I'm curious what everyone's luck has been with different % of window tint. I guess just say what % tint you have, how many times you've been stopped for it, and where you live.

 

few years w/ 15% tint all the way around and 3 tickets which I went to court and won. (doctor's note). 5 months of reflective tint and 0 ticket so far.

 

A doctor's note interesting...What kind of doctor did this for you?

 

i have 15%, only got caught for in once, and i ended up gettin searched and arrested

then again, you gotta remember pigs have nothing better to do....

 

a cool eye doctor

 

They arrested you for having tinted windows? There had to be another reason.

 

no, i said i got pulled over for my windows, then i got searched, and they found some illegal business in my car that got me arrested

 

20% for 2 years.... 0 stops

 

20% 1 year, lynn mass notickets

 

old max 20% for years no probs

 

I had 5% on my backhatch of my old Daytona for 2yrs and never got pulled over.
Then again I live in small town USA.

 

lol, damn kid, i dont even wanna ask.

 

And once again it was the police's fault for you doing something illegal

I have 5% all around includingabout 10 inches of my front windshield. no problems yet, i live in FL. Its been on the car since new. When I get pulled over, I'll accept responsibility for what I did.

 

22% front, limo back, no trouble... northern cali

P.S. all of us with 0 pullovers... i think we should knock on wood

 

I was pulled over for a speeding "warning" the other day and I thought to myself he would hit me
for tint fine /clear markers at least- but no ticket

he did fine me for my radar detector "obstruction of view"- go figure by two
State troopers and a local cop

 

Went to the tint shop with every intention of getting 20% all around...pu$$ied out at the last minute and got platinum 35%. 9 months so far with 0 tickets or pull-overs in the suburbs of Philly.

 

20% all the way around.
got it 6 months ago and haven't been pulled over yet. in and around NYC.

Knock on wood.

 

35% in front, 20% around the back . I was pulled over twice this last month for speeding but I've yet to get a fine for the tints.

 

20% all the way around. This is illigal in Maryland, 35 is the limit. I got 1 warning but went to a gas station and bribed the guy to sign off on my repair order for $20. He did it. Police say to have it inspected at the station or Motor Vehicle Admin, this is BS though..

 

I just got 35% all around. At first I wanted to go with something close to 50% as 70% is the state limit in CA, but after talking to the installer I changed my mind. He said that few people in his shop have 35% all around and did not get any tickes (this is in SD area.)
Also you might want to visit www.tintdude.com to check their forum.

 

70% is the limit in Cali? goodlord that sucks!
I've got 35% (legal limit here in KS) and no tickets, because its still legal.
I wanted to go 20% but the guy wouldn't do it! So I bought the 35% anyways and I'm not satisfied... shoulda went somewhere else. I think this summer I'm going to take it off and get it retinted....

 

yeah 20 is the way too go

 

20% Gray all around. Kansas City. 0 tickets in 2 months.

Don't rice out your ride and the cops likely won't notice. One other tip: roll down your windows as soon as you get pulled over and keep your hands in plain view. The dark tint is merely a safety issue - if you roll down your windows and are polite, the 5-0 likely won't give you a hard time.

 

No tint. Here in Illinois a lot of cops will stop you for tint. If I tint only the back it will look fugly.

 

Ditto here...no tint. Might do like 50 or 70% eventually, but I have a buddy who's a cop that says he is more likely to pull over a car that's tinted than one that's not (assuming all else about the cars is the same) because if you have an aftermarket tint, it gives the impression that you are trying to hide something....As to the argument about keeping the car cooler in summer...comeon, most of you do not have tint for that reason, you have it primarily to make the car look good. Just my 2c....Limit here in va is 35 rear 50 front...

 

wow that sux

 

5% all around. All of my cars I've owned are limo tinted. 1 fix it ticket that was $10

 

Va. state troopers will pull you over for anything....and the fines are not cheap....must be nice out there in cali where you can get away with it...I have to drive by St. Police HQ every day on the way to work....ugh.

 

isnt it true that in FL you can tint them as dark asu want?? i wish i could do my fron windshield, that would look so sick!!

 

I've got 20% too. I've gone darker before but its too hard to see at night and reversing is a pain! I've never had any probs (knock on wood) so far in CO or in HI

 

We have 5% on the back 5 windows and 20% on the front doors. Love it! Never stopped....yet

 

How are you gonna get stopped? you're in the middle of nowhere......

 

what do u mean we?????

 

probably him and his wife or significant other

 

Never really understood the point of those tint laws. Think about it, the first thing you do when you're pulled over is roll down the window anyways. And in most states they still allow all those SUVs and minivans with factory 5% tint in the back. Personally, I don't like darker than 20%.

Really does block the heat though, and helps tremendously with glare and headlights. Pretty much depends on where you live as to whether you'll get pulled over. In AZ I had friends w/ 5% all the way around and top and bottom strips on the front windshield with no trouble whatsoever. Even grammas have 5% out there. In TX they were *****, at least at the tint shops, wouldn't dare tint your car darker than some goofy specified limit. Here in MO, you can legally go 5% in the back and back sides, 35% on the side fronts.

 

I bought my super black '03 with 35% on all doors and rear window and nothing on windshield. I then put 5% on top of 35% on all doors and rear window and then put 35% over entire windshield. The law here in vegas is nothing darker than 35% on front doors and glare strip only like 6 inches or so from top of windshield. I got a ticket for having the windsheild tinted, he didn't notice the front doors though. Night driving and reversing can be a pain to the inexperienced dark tint driver, but learnable. I have to roll down my windows to see my mirrors to reverse at night, but trafiic driving is fine because you can always see headlights in the mirror just fine and 99.9% of city streets are well lit. Just check those blind spots religiously. The auto-dimming mirror never really dims because the tint is doing it already. I actually am a huge fan of the no-tint look, no really , but not on black cars. I think the darker the better on black vehicles; It really brought out the chrome window trim and chrome handles. Also, trust me, if I lived somewhere like Chicago .... or Cali even where the temp is 85 degrees or less, I would scrape the tint, but It sure comes in handy when it gets to 120 degrees .

 

CA law is stupid, 70% looks like no difference. Since they just give fix-it's, any place will do as dark as you wish. I did 13% all around, been pulled over several times, still no comments on the tint. just roll down the windows when you get pulled over or if you see a po..

 

No Kidding. I got 20% all around too. Haven't been pulled over yet. I'd hate to give up my 20%. I remember when I first got it, it seemed so dark. Now it just seems natural.

 

New Jersey 35% all around, never got pulled over knock on wood.

 

Well, most people tint for style.