As you can see in the attachment, the square you "skin" to edit the taillight texture, is repeated in 3 areas, they arent on seperate areas like an XRT.
You can blacken the lights, but say bye bye to the reverse light.
I wouldnt call it lame, just annoying when your trying to contact a friend in the middle of the day expecting them to be awake, only to find they're taking a nap!
I try to race clean myself, I back off when I get too close around corners and such, but its a shame no one else does just as mentioned above, race with close friends, at least then crashes wont be so serious, since you'll laugh it off with your buddy