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Originally Posted by sharpsicle
Assuming is dangerous. Don't do it! Especially if you're asking for someone else to look into the law based on that assumption.
Just remember, not being ticketed doesn't equate to it not being illegal or improper. It's a judgement call on the officer's part on what his goal for the traffic stop is.
Putting any aftermarket lighting on a car (or modifying factory lenses) is always questionable in terms of the law, if not straight up a violation of it. Just like, technically speaking, any exhaust modification can also be viewed as a violation. It's the calculated risk that anyone who does these modifications takes. I would be hesitant to ever imply otherwise.
This is why personally, I keep the factory sets of any lights I replace so that if I do get cited for it, I can just swap them out and show it was repaired and get the ticket removed.
All that said, if you don't cause problems on the road, you won't draw attention. If you don't draw attention, things like this won't be an issue.
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I wasn’t assuming as much as saying that I have read the CVC, and I have seen nothing stating it is a violation, so I was asking for evidence of the law, since I wasn’t making a claim that there is a law, and I can’t really prove a negative much more than linking the CVC, which I did.
Any modifications from the cats back is California smog legal and anything under 95db is not violating exhaust noise laws, so not a violation as you say.
Lighting laws are often written in a way that specifies the amount of lights, the location and the minimum performance. Just to give an example, the front markers need to be amber in California (white or amber in many states), but there is only a specification that it illuminates amber when it is on at night. It can be an amber housing with a white bulb or a white/smoked housing with an amber bulb; it just needs to light up amber. It also needs to be seen from 500ft away. Tinting would seem to be a problem then, except my LED bulb is brighter than the incandescent bulb. Moreover, a candle can be seen from like a mile away at night, so most modifications would be more than bright enough.
Mild tinting LED lights is likely going to do very little to prevent them from performing as needed.