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SteveW
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8th Jan 11 at 01:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
No not with a pair of tights...

Want to go with a black theme on the VXR8, just wondering what the police are like towards tinted headlights. want to go for a smoked look
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8th Jan 11 at 01:29   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
can you not do a depo style light?
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8th Jan 11 at 09:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Depo ? is that where the insides are painted black ??

If so then they already are
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8th Jan 11 at 10:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Can put a light tint on the back lights as long as you can still see the light shining through and as long as you mask up the reflectors.
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8th Jan 11 at 10:19   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
heres beckhams porsche with black headlights, its in america so laws my be different,
i dont know myself though
http://swns.com/porsche-spice-david-beckhams-beloved-car-for-sale-on-ebay-061048.html




[Edited on 08-01-2011 by Tomnova16]

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8th Jan 11 at 10:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hmmm, Tom can you have a look into it for me pretty please.
Want to make side indicators black too (currently white/clear)

want to do a "murdered out" look
^^ i hate that terminology^^
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8th Jan 11 at 10:41   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
just spoke to the guys in the MOT bay
indicators, side repeaters and rear lights can be as dark as you like so long as the correct colour is clearly visible when they are on.
Headlights can only be yellow/amber or clear, zero tolerance on tinting them black

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8th Jan 11 at 10:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
awwwww

oh, well.. car will be nearly all black
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8th Jan 11 at 10:43   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thay are quite dark anyway


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You need to not tint the reflectors as well Tom.
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8th Jan 11 at 10:49   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ah yes what he said

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yeah they are dark but i want them slightly darker.
the reflectors are built into the rear cluster so will see how that goes
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8th Jan 11 at 11:04   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
just tint the headlights too

they wont need much and i wouldnt have thought the police would give you grief as its not a car they would go after
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^^ true.. might give it a go and see
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8th Jan 11 at 11:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Sayin that about the reflectors, you could tint the whole light reflector and all and position a couple of more subtle stick on ones somewhere?

With the headlights, chances are that the police will either be driving past you and not see them or be in front of you and probably not notice. Just remember to have a get out when it comes to MOT time.

[Edited on 08-01-2011 by alan-g-w]

 
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