BigJLM1

I got a ticket the other day by some @ss hole cop who gave me a ticket for my tints. My tints are light on my Acura TL, not even pitch black. They said that my tints were 24% and it has to be at 70% visibility. Now I have to figure out how much the ticket is because it doesn't even say it.

VQPower37

its prob a fix it ticket ... so if u "fix it" then they will drop the ticket if u go to court with pictures of "your" car with no tint on it

777mycoolangelo

In Cali it's no longer a fix it ticket...Fix it tickets are for lights going out...broken windshield...Tinted windows on the other hand are not. Tints were put on knowing they are illegal. So you will need to get it removed or if you have a friend who is a cop....have him sign for it. I believe there is still a fine. I got fined for my tinted windows and tinted tail lights...$290 friggin bucks!

So not sure how your state does it.

AMUA6

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^^^ Damn, that's a hell of a ticket. The state got me for $160 for illegal tint when I had my truck.. I know some people who know some people so I got it thrown out.

Good luck OP.

jasonwdp10

Did they change the rules for 2010?

I got pulled over for tint last year in my 06 civic and it was just a "fix-it" ticket + $10. I just got a nearby CHP office to sign it off and i mailed it back.

eazy

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It's true. 70% is basically what you had when you got your car from the dealership. Any sort of tint is illegal therefore. It sucks. It really depends on the cop though. Usually only the douchebags with nothing to do will pull you over for tints unless you're speeding.

BigWopHH

Maybe it's because I'm old, but when did it become "tints". The "s" on the end just sounds so weird to me.

I tinted my windows. My car is tinted. What color tint did you have installed. It wasn't until recently, by younger folks, did I hear it referred to as "tints".

cjTL

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^Having windows tints can results in not seeing deers at night.

eazy

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Thanks for the quick english class

07tl-s6spd

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i think there is a website called tintlaws.com i think it is

riplee

That's a handy website

Also I like how the banner has a 3G TL in it

chairguru22

Basically any aftermarket tint is illegal. You just were unlucky. Happened to me, happens to all of us. Just chalk it up as tint tax. My ticket was like $130. If you appeal it and go to court and remove your tint you can get out of the ticket but then it'll cost that much to get it back on.

Souljah

Yup, it sucks but that's what comes with the decision of rocking awesomeness.
According to the state patrol gun, mines 14% and I wantzzz darker!

Bearcat94

Varies by State. Know the law where you live and make your choice accordingly.


K-001: Legal Tint Limits and Information
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=164732

juniorbean

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Nah, you're not old... just normal. I'm actually surprised it took so long for someone to post this. Usually it's the first or second reply This topic must have started in a model forum before it came to Car Talk...

Pitman

No Tint on my car is a huge load off my mind when the porkboys are looking to meet their monthly quota.

slobeatz

I just got a tint ticket in upstate New York (just south of plattsburgh...upstate). A trooper friend signed off on it, but I was then told by the judge that it is no longer a fix-it ticket. He dropped the ticket, but I still had to pay the $55 surcharge.

Blazin Si

If it is a "fix it" ticket and you have a friend who works at a state inspection shop, they can probably sign off and mail it in for you. You'll get to keep the tint until that same cop pulls you over again.

vlo421

Sigh. Is 70% tint even worth doing? I really love the 25% tints on my Accord, but I have a KBP and on my way to work I drive 50mph exactly for about 5 miles because of this stretch in NJ that cops love pulling people over at. My first day to work I got pulled over for doing 55mph. I'm not sure if I want to become even more noticeable to these cops.

The website says the rear windshield can have any darkness. Would it look odd to have different shades?

flyromeo3

Let me guess he gave you the good o'l, I can give you a ticket for all windows but, I'll give you a break and ticket you for one line?

actually, our cars do not come with tints. even the tint on the top part of the windshield is darker than 70 percent.

CocheseUGA

This. Take five minutes and know the damn law.

cjTL

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Can you get in trouble for window tint if you go to a state that has different regulations than the one you live in? IE- Indiana allows all windows but the windshield to be tinted to allow I believe 25% of light in. If I go to NYC, can I get a ticket for it, even if my car is registered in a different state?

chill_dog

Actually, our cars do come with tinted glass. Light transmittance is around 70-75%.


No.

fuzzy02CLS

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My TINT meter had my TINT at 12%. I have 15% all around but the windows stock have a light TINT to them. Called solar control glass.
I have driven my car to NYC a few times. I was never bothered. In FL I got 1 TINT ticket like 9 years ago.

psteng19

24% is pretty dark. Not limo tint dark but not light either.

Gfaze

Mother 'effin !!!!

It's like saying feets instead of feet.

The younger generation is doomed.

Shoofin

The fine is for equipment. Look at the back of the ticket, whatever amount it shows for equipment plus whatever bullshit surcharge, that's the fine. COnsider yourself lucky that you got only one ticket...They can go as far as giving you a ticket for each window that has tint on it.

...And yes, 70% is the legal limit, in which with the factory tint you car comes with, that alone is probably 70%, so no tint is the only way it will be legal.

I have 35% on my car. Thank g-d I only had a problem once, but was stopped in a checkpoint looking specifically for tinted windows, so I was shit out of luck. I paid the bill and moved on. You should do the same.

Shoofin

They don't care. When I got my ticket, I attempted to send the ticket in with a receipt showing I paid to have the tint removed (I really didn't), and that didn't want to hear anything, and still made me pay the full ticket.

Shoofin

When I was pulled over in my GTI at the time, my 35% tint read 24% on the meter. The factory tint over the aftermarket tint resulted in that reading.

Sarlacc

Direct correlation with the lack of education...

Its TINT...not sure how many times it has to be spelled out (literally)

If you call it TINTS...well...you deserve the ticket.