Planning on tinting my taillights, but dont know which would be legal, supercheap auto sells 35%, 20% or 5%.
Which percent would still be allowed under ADR, and has anyone done it? I read somewhere I have to keep the red reflective thing NOT tinted?
Im in WA
That's impossible, because there custom shops that do it for $50, legit with abn businesses
Ask them if it is for "off road use only". It's not illegal to modify a taillight, but it is illegal to then drive the car on a public road.
Plenty of tint shops that will put illegal tint on your car too, if you ask for it.
EDIT: On further thought, clarification needed. ARe you talking about tinting the areas that do not have light emitting from them? As in, not the bulb housings, but around them?
And you can get shops to remove your cat converter from your exhaust, modify the suspension so it is too low, put any sort of wheels on it, add a HID headlight kit non add approved etc. doesn't make it legal.
Don't do it, making your car harder to see from behind is daft.
Sounds pointless…
It’s all legal until you get pulled over
In addition to the ADRs and general legality of this, you probably want to check your insurance company's stance. This is almost certainly a material modification that might cancel your coverage.
On a general note, headlights and brakelights are both awesome at stopping others from hitting you. Compromising your visibility for looks isn't worth it IMHO.
There's potential for someone to make a killing from a headlight that temporarily electronically tints using electrochromic polymers that are starting to appear in the building research space which is sorta like smart glass, but can be semitransparent while tinted. That'd keep the allegedly better look, but give the light the chance to ditch all tinting when it's in operation.
Or maybe someone could come up with headlights that retract into the body work when not using them. Like a pop up sort of thing?
I remember seeing something in the ADR about that.
But I could be mistaken.
I remember seeing something in the ADR about that.
Popup lights were big in the 80s and early 90s. My thought behind the electrotint was that the transition is a lot quicker than any mechanical solution.
My reply was regarding headlights that retract, and for some reason I feel like there was a mention about those in the ADR no longer allowing them in newer cars.
Pop up headlights no longer allowed because they posed a higher threat to pedestrians who're hit.
That's alright, you can leave the headlights down to protect the peds you can't see, or light them up and avoid them!
OPs next post "car insurance denied my claim as I had tinted tail lights , help"
That explains it. I thought people didn't use indicators because they are selfish. Turns out that they are using them… They're just tinted.
No, just no
Why would you want to tint your lights? Not indicating is one thing, but going out of your way to make your car harder to see is just another level of stupidity.
You honestly cannot think of one reason why someone would want to customize the look of their car?
Of course I can, but can you really justify that it's a rational thing to do? OP would be compromising his own safety and others.
It looks shit anyway. Its looks so tryhard, like a shithouse bodykit.
This sounds like a great idea. Why stop there? You should tint your headlights as well.
Just paint your lights silver like the auto-manufacturers do, that way they can't be seen in the sun either.
i see a lot of valenti tail lights on 86/brz's are they illegal too?
Depends. They can be. Under Aust. design rules, lights and warning indicators have to have a certification mark on them. So, if they are genuine from the factory like that, then yes. If they have after market lights, chances are, no.
If you look at the lights, you will see an “E” mark on them. Something like E3 or E4, etc. This says that they are set to a certain standard for colour, shape, reflectiveness (things like that) and it’s a standard used in Europe. The same standard is adopted here in Australia. I don’t have the ADR off the top of my head, but it will say something like “light must be marked with E* certification…” Found it, because sleep is over rated… This is the example for headlights, but the same is applicable to all lights on the car. Some interior lights will even have the “E” Mark.
Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 46/00 – Headlamps) 2006
4.2.1.1. A circle surrounding the letter "E" followed by the distinguishing number of the country which has granted approval; 5/
So, a lot of these “Altezza” style after market tail lights are illegal for road use in Australia.
Source: just another thing I do at work, replace head lights and when we build truck bodies, we have to adhere to ADR standards…
NICEEE thanks!!
Why why why? Have you thought of tinting your hair? It's alot cooler
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None are legal, you are not allowed to modify the taillights at all.
Anything that reduces the visual clarity of any front or rear light will deem the car unroadworthy.