the REAL japanese spray for about 25bux. my friends used the model spray and it looked like sh1t. the model ones cost like 3bux and they kept yelling stoge money, stoge money! now their taillights look like sunburned skin peeling...
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