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Originally Posted by BuBlake
I noticed that as well with the lighting. Unfortunately they do seem less visible in direct sunlight, as I noticed when I unlocked the car while walking back to it today.
I don't think i'll be taking another video until I get them fixed. I definitely don't want more attention from the police or worse, an accident.
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You will have to excuse me as I am not intimately familiar with the back of our own tails, but the pictures you posted of the backside of the taillights, were those of the stockers or the aftermarkets?
If they are the aftermarket ones it looks like the wires are exposed enough to stick an iron in there, though I am guessing the pictures are of the stock configuration and as you say the aftermarket ones are totally sealed.
If they are sealed, you can go a different albeit less pretty route. Once you have isolated which wire is which, you can simply cut, strip, swap, solder, and shrinkwrap the wires.
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Originally Posted by JPxM0Dz
If you want to get technical, how many guys are running illegal mods on their cars everyday without even realizing it, let alone running tails that may or may not meet safety or legal requirements.
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I'll agree, but I do think there is a difference between an illegal mod that skirts the law, and one that blatantly affects safety.
In the case of these tails, they're tinted, which decreases light output but also means they have a strong appeal to people with gray and black cars such as in BuBlake's case. Secondly, there are no reflectors. This is kind of a big deal, because our tail lights are the ONLY reflectors on the rear of the car. (No, the rear fog assembly, contrary to popular belief, is not a reflector) Lastly, as wired, the only rear running lamps are relatively dim turn signals. This is a problem both for reasons of visibility, and compliance not just with the law but with expectations. If you are driving down the road and see a car with its hazards stuck on it is likely to be confusing. In addition red is a color that grabs attention more readily than yellow which enhances visibility. Lastly rear turn signals on this car only face rearwards so, other than your front fender side markers, you have no other visibility elements on the rear 8/10th's of the car either in the form of reflectors or lights.
So what you end up with is a dark car with no retroreflectors running dim yellow lights as the only visibility enhancement. If you think this is an acceptable risk then we can agree to disagree. Part of my job is to deal with the aftermath of accidents and I've been to fatal rear enders. One thing I wholeheartedly believe is modern tail lights are much safer because they are brighter and larger. You can see this readily when driving on the roads and ahead of you is a new car and one from 20 years ago side by side. I personally would rather curse someone's loud exhaust any day than have them get creamed because no one could see their car in time.
If anyone were to purchase these lights I would strongly recommend altering the wiring scheme to what is no doubt the intended operation. Pretty sad the manufacturer botched it on production.