laws regarding tint...

Phantom1313 · 02-01-2005, 09:00 PM

ok i've done a google search and found out u can have up to 70% tint ont he driver and pasenger front windows, but then we had a CHP officer at school and i asked him about it he said u cant ahve any tint on the front driver/passenger windows....btw, every site i found on google had teh same information, all was recently updated, so if anyone knows what the real laws are, or where i can find informaton about the laws and how much tint u can ahve on the front driver/passenger windows please let me know...it's important i know soon beacuse im going to get my windows tinted with in a month and need to get anwsers, as yet i dont know where i am going tog et them tinted, but some where close that my frineds go through....please let me know....thanks

Chopper · 02-02-2005, 08:33 AM

Call the places that do tint work and ask them.

svtnos · 02-02-2005, 09:03 AM

any place u call will tint your windows.. i mean it's profit why would they turn u down...most places ain't gonna tell u it's illegal.. but i'm sure they'll tell u if u ask... i mean they might at most tell u to be careful with real dark tint such as limo and darker..but i doubt they would discourage u from getting it...in MI the only tint your allowed to have on your driver/pass. side windows is the first 4 or 5 inches from the top... other than that no tint no matter what the %... now on your back windows.. well u could paint em black and they won't do anything...

Phantom1313 · 02-02-2005, 04:35 PM

ok, i knew about the bakc windows, i just need 2 know bout the front, sinc ei dont want to have different ammounts of tint...im going to give the place a call once i get the number...they should be able to help, in the mean time, if anyone has the rules for cars in cali regarding front driver/passenger side window tint let me know...

Stevoneo · 02-02-2005, 08:21 PM

just call a tint shop and they will tell what is legal. As in VA it is 35 in the back 35 back pass and driver and 50 on driver and pass. nothing on the front winshield. however i have 20 on the back and smaller windows on the back, and 35 on driver and passenger and front winsheild

Phantom1313 · 02-02-2005, 08:58 PM

really? u got tint on the windshield? that's soo sick, unfortunately to do that where i live that is like asking to get kicked in the genitalia (<---i cant spell)....not a wise idea....still trying to get info online, sicne id otn ahve number for the tint shop

*venom* · 02-03-2005, 03:18 AM

In FL you can tint the windshield but only a small strip on top for the sun. The fronts you can tint but not the very dark ones only the tint that you can see through from the outside. Most tint places wilk not install illegal tints if you ask them that you dont want to get fined and when they do they will warn you that is for offroad use only and are not respondsible.

jon3sgte · 02-03-2005, 03:27 PM

i live in vegas and had my windows blacked out all the way around and never had a problem with it. i would call the local dmv.

Phantom1313 · 02-03-2005, 05:40 PM

hmm, personnaly i dont wanna get fined, but i do want my car to look good and have matchign tint, so i may go with a lighter tint all the way around, i will have to take a look and see...

nanaki · 02-07-2005, 07:09 AM

in virginia you can have up to 50% on the driver & passenger side front windows. you can have 35% on the back window and back passenger & driver side. they asked if i wanted 35% all around and said the odds of you getting pulled over for that is like 1 in 50. he's never heard anyone getting pulled for that. had i gone 15%, then i'd have a problem.

jbodell11 · 02-07-2005, 02:35 PM

i have 35% all the way around and have been pulled over for different reasons and the cops have said nothing about it. one time was at night and one was in the day.

03BullittClone · 02-08-2005, 06:30 AM

In Illinois, its illegal to tint the driver's/passenger's windows at all, you can tint the back windows with any percentage tint. I recently got stopped by a local municipalitie's Barney Fife, he ticketed me for the forward tint. In Illinois, it's a $75 ticket that doesn't go on your driving record. I just paid it and forgot about it.

03 CENT. · 02-10-2005, 07:52 PM

In California you can't have anything on the front windows. I got pulled over a few years ago just becuase I had tint on the front and also becuase the cop was an ASSHOLE! I had to take it off and get my ticket signed off. Most of the time the cops won't do anything but they can if they are bored. Just FYI.

nanaki · 02-11-2005, 06:17 AM

you don't get a ticket ticket. it won't go against your record or anything. it'll just be a fine you pay and you say you took it off. they don't even check it to verify you did it. same with exhaust. my friend got pulled over in his stealth for loud exhaust and dark tint. they were both about $150 fines. he just sent the money and that was it. no points on license or anything. the cop that pulled him over was jokin with him for a minute "i would be giving you a speeding ticket but i didn't have my radar out. you were flying down that exit ramp and it took me awhile to catch you." gotta love AWD.

Islander03GT · 02-11-2005, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 03 CENT.

In California you can't have anything on the front windows. I got pulled over a few years ago just becuase I had tint on the front and also becuase the cop was an ASSHOLE! I had to take it off and get my ticket signed off. Most of the time the cops won't do anything but they can if they are bored. Just FYI.

You're allowed to have 70% on the front side windows. 70% is practically nothing though. I got nailed for 50% which you could see through easily. Most cops who pull over for tint have a hard on for that issue for whatever reason.

my2001GT · 02-11-2005, 12:36 PM

Heres a link with all the tint laws in the 50 states.... look below...

http://www.tintdude.com/laws.html

Nofire · 02-11-2005, 03:27 PM

I have 15% on the front 2 and rear, and 5% on the visor and back 2 windows and I don't get messed with about it in NC. And thats having to put up with the MP's on base. Could be b/c I have OK tags though.....

The1Neo · 02-22-2005, 04:47 PM

ok i know were i live ( IL) tinted windows are illegal, but ifyou have them and have the front and passenger window down far enough so that a copcan see your head, then the cop cant pull you over

Antnydude47 · 02-24-2005, 03:10 PM

yea....i got medium tint on my mustang and i dont think it will be a problem....my dad also just tinted his front windows on his 05' F350 a medium tint and the guy sed it was illegal but my dad cud give 2 ****s

L1quidCourage · 02-24-2005, 03:14 PM

Im not sure anything here is illigal in Nevada.

I have a nice dark tint. The tint guy made me pay him under the table to do it. But I dont even think it is illegal and have had no problems with the authorities.

Of course, now that i said that I am going to get pulled over on my way home from work today.

GTmustang04 · 02-24-2005, 05:52 PM

i live in md and i have 5% on my front 2, back to and back window and 40% on the windshield with a 5% sunstrip and i just got pulled over the other week and had to rip it all off. i only had it on for about 5 mon. it really blows cuz my car was dark as hell

WikidStang · 02-24-2005, 11:48 PM

im getting 10 or 15 all the way around mine...ask the state police about the tint...most cops hate stuff like that ...and usualy if they hate it they will say its illegal. and...since im getting 10 or 15 on my side windows i can just roll down my windows

v6what · 05-09-2005, 10:44 AM

was talking to a buddy of mine, he said he had his doctor give him a note or somthing and it's all good for him now, hes got tints like all around except the windshield but he gets pulled over all the time but since he has a bad eye he gets away with it

Shambles · 05-10-2005, 10:29 AM

Ive got 15% on the back of my Lexus, a 5% up on the front windshield, and 5% at the driver and passenger windows, although im getting that changes so that its 15% all the way around.

PA really doesnt have a set law on the books regarding tint, at least not that ive read. I believe they go by, if thay can see through the window, your ok.

Just dont get pulled over. Secondarys suck :P

The problem with PA's Laws: http://www.berksweb.com/users/dmv/tint/

01ARM · 05-11-2005, 09:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phantom1313

hmm, personnaly i dont wanna get fined, but i do want my car to look good and have matchign tint, so i may go with a lighter tint all the way around, i will have to take a look and see...

Simply roll your windows down, or put the top down. Has worked three times all ready ,all ending with no tickets.

USMCstang · 05-11-2005, 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nofire

I have 15% on the front 2 and rear, and 5% on the visor and back 2 windows and I don't get messed with about it in NC. And thats having to put up with the MP's on base. Could be b/c I have OK tags though.....

I was stationed at Cherry Point from 99-02, 15% tint all around (except windshield) and I never got pulled either. Most of the MPs, at least a few years ago, were pretty cool about it as long as you weren't doing something dumb like speeding on base. I'll tell you what, a black mustang with black leather in the NC summers NEEDS that tint.

I always took the back gate over by Slocum housing...the guys back there didn't care about anything, lol.

[hijack] I was in MWCS-28, what unit are you in? [/hijack]

02-01-2005, 09:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
Phantom1313 i <3 mustangs Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: California Posts: 70	laws regarding tint... ok i've done a google search and found out u can have up to 70% tint ont he driver and pasenger front windows, but then we had a CHP officer at school and i asked him about it he said u cant ahve any tint on the front driver/passenger windows....btw, every site i found on google had teh same information, all was recently updated, so if anyone knows what the real laws are, or where i can find informaton about the laws and how much tint u can ahve on the front driver/passenger windows please let me know...it's important i know soon beacuse im going to get my windows tinted with in a month and need to get anwsers, as yet i dont know where i am going tog et them tinted, but some where close that my frineds go through....please let me know....thanks

02-02-2005, 08:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
Chopper Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Parkersburg Wv. Posts: 257	Call the places that do tint work and ask them. __________________ 04 Mustang GT M5,1200 H-D Sportster Street Legal Drag Bike.1942 Flathead Chopper.1960 Cessna 172.(yes it's been modded too) BUY AMERICAN!!!

02-02-2005, 09:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
svtnos tranny killer Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Clinton Twp. MI Posts: 142	any place u call will tint your windows.. i mean it's profit why would they turn u down...most places ain't gonna tell u it's illegal.. but i'm sure they'll tell u if u ask... i mean they might at most tell u to be careful with real dark tint such as limo and darker..but i doubt they would discourage u from getting it...in MI the only tint your allowed to have on your driver/pass. side windows is the first 4 or 5 inches from the top... other than that no tint no matter what the %... now on your back windows.. well u could paint em black and they won't do anything... __________________ http://www.cardomain.com/ride/503778

02-02-2005, 04:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
Phantom1313 i <3 mustangs Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: California Posts: 70	hmm k.... ok, i knew about the bakc windows, i just need 2 know bout the front, sinc ei dont want to have different ammounts of tint...im going to give the place a call once i get the number...they should be able to help, in the mean time, if anyone has the rules for cars in cali regarding front driver/passenger side window tint let me know...

02-03-2005, 03:18 AM	#7 (permalink)
venom Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,225	In FL you can tint the windshield but only a small strip on top for the sun. The fronts you can tint but not the very dark ones only the tint that you can see through from the outside. Most tint places wilk not install illegal tints if you ask them that you dont want to get fined and when they do they will warn you that is for offroad use only and are not respondsible. __________________ http://www.mustangboards.com/mustang...500/ppuser/103

02-02-2005, 08:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
Stevoneo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 598	just call a tint shop and they will tell what is legal. As in VA it is 35 in the back 35 back pass and driver and 50 on driver and pass. nothing on the front winshield. however i have 20 on the back and smaller windows on the back, and 35 on driver and passenger and front winsheild

02-02-2005, 08:58 PM	#6 (permalink)
Phantom1313 i <3 mustangs Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: California Posts: 70	really? u got tint on the windshield? that's soo sick, unfortunately to do that where i live that is like asking to get kicked in the genitalia (<---i cant spell)....not a wise idea....still trying to get info online, sicne id otn ahve number for the tint shop

02-03-2005, 03:27 PM	#8 (permalink)
jon3sgte Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 63	i live in vegas and had my windows blacked out all the way around and never had a problem with it. i would call the local dmv.

02-03-2005, 05:40 PM	#9 (permalink)
Phantom1313 i <3 mustangs Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: California Posts: 70	hmm, personnaly i dont wanna get fined, but i do want my car to look good and have matchign tint, so i may go with a lighter tint all the way around, i will have to take a look and see...

02-07-2005, 07:09 AM	#10 (permalink)
nanaki VROOM! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Northern, VA Posts: 34	in virginia you can have up to 50% on the driver & passenger side front windows. you can have 35% on the back window and back passenger & driver side. they asked if i wanted 35% all around and said the odds of you getting pulled over for that is like 1 in 50. he's never heard anyone getting pulled for that. had i gone 15%, then i'd have a problem.

02-07-2005, 02:35 PM	#11 (permalink)
jbodell11 Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: wapak,ohio Posts: 50	i have 35% all the way around and have been pulled over for different reasons and the cops have said nothing about it. one time was at night and one was in the day.

02-08-2005, 06:30 AM	#12 (permalink)
03BullittClone Switching Gears.... Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Suburban Chicago Posts: 215	Tint Laws In Illinois, its illegal to tint the driver's/passenger's windows at all, you can tint the back windows with any percentage tint. I recently got stopped by a local municipalitie's Barney Fife, he ticketed me for the forward tint. In Illinois, it's a $75 ticket that doesn't go on your driving record. I just paid it and forgot about it. __________________ Looking REAL Hard at an '06 Shelby!!!

02-10-2005, 07:52 PM	#13 (permalink)
03 CENT. 2ND ID BUT 2ND TO NONE! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lakewood, Ca. Posts: 29	In California you can't have anything on the front windows. I got pulled over a few years ago just becuase I had tint on the front and also becuase the cop was an ASSHOLE! I had to take it off and get my ticket signed off. Most of the time the cops won't do anything but they can if they are bored. Just FYI.

02-11-2005, 06:17 AM	#14 (permalink)
nanaki VROOM! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Northern, VA Posts: 34	you don't get a ticket ticket. it won't go against your record or anything. it'll just be a fine you pay and you say you took it off. they don't even check it to verify you did it. same with exhaust. my friend got pulled over in his stealth for loud exhaust and dark tint. they were both about $150 fines. he just sent the money and that was it. no points on license or anything. the cop that pulled him over was jokin with him for a minute "i would be giving you a speeding ticket but i didn't have my radar out. you were flying down that exit ramp and it took me awhile to catch you." gotta love AWD.

02-11-2005, 12:36 PM	#16 (permalink)
my2001GT Newbie Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 161	Heres a link with all the tint laws in the 50 states.... look below... http://www.tintdude.com/laws.html __________________ "Yes, a piston engine will usually have pistons, unless it's a poorly tuned nitrous engine, and then having pistons is optional... " A talented car driven by a very talented driver!! 2001 Mustang GT 5 speed 2004 Marauder 1987 Monte Carlo SS 500WRHP!!! Parting out.... Saving up for a 480-500hp built 4.6 Motor!!! -Brian- :laughing7 :icon_thum

02-11-2005, 03:27 PM	#17 (permalink)
Nofire Sooner #65 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: University of Oklahoma Posts: 672	I have 15% on the front 2 and rear, and 5% on the visor and back 2 windows and I don't get messed with about it in NC. And thats having to put up with the MP's on base. Could be b/c I have OK tags though..... __________________ 2004 Mach 1----Black--------Sold. 285HP, 304TQ I WANT MORE!!!

02-22-2005, 04:47 PM	#18 (permalink)
The1Neo Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 109	ok i know were i live ( IL) tinted windows are illegal, but ifyou have them and have the front and passenger window down far enough so that a copcan see your head, then the cop cant pull you over

02-24-2005, 03:10 PM	#19 (permalink)
Antnydude47 GT/FoxBODY\88 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: NJ Posts: 30	yea....i got medium tint on my mustang and i dont think it will be a problem....my dad also just tinted his front windows on his 05' F350 a medium tint and the guy sed it was illegal but my dad cud give 2 ****s __________________ CarDomain

02-24-2005, 03:14 PM	#20 (permalink)
L1quidCourage Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 11	Im not sure anything here is illigal in Nevada. I have a nice dark tint. The tint guy made me pay him under the table to do it. But I dont even think it is illegal and have had no problems with the authorities. Of course, now that i said that I am going to get pulled over on my way home from work today.

02-24-2005, 05:52 PM	#21 (permalink)
GTmustang04 Stereo Nut Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 83	tint i live in md and i have 5% on my front 2, back to and back window and 40% on the windshield with a 5% sunstrip and i just got pulled over the other week and had to rip it all off. i only had it on for about 5 mon. it really blows cuz my car was dark as hell

02-24-2005, 11:48 PM	#22 (permalink)
WikidStang Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ar Posts: 191	im getting 10 or 15 all the way around mine...ask the state police about the tint...most cops hate stuff like that ...and usualy if they hate it they will say its illegal. and...since im getting 10 or 15 on my side windows i can just roll down my windows __________________ Exterior : Demon Body Kit Molded in 18" DrifZ Black powdercoat wrapped on Riken Raptors 18x8/8x40x245 front and 18x9.5/18x35x275 rear Black Shorty Antenna M3 Side Mirrors V2 1/4 window scoops Performance: CAI Hedman Headers PYPEs 2.5 X Pipe with Flowmaster 40's Posi Trac Rearend

05-09-2005, 10:44 AM	#23 (permalink)
v6what Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Troy, Mi Posts: 36	was talking to a buddy of mine, he said he had his doctor give him a note or somthing and it's all good for him now, hes got tints like all around except the windshield but he gets pulled over all the time but since he has a bad eye he gets away with it __________________

05-10-2005, 10:29 AM	#24 (permalink)
Shambles The Baninator! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Springfield, PA Posts: 2,652	Ive got 15% on the back of my Lexus, a 5% up on the front windshield, and 5% at the driver and passenger windows, although im getting that changes so that its 15% all the way around. PA really doesnt have a set law on the books regarding tint, at least not that ive read. I believe they go by, if thay can see through the window, your ok. Just dont get pulled over. Secondarys suck :P The problem with PA's Laws: http://www.berksweb.com/users/dmv/tint/ __________________ Chris "Shambles" Chamblee