Yeah, they were illuminated which was pretty trick. I am not sure if it was gimmicky or something they would put on the real car. The headlights were on the whole time so it may be something that is lit up at night. I did not think to ask them. The actual headlight and taillight assemblies were awesome. The actual lights were surrounded by fiberglass that was etched. It looked like a scene out of Tron when they were racing around with the lit up blockades behind them.