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fx4150
02-12-2012, 12:36 AM
Should I blackout my taillights on my 2004 black f150 fx4?

CountryF-150
02-12-2012, 05:58 AM
I think some smoked taillights would look awesome.

Raptor05121
02-15-2012, 08:55 AM
Maybe. I don't understand why some people put black paint on the most safety-crucial part of a vehicle.

dixie_boysles
02-15-2012, 10:05 AM
as long as you have bright enough lights, it shouldnt matter

Raptor05121
02-15-2012, 03:38 PM
as long as you have bright enough lights, it shouldnt matter

They meet the minimum requirements for lumious output at around 250lm. Plus thats only half the problem- reflectors are very crucial too. I have 2,000lm on the back of my truck.

Mossy
02-20-2012, 01:38 PM
I too like the idea of smocked taillights!

04f150guy
02-27-2012, 02:54 PM
My 04 lariat has smoked lights and it looks beast

Bothe
02-28-2012, 09:14 PM
I would buy smoked tailights. Dont get one of those kits because they always comeout too dark

Akula683
06-27-2012, 06:42 PM
Not a fan. I think they look cheap.

Carolina Boostin
06-29-2012, 06:12 AM
They meet the minimum requirements for lumious output at around 250lm. Plus thats only half the problem- reflectors are very crucial too. I have 2,000lm on the back of my truck.

http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m568/emt1559/DSCN6364.jpg
http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m568/emt1559/DSCN6586.jpg

You were saying?...

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Akula683
06-29-2012, 01:42 PM
They look nice on your white truck. Im not usually a fan.

Raptor05121
07-01-2012, 09:25 PM
http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m568/emt1559/DSCN6364.jpg
http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m568/emt1559/DSCN6586.jpg

You were saying?...

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I was saying blacked-out, not tinted.

This is the stuff cops are having fun with around here:

http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/10/web/2662000-2662999/2662121_11_full.jpg

My buddy is a cop and when I do ride alongs, we do nothing but pull people over with HIDs and blacked out taillights. Its a pet peeve of mine.

Carolina Boostin
07-02-2012, 07:34 AM
I was saying blacked-out, not tinted.

This is the stuff cops are having fun with around here:

My buddy is a cop and when I do ride alongs, we do nothing but pull people over with HIDs and blacked out taillights. Its a pet peeve of mine.

I hate to say it but you sir are a dick. Every thing you post is puting somebody down or bitchin about stuff they do its not your truck or car, ****ers like you bitchin about every damn thing is why we are all slowly losing our rights. So stfu unless you have something positive to say. Because opinions are like *******s. And your just like a opinion.(that means your a *******)

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Raptor05121
07-02-2012, 08:06 AM
Oh how cute. You know, Ad hominem (name calling, for you) is the last form of defense to an argument. Its quite childish and I'm sad to see someone with a Ford resorting to manners of a five year old.

Back to the subject at hand: There is a point to which one can modify their car, and when it gets dangerous, that's enough. Blacking out taillights is as dangerous as no taillights at all. You can have fun with your tinted head and taillights or your hyper-blue Nokia bulbs and I don't care how loud your exhaust is or how tall your tires are, but when you get selfish and immature enough to not care about fellow drivers safety, then thats another concern. And seeing people with these $35 chinese eBay kits is like staring into a 747 on final at JAX. HIDs were NOT meant to go into halogen reflectors. Defend all you want, but I can prove you wrong. You are blinding me and everyone else on the road. I should NOT have to hold my hand up in front of my eyes to prevent from being blinded, and thats coming from a 21 year old with perfect vision. Imagine what you are doing to the old ladys that have glasses on!

Now I know how you feel. I was 16 once too and defended my PnP HIDs like you are now with your bleeped-out words that are supposed to make me feel bad, but I learned better. I had some rice-TASTIC 6000Ks in my halogen reflectors. And you're damned right I thought they looked cool. But I couldn't see anything and I got flashed all the time (which, by the way, is not a measure of if your lights are too bright- I drove for two hours with my retrofits on high beam by mistake and only got flashed once). So I did the mature thing and put my halogens back in. Yeah, they didn't look as cool, but I had high beams again and a proper reflective pattern of light. When I saved up the money, I got some real HIDs in real projectors.

tl;dr- Enjoy your mods, boys. Florida isnt the only one on my side. Fix-it tickets are coming to a city near you!