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| 530.2 | | VOGON::ATWAL | Dreams, they complicate my life | Wed Feb 21 1990 17:41 | 3 |
| does anyone know if blackening tail lights like this is legal ?
...Art.
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| 530.3 | | SWEEP::ALFORD | Fantasy is the reality of life... | Wed Feb 21 1990 18:29 | 8 |
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...well (I think it's) the passat has plastic the same colour as the
bodywork completely covering the tail light cluster, so the lights are
only visible when they are on...
they let that one into the country, so it can't be too illegal.
I don't know how they resolve the reflector problem though...
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| 530.4 | read recently (?) | SWEEP::GALVIN | Steven GALVIN @BST, DTN: 781-4393:-) | Thu Feb 22 1990 10:23 | 11 |
| With regards to legality of blackened tail-lights, I think I read recently
( maybe in this notesfile, or even 'Auto Express' ) that it is legal to blacken
the lights but the reflectors must remain as they are, or if these are blackened
then new reflectors have to be fitted elsewhere on the rear of the car.
Anyway this is only my thoughts on the matter, I am not certain, and as such
please do not take my word as gospel.
Regards
Steven
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| 530.5 | | VOGON::ATWAL | Dreams, they complicate my life | Thu Feb 22 1990 10:36 | 11 |
| talked to an ex-police driving instructor last night & he said that if the
lights had a BSI kite mark then they were perfectly legal.
otherwise (painted lights) they are legal as long as the red light shines thru
as red.
do Quattro's have extra rear reflectors (they have black rear light as standard)?
???
...art.
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| 530.6 | | DUCK::TAYLORG | Bodybuilders do it till it hurts | Thu Feb 22 1990 12:59 | 4 |
| Well the Jaguar XJ6 has blacked out rear lights plus the reflectors
are mounted in the rear bumper.
Grant
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| 530.7 | European type approval rules these days | JANUS::BARKER | Jeremy Barker - Reading, England | Fri Feb 23 1990 19:39 | 11 |
| Re: .5
> talked to an ex-police driving instructor last night & he said that if the
> lights had a BSI kite mark then they were perfectly legal.
These days they have to have the European type approval symbol, which is a
circle containing the letter E and a number. It is *illegal* to modify any
light from what was type approved. Only having the BSI kitemark is OK if
the lights predate european type approval testing.
jb
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| 530.8 | Looks good, but not good!! | SUBURB::PARTRIDGES | Stefan Partridge | Mon Apr 19 1993 11:49 | 13 |
| I have down this mod to my Mk1 Golf GTI. I decided to only cover the
top half of my lights, e.g. indicators,driving lights and half fog, so
you can still see the fog lights clearly. It looked realy good until I
went for my M.O.Y two months later and failed, on the lights being
"dim". You can remove the stuff using celliouse thinner, but beware. It
burns the skin. Also you have to use some elbow grease.
If you still want to do this then, do so. But when the m.o.t comes up,
by some offer light covers to put on just incase.
Stefan
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