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Old Oct 10, 2005
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Has anyone changed the color of the license plate lights?

if so, how did u do it, i searched google for some spray on tint, but all i found was smoke-out spray on tint. i just thought it would look pretty cool. a thin coat of regular paint wouldnt work would it?
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i changed my license plate lights to a blue light
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did u just change the light bulb? or did u change the color of the plastic peice that holds it
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i just changed the bulb to a light blue...at first it ended up looking kinda green but after a while it looked like light blue
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changed to red on an 04 MM. goes good w/ tails imo. two 194 bulbs inside the trunk
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I wanna do this!
Do you guys thing it's legal, though?
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I've changed the bulbs to red on every vehicle I have ever owned and no one has ever said anything to me about it.
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no its not legal. must be a white light.
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i would have but here in ky its highly illegal. id check ur local laws and listing 2 make sure. dont want the "man" bringing u down
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Just noticed the thread, yeah... I certainly got pulled over just for my tag lights being red. Now they are hyper white (semi blue-ish) multi-direction LED, look pretty sweet, no trouble yet.
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i changed my stock license plate bulbs to blue ones at autozone. They look whiter now like those blue headlight bulbs

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mine are green>>
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only red and blue are illegal
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mine are stock ....
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i suppose you could get some LEDs for whatever color and wire those up instead of the stock bulb if you wanted to change the color..
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Originally Posted by MrXclusivE
only red and blue are illegal

correct
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Originally Posted by MrXclusivE
only red and blue are illegal
Not true... Any unnatural color is concidered illegal. You are only supposed to have a while light illuminating your license plates.
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Originally Posted by stpyro8
Not true... Any unnatural color is concidered illegal. You are only supposed to have a while light illuminating your license plates.
i agree. i got pulled over because i had the piaa hyperwhite bulbs and he said that they were blue. i told him they were white and he said thats the only color you can have so instead of the bulbs he gave me a ticket for my exhaust
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blue and red are considered impersinateing an officer
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Originally Posted by stpyro8
Not true... Any unnatural color is concidered illegal. You are only supposed to have a while light illuminating your license plates.
stock license plate lights aren't white.... they're orangeish
yea, anyways i was thinking of changing my lights to white leds anyone did this yet? I saw some pics but i can't seem to find em again
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why do you need pics? its the same only white...
plus LED's are directional and wont light up the whole plate..(i already tried)
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Originally Posted by acidbaby
why do you need pics? its the same only white...
plus LED's are directional and wont light up the whole plate..(i already tried)
they jus look cleaner.. like the new lexus gs's plate lights..
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Originally Posted by acidbaby
why do you need pics? its the same only white...
plus LED's are directional and wont light up the whole plate..(i already tried)
they jus look cleaner and you'll prolly never have to change em again cause they last like 100439249 times longer than regular bulbs .. like the new lexus gs's plate lights..
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I have blue LEDS for my license plate light....
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raybrig 2x hyper clear bulbs. they are as white as headlights and more light than stock...



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i changed mines to blue and i got stopped last night. cop said only white
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Originally Posted by satinsilvervic
i agree. i got pulled over because i had the piaa hyperwhite bulbs and he said that they were blue. i told him they were white and he said thats the only color you can have so instead of the bulbs he gave me a ticket for my exhaust
Hahaha
I hate when cops do that!
A friend of mine got pulled over for "illegal tints"... he showed the sticker to the cop (here we have a sticker showing you have legal tints), the cop teste the windows and he was legal! Cop said he didn't put turn signal when he was coming to a stop on the emergency lane (where the cop told him to stop)
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Originally Posted by gearbox
raybrig 2x hyper clear bulbs. they are as white as headlights and more light than stock...



Why would I want these?
I mean... they shine white and show the license plate, just like OEM ones do. I don't wanna show off my bumper (more than it actually does).
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oh i just got em to match the headlights so its not a yellowish color. and the hyper white just looks out of place unless you got matching headlights.
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where did you get your led for your licenceplate from?



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