Rear Lights.

[120y]

My Saab 900 I has 2 sets of tail lights, ones on the outside act as stop and tail, I'm wondering about legalities of me changing the outside ones to just stop lights and leaving the inner ones as tail lights.

can I do this ? here is a pic

[welshpug]

what are they currently?

[sarkie83]

interesting...as I was wondering about doing something similar on my capri (basically re-wiring the reversing lamps as indicators, and converting the indicators to tail lights.

[composimmonite]

There are regulations as to the max and min distance of lights from the edge of the vehicle. As long as within these distances then I can't see any problem.

[120y]

Thankyou, just what I needed

[Curtis]

I butchered the front lights on my Ibiza, fog lights as indicators, indicators as side lights. It was a right mess but I never got any bother for it! To be honest, as long as you don't have some bizarre set up and the finish looks almost original, its unlikely anyone that could be a problem would notice the difference

[glmogo]

If you lift your boot lid can you still see the tail lights? If not then i think this is an issue from the construction and use regs. Maybe reverse it so inner lights are stop and outers as tail?

[alolympic]

Nov 15, 2014 21:25:22 GMT composimmonite said:

There are regulations as to the max and min distance of lights from the edge of the vehicle. As long as within these distances then I can't see any problem.

Isn't that just for SVA?

An MOT doesn't check so not sure how those rules would ever apply or be enforced on a car unless it needed SVA?

[composimmonite]

Nov 16, 2014 9:12:04 GMT alolympic said:

Nov 15, 2014 21:25:22 GMT composimmonite said:

There are regulations as to the max and min distance of lights from the edge of the vehicle. As long as within these distances then I can't see any problem.

Isn't that just for SVA?

An MOT doesn't check so not sure how those rules would ever apply or be enforced on a car unless it needed SVA?

The SVA is the enforcement of the Construction and Use act that defines things like light positions on new built or modified vehicles. The C&U regulations are applicable to every vehicle all the time it is used on the public roads and not just for those going for SVA. So whilst I agree it wouldn't be picked up by a MOT Police or even a roadside VOSA test would spot not conforming to the rules.

[120y]

You have a point there you cant see any lights when I lift up the hatch, maybe reverse my idea as you said, thankyou