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Taillights without reflectors - Tuning highlight with obstacles

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Recently updated on December 20, 2022 at 03:24 am

Taillights without reflectors - Tuning highlight with obstacles

You want to attach new taillights without reflectors to your vehicle? The taillights without reflectors are very popular in the tuning scene, but you should think twice about using this special. Often taillights from the accessories come complete in black, white or red. Reflectors are rarely integrated in these lights. Reason is simply that it looks better.

Use - rear light without reflector

Taillights without reflectors - Tuning highlight with obstacles
everything black - not allowed

Tuning fans focus on a performance increase or changes in the interior, of course, on the look outside and want to be identified with their vehicle. The look of the tuning object can be enhanced by the dark or white taillights (also Clear glass taillights called) are positively influenced. If you like being the center of attention and want to focus the attention of other tuning colleagues on you, you can certainly earn points with the installed rear lights. However, you can collect points in a different way if you attach the taillights without cat eyes.

Advantages and disadvantages of taillights without reflector

Taillights without reflectors - Tuning highlight with obstacles

The taillights without reflectors are available in different versions to buy and they give your car a unique and individual look. The taillights are, as already mentioned, in black and white design and sometimes completely in red. Many clear glass taillights have no reflectors integrated. The advantage is, you can attach additional reflectors. Some manufacturers supply the reflectors with the accessory lights. A major disadvantage is that you can lose your insurance coverage if you are involved in an accident and it turns out that you have built in taillights without reflectors and no reflectors were installed in the rear apron. The following road users can see you much worse in the dark, especially when the visibility is poor. Even worse is when your vehicle has been parked and the taillights are disabled. Your car is barely recognizable. In case of emergency, you remain without insurance coverage on the cost of the accident sitting and carry the responsibility, because you do not drive a roadworthy vehicle.

Accessories for the taillights without reflectors

Taillights without reflectors - Tuning highlight with obstacles
Not painted like this - painted tail lights are illegal

Since no reflectors are installed in the accessory headlamps, some manufacturers supply reflectors for gluing. However, these are not particularly resistant and can easily get lost in the car wash. The reflectors must necessarily be additionally attached, so that the insurance protection remains. bad Alternative: You can ring your taillights. For this you can on high quality tint sprays To fall back on. The quality color is very resistant and is relatively cheap. With this alternative you can color your taillights. But this variant is in this country FORBIDDEN! Manufacturer of taillights without reflectors: AD Tuning, Shin Yo and others. And finally ... The tuning of the tail lights is strictly regulated, violations of the rules are punishable under EU law with the fine catalog. If you do not want to lose your insurance coverage, you should not miss the additional, self-adhesive reflectors. By the way: You can find out which penalties threaten in the event of incorrectly activated or not activated lighting in our large article onLights on the car: function, regulations, fines“Read.

Reflectors on the car are required

Cars have carry two red reflectors on the back. We hope that you the info report on the term Reflector (other names: reflector, cat's eyes, taillights) from the field of autotuning. Our goal is that the largest German-language tuning dictionary (Tuning Wikipedia) and to explain tuning terms from A to Z easily and understandably. Almost every day we expand this encyclopedia and how far we are already can you HERE see. Soon the next one will be Tuning scene concept be illuminated by us. Incidentally, you will be informed about new topics if you have ours Feed subscribe to.

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