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how do you tell tint darkness? - Myuki - 09-22-2005
I ran into a police checkpoint today, :x and the officer said my tint was too dark. Now, I bought it that way, and I read up that it is 35% light transmission through the glass and tint combined. So, my question is; how do you tell?
- Mike - 09-22-2005
with a light transmittance meter
- .RJ - 09-22-2005
this one time, at band camp...
- Myuki - 09-22-2005
Mike Wrote:with a light transmittance meterand where can i get one of those?
- MpoweredM - 09-22-2005
Myuki Wrote:Mike Wrote:with a light transmittance meterand where can i get one of those?
A Tint shop.
- Feersty - 09-22-2005
So he measured 35% on the front windows? Got to be 50% to be legal. Did you get a fix it ticket?
- Ginger - 09-22-2005
Did he measure or just say "that's too dark"?
It's 50% on the front windows (driver & passenger), 35% on the back. Go to court over it if you got a ticket.... the officers qualative judgement isn't any better than your "it's not too dark" statement.
Or yeah, you could just go to a tint shop and have them measure it for you.
- D_Eclipse9916 - 09-22-2005
I got a fix it ticket, all you do is bring in a p icture showing that the tint is now off according to the officer I Was talking to that gave me the ticket.
- Dave - 09-22-2005
find a picture on the interweb that looks strikingly like yours, print it out, and you are good to!
- CaptainHenreh - 09-22-2005
D_Eclipse9916 Wrote:I got a fix it ticket, all you do is bring in a p icture showing that the tint is now off according to the officer I Was talking to that gave me the ticket.
I had this huge thing laid out this morning, all about how the officers have to measure your tint with a device as laid out in section blahblahblah. Then the forum wouldn't respond.
Get a shop to measure your tint, take that to court.
- MpoweredM - 09-22-2005
VA doesn't have fix it tickets I thought. I have had 4 no front plate tickets, and 3 tint violations tickets. Never a fix it ticket. I just pay the fines. I refuse to go lighter tint and I don't really want to drill into my bumper.
- HAULN-SS - 09-22-2005
I havent had a front plate for 3 years, been stopped twice for speeding..never got a plate ticket.
- Ginger - 09-22-2005
Yeah, but your car was made in America.
- HAULN-SS - 09-22-2005
true.
- Myuki - 09-22-2005
he just said it's too dark. my front windows are clear 0% tint, and the back is the tinted ones.
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- MpoweredM - 09-23-2005
HE can't even measure the rear. So he has to say it is just to dark.
- Mike - 09-23-2005
that rear seriously looks like it blocks all light...
- Myuki - 09-23-2005
it doesn't block all light, it's just the angle. If you get up and look at it, you can see in.
- bassmangrammy - 09-23-2005
On my Acura, BMW, and now my Benz, I've never had a county sticker, and didn't have a front plate on the Acura or Benz.
Haahahahahaha....knock on wood.
- JustinG - 09-23-2005
black cars make tint look 3 times darker. it looks cool as shit, but im just as happy with my legal tint. Plus a trooper i talked to, said he usually gives a 7% cushion on tints, simply because most factory windows come with a tint of 5-7% although it may not look like it. Depending on where you live, troopers can only give you tickets for stuff like that. Most county/city cops arent DOT certified so they cant give illegal equipment tickets. which is why most people get off with a "warning" on stuff like this cause the cop never had the authority to write the ticket.