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[RockyXL]

I'm in LA too.

25% all around on a 3 series
5% all around on a v70
25% back, 35% front on s70

never pulled over for the tint, but gotten pulled over/ticketed for lacking a front plate...pretty much an excuse to check if i was drunk

[JoelH]

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imo anything 35 and above is kinda pointless(not bashing just my opinon)

The point is to protect the interior and reduce the heating from sunlight; here in Tucson that is important. I tried 38% (the lightest non-metallic tint the shop stocked) on the windshield, but it definitely cut down on the visibility at night. I had it changed to this tint, just for the front windshield:

Solar Gard Ultra Performance

It definitely is a heat and glare improvement over the untinted windshield, without cutting any night visibility. Should also reduce long-term sun damage of the dash and interior. Recommended.

[Dmsee]

Auto films dont really block too much heat
20% blocks around 45% heat where 20% home tint blocks almost 80%

[javadoc]

Wuss!

Oh it's on, Canuck...

[EVL WAGN]

Oh it's on, Canuck...

Bring it on beeee-hotch!!! lolol

[Danpeal]

The point is to protect the interior and reduce the heating from sunlight; here in Tucson that is important. I tried 38% (the lightest non-metallic tint the shop stocked) on the windshield, but it definitely cut down on the visibility at night. I had it changed to this tint, just for the front windshield:

Solar Gard Ultra Performance

It definitely is a heat and glare improvement over the untinted windshield, without cutting any night visibility. Should also reduce long-term sun damage of the dash and interior. Recommended.

Well this has been a good one to read, I have not done tint yet, and this on the windshield sounds great , but I was thinking 35-40 on the rest myself...

[98Silver70]

35 all around on the s70 for a year now in VA, no problems yet ::knocks on wood::

[SILVERS70t5auto]

in Alberta, Canada any tint on the front 2 windows is illegal and they are giving tickets out like crazy in edmonton so im just going to get the back 5 tinted.

[BAREASS]

http://www.llumar.com/na-eng/Automotive/auto-tint-laws.html#

There's where I like to go for the tint laws (they list both USA and Canada laws).

As you can see, the legal limits in Texas are: 5" Windshield, 25% front/back side (car), and no limit on the back window.

I bought this car with 35% all the way around, but that's nowhere near dark enough for me. I had 5% put on the back recently, and I love it. I think the 35% tint on my sides has faded, and the place I got my back window done has a 30% tint that will keep me barely at that 25% level when you factor in the UV protection that is inherent in the windows.

Still... I wanna push my luck o.O My mom used to have 17% or 18% on her front windows, but she had to get it removed and reapplied every time she had to get her inspection done. I really haven't heard many of you talk about your state inspections (some of you have). Do some states not check the window tint during inspections? You can't pass if you have a tint that's too dark unless you bribe the guys doing the inspection or get it removed temporarily. I'm more worried about that than I am about trouble with the cops. I don't know what's pushing your luck to even be able to bribe inspectors, too. I want to get 15% on the sides, but that would read way below the limit. Plus, the tint place I've always gone to has said they won't give me a lifetime warranty like they normally do if they have to do an illegal tint.

Faded 35% just isn't dark enough for me, though, especially now that I have a black car.

[303jrodt5]

13% all around and no problems at all.

[NGB]

http://www.llumar.com/na-eng/Automotive/auto-tint-laws.html#

There's where I like to go for the tint laws (they list both USA and Canada laws).

As you can see, the legal limits in Texas are: 5" Windshield, 25% front/back side (car), and no limit on the back window.

I bought this car with 35% all the way around, but that's nowhere near dark enough for me. I had 5% put on the back recently, and I love it. I think the 35% tint on my sides has faded, and the place I got my back window done has a 30% tint that will keep me barely at that 25% level when you factor in the UV protection that is inherent in the windows.

Still... I wanna push my luck o.O My mom used to have 17% or 18% on her front windows, but she had to get it removed and reapplied every time she had to get her inspection done. I really haven't heard many of you talk about your state inspections (some of you have). Do some states not check the window tint during inspections? You can't pass if you have a tint that's too dark unless you bribe the guys doing the inspection or get it removed temporarily. I'm more worried about that than I am about trouble with the cops. I don't know what's pushing your luck to even be able to bribe inspectors, too. I want to get 15% on the sides, but that would read way below the limit. Plus, the tint place I've always gone to has said they won't give me a lifetime warranty like they normally do if they have to do an illegal tint.

Faded 35% just isn't dark enough for me, though, especially now that I have a black car.

As far as inspections, I roll all the windows all the way down and pull it into the inspection station. I go to the station where I know they are a little more lax about stuff and i'm usually A OK.

[CHARGER69O1]

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

All tickets I have gotten have been State Police...never been bothered by local cops.
I have 20% from the front doors back on the Yellow sedan been given 5 tint tickets in that car and pulled just for that. Its a freaking tint ticket magnet.(its going to be changed to 35%)
I have 20% from the front doors back on the blue wagon.... got a pulled for speed and got a tint ticket to go along with the speeding.
I have 35% from the front doors back on everything else(except the P1800es) and never been bothered.

[jgunnar]

She was tinted when I bought her so no idea of the % factor, but asthetically I like it.

[SaffronThundah]

15% all around. No problems. No state inspections.

[Tripp Mcnealy]

5% all around.. Never had any problems..

[Aequitas_Veritas]

You gotta consider where alot of people live. I live here in nazi tint land as well (irvine,Ca). I have around 15% all around on my old car, and 35% on my new car. Ive never been pulled over with the 35% tint, but I have been pulled over 3 times for my other car. However, in the end I beat the cops by doing a little trick seen here:

http://volvospeed.com/vs_forum/index.php?s...c=76313&hl=

Im gonna get my new car tinted 15% again soon. However, cops will sometimes use it as an excuse to get you for other things, so take it with a grain of salt.

[lookforjoe]

[quote name='Aequitas_Veritas' date='May 27 2008, 04:02 PM' post='1294240']
You gotta consider where alot of people live. I live here in nazi tint land as well (irvine,Ca). I have around 15% all around on my old car, and 35% on my new car. Ive never been pulled over with the 35% tint, but I have been pulled over 3 times for my other car. However, in the end I beat the cops by doing a little trick seen here:

That's what I did.

[Ghost Shadow]

5% on 01 blue vert
5% on my burg 94 855t
5% fronts and another 5% on my rears over factory tint on my black armada
20% on my wifes black 07 vw jetta
20% on my mother in law's 07 rav4
5% and 11" on windscreen on my brothers 98 black maxima

brother got pulled over once coasting thru stop sign, warning and he was off
wife got a $108 tint ticket last week from a PA state trooper
i got a ticket for loud music, undercar lighting, video within driver's view, and tint. cop was a a-hole...fought the video ticket and subsequently they threw everything else out.

out of 4 people in my house only my wife got a ticket for tint in the last 10 years.

hehehehe

[BAREASS]

5% on 01 blue vert
5% on my burg 94 855t
5% fronts and another 5% on my rears over factory tint on my black armada
20% on my wifes black 07 vw jetta
20% on my mother in law's 07 rav4
5% and 11" on windscreen on my brothers 98 black maxima

brother got pulled over once coasting thru stop sign, warning and he was off
wife got a $108 tint ticket last week from a PA state trooper
i got a ticket for loud music, undercar lighting, video within driver's view, and tint. cop was a a-hole...fought the video ticket and subsequently they threw everything else out.

out of 4 people in my house only my wife got a ticket for tint in the last 10 years.

hehehehe

Yeah, but, how do you pass inspection? o.O

[Gray850]

Just bought a new car from Missouri which had tinted windows. Live in Illinois and the laws are different. Anyway, from the 2007-2008 law updates from www.cyberdriveillinois.com regarding tinted windows in Illinois:

CODE

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the prohibition against tinted windshields and
tinted side windows does not apply to vehicles owned and operated by persons afflicted with or
suffering from a medical illness, ailment, or disease requiring that person to be shielded from the
direct rays of the sun, including but not limited to systemic or discoid lupus erythematosus,
disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis, or albinism, or to vehicles used in transporting a
person who lives at the same address as the registered owner and is afflicted with or suffers from
such an illness, ailment, or disease, regardless of the date on which the tinted windows were
installed or the tinting was applied. Provides that the owner of the vehicle is responsible for
obtaining the certification from a physician indicating that the owner or another person being
transported in the vehicle has a condition that qualifies for the exemption. Provides that the owner
is responsible for submitting a copy of the certification to the Secretary of State.

Provides that the Secretary of State shall issue distinctive registration plates or plate stickers for
the exempted vehicles Provides that the Secretary shall issue the plates immediately upon
receiving a physician's certification that an applicant qualifies for the plates.

Thought it would be helpful for those living in Illinois so if u know an ophthalmologist, get a diagnosis and be on your way...

If this was already posted, sorry, but I didn't feel like sifting through the thread.