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[Liberty]

Like I said, I'm pretty sure my Hanabi taillights meet the Australian Standard. Best thing to do would be to have a look on the hidden side of your taillights (behind what you see when they're installed). There should be some sort of 'AS: 11585' there (numbers are random, so don't be shocked if they're different).

[JRod]

I am talking about Valenti smoked, like on my wagon.

 

 

 

As you can see, they are nice and bright, but could be cop bait.

 

 

Take a photo of them in the day. No point taking a photo of them in the late afternoon/evening.

 

Compare apples to apples. See what other people see during the day.

 

 

I'll be the first one to admit to being a hypocrite.

 

I have tinted my rear end (the car, not my arse), but not so they became black. They are still red.

[lump_a_charcoal]

 

 

Take a photo of them in the day. 

 

Fair call, will do that tomorrow.

[JRod]

Btw, am jealous. It does look mad on the new wagons.

[allpaw4]

As far as I know, there are basically 3 rules that need to be followed with aftermarket:

Must have a reflector in the back somewhere - be it on the bumper, within the taillight,etc. But it must be there.

You cannot go from incandescent lighting to LED. End of story. If your car came out with LED lighting, then its ok to change styles, but if it came out with standard bulbs, not permitted. Regency pulled up my brother over this little fact.

And finally, ADR approved. Without this, you are screwed any which way you look at it.

[BMX013]

hey guys, scheduel F is the lighting code for australian roads, (studied all this shit in my apprenticeship) 

by law, you are not required to have reverse lights, the are only for lighting up behind u when reversing, they are not an indicating light by any means, 
so long as your tail lights and brakelights are clearly visible then there is no issue.
a cop might give u a defect notice for it but it will be cleared with a pink slip without undoing the tinting... there is no rule in the code about darkness of lights, 

as for headlights its really for your own amusement, they will get u for tinting them but its really for your own interest to not have them tinted.

[SAV84C]

hey guys, scheduel F is the lighting code for australian roads, (studied all this shit in my apprenticeship) 

by law, you are not required to have reverse lights, the are only for lighting up behind u when reversing, they are not an indicating light by any means, 
so long as your tail lights and brakelights are clearly visible then there is no issue.
a cop might give u a defect notice for it but it will be cleared with a pink slip without undoing the tinting... there is no rule in the code about darkness of lights, 

as for headlights its really for your own amusement, they will get u for tinting them but its really for your own interest to not have them tinted.

 
 
not required to have reverse lights?  How do other ppl coming from a distance know if you are reversing to give them an indication what is happening and give them a chance to slow down?
 
There is clearly an ADR rule http://www.infrastru...adr_online.aspx
 
ADR 1—Reversing Lamps
The function of this Australian Design Rule is to specify the photometric requirements for reversing lamps which will warn pedestrians and other road users that the vehicle is about to move or is moving in the reverse direction, and which during the hours of darkness will aid the driver in reversing manoeuvres.
 
http://www.comlaw.go...e3-4e94f4c47fa7
 

so long as your tail lights and brakelights are clearly visible then there is no issue.
a cop might give u a defect notice for it but it will be cleared with a pink slip without undoing the tinting... there is no rule in the code about darkness of lights,

 

If you take what you are saying here, you can have black looking tail lights? (this wouldnt be clearly visable)

 

There is no where in the ADR rules stating they can be black looking? Only states red

 

 

ADR 49—Front and Rear Position (Side) Lamps, Stop Lamps and End-outline Marker Lamps
http://www.comlaw.go...c2-01918b6449b5
 
Page 13-14 state the minimum luminous intensity

[jack_keaka]

Yeah they look so good!! But yeah, RMS will still defect you for it as it's not a standard option.

I mean, the rexy guys are getting defected for putting red vinyl over their red taillights.

[BMX013]

 
 
not required to have reverse lights?  How do other ppl coming from a distance know if you are reversing to give them an indication what is happening and give them a chance to slow down?
 
There is clearly an ADR rule http://www.infrastru...adr_online.aspx
 
ADR 1—Reversing Lamps
The function of this Australian Design Rule is to specify the photometric requirements for reversing lamps which will warn pedestrians and other road users that the vehicle is about to move or is moving in the reverse direction, and which during the hours of darkness will aid the driver in reversing manoeuvres.
 
http://www.comlaw.go...e3-4e94f4c47fa7
 

 

If you take what you are saying here, you can have black looking tail lights? (this wouldnt be clearly visable)

 

There is no where in the ADR rules stating they can be black looking? Only states red

 

 

ADR 49—Front and Rear Position (Side) Lamps, Stop Lamps and End-outline Marker Lamps
http://www.comlaw.go...c2-01918b6449b5
 
Page 13-14 state the minimum luminous intensity

right you are, its been 3 years since i studied it, and  although i topped the course i never paid alot of attention to the details ahhaha (tafe....)
i just remember going through it all with the teacher and him saying that it must be "clearly visible" when we asked these sorts of questions... derp