Niteshades on Red HHR
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Here's a pic of Jeff®'s HHR in red with tinted tail lights, and here's the link to the thread on tinting.
https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/show...ng+tail+lights
https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/show...ng+tail+lights
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Thanks. Looks awesome. But does anyone know if it is legal in Ohio? I am sure it is to a point, but I like them dark. I think I would be ok as long as I leave the reflectors alone. Ohio requires rear reflectors on all vehicles or they will ticket you, or so I've been told.
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Thanks. Looks awesome. But does anyone know if it is legal in Ohio? I am sure it is to a point, but I like them dark. I think I would be ok as long as I leave the reflectors alone. Ohio requires rear reflectors on all vehicles or they will ticket you, or so I've been told.
4513.05 Tail lights and illumination of rear license plate.
(A) Every motor vehicle, trackless trolley, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a train of vehicles shall be equipped with at least one tail light mounted on the rear which, when lighted, shall emit a red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear, provided that in the case of a train of vehicles only the tail light on the rearmost vehicle need be visible from the distance specified.
Either a tail light or a separate light shall be so constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration plate, when such registration plate is required, and render it legible from a distance of fifty feet to the rear. Any tail light, together with any separate light for illuminating the rear registration plate, shall be so wired as to be lighted whenever the headlights or auxiliary driving lights are lighted, except where separate lighting systems are provided for trailers for the purpose of illuminating such registration plate.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
Amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 10/16/2009.
Effective Date: 01-01-2004
(A) Every motor vehicle, trackless trolley, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a train of vehicles shall be equipped with at least one tail light mounted on the rear which, when lighted, shall emit a red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear, provided that in the case of a train of vehicles only the tail light on the rearmost vehicle need be visible from the distance specified.
Either a tail light or a separate light shall be so constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration plate, when such registration plate is required, and render it legible from a distance of fifty feet to the rear. Any tail light, together with any separate light for illuminating the rear registration plate, shall be so wired as to be lighted whenever the headlights or auxiliary driving lights are lighted, except where separate lighting systems are provided for trailers for the purpose of illuminating such registration plate.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
Amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 10/16/2009.
Effective Date: 01-01-2004
Found info here........http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/4513.05
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I appreciate that.
I have always wondered why the license plate being illuminated was important. I asked a Trooper once and he stated "so if I'm following you in the dark, I can read your tag." I replied with "if you're following me in the dark then your headlights are on my tag." He said, "what if my lights aren't on?" "Then it's daylight and you can see it anyway" I replied. He then called me a smarta$$ and told me to get it fixed. LOL
I have always wondered why the license plate being illuminated was important. I asked a Trooper once and he stated "so if I'm following you in the dark, I can read your tag." I replied with "if you're following me in the dark then your headlights are on my tag." He said, "what if my lights aren't on?" "Then it's daylight and you can see it anyway" I replied. He then called me a smarta$$ and told me to get it fixed. LOL
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Has anyone tried the tinting film for tinting the tail lights instead of painting them with niteshades? Just curious. It seems like it would be a lot simpler, and removable at a later date. Here's a link to what I'm talking about...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/20-Bl...#ht_1508wt_939
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/20-Bl...#ht_1508wt_939
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You might have a struggle getting it to conform to the shape of the HHR's lights, it will want to form ripples or pleats around the outer edge of the lens. Maybe someone here, or the vendor, would know if the material can be heated prior to application so that it would conform to the flattened spherical shape presented by the lens.