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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 08:48 AM
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Need inspection station that will pass tint

Going to be getting my car regged in MA (**** this state RMV laws) and I need an inspection station that will pass me if I have 20% tint all around.

Would prefer somewhere on the south shore but will travel north/west if needed. Would like to get it done on the weekend as well.

No places down here will pass the car so I am not going to bother to bring it to them. I don't mind slipping the person doing it some extra cash, I just need it done.

If you know somewhere or someone who can do it, please let me know.
 
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 08:53 AM
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Just get the front windows stripped, go through inspection, and then have the tint re-applied. Thats how we have to do it down here. It usually costs me about 60 bucks and I only have to do it every 2 years.
 
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 09:06 AM
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MA or Ca Law vs Tint law....!

The law is what it is you can't change that or bribe a state employee. Remove
the tint on the drivers/passengers side windows using a razor blade/spray bottle. Won't/shouldn't take more than 10 minutes per window, have it signed
off then have it reinstalled....you don't have a lot of options. (unless you're connected)
 
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 09:07 AM
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you can do it!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by gary c
The law is what it is you can't change that or bribe a state employee. Remove
the tint on the drivers/passengers side windows using a razor blade/spray bottle. Won't/shouldn't take more than 10 minutes per window, have it signed
off then have it reinstalled....you don't have a lot of options. (unless you're connected)
Thanks for posting in this thread when you live in California. I posted in regional forums for a reason.

Also, thanks for preaching about the 'moral high ground' and then you yourself talk about being 'connected'. I didn't know Bush posted here.
 
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 10:50 AM
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talk to Hi-Tech
 
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 09:23 PM
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This is a good question. I was forced to go with 35% cause I was worried about this.
I'm not ripping out $450- worth of ceramic tint every year to pass inspection, and for those who suggested it... in MA, we can have no darker than 35% on ANY window, not just the front sides. (and nothing allowed on the windshield)

35% FTL
 
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by AesonVirus
This is a good question. I was forced to go with 35% cause I was worried about this.
I'm not ripping out $450- worth of ceramic tint every year to pass inspection, and for those who suggested it... in MA, we can have no darker than 35% on ANY window, not just the front sides. (and nothing allowed on the windshield)

35% FTL
Yep, no way I am ripping off the tint on my car. Uneven tint %'s look really bad too.
 
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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 07:49 AM
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Yeah, MA is really cracking down. I have 20% on rears & rear window & 35% on the fronts for 4 years now. 1st 2 years, no issues, last year, the station I go to wouldn't pass me because he said he could get busted.....so luckily found a guy down in Brighton last year to pass me. Went down to see him again yesterday...no fvckin' dice! Bottom line, I now need to get all my tint removed...the 35% on the front registers at 28% on the light meter because of the factory tint I guess.

Sucky part about it is tint places won't remove the rear tint due to liability of damaging the rear defroster & radio antenna in the glass.
 
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