Smoking the lights

[Thor]

Has anyone done this before, I was thinking of tinting my Taillights with some cleartint using my spray gun and was wondering if anyone has done it before. And if they had success with a certain brand or a liking.

[MechEngg]

Re: Smoking the lights

Yes ive done it before, i used VHT nightshades.

I would not recommend tinting your taillights, not only is it illegal if you go dark enough, it just isn't safe, especially in the day time. I hated mine at the end

[Thor]

Re: Smoking the lights

thats why i was just gonna do a very light coat just enough to give a hazy look, and i didn't know it was illegal ?

[CGY_GTI]

Re: Smoking the lights

My tails are factory tinted, so I've never done it before. It can look good, just be careful if you do decide to do it - Make sure the lights are clearly visible from however far back... I can't remember what the law is. You can probably get away with a very light tint, but I honestly wouldn't do anything more.

I couldn't tell you how many times I've been following cars with tail lights tinted so dark that you couldn't see the brake lights... The only light you could see was the third brake light. Annoying as hell IMO

[Thor]

Re: Smoking the lights

Yea thats why i was planning on using Cleartint because i can choose my layer so i would only do say 2-3 and its clearly visible the lights shine threw really good and it doesnt look like some of the Ones i have seen were you can't see thelight at all i agree scott those tails are annoying AF

[MechEngg]

Re: Smoking the lights

Yeah i found the law for BC, still searching for the alberta one. You need to be able to see the red tail light from 150m, which is hard to do with a blacked out taillight. If you did a light coat it wouldn't be too bad

Tail lamps
4.15 (1) A motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer must be equipped with 2 tail lamps, mounted on the rear of the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, that are capable of displaying only red light visible from a distance of 150 m to the rear on both sides of the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer at an angle of 45° from the longitudinal axis of the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer.

[CGY_GTI]

Re: Smoking the lights

Yea thats why i was planning on using Cleartint because i can choose my layer so i would only do say 2-3 and its clearly visible the lights shine threw really good and it doesnt look like some of the Ones i have seen were you can't see thelight at all i agree scott those tails are annoying AF

That sounds like the best way to go about it to me, but then again I've never tried it myself.

I could be wrong, but 150m sounds familiar to me. That's probably a pretty safe number to work around

[MechEngg]

Re: Smoking the lights

Removed because BC laws

[MechEngg]

Re: Smoking the lights

Alberta

http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/Regs/2009_122.pdf

Lit brake lamp
20(1) A brake lamp on a vehicle must light up when the service
brake is applied.
(2) A lit brake lamp on a vehicle, other than a moped or power
bicycle, must be clearly visible from at least 250 metres to the rear.

[CGY_GTI]

Re: Smoking the lights

Alberta

http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/Regs/2009_122.pdf

Lit brake lamp
20(1) A brake lamp on a vehicle must light up when the service
brake is applied.
(2) A lit brake lamp on a vehicle, other than a moped or power
bicycle, must be clearly visible from at least 250 metres to the rear.

Also,

13(4) A tail lamp must be capable of emitting a red light that is visible from at least 150 metres to the rear.

So the BC law was relevant for the tail lights at least. Not sure about the brake lights though

[martin13]

Re: Smoking the lights

Pretty sure it's illegal to lower your car as well

[Danaldson]

Re: Smoking the lights

talk to boostedmk4 (jeff) on the forums here. he did awesome work when i had my tails tinted.

[Canadian Turbo]

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I used VHT Nightshades on my first car back in 1994, but even then just did a light coating to reduce the red, never had any issues but never did it again either.

[VwSweetHeart]

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talk to boostedmk4 (jeff) on the forums here. he did awesome work when i had my tails tinted.

This! Jeff did mine and I still have it on. He does amazing work and you can pick your level of tint.

[P Arkus]

Re: Smoking the lights

Pretty sure it's illegal to lower your car as well

Pretty sure its also illegal to alter your headlights in any way. Even if it does produce a better light output, its no longer DOT approved. So talking about legal matter in this case is kind of pointless