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tinting tail lamp illegal or not?

Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 5:41 am
by vabellabel
can anybody plz tell me. thx

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 12:24 am
by WSLBCL7
One Motoring link click here

It's Illegal...

So far i have yet to hear my frds caught for tinting taillights? I think probably they close one eye but they are less tolerant for tinted windows and car plate, often heard ppl kena.

Any bro care to share their stories??? What abt exos?

Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 3:46 am
by Tracyd
f you tinted it in any color other than red, you have just violated that portion of the vehicle code. Red means red. It doesn't mean dark brown, or black with a hint of red. So unless you are planning to spray it with red stain glass paint or red tint, it will be illegal. Also, tinting taillights affects the viewing distance of the brake lights. So you might run into troubles there.

To sum it up... Is it illegal? Yes. Will you get pulled over by police because of your tinted taillight? Maybe, it is at the discretion of the police officer at that moment.

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:00 am
by Royal_EGK
Sad to say, They normally close one eye to rich ppl and expensive cars..

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 1:45 am
by fiqueudrue
illegal

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 3:07 pm
by ahdwin
illegal. IMO they dont really pay much attention to it. i had mine for near 3 years still not yet come across any problem. inspection will be a problem though.

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 6:19 pm
by funkychicken
Inspection sure fail, on the rd dun be stop by lta but base on luck.

Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:52 pm
by ahdwin
Got pulled over by LTA few weeks back. Pointed out my tail lamp tinted and ask me remove. Did not fault me on that. But he caught me for my tinted glass instead.

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:45 pm
by alvinchoo86
its illegal... my fren kena $70 fine. his quite dark. if you tint less than 30% they usually close 1 eye.

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:55 pm
by AlanZ
Mine tinted only partly. I left the red part as it is. Only tint the white portion.
So far caught by LTA couple times for other stuff like number plate. But no questions on the tinted tail light so far.