Hey I know I've been gone for a while and have a friend who just moved back to Oahu and she is trying to get her car safety inspected and one shop said her tint is to dark the issue with the tint is it is dealership installed and she doesn't the ability to remove the tint single mom been there for three days. So if anybody knows where she can take her Jetta and get it inspected car is all stock except tint.

Thanks

 

Not sure where to go anymore. I'm sure some one will pm you.

Btw: in sept. they changed the law so now cars with tint that covers the high mount brake light in the rear windshield is also not legal. 35% or not, it won't pass... I heard T&T is fighting it, but good luck getting a s/c with that.

 

Her car is a 2011 Jetta and she is from AZ and its dealership installed tint. Why cant there be nation wide laws regarding things like this it would make life so much easier. My tint then would be illegal there also but its legit in Washington. Thanks I had TnT do some work for me when I lived there great place.

 

I think there are some federal/national guidelines that the states follow, but the individual states/counties can have local additions to the laws.Local safety check is one of them for hawaii.

It sucks real bad because this affects most any sedan/coupe/wagon that doesn't have a outside high mount or wing. I hope they're able to overturn this change in the law, because there are a lot of people who would not be legal, through no fault of their own...

 

what % is the tint?

 

the inspector is doing her a favor... would she rather pay 1000 in tint tickets? its like 260 per window, including the smaller side windows..

 

Not sure on the % it was on the car when she got it and she bought it brand new so dealer installed. What ever the legal limit is in Arizona. She would probably have to have somebody remove the tint if it boils down to it.

 

That's weird I jus got my recon today with my rear windshield tinted covering the 3rd break light...

 

They said nothing about the third brake light just that her tint was to dark. Her ex-husband used to run the auto hobby shop on Hickam and she still knows a guy that works there so she might go there. I'm gonna ask her what % the tint is could have just been the place she mentioned some place called Lims not sure if that's where she went