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[O gamias sas]

40% as I know.Once they took my licence plates for 10 days and 50 euros.But I believe that it is matter of luck to stop you the police.Here in Greece everyone drives by his own rules,and many women or old people become very dangerous for the others,but the police chases only the cars,with aftermarket exhausts,or window tints etc.In other cases they just close their eyes.

[jediboytj]

Currently 15% all around except the windshield. Ive only had it a couple weeks though.

[R MOOSE]

Tint limit in CT is 75%...just on the front.
I've got 5% on the back and rear side windows,and i think 40 or 45% on the fronts.

[hgray14]

I run less than 35% on my NV plated car. Not sure how dark it is but the installer said it was darker than NV limits, which are 35%...
(where it was installed; I had to pay him in cash if I wanted something other than legal)

I have yet to be pulled over in NV for it. I doubt I will ever get pulled over in CA (where I live) for it because I would assume that most cops in CA wouldn't bother with a car with license plates from a state whos tint laws they don't know.

I run way less than 70% on both the Yellow T-5Rs but I don't drive them much so I might have just gotten lucky. I have passed a lot of cops and not been pulled over but maybe they don't bother with that kind of thing in my town. I usually drive with the sunroof open which makes the tinting appear to be less tinted than it actually is.

I have to say that the darker the tint the better the car looks. Since CA allows any tint to your back side and rear windows I would get as dark as possible all the way around (well, not on the windshield). If you get a ticket just have the front ones changed to legal...shouldn't cost too much and in the mean time you get to drive around a blacked out ride. I can tell you this, from all my time in the desert the tinting sure helps with heat and since L.A. is a desert I would guess you will like that aspect a lot too.

Two points of interest...with super heavy tinting I have a hard time backing up especially at night. When I pull into a parking lot I always park back side in. It is easier to back into a spot when everyone can see you then to back out when they can't. Also, I have had complaints from rear passengers that they can't see much out of the car, again, especially at night. Not sure I care much since the only reason they ride in my car is because I am the only one with four doors...and luxury leather interior to boot. LOL I find that when I am in a car with no tinting I totally notice it even when wearing sunglasses. Then again, I live in an area with a lot of sun. Maybe if I lived in other parts of the country where there is less sunlight I wouldn't really care.

Dude, go dark!!!

Houston

[TBM]

4% on my 5 rear windows and 20% on the front 2 windsows. Never pulled for it, but the customs agents hate it at the border.

Customs agents LOL . I have smoked license plate covers and they can never read it when I cross (both sides of the border).

On my old MX6, for I had 10% all around ('cept the windshield ) for 5 years, never pulled over for it. Currently have 35% all around on the T5M and obviously no issues.

[javadoc]

35% all the way around... zero problems w/the popos.

[EVL WAGN]

35% all the way around... zero problems w/the popos.

Wuss!

[7 VII 7]

I have 35% all around.. i only got 2 tickets for it and thats when they already pulled me over for speeding

Virginia is 50% legal

[JHEIII874T5M]

My red 850 turbo (r.i.p.)

5% all around
35% on the windshield

This car was a gangsta bomba

Got pulled over for it... had all 4 windows down and sunroof open... cop said he still couldn't see me through the windshield. Paid the ticket and went on my merry way.









My S70 (r.i.p.)

35% all around - no windshield tint









My 244

No tint

[prasamin]

My tint has been 13% fronts, 22% rears for about 5 years.....never had an issue in SoCal.....I had 20% all around done on my Maxima, never had a problem with that either.

I had my cousin's BMW done at the same time my Maxima was done, at 20% all around, and she never had an issue in SoCal (mainly the I.E.), but she did get pulled over in Stockton (she goes to UOP), but the officer just gave her some kind advice about how she should voluntarily remove her tint....It's been a year since then, and the tint's still there, except for the scratch marks from her dog, Daisy.

[Owned]

Like I said it had been a while and I only know up here in MA and NH but I *thought* 35% except on windshields was ok, now I know and knowing is half the battle,

Mass isn't too anal about tint but NH can be depending on the town. Staties can be anal. I've been pulled over from across the highway for tint by one.

[NGB]

Mass isn't too anal about tint but NH can be depending on the town. Staties can be anal. I've been pulled over from across the highway for tint by one.

New Hampshire: Live Free or Die, unless you have tinted windows.

[Fudge_Brownie]

Mass isn't too anal about tint but NH can be depending on the town. Staties can be anal. I've been pulled over from across the highway for tint by one.

I haven't heard much about trouble from troopers with tint unless you get stopped for something else. But I've heard plenty of stories about tint hastle from local cops. I've got 35 on the front, 20 on the rear. Passes inspection, and I've yet to be questioned about it. I imagine if you have the lighter front versus the darker rear in a state where the law requires that, they probably assume you got a lawful tint job.

[Owned]

I haven't heard much about trouble from troopers with tint unless you get stopped for something else. But I've heard plenty of stories about tint hastle from local cops. I've got 35 on the front, 20 on the rear. Passes inspection, and I've yet to be questioned about it. I imagine if you have the lighter front versus the darker rear in a state where the law requires that, they probably assume you got a lawful tint job.

I have 35 all around. I get 'breaks' in some towns from knowing many LEOs, however I haven't had any town cops that didn't know me pull me over for tint, either. I have had staties follow me into gas stations and cross the median for it, though. I also had one drop a speeding ticket in MPH to be $50 less, then decide to give me a $50 tint ticket. I think he was mad since he had to chase me on foot for a little bit.

[DonutsDemise]

legal in VA is 35% around the back and 50% in the front so that's what I got. I wish it was darker but at least I can't get tickets for it.

[NGB]

legal in VA is 35% around the back and 50% in the front so that's what I got. I wish it was darker but at least I can't get tickets for it.

Of course you can. If you had them put on 50% tint on the front windows it'll probably meter closer to 40% since almost all automotive glass has some tint in it already. In almost every state it's what the combined VLT (visible light transmittance) is, not what the film that was installed is, so if he meters your windows it'll read lower than 50% VLT.

[Fudge_Brownie]

Of course you can. If you had them put on 50% tint on the front windows it'll probably meter closer to 40% since almost all automotive glass has some tint in it already. In almost every state it's what the combined VLT (visible light transmittance) is, not what the film that was installed is, so if he meters your windows it'll read lower than 50% VLT.

I'd think any good tint shop would tint the windows taking that into account, no?

[Owned]

I'd think any good tint shop would tint the windows taking that into account, no?

I've never met a tint guy that cared enough if you didn't say anything. Half their business comes from being 'flexible' with the law anyways.

[DonutsDemise]

I've never met a tint guy that cared enough if you didn't say anything. Half their business comes from being 'flexible' with the law anyways.

I said I want "legal tint" but 50% is so light it doesn't even matter even if it's truly 45%. I wouldn't have wanted it any lighter anyway and the receipt is in my glove box so I could probably talk my way out of a ticket for tint even though tint tickets are normally tacked on to speeding tickets etc.

[lookforjoe]

20% all round

Got a ticket for the fronts - but that was because I was pulled over for over reasons. In NY, the fronts must be clear, which basically means factory tint.



I had 35% on my 965.... never an issue



35% on my 245... never an issue.