i have been wanting to black out my head/tail lights for awhile but isnt it illegal?.. i normally wouldnt care but my stepdad is in the sheriffs department in my town and he bought the truck for me soo he wouldnt be to happy.. but if theres a legal tint anyone wanna help me out here cause i love the look of it

 

I dont think there really is a law about this. All of my cars and trucks have tinted tails and headlights and never got a ticket and been pulled over and never said anything to me about them. I say it depends on the cop and how his day is going and where you live lol. If your going to tint your tails on your truck, get a led tail gate brake light thing so everytime you brake it goes on, so you can have tails tinted but still other drivers can see that long led bar and cops wont pull you over as much. I have one and it is great. Now I have heard of other people saying they got a 200 ticket for having them tinted but I have always been fine. Hope this helps, thanks

 

he should know the state laws then...i live in fl and the law states that lights have to be visible at 250ft for tails if i remember right and your heads check my threads for my new headlight pics...for the tails i used a smoked vinyl from metrodecals on ebay and the visibility is just as good as stock....imo.....no problems with the law i was advised by my father in law who is a fellow l.e.o....good luck if you need more help just let me know

 

Go to your states MVD/DOT web page or call down there. The tails have to be visible for x amount of feet and its the same with the headlights, plus you have to be able to see the reflectors in both the headlights and taillights here (or at least thats what the MVD/ADOT page says is legal). Personally I'm going tint my tails soon though to give them a slightly darker appearance.

 

thanks guys... yea he does know the laws i just dont wanna ask him if i can do it then he says no.. if i dont ask him and do it then i can say that he didnt tell me i couldnt.. haha i methods to my maddness lol.. but my buddy just did his and he had this paint that came in a can he said it was cheap so im not to sure yet i just love the look especially with my truck being silver and having black windows and toolbox

 

and where in florida do you live? i live in kissimmee/st. cloud about 30 min south of orlando.. but i am currently going to school at FAU so im living in Boca Raton and everyone has their crap blacked out.. but they can afford tickets considering they are driving lambos, ferraris, and bentleys lol

 

Here in gainesville Ive always heard tails are legal, but heads are illegal. Ive known a guy who got tickets for both but he had a long history with the same cop, my brother has had blacked out tails on 2 different cars for about 6 years total and no tickets.

 

clearwater/st pete area....i have had zero problems with mine i see all kinda cars and trucks so much darker and you can still see em at night.....just do it the stuff on ebay was like $25 for a 24"x36" piece that did alll 3 of my lights and then some....dont buy it pre cut it shrinks....

 

ok well then im probably going to do it.. i just want to make my headlights black to cause i feel like the truck will look wierd with black tails and regular head lights

 

paint the inside of your headlights like i did there is a diy in the faq section.....