window tinting

[speck-chaser]

Just wondering if any of you have had any problems getting your trucks inspected lately because of your tint being too dark? Seems like they are getting stricter on what is allowed. I went to 2 different places yesterday, and my truck wouldnt pass. I have 15 on my front windows and they said that the legal was 38. Im trying to find the right connection, cuz I really dont feel like scraping off my tint.

[FF_T_Warren]

yea they dont let it slide like they used to. I finally just peeled mine and got it redone because I was tired of trying to find someone every year. b/c one year a store would do it and the next they wouldnt.

[Jordan]

i had 2% all around (except windshield), got pulled over by a trooper and he pulled his tint meter out and said....."$1,000 ticket ($500/window) or razor blade".... i said i have a razor blade, look behind you !!! he laughed and watched me take the window tint off the front 2 windows....

[outcast]

most inspections stations wont pass illegal tint anymore. they have been busted one too many times and the fines are heavy. also be careful if you have illegal tint and pass thru sorrento. got stopped last year for tint and the fine was $280. ouch

[Dink]

I even tried going with the windows down......they rolled em up and said no......the state has really gotten strict on it. Only way around it is a note from an eye doctor. The days of bring a six-pack and get a sticker are over.......

[Dink]

Unless your a cop, then you can have illegal tint.....just put one of those blue and black stickers on the back

[Big Flounder]

Any of you guys travel la1 in port allen under I 10? There is always cops standing in the road there checking inspection stickers and tint. I rolled through there with my windows down and they made me roll them up and gave me a ticket. You can't just go to an eye dr any more. You have to get a slip from the state police and bring it to an eye dr for him to fill out then bring it back to the state police for them to sign off on it. That's what I heard.

[LaAngler]

i didn't go inside but the guys i saw seemed like some country boys/stoners, no ragheads

[Dink]

Originally Posted by Raymond

Bruce, do the Taliban still run that place? Went there one time and they had some Islamic crap inside, last time they changed my erl.

That's some ol northside folks that I went to high school with......t-boy stoners

[SULPHITE]

t-boy!!! LOL!

[Montauk17]

ma dats t-boy

[cabwiz2]

Originally Posted by LaAngler

i didn't go inside but the guys i saw seemed like some country boys/stoners, no ragheads

Every time I go there is a blonde there that just takes my info and money and walks outside to my truck and scrapes old sicker off and puts new one on. The only thing she checks is mileage.

[Dink]

Ohhhh......she got a caboose on her!!!

[tcglsu]

You used to could print the form from the state police website if you had an eye dr that would hook you up Couple of my buddies got tickets with the form.. I just peel my tint off and redo it ...it ain't worth running all over the country for sticker when you gonna get shut down anyway

["H"]

I got tired re-tinting the front windows every year....just gave in and went with legal tint.

They win as usual :-)

[ShadMan]

Does LA have a requirement that you even have to have side windows in your vehicle? If not, roll them down and pull the fuse when you take it in for inspection and tell them the windows are broken. I do it every year in TX. If a cop tells me to roll them up, I'll tell him the same thing. It's not illegal to not have side windows in TX, so he can't force you to do it if you tell him the windows are broken and don't roll up.

That said, LA has always been stupid about window tint for some reason. TX is much more relaxed about it. Hell, we're in the south and it's freaking hot as hell here in the summer.

[Dink]

Cop got shot in new Orleans thru a dark tinted window......as usual, they went ape **** about dark tint......

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by cabwiz2

Every time I go there is a blonde there that just takes my info and money and walks outside to my truck and scrapes old sicker off and puts new one on. The only thing she checks is mileage.

Got a place justs like that in the Bluff.

When I took my 1 year old truck in for first inspection....the guy actually told me: "we don't have to inspect new trucks".

[southern151]

I think dark tint like that should be illegal. The cop in NO wasn't the first to be shot like that. It also impairs your vision after dark. You can't deny that.

My brother tints windows on the side of being a cop. He has tinted for 20 years and been a cop for 4. he won't write a ticket for it but he won't tint em illegal either.

[ShadMan]

I don't believe limo tint should be legal, but I have 20% film all the way around and I can see out fine at night. I had a car with 5% once and it was ridiculous to see out of at night.

I understand the desire for LEO safety, which is why if I get pulled over I roll my windows down, keep my hands where they can see them, and I turn on the dome light if it's night time. Tinted windows don't keep me from doing any of that.