new taillights

[src4usarmy]

Thought I'd post some pics of my new black taillights. Black projector headllights are on the way. I think they go with the truck alot better since everything else is black on it.

[StuntDriver06]

are those legal? where can i find laws about them, i googled several different phrases but all i can find is about windows nothing about tail lights..

[src4usarmy]

Originally Posted by StuntDriver06

are those legal? where can i find laws about them, i googled several different phrases but all i can find is about windows nothing about tail lights..

i'm not 100% positive but I don't really see why they wouldn't be. the housing is black and the lenses are clear, it has lights and reflectors just like the stock only different shape. i see these type of lights on all kinds of cars around here only the housings are chrome. they do have DOT stamped on them, whether its legit or not I don't know. TN is pretty relaxed on a lot of the laws like that unlike VA where I used to live. different states have different laws, maybe a loe on here could chime in. my front tint is 20% here and to be legal it should be 35% and a lot of people have it like that and most of the time nobody messes with ya unless you are doing something else wrong to start with. i'll do a search myself and see if i come up with anything.

[Carbeaux]

Originally Posted by StuntDriver06

are those legal? where can i find laws about them, i googled several different phrases but all i can find is about windows nothing about tail lights..

Here in Texas you'd check with the Department of Publc Safety, our State Troopers. Probably similar there. Go to that website and hopefully it will have a search function. If not, call them. That's what I did with a similar question. They don't mind as they'd rather you have good (legal) information than guessing.

[src4usarmy]

i went to TN's laws and found this and called a friend of mine who is a city cop here and he said this was correct, meaning they have everything required and are legal. they use the same bulbs in the same positions as the stock lenses also.



(b) (1) Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with two (2) red tail lamps and two (2) red stoplights on the rear of such vehicle, and one (1) tail lamp and one (1) stoplight shall be on each side, except that passenger cars manufactured or assembled prior to January 1, 1939, trucks manufactured or assembled prior to January 1, 1968, and motorcycles and motor-driven cycles shall have at least one (1) red tail lamp and one (1) red stoplight. No non-emergency vehicle shall operate or install emergency flashing light systems such as strobe, wig-wag, or other flashing lights in tail light lamp, stoplight area, or factory installed emergency flasher and backup light area; provided, however, that the foregoing prohibition shall not apply to the utilization of a continuously flashing light system. For the purposes of this part, “continuously flashing light system” means a brake light system in which the brake lamp pulses rapidly for no more than five (5) seconds when the brake is applied, and then converts to a continuous light as a normal brake lamp until such time as the brake is released.





(2) The stoplight shall be so arranged as to be actuated by the application of the service or foot brake and shall be capable of being seen and distinguished from a distance of one hundred feet (100") to the rear of a motor vehicle in normal daylight, but shall not project a glaring or dazzling light.





(3) The stoplight may be incorporated with the tail lamp.





(4) Motor vehicle taillight lamps may operate as following:





(A) A white backup light operates when the motor vehicle is in reverse;





(B) When the driver is in a panic stop condition going forward, the backup lamp pulses or flashes red; and





(C) Upon normal stops of the motor vehicle, there is no action by the backup light.





(c) Each lamp and stoplight required in this section shall be in good condition and operational.





(d) (1) No vehicle operated in this state shall be equipped with any flashing red or white light or any combination of red or white lights which displays to the front of such vehicle except school buses, a passenger motor vehicle operated by a rural mail carrier of the United States postal service while performing the duties of a rural mail carrier, authorized law enforcement vehicles only when used in combination with a flashing blue light, and emergency vehicles used in firefighting, including ambulances, emergency vehicles used in firefighting which are owned or operated by the division of forestry, firefighting vehicles, rescue vehicles, privately owned vehicles of regular or volunteer firefighters certified in § 55-9-201(c), or other emergency vehicles used in firefighting owned, operated, or subsidized by the governing body of any county or municipality.





(2) Any emergency rescue vehicle owned, titled and operated by a state chartered rescue squad, a member of the Tennessee Association of Rescue Squads, privately owned vehicles of regular or volunteer firefighters certified in § 55-9-201(c), and marked with lettering at least three inches (3²) in size and displayed on the left and right sides of the vehicle designating it an “Emergency Rescue Vehicle,” any authorized civil defense emergency vehicle displaying the appropriate civil defense agency markings of at least three inches (3²), and any ambulance or vehicle equipped to provide emergency medical services properly licensed as required in the state of Tennessee and displaying the proper markings, shall also be authorized to be lighted in one (1) or more of the following manners:





(A) A red or red/white visibar type with public address system;





(B) A red or red/white oscillating type light; and





(C) Blinking red or red/white lights, front and rear.





(3) Any vehicle, other than a school bus, a passenger motor vehicle operated by a rural mail carrier of the United States postal service while performing the duties of a rural mail carrier or an emergency vehicle authorized by this section to display flashing red or red/white lights, or authorized law enforcement vehicles using red, white, and blue lights in combination, that displays any such lights shall be considered in violation of this subsection (d).





(e) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, nothing in this section shall prohibit a highway maintenance or utility vehicle, or any other type vehicle or equipment participating, in any fashion, with highway or utility construction, maintenance, or inspection, from operating a white, amber, or white and amber light system on any location on such vehicle or equipment, other than in the taillight lamp, stoplight area, or factory installed emergency flasher and backup light area, if such light system is a strobe, flashing, oscillating, or revolving system, while the vehicle or equipment is parked upon, entering or leaving any highway or utility construction, maintenance, repair or inspection site.





(2) As used in this subsection (e), “utility” means any person, municipality, county, metropolitan government, cooperative, board, commission, district, or any entity created or authorized by public act, private act, or general law to provide electricity, natural gas, water, waste water services, telephone service, or any combination thereof, for sale to consumers in any particular service area.





(3) As used in subdivision (e)(2), “cooperative” means any cooperative providing utility services including, but not limited to, electric or telephone services, or both.





(4) Nothing in this subsection (e) imposes any duty or obligation to install or utilize the lighting systems allowed in this section.

[src4usarmy]

Originally Posted by StuntDriver06

are those legal? where can i find laws about them, i googled several different phrases but all i can find is about windows nothing about tail lights..

just thought i'd post this also, i found this under NC laws. hope it helps if you are planning on the lights.

(d) Rear Lamps. – Every motor vehicle, and every trailer or semitrailer attached to a motor vehicle and every vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a combination of vehicles, shall have all originally equipped rear lamps or the equivalent in good working order, which lamps shall exhibit a red light plainly visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of 500 feet to the rear of such vehicle. One rear lamp or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and placed that the number plate carried on the rear of such vehicle shall under like conditions be illuminated by a white light as to be read from a distance of 50 feet to the rear of such vehicle. Every trailer or semitrailer shall carry at the rear, in addition to the originally equipped lamps, a red reflector of the type which has been approved by the Commissioner and which is so located as to height and is so maintained as to be visible for at least 500 feet when opposed by a motor vehicle displaying lawful undimmed lights at night on an unlighted highway.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the first paragraph of this subsection, it shall not be necessary for a trailer weighing less than 4,000 pounds, or a trailer described in G.S. 20‑51(6) weighing less than 6,500 pounds, to carry or be equipped with a rear lamp, provided such vehicle is equipped with and carries at the rear two red reflectors of a diameter of not less than three inches, such reflectors to be approved by the Commissioner, and which are so designed and located as to height and are maintained so that each reflector is visible for at least 500 feet when approached by a motor vehicle displaying lawful undimmed headlights at night on an unlighted highway.

[[SC]Titan]

they look pretty sweet since you've got the whole black on silver thing going...will look even better when your headlights come in

[StuntDriver06]

those taillights do look good, from the pic it looked like they were tinted

thanks for the info.... what i wanted to do was tint the taillight covers... so i guess as long as you can see them from 500 feet it should be legal...

[src4usarmy]

Originally Posted by [SC]Titan

they look pretty sweet since you've got the whole black on silver thing going...will look even better when your headlights come in

thanks, i'm still waiting on the headlights. i ordered them on the 1st and just found out on the evening of the 8th that they were out of stock and expecting more this week. I got them off ebay from http://stores.ebay.com/Genki-Tuning

i sent them a bunch of emails all week long because they said that they shipped them, but when i checked the tracking number, it said UPS had only recieved the billing info, no package yet. i sent a message through ebay friday morning and they finally answered me but i did say i was going to file a claim with ebay and paypal (don't know if that helped) but they were very apologetic. they also sent an email saying they had left feedback for me and left me a link to do the same for them. i checked and they didn't leave mine and when i sent them a message asking what was going on, i never got an answer. i paid right after the auction ended so my part is finished and I should have my feedback but i'm sure i'll get a neg one when i leave it for them. all kinds of people sale them on ebay, just don't buy from these morons.

[blk06titan]

looks pretty good