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how do you tell tint darkness?
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09-22-2005, 12:35 AM
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?
Mouse
09-22-2005, 12:40 AM
with a light transmittance meter
I Am Mike
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09-22-2005, 12:42 AM
this one time, at band camp...
09-22-2005, 12:45 AM
Mike Wrote:with a light transmittance meterand where can i get one of those?
Mouse
09-22-2005, 01:27 AM
Myuki Wrote:Mike Wrote:with a light transmittance meterand where can i get one of those? A Tint shop.
02' BMW M3/'01 BMW M coupe
09-22-2005, 10:53 AM
So he measured 35% on the front windows? Got to be 50% to be legal. Did you get a fix it ticket?
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09-22-2005, 11:29 AM
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.
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09-22-2005, 05:15 PM
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.
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09-22-2005, 06:46 PM
find a picture on the interweb that looks strikingly like yours, print it out, and you are good to!
09-22-2005, 07:25 PM
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.
1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442
09-22-2005, 08:00 PM
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.
02' BMW M3/'01 BMW M coupe
09-22-2005, 08:37 PM
I havent had a front plate for 3 years, been stopped twice for speeding..never got a plate ticket.
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09-22-2005, 09:12 PM
Yeah, but your car was made in America.
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09-22-2005, 10:17 PM
true.
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09-22-2005, 11:55 PM
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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Mouse
09-23-2005, 09:36 AM
HE can't even measure the rear. So he has to say it is just to dark.
02' BMW M3/'01 BMW M coupe
09-23-2005, 11:32 AM
that rear seriously looks like it blocks all light...
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant) 2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red) No longer onyachin.
09-23-2005, 11:57 AM
it doesn't block all light, it's just the angle. If you get up and look at it, you can see in.
Mouse
09-23-2005, 11:57 AM
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.
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09-23-2005, 12:43 PM
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.
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