Stockings or no stockings

[slighty_looney]

Hey all, i jst wondering wat u guys thought of the gud o'l stockings ova the headlights, mynes blackd out in my pic but its not with stockings lol, jst seen alota cars in palmy wid stockings ova the front and back headlights, so is it cool to get ya mums o'l stockings and put em on ur lights or shud we jst keep the stockings on womens legs?

[Dell'Orto]

Gay, not to mention illegal.

[ollieboy]

I used to have a car that had them on when I bought them, I tried taking them off but they actually held the lights on. I was ridiculed until I sold the car.

But yes they gay.

[barryogen]

I can't believe that this question even has to be asked... they're fscking way out.

[mr pad]

yo dey make you look hella tuf, cause y0 car looks hella tuf, therfore u must b 2 sun. uh.

[mupp3t]

if i put them on my headlights then what will i wear on those oh so lonely nights

[mr pad]

if i put them on my headlights then what will i wear on those oh so lonely nights

your granny bashers (with leg extention)...

[EVL GSXR]

if i put them on my headlights then what will i wear on those oh so lonely nights

your granny bashers (with leg extention)...

[mupp3t]

well when you outgrow your bart simpson dick pointers let me know and ill borrow those instead p

[MINTFX]

OI dont hassle the stockings!!! I only have mine on to cover up the cracked tail lights, doesnt look too bad.

http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/2579 ... ear0sk.jpg

Oversized image - img tags removed. Please watch out for that. BJ

[CaM]

stockings = shocking.
$&#$%, smoke them properly etc lol.
smoked headlights look ham anyway

[mr pad]

well when you outgrow your bart simpson dick pointers let me know and ill borrow those instead p

Ive actually upgraded to good old ball huggers, in zebra print, so the're all yours...

[BlakJak]

Smoked lights are pain in the arse.
Nevermind their questionable legality.
They make tail lights hard to see, nevermind brake lights, in bright lighting conditions you can barely see em at all and in low light conditions (non dark) theyre obscured. Theyre no good at a distance in the pitch dark either.

Rice rice rice...

[MINTFX]

They make tail lights hard to see, nevermind brake lights, in bright lighting conditions you can barely see em at all and in low light conditions (non dark) theyre obscured. Theyre no good at a distance in the pitch dark either.

Mine are totally fine, The brake lights are definatly bright enough and the indicator is the same brightness as before. The original tail lights look yuk with the red and yellow, just didnt suit it.

Only reason I didnt smoke them or spray stuff on as I didnt want it to be permanent as when I come to sell it, or the cops arent happy about it I can rip them off.

It really depends on what car they are on, newer cars they look shocking.

[CozmoNz]

Im sure they look phat on my car..

oh hang on..

[GGnz]

Isn't it illegal to deface ur lights in any respect? Whether it be stockings, smoking the glass, or that tint shit?

[BlakJak]

They make tail lights hard to see, nevermind brake lights, in bright lighting conditions you can barely see em at all and in low light conditions (non dark) theyre obscured. Theyre no good at a distance in the pitch dark either.

Mine are totally fine, The brake lights are definatly bright enough and the indicator is the same brightness as before. The original tail lights look yuk with the red and yellow, just didnt suit it.

Only reason I didnt smoke them or spray stuff on as I didnt want it to be permanent as when I come to sell it, or the cops arent happy about it I can rip them off.

It really depends on what car they are on, newer cars they look shocking.

Sorry, I don't buy that. Who defines 'bright enough'?
In my mind its just a 'rice' modification that has no real function; covering up a cracked lense? pfft... lenses crack. Big deal - replace, or live with it.

Isn't it illegal to deface ur lights in any respect? Whether it be stockings, smoking the glass, or that tint sh*t?

http://www.landtransport.govt.nz/rules/ ... 04.html#21

http://www.landtransport.govt.nz/rules/ ... 04.html#42

2.1(14) The type and performance of light sources used in lighting equipment must be as specified by:

* (a) the vehicle manufacturer, for lighting equipment that is original equipment specification on a production vehicle; or
* (b) the lighting equipment manufacturer, for lighting equipment that is retrofitted to a vehicle; or
* (c) the Low Volume Vehicle Code, for lighting equipment fitted to a low volume vehicle; or
* (d) an organisation recognised by the Director under 13.7(b).

How can the 'type and performance' of your light sources be specified by the equipment manufacturer if you have substantially altered them through the use of what is effectively a darkening filter?



Also potentially relevant:

A person who modifies vehicle lighting equipment, or who modifies a motor vehicle so as to adversely affect the performance of its lighting equipment, must:

* (a) ensure that the modification does not prevent the motor vehicle from complying with the relevant safety requirements in this rule; and
* (b) notify the operator if the motor vehicle must be inspected and, if necessary, certified, because there is reason to believe it is:
o (i) a light motor vehicle that has been modified so as to become a low volume vehicle; or

The safety requirements specified in the rule simply say that the lights must be 'substantially red'...
So by those grounds if the light output is still 'substantially red' then by some takes, you're fine. By others, you need to be certed.

Its a borderline issue in terms of the law, in my opinion... and this is based solely on a fairly quick google search.

Theres another interesting overview document here:

http://www.landtransport.govt.nz/vehicl ... right.html

[BlakJak]

A wider google revealed a discussion in .au as well:

http://www.caraudioaustralia.com/forums ... 62093&st=0

[MINTFX]

Sorry, I don't buy that. Who defines 'bright enough'?
In my mind its just a 'rice' modification that has no real function; covering up a cracked lense? pfft... lenses crack. Big deal - replace, or live with it.l

Who defines it? The mechanic that gives me my WOF, the cops that follow me at night and dont have a problem with it. I dont really give a toss about the cracked lense, ive already got another set of tail lights sitting here waiting to go on, and they will when I sell it. It has no real function? Do 17" rims have a function? Yes...looks, same with the stockings/smoked tail lights.

Anyway.....It comes down to personal preference. Some people like it some people dont. You need to see it in person before you go calling ghey etc.

[BlakJak]

You posted the image..
Plus ive seen enough cars with 'tinted lenses'.

You're not being pulled over because they have better things to do. Failure to pull you up on it does not make it legal - nor 'right' (and many things that are 'wrong' are not 'illegal').

BJ.