this was sparked by jdm's thread, because many of u all said u would want to go with illegal tint. if you go to any eye doctor and tell him your eyes hurt because you drive so much, they can give u a perscription for illegal tint. get pulled over stick that in his face, bye bye piggy.

 

wow, that's kind of interesting...never thought of that.

Anyway, what exactly does one do? I mean…I doubt it’s this easy. I don't think it's enough to just go to any optometrist and say your eyes hurt and then boom here's your prescription for tints lol

any suggestions?

 

man if that is true im gonna go get one, cuz i know the owner and he could put some tint over my tint at his house...

yeah, we need more information on this any help?

 

Yea okay Its not that easy... if it was, every retard with 5% would be let go by the police and the courts. I wish you guys would actually post up things that ARENT hearsay. And even if its legal down there where you live it doesnt mean its legal everywhere else.

What ever happened to those old people wrap around sunglasses? If the sun bothers you that much, you could always wear some of those. Damn I wish I was a judge.

 

anyone have a eye doctor in family?? i have one but he lives in NYC, u think that would work??

 

OK i wouldnt be surprised if this is true because my friend got something from his doctor and he no longer has to wear a seat belt. Ive been in the car with him and got pulled over the other night and the cop couldnt do a damn thing. So this may hold some truth.

 

what kind of excuse do you have to make to get out of wearing a seat belt??

 

ill find out tommorw, my sister is in her last year of optometry school, shes been working at a clinic for 3 years, i shall have the answers tommorw, and i do know someone who has done it though

 

Side effect of viagra

 

this is true, my father liked having 20% tint on our old 90 max, when we lived in little rock he knew his eye doctor well(played golf) he wrote my dad a letter that let him get stickers that said he could have illegal tint for his "condition" dont recall the name of it though, because of this i had illegal tint when i lived in st louis as well

though on several occasions i had people try to take the stickers off my windshields at school.

 

I'd bet money that unless you were good friends with your eyedoctor, he would tell you to put some fsuking sunglasses on.. "next patient please"...

 

It's true. It doesn't even have to be something with your eyes. If you know your doctor really good, they can write you a letter that says you get like skin irritation from pro-longed UV exposure, something along those lines. You go to your insurance broker with the letter and they'll add in your 'condition' onto your registration so if you get pulled over for illegal tint, you just gotta flash your registration!

 

anyone know what the REAL legal %'s of tint there are for each state? Preferably NY?

 

In VA I think its 50% for the front two windows, and 35% for the three back windows.

 

Every state will be different for legal tint as each province is here in Canada I'm sure. As far as tint for eye condition through the doctor! LOL LOL, come on you don't tint your front windshield the one you look out of 99% of the time, and I could see a cop pulling you over.... his reply would be something like "tint off, sunglasses on!"

I have 20% rear, with 35% sides it's illegal for any tint on the driver and passenger front side windows here but so far they've ignored me as it is pretty light and they can see what I'm upto in the car, I was told by a cop when he pulled me over years back in my 300zx TT (10% side tint) that the reason they don't allow side tint is other people can't see your head movements, intensions etc at 4 -way stops, traffic lights etc. He also said "you never know if someone might be pointing a gun at you!"

 

man, us NY guys get screwed... I think its like 75% in the front.

 

Front windshield your not supposed to have anything. As for the rest of the windows, you cant have anything lower than 30%. The catch is there is also a law saying you cant have anything on your windows thats NOT transparent. So either way they can get you. As for SUV's and Vans they can have any amount of tint on the back and rear passengers side... most already come tinted but they cant have any tint on the front passengers.

 

http://www.tccoa.com/articles/misc/tintlaw.html
lists all the information regarding tints in the US
in NY legal tint is 72%

 

I'm going to laugh because I'm hoping that was a typo but where'd you get 72%? Its 70%.. which is what I said... 30%. On the side you can see that NY has no medical exeptions...

Good info!

Remember when you buy tint, they usually come in ranges from 5% to 30% and up. Meaning that is how much light they let through.

On this webpage, they show the percentage of light that is being blocked. Its confusing but 70% on this list means the same as 30% tint.

Also dont forget that tint meters can be inaccurate as well as the tint being installed. I have 20% on my front windows and 5% all the way around. I got pulled over last night and the cop put the tint meter on my window and it registered 12%...

Just some FYI before you tint your car and dont come back up posting you got a ticket for your tint and didnt know any better.

 

What happens to people who move from other states? Do they have to remove tints?

 

If their vehicle is being registered into that new state yes he or she has to. For ex. Lets say I'm from PA and lets just say they dont have a law on tint. I have 5% on my car and I move to NY. If I register my car in NY then legally I would have to change my tint to 30%

 

In missouri you can have 35% in front and whatever in the rear.

 

Cars come from the factory with a 70% tint already on.

 

Right. I've asked a NY police officer for a quick summary of the tint laws here in NY. He said that cars that are 1992 and OLDER can have up to 35% transmittance films. However, cars after this model year are only able to have 70-something percent transmittance, which is what comes standard from the factory. This stands for both the front and rear windows. however, for the rear-most window, anything goes. Now, to the actual tint law in text from the NYS assembly:


ARTICLE 9
EQUIPMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
AND MOTORCYCLES

Section 375. Equipment.
375-a. Prohibition against retaliatory action.

S 375.
(b) No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon any public highway, road or street:
(1) the front windshield of which is composed of, covered by or treated with any material which has a light transmittance of less than seventy percent unless such materials are limited to the uppermost six inches of the windshield; or
(2) the sidewings or side windows of which on either side forward of or adjacent to the operator`s seat are composed of, covered by or treated with any material which has a light transmittance of less than seventy percent; or
(3) if it is classified as a station wagon, sedan, hardtop, coupe,hatchback or convertible and any rear side window has a light transmittance of less than seventy percent; or
(4) the rear window of which is composed of, covered by or treated with any material which has a light transmittance of less than seventy percent. A rear window may have a light transmittance of less than seventy percent if the vehicle is equipped with side mirrors on both sides of the vehicle so adjusted that the driver thereof shall have a clear and full view of the road and condition of traffic behind such vehicle.
(c) Any person required for medical reasons to be shielded from the direct rays of the sun and/or any person operating a motor vehicle belonging to such person or in which such person is an habitual passenger shall be exempt from the provisions of subparagraphs one and two of paragraph (b) of this subdivision provided the commissioner has granted an exemption and notice of such exemption is affixed to the vehicle as directed by the commissioner. The applicant for such exemption must provide a physician`s statement with the reason for the exemption, the name of the individual with a medically necessary condition operating or
transported in the vehicle, the specific condition involved, and the minimum level of light transmission required. The commissioner shall only authorize exemptions where the medical condition certified by the physician is contained on a list of medical conditions prepared by the commissioner of health pursuant to subdivision sixteen of section two hundred six of the public health law. If such such exemption is granted, the commissioner shall make a record thereof and shall distribute a sufficiently noticeable sticker to the applicant to be attached to any
window so shielded or altered pursuant to such exemption.
(d) The commissioner may test any window for a person who has been charged with violating this subdivision. If such window is found to be in conformity with this subdivision, a small label attesting to the conformity shall be affixed to the window tested.
(e) On and after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-two, no person shall manufacture, sell, offer for sale, equip or operate a motor vehicle in this state in violation of the provisions of this subdivision, except that a person may operate a nineteen hundred ninety-one or earlier model year vehicle

 

I know the older cars, classics, muscle cars from teh 70s and older can have any tint they want and they don't need seatbelts.

 

For all you people who want to receive exemption with a note from a physician, good luck. My father is a dermatologist and I had him write me a letter. I also had a colleague of his write a letter, and sent them in the same envelope with the completed DMV exemption form. Since the people in Albany (I assume they are uneducated secretaries who are trained in structured tasks) who "reviewed" the letters did not find the exact words to match those disease conditions they have on their list (of which, there are only three) they rejected the exemption. The problem is, the physician is expected to describe the condition, using medical terms. However, since the office workers required to filter the letters do not understand or are not capable of understanding such words (and do not even take it upon themselves to go ahead and FIND OUT the meanings before executing a rejection), the letters are usually rejected immediately even though they reflect the required exemptions. So even if you had a condition of which you are exempt from standard window tint laws, you may not receive approval if the secretary cannot pronounce or match-up the number of letters in the disease conditions from your letter to the list they have.

 

Thank You Stillen_I30 for both your posts... I hope that clears up alot of misconceptions

 

that webpage is NOT showing the percentage of light that is being blocked.
NY as an example, 70% means that 70% of the outside light must be let into the car through the tint.
thus a 35% tint transmits 35% light.
currently i have 15% front and 5% rear tints and have never gotten stopped or ticketed for them.
go here for even more info
http://www.autowindowtinting.com///s...ntLaws_newyork

 

15 and 5% is way beyond illegal here in NY. Legal is 30%

Take a look at my sig, my rear windows are 5% and my fronts are 20%

 

My dads a psychiatrist... Do you think it would work if he wrote a letter saying I am scared of the sun? lol..

maybe then theyll allow me to get some darker tints.

 

Thats such bs, I am admin in an Oncology/Hematology department and if we do not "understand" a word, there better damn well be someone else who does, why hire them when they do not know their job?

 

I work in an Optical department... I don't know the Doctor that well but he will definatly give me a note... I've had this planned for awhile, but I am too lazy to write out a letter and have him sign it.
A Dr. Excuse DOES work.

 

I didnt say it would NOT work. I merely stated that on the other end of the whole process, there are faults and you could end up with no exemption, at the fault of the folks on "the other end." Good luck to you, as many have been able to (and many have not been able to) acquire exemption.