i'm mad...grrrrr, $*@^!*?@ cops

2 winters ago i got clear tails. got pulled over 3 times from x-mas eve to new year's eve. this is what basically happened....1 pair of LED brake lights not bright enough red. added another pair (4 total) now it's red but we have nothing red reflective on the tail. cz_r sent us some of the same refelctors he used....then the cops went back to the red wasn't bight enough when it lit up. so i got rid of them.

RedRacerCivic just offered his tails for sale to me. i jumped all over it...
http://www.4thgenerationcivic.com/Photos/photos/mycarass.JPG

they got here yesterday so i stuck them right on. later on i met up with jer for lunch and then he took the si back to work to adjust the bumper. on his way him he got pulled over and a fix-it ticket :newburn:

apparently..."white is for reverse lights only. some of the white bulb that lights the red was spilling over to the clear part making it glow"

that is so lame. now i'm on a mission. i WILL NOT STOP until mission complete. we need to figure out a way to make the clear not light up. maybe a piece of white plastic or something on the interior side of the lense?

just had to vent for a moment.....goddamnshitfuckitalltohell....
http://www.4thgenerationcivic.com/images/badassbuddy_com-gocrazy.gif

okay, ifeel better now :D

WHOA Ami...take a downer or something....that does suck though, almost sounds like thier fucking with ya...


gunnmen01

you'll figure out a way too fix em... sucks about the cops though.

That really sucks. The devider in the tale sounds like a solid plan. I am so glad cops here arent that picky. Hope you get it figued out soon.

damn cops need to find better reasons to pull people over than little sh-t like that,,,just a few weeks ago someone hit my car in the rear corner,,they broke the corner lens but the light still worked,,,well anyways the very next day i get pulled over and got a fix it ticket for it even though i explained the story to him,,,its like man,,,keep up the good f-ckin work assh-les!

Here is the actual law ami
The thing is with clear taillights, this light spilling over shit, isnt the law. Thats just bullshit the cop gave you
THE REAL law for taillights, there has to be a amber deflector inside of the housing to make them legal. Just a clear lense with a red bulb is about 1/3 as bright as a tail light with a amber deflector. I have a set of clear tail lights right beside my desk here, and have been trying to figure out how I can do it also........
FUCK heh

That is messed up if a cop has to harrass you over a tail light. I could understand if you were racing and got pulled over but for tails..come on. cops need to calm down a little and stop real crimes like murder not lights. as for your idea maybe just throw on your stock lights when the cops come by and say yeah i fixed them and then just change them again when they leave.

thats how my tail lights are i put an LED from jamstrait in mine and its red as hell , i have been pulled over and the cops never say anything about the lights and i do not have a reflector in it

Originally posted by jam4484
as for your idea maybe just throw on your stock lights when the cops come by and say yeah i fixed them and then just change them again when they leave.

the cop told jer to stick the stocks on and have the fix-it waved. then stick the red/clears back on and take our chances. but that is lame.

i'm gonna figure something out. because it is not right there so so much harrassment over something so little.

I was really just sayin put the stock ones on until u fix the ones u have on now. it was just a suggestion...my bad

Originally posted by jam4484
I was really just sayin put the stock ones on until u fix the ones u have on now. it was just a suggestion...my bad

Ami your scaring the locals again
you bully
:flipa:

tisk tisk tisk....now ami we disscussed this just the other day. we both knew that it was gonna happen. Just tell the cop you wanna see the LAW that he stated. :D

Still sorry to hear about that. What does Jer think

yeah....pull em apart and throw a divider in there...cut some plastic roughly...then goop some silicone in there to seal it from the light.... I always had intentions of making some like this..but never got to it... so do it and stop yer cryin :)

Each state has it's own rules. Oregon vehicle laws are funny (I am from CA), reverse lights are optional, but if you have them, they can only be on when you are in reverse. That's how they gave you the ticket.



Oregon DMV (http://www.odot.state.or.us/forms/dmv/37.pdf)

Originally posted by jam4484
I was really just sayin put the stock ones on until u fix the ones u have on now. it was just a suggestion...my bad

my bad. you misunderstood me :) not that i always make sense ;)

what the cop said to jer was lame. of course he suggests sticking them back on and taking the chances.....he knows damn well his chances are better than mine.

90EX, thank you. i was going to say.....Laker i'm not sure you understand what they were saying. ever taken apart a stock taillight? it's not the housing that is red reflective. the problem they have with the red/clears is that the slightest glow came from the clear which gives them cause enough to claim it looks like a reverse light.

marked001...you can't exactly divide it :finger: the bulb is right in the middle. so i need to find something to keep light from ever omitting from the clear area. i kinda already have the idea what i want to do. i guess what i really need to do is find a way to get them open without breaking them.

any suggestions?????

oooooooooooooooo
I gotcha
Cops are lame
goodluck
Ill post some pics when i get mine on

Ami, I'd just leave the clear/reds on. When you get pulled over just turn on the water works. Your a girl...use it to your advantage :)

toss em in the oven....pry em apart with a couple screwdrivers..... cut around the old holes with a dremel...do it in a rectangle..that'll be easier...cut the square holes where you want the bulbs to be...fiberglass/silicone/glue the cut out pieces in...and you're done :)

Originally posted by Fishcat37
Ami, I'd just leave the clear/reds on. When you get pulled over just turn on the water works. Your a girl...use it to your advantage :)

hey fishcat....it was jer who got pulled over in my car. still suggest the water works??? :hehe:

Originally posted by marked001
toss em in the oven....pry em apart with a couple screwdrivers..... cut around the old holes with a dremel...do it in a rectangle..that'll be easier...cut the square holes where you want the bulbs to be...fiberglass/silicone/glue the cut out pieces in...and you're done :)

when i get some more time i'll im ya.

is that your 4x4 in the avatar? could go whomping in that thing!

i had to be the first to say it....damnit, when does anyone get to say that to MARKED001? :evillaugh

...see, i put in there just so you could say it....besides, you cant even tell how high it is in that pic....plus, it comes in handy in the snow b/c it is 4wd ;)


I wish I didnt have so many bills so I could get a set of Koni coilovers :(

Originally posted by LadyNRedSi


hey fishcat....it was jer who got pulled over in my car. still suggest the water works??? :hehe:
oh, well shit. Hey if he can do it, i'd let him do it, lol. I'd pay to see the cops reaction to a full grown man crying about being pulled over for tail lights...hehe
wow...look at that 400 posts. coolbeans..hehe :cool:

Originally posted by Fishcat37

oh, well shit. Hey if he can do it, i'd let him do it, lol. I'd pay to see the cops reaction to a full grown man crying about being pulled over for tail lights...hehe
wow...look at that 400 posts. coolbeans..hehe :cool:

don't give her and jer any ideas. They just might try it. MUHAHAHAHAHA
:D

Originally posted by Fishcat37


wow...look at that 400 posts. coolbeans..hehe :cool:


I"m gettin close to 5k myself ;) I'm not that big a pw :)

Ill hit 4k one of these days.

this is how it went...she didn't tell us she was trying to get away (i know it's a porsche)

Originally posted by LadyNRedSi
some of the white bulb that lights the red was spilling over to the clear part making it glow
Glad to see the cops are putting the money we give them to good use stopping all these road hazards:rolleyes: :bloated:

Amy that pic is ur car? what is the sticker on the back............

Originally posted by XxLuckyLisaxX
Amy that pic is ur car? what is the sticker on the back............

nope that is a pic of redcivicracers civic. Same tails though

and they always go after the red cars :(

I feel you on the red cars, my friend has a red teg and he gets pulled quite often.

hey Ami, i used red LED bulbs for my taillights, and NEVER gotten pulled over for them They lit up the whole taillight red and looked really cool.

Originally posted by XxLuckyLisaxX
Amy that pic is ur car? what is the sticker on the back............

Hehe thats my old "unique 4x4" sticker i used to have on the back of my car, I put in on there as a joke because my car of course isnt 4x4 :cool:

Originally posted by RedRacerCivic
hey Ami, i used red LED bulbs for my taillights, and NEVER gotten pulled over for them They lit up the whole taillight red and looked really cool.

good to know! thanks...will have to try it out and see what happens after the fix it is written off.

thats not the first time our cars have been mistaken, lol :D long lost twins

Originally posted by Melt
I feel you on the red cars, my friend has a red teg and he gets pulled quite often.

hmm....my red paint must be too faded..the cops dont bug me :D

Originally posted by 88CiViC_DX


hmm....my red paint must be too faded..the cops dont bug me :D

they only mess with us when the car appears changed. they always assume no ins. and so they make up an excuse to pull over and spot check. but when the car is all together and nothing changing.....they leave it alone.

cops suk

Originally posted by 88CiViC_DX


hmm....my red paint must be too faded..the cops dont bug me :D

LOL...I don't think its the paint. I think it is the black bumpers. when I was driving my red hatch with the black bumpers NO PROBLEMS. BUT then I sanded them and painted them it was like *poof* instant cop magnet. :D

Originally posted by RedRacerCivic
hey Ami, i used red LED bulbs for my taillights, and NEVER gotten pulled over for them They lit up the whole taillight red and looked really cool.

Hehe, h4bangin has those and in the day they are like 2 red spots, looks sick as fuck.

downside to living in a small town ... cant wait to visit though!