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RE: smoked rear lights...opinions - 5/9/2008 9:39:09 PM   
Cat Girl

 

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I've considered doing this because my car is black and I love the look of total black on the Mustang.  

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RE: smoked rear lights...opinions - 5/9/2008 11:49:01 PM   
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i was asking because i found a kit for your pair of brake lights on ebay for 7.95 i think....not bad but, eh still trying to decide...not real sure what the italian law is over here about that. :-D

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RE: smoked rear lights...opinions - 5/11/2008 1:12:19 PM   
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ORIGINAL: schapman

Why would he run into problems at night?  I actually have my tails painted/tinted.  they still light up red when the lights are on,   

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ORIGINAL: mark692

If they aren't removable, you're gonna run int some problems with the PoPo at night. Might wanna just consider the GTS ones.  




Because u have to have a rear-facing red reflector on each tail light...leageally, and if they are darkened in any way, if he gets rear eneded, he can be up the civil sh*t creek without a paddle.

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RE: smoked rear lights...opinions - 5/11/2008 9:02:44 PM   
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On my way back from Ensenada one Sunday night I was zooming along when I saw a very faint red light far ahead. I am an attentive, careful (read: fearful) driver, so I slowed way down, just in time to avoid an accident.

An accident had already happened: the light I saw was the single tail light of a dump truck, partially obscured by mud. A VW Karmann Ghia had come along, apparently the driver was not warned by the dim light, and struck the truck hard enough to move its rear axle about three feet forward.

A VW Karmann Ghia doesn't have much in the way of crush space up front. The two front-seat occupants were beyond help. The back seat passengers were seriously injured: the girl was unconscious and bleeding from her ears. Her boyfriend was going into shock,; the left half of his face seemed relatively normal, but was an inch or so farther back than the other side.

The truck driver was not around. When some vacationing EMT people arrived and took over, I left, too. In Mexico authorities arrest and detain witnesses as well as principals.

Point being: not everyone is an attentive, careful, fearful driver. You make it easy to hit you, they will. Why risk that for a little style? Much as I like the blacked-out look, it's just not worth it to me.

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