I know the legal limit is 70% in front but whats they darkest I could get and still have a good chance of not getting pulled over? I was thinking 35% in the fronts and 20% in back.

 

Im running 35% around for a clean look. Ive never been pulled over for having 35% on the fronts but you might get looks if you get 20% or darker.
During the day you can see inside w/o a problem but its dark at night.

 

i do 35 fronts and 20 in the back, and so far so good. knock on wood. and the two tone isnt that noticeable, but yet, the cops can still get a good look at you through the 35% so im hoping they'll see its noticeably lighter in front and not hassle me.

 

Anyone have pics of 20% and 35% tint on their car?


Sorry for the thread steal (even though you may have wanted to see pics as well)

 

No tint is legal on the front windows in CA. But there's no limit to how dark you can go on the rest of them.

 

my winter setup:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...wintermode.jpg

another shot to help you maybe get an idea:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...g/IMG_0874.jpg

 

flip through my gallery. that's what tint I run. I seem to remember a pretty good one.

I haven't had any issues.

 

HEHEEEE!!! ROFLMAO
Ok it took a second through my flue and cold induced drug haze, but I got it.. LOL

Nice tint..

 

Material Obstructing or Reducing Driver's View


26708. (a) (1) No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any object or material placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied upon the windshield or side or rear windows.

(2) No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any object or material placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied in or upon the vehicle which obstructs or reduces the driver's clear view through the windshield or side windows.

(3) This subdivision applies to a person driving a motor vehicle with the driver's clear vision through the windshield, or side or rear windows, obstructed by snow or ice.

(b) This section does not apply to any of the following:

(1) Rearview mirrors.

(2) Adjustable nontransparent sunvisors which are mounted forward of the side windows and are not attached to the glass.

(3) Signs, stickers, or other materials which are displayed in a 7-inch square in the lower corner of the windshield farthest removed from the driver, signs, stickers, or other materials which are displayed in a 7-inch square in the lower corner of the rear window farthest removed from the driver, or signs, stickers, or other materials which are displayed in a 5-inch square in the lower corner of the windshield nearest the driver.

(4) Side windows which are to the rear of the driver.

(5) Direction, destination, or termini signs upon a passenger common carrier motor vehicle or a schoolbus, if those signs do not interfere with the driver's clear view of approaching traffic.

(6) Rear window wiper motor.

(7) Rear trunk lid handle or hinges.

(8) The rear window or windows, when the motor vehicle is equipped with outside mirrors on both the left- and right-hand sides of the vehicle that are so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway through each mirror for a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear of the vehicle.

(9) A clear, transparent lens affixed to the side window opposite the driver on a vehicle greater than 80 inches in width and which occupies an area not exceeding 50 square inches of the lowest corner toward the rear of that window and which provides the driver with a wide-angle view through the lens.

(10) Sun screening devices meeting the requirements of Section 26708.2 installed on the side windows on either side of the vehicle's front seat, if the driver or a passenger in the front seat has in his or her possession a letter or other document signed by a licensed physician and surgeon certifying that the person must be shaded from the sun due to a medical condition, or has in his or her possession a letter or other document signed by a licensed optometrist certifying that the person must be shaded from the sun due to a visual condition. The devices authorized by this paragraph shall not be used during darkness.

(11) An electronic communication device affixed to the center uppermost portion of the interior of a windshield within an area that is not greater than 5 inches square, if the device provides either of the following:

(A) The capability for enforcement facilities of the Department of the California Highway Patrol to communicate with a vehicle equipped with the device.

(B) The capability for electronic toll and traffic management on public or private roads or facilities.

(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), transparent material may be installed, affixed, or applied to the topmost portion of the windshield if the following conditions apply:

(1) The bottom edge of the material is at least 29 inches above the undepressed driver's seat when measured from a point 5 inches in front of the bottom of the backrest with the driver's seat in its rearmost and lowermost position with the vehicle on a level surface.

(2) The material is not red or amber in color.

(3) There is no opaque lettering on the material and any other lettering does not affect primary colors or distort vision through the windshield.

(4) The material does not reflect sunlight or headlight glare into the eyes of occupants of oncoming or following vehicles to any greater extent than the windshield without the material.

(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), clear, colorless, and transparent material may be installed, affixed, or applied to the front side windows, located to the immediate left and right of the front seat if the following conditions are met:

(1) The material has a minimum visible light transmittance of 88 percent.

(2) The window glazing with the material applied meets all requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 205 (49 C.F.R. 571.205), including the specified minimum light transmittance of 70 percent and the abrasion resistance of AS-14 glazing, as specified in that federal standard.

(3) The material is designed and manufactured to enhance the ability of the existing window glass to block the sun's harmful ultraviolet A rays.

(4) The driver has in his or her possession, or within the vehicle, a certificate signed by the installing company certifying that the windows with the material installed meet the requirements of this subdivision and identifies the installing company and the material's manufacturer by full name and street address, or, if the material was installed by the vehicle owner, a certificate signed by the material's manufacturer certifying that the windows with the material installed according to manufacturer's instructions meets the requirements of this subdivision and identifies the material's manufacturer by full name and street address.

(5) If the material described in this subdivision tears or bubbles, or is otherwise worn to prohibit clear vision, it shall be removed or replaced.

Amended Sec. 77, Ch. 1154, Stats. 1996. Effective September 30, 1996.
Amended Sec. 1, Ch. 476, Stats. 1998. Effective January 1, 1999.
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All that being said, I got a ticket for $157 for front tinted windows. It's not a $10 fix-it ticket anymore. I didn't take off the tint. It's not a moving violation so you don't have to worry about traffic school.

Indi

 

huh? i dont get wats so roflmao? =/

 

ROFLMAO = Rolling On Floor Laughing My *** Off!

Oh man now I am even more confused after reading what the state wants...
So if I pay my skin doctor some moeny he can tell me I can legally tint the hell out of my windows!! LOL There enough doctors that write POT smoking pescriptions I would think this would be easy!!!

 

I think it's an eye doctor not a skin doctor. Car windows block UV from the factory nowadays, but the old folks who need those huge black goggles over their specs can get a note that lets them get their front windows tinted.

 

Yup, I have an eye condition that makes my eyes light sensitive. I can get a doctors note if ever I want to tint all 6.

 

While that's true, a tinted front windscreen is bound to attract attention. Which means that you'll not get ticketed, but you're still going to get pulled over. And if the officer is in a bad mood, he might end up poking around other areas of the car...


-Bis

 

Which is part of the reason why I have zero tint on any of my windows at the moment.