Should I keep my Smoked Tail lights?
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it sucks to get pulled over just for the black out overlay and next thing you know the police will give you tickets for exhaust, window tint, intake etc...
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How are they smoked, is it an overlay or did you have them modified?
I have a Black / Obsidian car and I have been looking for a good non-overlay way to smoke mine.
I have a Black / Obsidian car and I have been looking for a good non-overlay way to smoke mine.
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Not a fan of the tails.
Was following a M5 in the city with them the other day and nearly rear ended him cuz he accelerated so quick and came to a stop and I couldnt make out his brake light was on...
Was following a M5 in the city with them the other day and nearly rear ended him cuz he accelerated so quick and came to a stop and I couldnt make out his brake light was on...
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again your opinion. but, really whose car are you driving yours? or the police?
^^Persomally, that's why I am not a big fan of smoked tails.
While I agree that smoked tails are appealing to the eye and add a certain "look" to the car, having them, I believe, increases the likleyhood of getting rear-ended because the driver behind you doesn't see that your brake lights have been applied. A rear end collision is something I would like to prevent.
Now, you can debate all you want that a rear end collision is the fault of the driver approaching from behind; but when all is said and done it is you who has to live with a repaired rear end. And while I mean no offence to any collision repair centre in particular, I do believe that after a typical collision repair, your car is just not the same. Driving my car in less-than-perfect condition after a rear-end colision as the result of a driver not having seen me clearly, because of smoked tails, would really bother me; especially when I could have possibly avoided being hit.
Smoked tails modify the appearance of a car in a positve way; but the increased potential threat of a rear end collision and how I would feel about my car, I believe, offsets the benefits.
While I agree that smoked tails are appealing to the eye and add a certain "look" to the car, having them, I believe, increases the likleyhood of getting rear-ended because the driver behind you doesn't see that your brake lights have been applied. A rear end collision is something I would like to prevent.
Now, you can debate all you want that a rear end collision is the fault of the driver approaching from behind; but when all is said and done it is you who has to live with a repaired rear end. And while I mean no offence to any collision repair centre in particular, I do believe that after a typical collision repair, your car is just not the same. Driving my car in less-than-perfect condition after a rear-end colision as the result of a driver not having seen me clearly, because of smoked tails, would really bother me; especially when I could have possibly avoided being hit.
Smoked tails modify the appearance of a car in a positve way; but the increased potential threat of a rear end collision and how I would feel about my car, I believe, offsets the benefits.
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Nah it was in stop and go, and since he was completely black tint I cant see infront of him and he took off and immediately came to a stop, so right when I got on the gas I noticed he was stop dead and I had to brake hard.
I am not saying who's fault it is if I rear end him lol, but you gotta know when people drive there's a lot of thing going on at once, and people will get distracted in their own thoughts or focus on something else (on the road I hope). Bright braking lights help snap their attention back in focus... better safe than getting hit right? But that dude's was so dim it looks like you taking a flash light to your palm and looking at it through the back of your hand, I swear to god I only knew he stopped from the speed I was closing in.
Needless to say, he was pulled over a block down the street lol
I am not saying who's fault it is if I rear end him lol, but you gotta know when people drive there's a lot of thing going on at once, and people will get distracted in their own thoughts or focus on something else (on the road I hope). Bright braking lights help snap their attention back in focus... better safe than getting hit right? But that dude's was so dim it looks like you taking a flash light to your palm and looking at it through the back of your hand, I swear to god I only knew he stopped from the speed I was closing in.
Needless to say, he was pulled over a block down the street lol