Legal or not

[bigrick68]

Do any know of a law here in VA that prohibits me from getting tint over lay for the tail lights on my car?

any help is much appreciated

[CavemanRacing]

Pretty sure its illegal. Welcome to VA.

[bigrick68]

damn damn damn...thanks.....not sure if thats going to change my mind or not

[driveitright]

not sure if thats going to change my mind or not
Then why waste your time making a thread to ask?

[Tom]

I've seen plenty of cars running around with blacked out tails... as long as it's not some ridiculously dark tint, and you can still easily see when you brake I don't see it being much of a problem. But who knows, this is VA.

[bigrick68]

Then why waste your time making a thread to ask?

i was actually being sarcastic....:D

[driveitright]

i was actually being sarcastic....:D

In that case, it was the worst use of sarcasm I've ever seen.

[CavemanRacing]

In that case, it was the worst use of sarcasm I've ever seen.:thdown: dumb


You may eventually get a ticket for it, but I do not think most cops are going to get butt hurt over it.

[audiS4_apr]

Do any know of a law here in VA that prohibits me from getting tint over lay for the tail lights on my car?

any help is much appreciated

§ 46.2-1002. Illegal possession or sale of certain unapproved equipment.

It shall be unlawful for any person to possess with intent to sell or offer for sale, either separately or as a part of the equipment of a motor vehicle, or to use or have as equipment on a motor vehicle operated on a highway any lighting device, warning device, signal device, safety glass, or other equipment for which approval is required by any provision of this chapter or any part or parts tending to change or alter the operation of such device, glass, or other equipment unless of a type that has been submitted to and approved by the Superintendent or meets or exceeds the standards and specifications of the Society of Automotive Engineers, the American National Standards Institute, Incorporated or the federal Department of Transportation.


§ 46.2-1000. Department to suspend registration of vehicles lacking certain equipment; officer to take possession of registration card, license plates and decals when observing defect in motor vehicle; when to be returned.

The Department shall suspend the registration of any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer which the Department or the Department of State Police determines is not equipped with proper (i) brakes, (ii) lights, (iii) horn or warning device, (iv) turn signals, (v) safety glass when required by law, (vi) mirror, (vii) muffler, (viii) windshield wiper, (ix) steering gear adequate to ensure the safe movement of the vehicle as required by this title or when such vehicle is equipped with a smoke screen device or cutout or when such motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer is otherwise unsafe to be operated.

Any law-enforcement officer shall, when he observes any defect in a motor vehicle as described above, take possession of the registration card, license plates, and decals of any such vehicle and retain the same in his possession for a period of fifteen days unless the owner of the vehicle corrects the defects or obtains a new safety inspection sticker from an authorized safety inspection station. When the defect or defects are corrected as indicated above the registration card, license plates, and decals shall be returned to the owner.


§ 46.2-1013. Tail lights.

Every motor vehicle and every trailer or semitrailer being drawn at the end of one or more other vehicles shall carry at the rear two red lights plainly visible in clear weather from a distance of 500 feet to the rear of such vehicle. Such tail lights shall be constructed and so mounted in their relation to the rear license plate as to illuminate the license plate with a white light so that the same may be read from a distance of 50 feet to the rear of such vehicle. Alternatively, a separate white light shall be so mounted as to illuminate the rear license plate from a distance of 50 feet to the rear of such vehicle. Any such tail lights or special white light shall be of a type approved by the Superintendent.

In any instance where the tail light is to be installed on a boat trailer and the boat extends beyond the end of the trailer or to the end of the trailer, an approved portable light assembly or assemblies may be attached to the exposed rear of the boat, provided such installation complies with the visibility requirements of this section. The provisions of this section shall not apply to motorcycles.

[bigrick68]

hmmmm thanks.