They are legal for one simple reason.They really are not smoked.They just look smoked do to the fact that the main headlight unit is painted black(where the reflected area of the '99 to '00 are chrome).The lenz is clear.The black background in the headlight gives off the illussion of it being smoked.That is how ford can get away with the "smoked headlight" theme.
Someone i talk to on the net gave me the info as he did the amber reflecter delete,and brought it up in a conversation.
But you can buy a set off true smoked headlights where the lenz is smoked in the aftermarket.Now would that be legal.

 

 

ive hears that plan work and also fail, failing by the rental company noticing and makin him pay for new ones

 

I'd be surprised if they figured it out...cause its doesnt stand out at all...but I'm sure somone may have caught on...oh well...this is just something I heard...also v6/gt verts had sub frame connectors (only bolted on)...again...just what I heard...lol

 

dunno if you wanna call it a subframe connector and i don't know if it's different on newer ones but my 85 had these massive steel frames along the bottom of the door....must of added as much or more rigidity as a subframe connector by the look of it, and they weren't bolted in...they were part of the car.

 

thats what I was going to do with my old 99 cuz I really wanted the smoked headlights. I know more than one person that has done this and it worked no problem

btw will any rental places still have 04- models? I think there all getting in the 05's for this year.

 

these are like mini sub frame connectors...that are actually bolted on...I'm removing mine cause they dont do and going with some steeda full length ones...

 

really? i had to replace the whole floor in that car...never gonna buy another vert
i never saw how they were bolted in though....and i sw lots of that floor lol