is it illegal to have em in california? I'm assuming they would look good on a black vette.

 

i dont know about being illegal.not sure..i have them on my lemans blue coupe...love the way they look...it's not like they hinder the ability 2 see the rear lights during the day..especially with the sun being out and all.....@ night i can't much tell they're on cuz the lights are on anyway..

 

i have a black vette too and i want them, my friend got a ticket for having black outs on his z. a fixing ticket

 

my vette is black with blacked out tail lights and i have never gotten pulled over or anything in 4 years, and it looks

 

 

 

Law states that red lights must show 500 feet behind your vehicle. Get your blackouts from CF member gst20psi and you will be fine. That's where I got mine. I have been pulled over for other nonsense (typical racial profiling cr@p) but never for blackouts.

See Pix

 

It is not so much that they are legal or illegal but if they give a COP who is already mad at you an excuse to write you up for something else. A COP could always write you up for them and then it would be up to you to sort it out in court.

I have been trying to decide what I want to do about blacking out the DRL's / Turn Signals for several months now.



In the photo above, the DRL's are ON but very hard to see. On many occasions, other drivers have waved to me thinking that I was not signaling a turn because in daylight, the turn signals are almost impossible to see. Did I mention that these drivers only used one finger when they waved to me.

I have increased the amount of black paint in the upper vent in the photo below but I am not sure yet how I am going to handle the visibility problem with the black out plastic.



I have seen blackouts advertised that are held on by static electricity and I am guessing that they would let more light through. One thought I have is to cut the plastic away over the DRL's and then try the static cling stuff over the DRL's and under the plastic ones.

I still don't know what to do, but being seen by other drivers with the DRL's on and knowing that my turn signals can be seen if very important to me.

 

DRLs disabled, clear bulbs installed and blacked out. Looks mean and <No Velcro was used (or harmed) in the installation of these blackouts. >

 

Black cars with blackouts are

 

 

I have had mine on for 6 months. I have not been pulled over for blackouts.

 

I dont know if they are legal or not but I have had mine on for about 6 months no problem, so far.

I live in Los Angeles just so you know, the pull you over for anything capitol!

 

Maybe I'm lucky-I've had blackouts on all the way around for two years. Also no front plate, modified exhaust(Andy's mod), wrong size tires(oversize), lowered, and modified intake. I have not been stopped for any of these and when I have been stopped-nothing was said about them.

 

Same here.
Plus I haven't run a front plate on any car I have owned for the 6 years I have been in the States.

 

 

damn those black out kits look stealthy and sinister... to those of you who have em on. I was thinking about the carbon fiber black outs but the originals give it a darker feel...which i like.

so having em on in the front practically makes DRLs useless?

 

Thanks! People dive to the right lane when I pull up behind them on the highway - the car looks evil..

Get your black outs from gst20psi

RE: DRLs : No, the DRL look worse with the blackouts, because it makes them a little dimmer.

Disable them - I hate them so that was one of my very first mods.

 

Ordered mine ,should be here next week

 

Love my blackouts! I also purchased mine from gst20psi! Greg is a great guy to deal with. Give him a shout!