the topic title saids it all

 

Cuz since day one the sanctioning body has told me so!

I am not sure, but I think it has to do with keeping glass of the track if it shatters.

Anyone else?

 

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headlights getting broken from lil rocks

 

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Wrong. The tape is not going to keep your lights from getting broken. What the tape will do is keep the glass from littering the track so that someone else could cut a tire.

 

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Wrong. The tape is not going to keep your lights from getting broken. What the tape will do is keep the glass from littering the track so that someone else could cut a tire.</TD></TR></TABLE>
exactly what i meant. put it in wrong way i guess

 

now get out on track

 

are we going to answer this every month now? its in the FAQ at the top of the forum....

 

do they still make cars with glass head lights??

 

Do you want to find out whether plastic shards still cut your tire?

 

I do it because it makes the car look cool.
It may also be in the rule book, but I haven't read it so I'm not sure.

 

I know this is the 3rd time we've answered this question. This month.

 

hahaha

 

speaking off...

last event, I think i scared a mustang into taking a desert exit, in which, he kicked some rocks up onto the track as well as in my general direction.

I had the headlamps taped... however, I didn't have my bumper lens taped.

needless to say, a rock found it's destination and struck one of the lens and broke it. granted, it's plastic, it can still cut a tyre...

 

So, along that vein, if you tape up your windshield too, that would keep it from getting glass on the track in the event of an impact, right?

--off to find some duct tape and an excuse to drive like $hit...

 

I've actually found that at PCA and BMW events, the tape on the headlight gets respect. "Whoa!!! That thing has taped up headlights. It *must* be a racecar. I better let him pass....."

As I drive past a $60,000 M3 with a $5,000 Sentra.....

 

hahaha... try that in a saturn...

 

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As I drive past a $60,000 M3 with a $5,000 Sentra.....</TD></TR></TABLE>

You paid $5K for a Sentra?
Give me a call, I've got some property you might be interested in.

Seriously, the taped up lights do help with the BMW and Porsche crew. I learned this years ago. Flashing your lights pisses them off... A black car with blacked out lights makes them move over and point vigorously.
I explained this to Karl one time and he thought I was kidding, until he saw it in action .

 

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Years ago, yes.

For me it took:
Taped headlights
Flashing high-beams, AND
honking the horn

this while driving the section from Rollercoaster through Hogpen one handed to get a freakin passing signal from an E46 M3.