shux69

I just bought my car on Fri and got my windows tinted this passed Saturday. I decided to go to lunch and on my way to lunch i got pulled over by CHP on a street no where near a freeway WTF (he was going to lunch i guess). He gave me a ticket and was on his way. I didnt even see him. He came up from the side and we were both stopped at a red light. I didnt even have a chance to put the windows down.

FYI window tint its the darkest you can get (limo tint)
PS. You bet i am going to get the fronts tinted again with limo tint. (my girlfreind can get it done without anyone looking in)

jafo

Just be careful while your girlfriend is getting it done... Both hands on the wheel sir.

Casper42

I love posts like this.

I did something illegal to my brand new car
I got caught
That suxx!!!
Pity me!

Dont get me wrong though, I had my front windows tinted on my civic and my TL has clear front corners and neither car has a front plate, all of which are illegal in CA, but when I got snagged for white rear turn signals on the civic, I didnt go around complaining about it though.

shux69

Im not complaining. Im just telling you a story that happened to me.

terse

what city ?

shux69

Orange, CA

terse

that sucks...i think I'm gonna put on my front license plate on..I get too scared when I'm in the 714/949 area

ONAGER

getting it done with or without window tint tells you if she is a keeper

I10O0I1

iTrader: (1)

lol dam strict CA laws... so far no one in jersey got a tint ticket yet i think lol.. that eases my chest a little hehe

shux69

As we speak my buddy is calling a police officer(friend) to write off my ticket. The tint shop was going to charge me $40 for the removal and $70 for the installation. I hope i get it written off.

terse

can you do it for me if I get a ticket? ...hahah..jk

avs007

CHP is known to do that. When I was in college in LA, my friend's M3 had limo tint all around. Never been hassled for 4 years. Closest time was at a 7-11. LAPD (who happened to be congregating there), told us that the windows appeared to be tinted too dark. However, he was nice, and said, "I personally don't give a sh*t, but I know a lot of CHiPies that will give you a ticket, so be careful"

Jss1

Tickets for tinting seem pretty stupid. I could paint my windows black and probably would never get a ticket. Is it only New York and California that have these laws?

05TLTony

Same applies in MA as well. You can't have less than 25% here.

crazymjb

Tony, what dealer did you get yours at. less then 25 or more then 25. Also, how exactly do they tint the windows. Ive seen those purple ones and they look like crap, peeling off and air bubbly.

angler67

LA has the same problem... I had Med tint on my Integra and got pulled over by CHP for the tinf in LA, and my brother in law got a missing front lic place ticket while parked in pub parking at USC. All he had to do was mail in a picture of the car with a lic plate in front.

avs007

Wow, really? I never ever saw any LA PD guys driving around campus. (In case you can't tell, I'm a USC alumni... Yeah Trojans ) Only Campus Security. Though I suppose they can write tickets, since they were deputized by LAPD...

Which parking lot was he in? Maybe we just got lucky.. None of us had front plates, and we parked on campus for 4 years. Only time we got hassled was in Little Tokyo, by a police office who practically chased us down while we were crossing the street after we parked. I told him I just got into an accident and the plate fell off... He didn't believe me, so I took out the license plate from the trunk, (which I pre mangled up and smashed)... I guess since they were out of state plates, he didn't hassle me about not getting new ones from the DMV...

angler67

I do not know what parking lot but it was public parking as he is not a student and was visiting a professor firiend. Is was just a month or so back.

05ACURATL

now in los angeles area the parking enforcements will write tickets for 25$ for now having front license plate. now it`s a FINE! not a fixing! same goes for tint and exhuast, its a set fine.

so now what i do is never put of any plates! lol! it feels way better! passing red lights not worring about pictures! and when parking enforcements coming to write me a ticket i just get in the car quick and gas away! haha!

XxXboboXxX

iTrader: (2)

yea i just got 3 tickets yesterday....1 for limo tints on the side windows....read 4% all around on the meter...Tinted windshield....50%....and a covered license plate.....just pay them and get on with it , its the easiest thing to do

lodoss22

iTrader: (2)

That sucks, same thing happened to me. I'm from Orange County also and recently on Christmas Eve I got pulled over by a CHP on the 405 for having illegal tint on the front windows. Mine was Dark, closest to Limo. There's nothing you can do about it really.

From the advice of the forum that I received, I decided to pay the bail amount of $109.50 at the Westminister court rather than strip the tint.

shux69

I didnt know you can pay bail and not strip the tint. I thought you always had to strip the tint. I hope i can pay bail instead of striping and re-tinting.

avs007

I thought the fine increases with each offense? With the third one being something crazy. I think the third offense also requires stripping. But I think the police always have the discression to make you strip it earlier. For example, I heard that some people that get pulled over with limo tint, actually had the cop put a razor blade to the window, and strip it himself...

shux69

Sh__, i dont know anymore. Ill see if i can get my ticket written off and then ill tell you guys what happened and what i paid. I should get it done by tomorrow.

gochan

ive been lucky so far in the bay. stopped next to a few cops before and they didn't do nothing.

mickey3c

Geez just live with the car they way it is....

714tman

I just got my speeding/window tint ticket in the mail.

It says "$200 without corrections" "$120 without corrections"

I would rather pay the $200 and not hassle with my tint. However, the way it is worded, I am wondering if it all goes away after paying bail or that my fine is increased to $200 if I can't have the tint corrected by the due date.

I'd hate to pay the $200 only to find out later that I still need to get the tint stripped off and signed off.

Anyone know?

My ticket was from the CHP on highway 395 outside of Bishop, CA.

Cyph3r

Actually, in MA I believe it is 35%. And most inspection stations only ever measure the fronts, they don't seem to care about the backs.

Regards

03SSMTL-S

VA law 50% fronts, 35% rears and they do have cop that roll with tint meters

bklynpanman

YOU CAN GET AN EXEMPTION... CONTACT YOUR MOTOR VEHICLES DEPARTMENT.. THERE SHOULD BE A MEDICAL EXEMPTION I HAVE ONE HERE IN NJ

ndabunka

You got a ticket and STILL did not learn a lesson. That cop now knows where you go to lunch and will probably be watching to see if you've corrected the tint. If you don't "grow up", he will just ticket you again and again and again and ... Get the point son? What an idiot!

TLNJ

Explain...is it easy to get?

For years now I've been "paying" to have my car inspected at gas stations, etc. as oppose to doing it for free at the DMV so I wouldn't have a problem pasing inspection with my tinted windows.

Mass is definetly 35% and they're a bunch of SOB's about it even the gas stations. My tint ended up being 33% (no idea how this happened) and I ended up failing inspection. Had to drive around the entire day asking gas stations if they would look pass the the 2% points. It wasn't until the 6th place I stopped did the guy say no problem, I'll pass you.

SmokeTL

Are you talking about a different car? We have 4 years to worry about inspections....ok I have 3 years to worry about it. when did tyou get your TL?

Smittymac

I love the look of cars when the windshield is also tinted, but not to dark that you can't see at night.

TLNJ

Previous car, back when it wasn't a 4 yr inspection.

Oct.

TLover8888

i see that you live in matwan, NJ...i grew up there. where abouts do you live? i use to live in the "I" section and off of route 516 near the intersection of route 79.

bklynpanman

TL lover- I live in the I section.


Call any one of the 609 #'s for motor vehicles and ask for the medical department. They will transfer you.. Tell them you have light sensitivity and that you need an exemption form for window film..

o3TLson19s

haha getting it done with out tints is how my ex did it in south beach !!! BEAT THAT. . but now i have 2 layers of limo tint on the TL and i got a ticket when i only had one layer of limo i don't care !!!! it's a cheap ticket

kylieannminogue

i was driving through Sun Valley, California on Sunday. As i drove down Penrose Ave. I saw a cop chilling in the road. He waved me to the side of the road. He told me to put my car in park and chill. He couldn't have pulled me over for my limo tint because i rolled down my windows. He got me for no front license plate. He was telling me that people were running red lights and the red light cameras couldn't catch them because they didn't have front license plates. No front plate means the cameras can't identify the car. But he was being real cool with me though. I have to get it signed off by April 27.





Oh yeah, and if you guys cops, check out my Police Vehicles gallery.

http://phupham.com

spacejamz

I am starting to wonder if some people just like getting hassled by the police all the time...

Personally, I try to avoid anything that would cause a cop to give a me a 2nd look...

happy with the legal 35% on the side and 5% on the back on mine...