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blacked out headlights

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anyone ever black out the healights?
is it even legal and does it make it look good? stock headlights ofcourse
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also, i assume it reduces the amount of light that passes through? is the safety factor changed dramatically?
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You're basically placing a layer/film of something over them, obviously it will change the light output. Don't think they're legal, people get a hard time about tinted corners and tails, I can't imagine headlights.
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u can get headlight covers for the stock headlights that are tinted out
GTS makes them. Canadian tire sells them...
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That means rice. If china tire sells it, it's rice.
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just get a set of H4 headlamps and black them out from the inside... :welder:
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Bada bing, Mooneggs to the rescue. It's classy, clean, and looks hot.
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to answer the OP: you should check your local laws to see if black covers are even legal... and IMO I think it looks very tacky...

and my solution isn't exactly cheap or easy... black projectors would be another good option
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Your in Ontario, so not legal if you drive the car after dusk and before dawn.
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I think it makes it look ugly. Lots of mustangs, civics and cavaliers have them up here...rice.
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please have respect for your mx and don't do it... :D
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naw i won't
but i did buy my car with all other lights blacked out, it looks pretty good since the cars that midnight purple, but the headlights might be too much
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