Are they illegal in Great britain?

Ill be coming living with Family over Britain for a while in the not so distant future.

is it ilegal to have my rear lights tinted?

or can I replace the lgihts with much brighter ones? :confused:

thanks

As long as they allow the appriopriate amount of light through the cluster then tinting is fine. Over here most go for a very light tint, so as not to affect the lights to much.

Some of the cars I see over here, especially those from eastern europe are so dark, that even when its dark outside the lights are barely visible.

Ahh brilliant.

I'll get it checked out.

and sorted as soon as my finances allow me too

People thinkink Im crazy because Im customizing my skoda

oh- joy.

thanks

yep they are legal mate i had them on my turbo beetle and it continually passed the MOT. I had the inpro ones and they were well smart - can look some pictures out if you like to give you an idea of darkness?

here you go:-

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I quite like much the darkness of your rear lights

did you use tahat tailight spray?

thanks

Hiya Mine are InPro rear lights done by a specialist company you an get them on ebay they are a german based company i believe

The problem with tinting the lights with paint is that you run the risk of reducing the effectiveness of the reflectors... if this is the case then you need to fit additional reflectors to the back of the car.

Tinted the rear lights of the Scooby with tinting spray from Halfords. Never had any problems and the lights and reflectors worked absolutely fine

Chris

Ok than kyou very much

maybe I get anotehr set of rear lights?

so when my car has its service I can just put legal ones back?

but can police in britain tell if they are reflective or not?

thanks for all the help

Holy Mother Of God! :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

A beetle that looks good!

I must be drunk... :confused:

Holy Mother Of God! :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

A beetle that looks good!

I must be drunk... :confused:

why thank you that was my pride and joy did a lot of work on it and that was it only half finished and on the old alloys before the BBS's went on.

I don't usualy like beatles, but I must agree mort, real nice (y)

great job.

oh thanks for all the help on the tinted lights issue, I got some spare ones from garage today.

Ok than kyou very much

maybe I get anotehr set of rear lights?

so when my car has its service I can just put legal ones back?

but can police in britain tell if they are reflective or not?

thanks for all the help

If the lights work, then they are legal. If they don't work, they're illegal, and why would you want to drive around with lights that don't work! The lights can take 4 or 5 coatings with tinting spray without affecting how the lights workthe light output and we never had any issues at MOT time. Police can tell if a light is reflective, especially if they're following you with their lights on

Chris