# OEM parts illegal??!

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [July 17, 2010, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oem-parts-illegal/157982 "2010-07-17T11:18:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![BadnewsMike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/badnewsmike/32/7419_2.png) [@BadnewsMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BadnewsMike)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oem-parts-illegal/157982/21 "2010-07-18T20:37:03Z")

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![http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/3235/4061/33087030160_medium.jpg](http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/3235/4061/33087030160_medium.jpg) ![http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/3235/4061/33087030162_medium.jpg](http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/3235/4061/33087030162_medium.jpg)

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**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 6:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oem-parts-illegal/157982/22 "2010-07-19T06:15:53Z")

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I think the issue here is the law states that you have to have red reflectors on the back of your car. Which he clearly does, so the tinted tail lights really have nothing to do with it.

Are the lights less bright? Probably, but last time I checked there isn’t a law measuring the luminous intensity of your taillights.

Edit: I’m wrong, there is a maximum brightness!

> 1. All lights, signals and reflectors shall be of a type and design  
> approved by the commissioner. **No light having a candlepower rating in  
> excess of thirty-two candle power shall be used on any vehicle, unless  
> it is of a type approved by the commissioner.** The provisions of section  
> three hundred seventy-five of this chapter governing the approval of  
> equipment and the adjustment of headlamps shall apply to the equipment  
> and headlamps required by this section. The commissioner is hereby  
> authorized and empowered to adopt and from time to time amend such  
> regulations not inconsistent with this section, governing the size,  
> type, construction, location, and use of lights, signals and reflectors,  
> including the exemption of specific vehicles from the requirements of  
> this section where the construction of such vehicles makes compliance  
> herewith impracticable, or impossible.

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