window tint

[youu_whoo_whoo]

Anyone have legal tint on there cars and how dark is it? I have an f150, and I want to have the front windows tinted to match the others. Has anyone done this? Is the tint legal? If it isnt, has anyone had issues with being pulled over for tint?

[Top Dawg]

I tinted my windows dark when I bought my truck in '06. Never been pulled over for it.

[southern151]

I'm pretty sure 35% is all that is legal on front Windows. Most privacy glass installed at tye factory is 20%(darker).

[SaltyShaw]

The rear of most trucks are 20%
I used to have 5% all the way around and got hassled by the cops pretty regularly, i pulled it all off left the 20% on the back and matched the front windows with 20% and havent got a ticket in 3 years. It is illegal but they usually dont mess with you if they can see you through the glass.
Also another thing they look for when giving tint tickets is an eyebrow, it is a dead giveaway that you have custom tint and they target that. So with that being said DO NOT get an eyebrow on the front windshield and you should be ok.

[Top Dawg]

I had an eyebrow for several years til I had to change my windshield. I never got hassled but my tint wasn't limo. Guess I was just lucky. I will say I did like the eyebrow just for blocking the sun. But I'm pretty sure the eyebrow is illegal.

[SaltyShaw]

Originally Posted by Top Dawg

I had an eyebrow for several years til I had to change my windshield. I never got hassled but my tint wasn't limo. Guess I was just lucky. I will say I did like the eyebrow just for blocking the sun. But I'm pretty sure the eyebrow is illegal.

Some get by with it some dont all depends on the mood of the cop that day but it is a huge give away when they see the eyebrow and thats what they look for. I was told that by a state trooper
It is extremely nice to have for sun blockage but id rather flip down the visor or put on my glasses vs payin a $200 plus ticket

They arent exactly legal but there is a small black line on most windshields and that is as far as the brow can go down to be legal and its only about 3-4" wide

[jldsc]

50% is the legal limit now, most trucks will take 20% to match the darkness of the factory rear tint. I just pulled my 5% off an put 20% on the front doors and matches perfect.

[mcjaredsandwich]

5% tint so you can't see up in my window..

sammich

[madjap]

You can have an eyebrow that extends down 5" from the top of the windshied. Also the front windows can be 40%, the rear windows can be 25%, and the windows on the back can be 12%.

[SaltyShaw]

Originally Posted by madjap

You can have an eyebrow that extends down 5" from the top of the windshied. Also the front windows can be 40%, the rear windows can be 25%, and the windows on the back can be 12%.

That used to only apply to cars . . . . . apparently now its all vehicles
Whish is retarted because they come from the manufacturer with 20% on rear and side windows
The brow is 3-4" for sure its different in different vehicles but i know for fact its nothing over 4"

[PUREBAY2200]

I had limo all the way around and 35% on my windshield n high school..... Never got hassled; I was lucky.
In college I had 20% all around and got a ticket ; this was n ruston, la. Not for the tint but the strip on my windshield.... It was 6 inches.... Cop said no more then 4.
So I got it fixed.

After college I went with 20% and no front strip.
I've don't this on 3 more tricks and had no issues.
But some "inspection" places will not give a tag ; they will pull out the meter and if the meter shows less then 40% it's a no go.

[SULPHITE]

Originally Posted by PUREBAY2200

I've don't this on 3 more tricks and had no issues.

what i'm talkin' about...with a heavy pimp slap!!

lol

"trucks"

[DannyI]

All tint places should know what is legal and will tell you, but you can go darker at your own risk.

[SaltyShaw]

I think it is called the AS1 line on the windshield, brow cannot be lower than that line

[southern151]

Originally Posted by SaltyShaw

I think it is called the AS1 line on the windshield, brow cannot be lower than that line

Yep. The as1 line is the place its supposed to stop.

[Montauk17]

Got 5% on my back windows and 20% on the front. Guess im just lucky never got a ticket yet.

[madjap]

(1) A sun screening device when used in conjunction with automotive safety glazing materials on the front side window, with a light transmission of at least forty percent, all tolerances included, side window behind the driver with a light transmission of at least twenty-five percent, all tolerances included, and rearmost windows with a light transmission of at least twelve percent, all tolerances included. All sun screening devices shall not have a luminous reflectance of more than twenty percent.
(2) A transparent material, not red or amber in color, affixed to the topmost portion of the windshield not to extend more than five inches down from the top.

[meaux fishing]

I had a car back in the day with 2.5% all the way around with a brow that went 12" in the middle. I got pulled over for it in a little town where the cops like to write tickets finally though. they reduced the fine if I took it off

[Mako19]

Window tint keeps the sun off of you and looks good if applied correctly. However, that one time when the cop wants to write a silly ticket may just be the night you had a few beers over dinner and are above the legal limit. It just gives them a reason to pull you over. Several of my friends have been pulled over for tint and it turned into several thousands of dollars worth of lawyers and fines. Not worth is IMO.

[Finfeatherfur]

Originally Posted by Mako19

Window tint keeps the sun off of you and looks good if applied correctly. However, that one time when the cop wants to write a silly ticket may just be the night you had a few beers over dinner and are above the legal limit. It just gives them a reason to pull you over. Several of my friends have been pulled over for tint and it turned into several thousands of dollars worth of lawyers and fines. Not worth is IMO.

It also makes for great probable cause to stop a car when I want to locate some dope while working the streets protecting society. You know the drill, stop them for window tint, then they have to let me put a meter on it, then I smell the weed they were burning in the blunt, then I find the gun under the seat, then we get a search warrant for the house, then we find the mother load of crack, then we find another gun used in a murder.........yep, cops are just out to hassle people for illegal windo tint!!