Tinting Tail Lights

[john_l]

I have an ae111 Levin and I have looked everywhere for new taillights and i see that some people have them tinted..

Is this legal?

My car currently looks like this -

I reckon it would look cool with blacked out taillights etc...

j/w if using stockings etc is legal, and what the best way to do it was or if to do it at all...

Cheers

[Silent Knight]

Why would you want to do this?

It makes your stop lights etc hard to see at day and night for other people on the road trying to drive aswell.

AFAIK stockings are not legal and neither are tinting your tailights...

[john_l]

I dunno Can you get clear taillights for ae111?

They look cool stantard but ye, a few mods still to do before i look into that stuff anyways.

ty

[aesc]

BZR tail lights fit, could be an option

[86_rolla]

i think it is legal, i theink it was WoW car was offering to tint tails for $120, i asked if it was legal and he said completely, so maybe its to do with the amount of light being let thru

[Chickenman]

BZR tail lights fit, could be an option

Definately.. BZR Trueno tail lights are good, not that cheap though. $200-ish each if you knows people

Could be up to $350 each through Braxtons etc.

(Trueno lights on a Levin)

[wde_bdy]

i think it is legal, i theink it was WoW car was offering to tint tails for $120, i asked if it was legal and he said completely, so maybe its to do with the amount of light being let thru

Completely illegal, may sneak through a WoF but that won't help you if someone hits you and claims your lights were too dark.

Callum

[trueno_20v]

Yup get trueno bzr tail lights, they look alot better than tinted etc..

[B1NZ]

Dont listen to them, the 97+ Levin tail lights are better, who's want a set of ghey Trueno lights on thier fabulous Levin?

[trueno_20v]

Dont listen to them, the 97+ Levin tail lights are better, who's want a set of ghey Trueno lights on thier fabulous Levin?

lol everyone knows that the ae92, 101 and 111 truenos are all better looking than the Levins

[no_8wire]

I thought you COULD tint you tail lights..HOWEVER the reflector must NOT be tinted...

[Victoria]

i tinted my tail lights purely beacuse i have a trueno face lift, and the tail lights are not the nicest feature... i havn't had any trouble from the cops for them.

Just use a can of tint spray from repco, its only 10$.. then you can control how dark you want them. (detatch them from your car first... and wipe them with meths... just in case you hadnt worked that out your self)

[4ageman]

Summary of legislation Reasons for rejection
10. A lamp must emit light that is visible from a
distance of 200 m in normal darkness.
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[wde_bdy]

http://www.landtransport.govt.nz/vehicles/get-your-lights-right.html

Tinting
It is illegal to apply any kind of tint film, tint paint or opaque sticker to any lamp which has a function other than decoration (eg non-cosmetic).

[peas]

lol everyone knows that the ae92, 101 and 111 truenos are all better looking than the Levins

Thems fighting words!

[trueno_20v]

i tinted my tail lights purely beacuse i have a trueno face lift, and the tail lights are not the nicest feature...

you can buy non facelift tail lights off me but i dont have the center peice..viewtopic.php?p=456380#456380

[bluemaumau]

those top two pics chickenman posted look great, get either of them instead of some ratsass tint job

[soopachargen]

I have an ae91 rolla and wanna tint the taillights... does that mean i need to go to a holden nova taillight rather than spray them??

[BlakJak]

Did you miss the bit where it was stated that it was entirely illegal????

DONT. TINT. YOUR. TAIL. LIGHTS.

Seems simple enough, really.

[BlakJak]

Sigh.

viewtopic.php?t=44020

viewtopic.php?t=34139&postdays=0&postorder=asc

I knew i'd seen this issue come up recently.

I have added an article to the FAQ, strongly encourage you to read it.

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