This Illegal Mod Will Make Your Car 5x Better
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- This Illegal Mod Will Make Your Car 5x Better, DIY life hacks and car repair with Scotty Kilmer. Banned car modifications. Car life hacks. Illegal car modifications. How to modify your car correctly. Why it's illegal to use this on your car sometimes. How remove and install brake lights. Car Advice. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 56 years.
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I reported u too the government. Your under arrest
SUMMARY: Scotty doesn't really say new ones are crap. He prefers the Tundra with the V8 because it feels like it has more power, it sounds better, is quieter under the hood at idle, is less complicated than the new twin turbo V6 (easier to work on), only gets 4 or 5 miles per gallon less than the new one under real driving conditions, and is cheaper to maintain and keep than to buy a new one for 60k+.
What is ilegal about wastimg money? If it's not broke. LOL
Scotty is right about keeping the car for a long time and adding small upgrades. Specially when it has a manual transmission.
I would recommend to removing the plastic after the taillight installation to avoid scratching it.
Unless they come in a bag. Bag needs to be taped on.
Holy cow! Scotty is still alive! I have been so shocked by the car industry that I haven’t been able to view YT. Especially since ford, GM and Chrysler have stopped production and Scotty died 12 times already this yr!
I'm mad as hell about all that! Especially all of the dying.
@@Boja23 😂😫
On a 2016 hyundai sonata se, ecu ecm started flashing check engine light. Connected my less than $40 scan tool. Came back bad, something about engine bearings. Anyways, the rpm was very limited and speed was limited to 60 mph. What's messed up, we have zero check engine lights or low oil fluid lights prior to the engine bearing issue. Always make it a habit to check your engine oil level via dip stick at least once a week. Always make it a habit of making a mental note of any fresh dripping fluid when leaving any parking stalls. Appreciate Boss Scotty for making and sharing your YT shows. Stay blessed, y'all ❤
i used to have a 2015 kia soul and the same thing happened to me. drove it for another year just adding oil and im so thankful it didn't blow up on me.
And then a long tedious polish after rocking those tail lights on that rough gritty tailgate.
He's never been known for the gently approach. LOL
The plastic was still on them.
I was thinking the same, plastic on or not; that was sloppy when all ya need is a rag.
Tinted tail lights are illegal in a lot of states
It is illegal to tint the stock lights as that dims the lights and the reflective capabilities. Alternatively, these aftermarket lights are legal as long as they have bright reflective capabilities and bright lights (look for DOT approved)
@@aarnjams yes but, has to have DOT stamp intact
@@carnaud very true, what i do hate is the ones that people tint themselves and you can barely see their brakelights in the daytime!
@@aarnjams The flash of my firearm will alert them to my braking 😀
Oh
I've found that led lights for the tail lights don't create any heat, therefore when driving in winter snow conditions snow will build on the tail lights so they can't be seen. Incandescent bulbs create enough heat to keep the tail lights clear. It is a huge safety concern for me.
That's another good point, I do remember reading reviews from semi truck drivers about LED headlights, some were saying they had to constantly pull over and clean off the headlights when driving in the snow at night because the snow wasn't melting off and they couldn't see. I had never thought about that issue before then
They can put defroster on them so it's safer
Thank you for all the useful information you share with everyone!
Thanks for the info but as far as the tail lights but always check with DMV to make sure they not illegal in your state 😅
The only thing that should be illegal is electric cars😂
Totally agree.
Toy Barbie car with a battery
Oh now everybody sould have an option to get what they want that is what makes America great. Its the mandating that I have buy and drive those useless pos's I have a problem with.
Shocking comment! 😂
Especially the ones that catch on fire
Just put my Demon lights in!! LEDs are a cool upgrade but expensive to replace!
You reviewed some Antline LED bulbs several years ago. I got some bright white ones for my reverse lights. I can actually *_see_* behind me at dark. They're still going. 😎👍
I did a similar swap on a couple of TrailBlazers. They make a huge difference.
always looked at the hipsters with blacked out tail lights and wondered why you would want less light coming out of your tail lights.
Now, the 35" rock climbers. Nice truck!
Scott ignore the haters. Your videos are great.Respect
Who in their right mind would ever "hate" Scotty? Well, except maybe the shady Dealers, Mechanics,
Scam artists, etc....
I like LED lights, but not smoked taillights
Agreed, but to each their own in that regard.
Same but I have them on as of 4 days ago. I drove with oem for many years. Now I have them smoked. I think it’s a nice smoked set as the led is still red out the box.
Could use that scan tool on my two Toyota vehicles. Thanks Scotty.
In Australia smoked lights are illegal if the car didnt come out with them.
Yea, Australia sucks.
yes the peoples republic of australia and canada@@ZHodge050
so surprise there yall are from England the land of having no fun
@0Heeroyuy01 Australia.🤑🤣
Australia is the worst! You were cool for a month after crocodile dundee
The tail lights get pre-scratched to match the rest of the truck.
How much money for those tail lights etc.? I wouldn't do it. I could care less as long as it runs.
Upgrades are often a waste of money
My side marker wasn’t working correctly. Turns on when I tap it gently on oem tailights. Tried buying new bulbs, and swapping bulbs left to right …..fixed the problem for a while. Problem came back. Purchased LED taillights , the led is red out the box so I feel safe when parked. Side visibility at night is better than ever. the OEM side marker isn’t being used at all but is plugged in to protect for corrosion. the running light does it all. i purchased mainly for safety.
As long the lights keep safe and your family . Money well spent
I like the original look. Maybe swap to LED if you want a more modern look but not those smoked out ones I hate how those look. They have that tuner look to me. May as well bolt on the huge chrome echo fart tip too!!🤣
replacing a working part with a new one doesn't sound right to me. So what if it is a little old looking.
Many cars have computer controlled turn signal flashers.
Changing from incandescent to LED causes the turn signals to flash rapidly unless you install a ballast resistor, which defeats the savings in power you get from switching to LED.
Not sure if the dealer can reprogram for LED or not.
I'm not sure if you knew this but no, it won't. If that was the case it would be rapidly blinking in the video
The reason a signal flashes faster is because of an improper signal, which means you suck at installing lights
@@sdrawkcabmodnar Not really. I replaced a regular bulb with an led one and the flasher flashed rapidly. Not hard to undo a bulb and put a new one in.
No mistakes on my part.
Upon further research a while later I discovered that one has to splice in a 50 ohm resistor (1/4 watt I think it was) in series with the bulb to remedy the problem.
Computer controlled the flashing. There was no separate flasher unit like older cars had.
LED Bulb was a direct replacement.
@@sdrawkcabmodnar Actually on many cars it will flash rapidly. Depends on the car.
Even on my vehicle I had to replace the (separate) flasher unit with a heavy duty one or it would flash too fast.
you had the wrong part or a bad wiring harness simple @@crazysquirrel9425
you forgot the eyelashes for the headlights
Try following someone with these dangerous tailights in the fog. Definitely should be illegal.
lol The taillights that are tinted by the factory are just as bright, if not more, as the stock OEM versions because they use very bright LED arrays.
As someone has already mentioned you just scratched the heck out of it. A towel under the new taillight would only take a minute.
We used to change the tail lights back in the seventies with the much brighter 25watt bulbs that they used in Mazdas
2:27 looks difficult. Reminds me, I have to polish the headlight lenses on my 200k-mile van. They got dull over 20 years.
Been thinking led for my 2013 expedition but i love keeping it OEM. Maybe i just change the bulbs
Do not forget to paint over the bolts you added for the running boards.
I think that chrome or aluminum would look great on a black truck
Love the sounds of the Birds chirping in the background ❤❤❤.
Hi Scotty, do you have any scratch repair videos? Products/ demonstrations?
Boss Scotty is most definitely keeping young, always staying busy. Y'all stay blessed ❤
He doesn't pay anyone for anything, and does it for the heck of it😂
Scotty you rock.
The only thing I would recommend is test the lights before you bolt them back in. More than likely, if it's a new kit, it should be fine (and providing the old one still worked fine, but you never know). The other thing would be make sure you get a decent one that has the proper resisters built into the lamp assembly too. I would think most if not all do, but you never know.
Scotty is a menace to society
He's "our" menace to society
Bet he slams it next.
Catalytic converter? Check for the ol banana in the tailpipe!
Stick with OEM equipment. Safer, and better looking.
Not everything OEM looks good or functions good, and that highly depends on the vehicle.
@-aid4084 If your lighting housings or bulbs do not have dot or SAE compliant certification, they are not road legal. The vast majority of these aftermarket housings and bulbs are not DOT or SAE compliant at all. People always say "oh LEDs look brighter." Well, try that same theory at a distance in the daytime. Reflectors magnify the filament of halogen bulbs. LED don't become "more bright" at a distance like halogen bulbs on halogen reflector housings do. That's why modern Toyota Corollas use LED designed reflectors but use DOT/SAE compliant LED bulbs so they get the best of both worlds - LED Break lights that light up at full intensity instantly and they appear bright at a distance, making it very visible even in direct sunlight
When I want to update my Tacoma I just polish it and it's new again.
Alot of cars or trucks that dont have LED lights to begin with will have issues if you put that Chinese LED's in them. Not worth the headache of electrical issues. I know as i did it myself a couple of years ago.
@@drdragonbird I did not get one as i didn't know about it at the time. Most people don't know this and then they end up having issues later. Yes, newer cars are become more with LED but not every car. . You would think in the article of the product would tell you before hand about checking to make sure your car can handle it or buy an actuator.
The TRD trim for Torota stands for Turd. Not sure why they have that model level they are all Turds. I'm curious though. How many other Transmissions has that Toyota gone through because my brothers went through 6 before he traded it for a Bronco. I also have to question about engines in the other one because my dad's went through 8 or he got rid of it, he would have gotten rid of it sooner but my mom kept insisting that "It's a Toyota, it's a good vehicle, it will run forever, you just aren't driving it right/taking care of it/put it in wrong/grabbed one from a junk yard!" FYI my dad only got one of those 8 in a junk yard and he had it professionally rebuilt, the rest were rebuilds bought from NAPA and unlike my brother with 4 of his transmissions he didn't install a single one if them and they all died with less than 1000 miles on them. They were all babied, they were all well looked after and well maintained, and to this day my mom still holds to her argument and says it was only 4 engines and not 8 even though my dad had the receipts to back up that it was 8.
I have a Nissan versa with 187885 thousand miles never had a problem no transmission no engine problems I see a lot of the broken down it's my work car I drive it like you say a maniac and it drives like a dream what u think of that
I have a 99 Nissan frontier with over 180,000 mi. That runs like a top . And I don't baby mine. No problems ever but replaced alternator about 2 years ago. And befor that Had a 1974 Datsun that ran over 300,000mi.
I think you are a tool.
Youre lucky......thats it......
@@michaelshultz2540OLDER nissans arent the problem.....itd been said 100 times....besides, the front wheel drive nissans are the ones with the problem.....noone said a frontier was abad truck...
@richsweeney1115 I know I just wanted to say I have a older great Nissan. 👍 Nothing is as good as they should be anymore. There needs to be a law that if the consumer cant easily fix it it cant be sold !
I don't care enough to make my aging Kia look good its drives to from without issues I get daily maintenance done to it. Thats all you really need
Reversing lights ?
Thanks Scotty well worth watching.
my question is are they legal, in michigan things like this have to be DOT approved to be used on the road
Very NICE ! Worthy mod !
But you are a
Professional 😮!
Its a shame that American car companies did not think like Toyota.
Wow, LED taillights with built-in turn signal resistor! That's nice.
Be prepared to pay money on them tail lights. They're about $360 bucks for my truck
Um no Scotty. Black tail lights are not an upgrade
Newer tailights look nice don't know if they are legal in my state.
Are the leds. Replaceable?
Scotty only God knows how many scratches you put on that brand new tail light.shouldve put a blanket or an old rag on that tail gate.
I would say this is an illegal mod in Europe
its a joke or is for real?
"Illegal"? Sorry, there's no freedom in Europe.
I would say it is for real because newer saw anything similar on european roads
nice upgrade... i want some.. did the headlights too..
Okay Scotty this question isn't pertaining to this video is just a question that I have and I'm hoping you can help me... I have a 2000 Lexus ES300 the fuel pump had went out out and ever since I fixed it the car won't start turn over or anything what am I missing what should I look at or do next.... Please help help
Smoky taillights look cool af but I never understood making your taillights work less. With LED ones however looks like you may not need to worry about that since LED lights are so bright
Only if they are on night and day. Red and amber lights are bright even when off on a sunny day. They draw your attention to where the brake or turn light in front of you might signal. Most have sun and headlight reflectors on them, especially on the side.
These look like black metal on a black vehicle.
The factory tail light look fine, you just show people how to waste money
It’s their money too waste.
its all about personal preference. led lights by default look far better than bulbs. when i got my 2010 charger, the first thing i did was change out the ugly taillights.
It's an option.
I'm a tight fisted git and understand where your coming from however If I don't like how my car looks (2011 puegeot 207) or the features it has, I'd much rather upgrade it with parts such as an android infotainment system for £200 instead of spending a few grand on a newer car/change the tail lights (which I wont do as i quite like standard ones)
Leds contribute to your safety.
Did rear truck lights have backup lights? They weren't shown in the vid. Thankdy
“Hay q’ mantenerlas” 😃
Catalytic converter clogs up and reduces economy and power. But it will still pass smog 15 times.
Tint will make that truck look even better With the blacked out tails
That review guy suffers from user malfunctions 😂😂😂10% rule
I wonder if that aftermarket plastic will last as long..
Anyone that whines about plug-and-play and don't like the tail lights because of that pretty much is never done anything mechanical or build anything with his hands
@Scottykilmer I thought you said you were dead
They're illegal in Michigan.
I am one of those who hates swimming pools! What a waste of time and money! And buying very used cars with more features is usually what I try to do, unless I get a very good deal on a cheaper model!
LEDs are ok; but some folks put too bright leds and opposite traffic is blind for 3 minutes.
I installed front LEDs, went to a shop to get them adjusted. When I checked, I saw the guy was turning the wrong screw, and only pretended like he adjusted the beams correctly. It still went through inspection though, and I did what I could.
Scotty with the ricer mods. Never thought I'd see him promoting something that makes worse visibility for other cars.
You don't wipe off your finger prints of from the bulbs so you they don't burn out.
The biggest thing about the mazda cx-30 is I believe all those are made in Mexico which scotty has said he works not buy.
Super Drive i got the brand now.
Breakin' the law!
Keep the auto start stop permanently off???
It's so easy *camera cuts out, cuts back in*
Scotty sold me fent behind the old Blockbuster off the highway
I can confirm as well
I was the 10$ bill he gave to Scotty, this is true
not too bright. fent is nothing to joke about.
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Lol😂
i want blinking "twigs", to flip the bird at will.
I don't like the Dark Tail-light Lens, they Retard the Light, hard to See Blinker or Brake Light.
So, these tail lights are illegal..?
I see a lot of people complaining in the comments typical
Scotty is becoming a Gangsta 👍
A true Scotty-Gangsta-Chanic.
Is that an I-truck?
Hearing Scotty’s voice makes my day😊
what about Chev Malibu?
We upgraded our EV to run on diesel thanks to Scotty!
maybe put the lens on a cloth so you don't scratch it up
cant find taillight like that for my old cars..
Gotta work on our camera angles Scotty.
I love and respect Scotty's advice but I don't think I want him changing and scratching my tail lights. 😊
What’s next, are going to put a spoiler on your truck? All the cool kids are doing it , don’t you want to do it too ?
Better way to get tinted lenses that are legal.
Why wouldn't you just buy Led bulbs that just fit the vehicle, no adaptors neccesary
Scottie, you make it look so easy! God bless 😀😀
Only thing that truck needs is a wash!!
Some vehicles will throw a code going from the standard bulb to LED.