tint film is considered a plastic covering.

that has been on the books for years, but they reworded it last year for the main book reduex. there used to be a very vague line about wire mesh and such, so they redid it to be a little less vague.

show me a car with factory tinted tails.


if its factory, and in a smoked colored housing, it has gone through the required DOT/SAE testing and is legal.

technically, they are. they do not fall into the approved lighting categories at all.


basically if the vehicle has a standard composite bulb system, it must have an OE replacement bulb, or an approved bulb (only one that comes to mind from me so far is the Sylvania Silverstar, and maybe one or two others. ill check the book and see later)


maybe if you are a moron, but its pretty fucking clear in the inspection handbook as to what is legal and what is not.

read the motor code, and any semi intelligent person that has at least seven brain cells can generally decipher what is legal and what is not.

 

i've always thoght they should make some kind of law about the head lights on lifted, or i guess even stock, trucks over a specific height. i think most of us know what its like to have one of these things behind you... there has been many times when one of these guys have been behind me and i can't even change lanes to get out of the way due to the fact that i can't see anything out of my mirrors with his blinding lights.

 

My bad cool breeze. How am I supposed to know what everyone's job is that comes on this forum. His first post did not state what his job was. He notified that afterward.

 

I don't drive a Honda.

 

You dismissed his first post on the issue where he cleared it up and then you told him he wasn't too bright. Anyways, the joke is on you.

 

fc735 isn't being a dick about it, no need for you to be.

btw, If I put almost anything "aftermarket" on my vehicle, and fail an inspection, I wouldn't be surprised.

 

I certainly don't agree with a lot of VA inspection laws. No aftermarket (non OEM) exhaust regardless of sound level or no altered suspension, just to name a couple. Tinting should be a light output issue, not a simple fail for any presence of tint

LOL WUT? Guns and hot rodding? Inspection is an invasion of privacy? Driving is a privilege not a right. A cop isn't going to check your brake pads for excessive wear. Oh, and driving a car in VA with out of state tags is illegal too.

What a tard. 12000k blubs. Let me guess, blue and ricey as fuck.

holy shit we agree!

Fucking HIDs in reflectors makes me want to run people off the road

 

To my knowledge, I din't think they can fail you for a non oem exhaust as long as it is in working order and meets the safety requirements.

 

Driving in VA with out of state tags is not illegal if you maintain another residence in another state. I'm a student, so my driver's license is still out of state too. Who knows where I'll end up once I'm out of school, especially with the job market the way it is?

True, a cop isn't going to check your brakes for excessive wear, but by the time your pads wear to the point that affects single-stop stopping distance, your calipers will have already damaged themselves.

Driving on the public roads is said to be a privilege, but there is still something about prying into every aspect of your life that we as Americans are supposed find abhorrent, especially as Americans below the Mason-Dixon line.

 

you can have what ever exhaust you want on your car for SI, as long as the emissions control devices are still intact, it exits to the rear of the passenger compartment, and is free of leaks.

You do not have to have a muffler to pass, but it specifically states in the handbook that we are to inform the customer that they can be cited for improper equipment if they do not.


Window tint is not a rejectable item unless it is clouded and distorts vision, has bubbles, or is on the windscreen below the ASI line.

no films can be applied to any exterior lens, aside from a permitted clear stone guard on headlamps.