i got a ticket for 25% in oakland on 880 by chp

 

20%
san jose
no tickets yet
*knock on wood*

 

I believe I have 25%, but I drive with the windows down... I'm usually smoking anyways, so it's not suspicious at alllll.

 

haha ya my windows are almost always down on the streets and even on the highway unless I feel comfortable enough to have them up. and my head is on constant swivel watching for cops and if I see one the windows go down!

but all in all I dont mind, I enjoy getting the nice breeze with the windows down and I dont mind getting seen in my g either :P

 

i had my window down, my wife had hers up. I got pulled over for "no seat belt" even though i had it on. Chp asked if i had my seatbelt on the entire time i answered yes, then he asked my wife she answered yes. Then he politely asked me to roll up my windows and said they were to dark. Gave me a ticket for the tint, but didnt say a thing about no front plate and expired tag (new one was on the reg in the glove box, but he didnt ask for it.

btw 25% from the wrong angle can look a lot darker
i cant rember but i think its like 5% over factory in the back and 25% on the sides


i dont know how dark it is on my wifes car, but she hasnt been pulled over yet

 

Thanks for sharing the pics. Your wife's front looks to be no more than 35%, maybe even 20-25%. How long has she been driving around without being pulled over? And whereabouts does she drive usually?

 

Another way to make the tint seem lighter, in addition to rolling down, is to open the moonroof...more light inside... but not >70% visibility light

 

i got pulled over and i had 2% got 1 ticket for each window

 

20% pulled over in sunnyvale. jus had a friend signed it off so i didnt hav to remove my tint... =]

and another buddy of my works for fremont. he said he doesnt care about exhaust n front plates but tint they will get u for.

 

are you trying to say 20% instead? how can you see through a 2% tint window?

and what are some reasons to tint while we all know is illegal? more privacy, the sun is too strong in CA, or make the ride looks better? i guess i have 10% at the back and around 25% at the front. i bought the car like that.

 

20% all around... got pulled over once in SF at 8:00 am while I was parallel parking my car.

 

Once again, urban legends are striking again. In regards to the 88% people are discussing, it is ONE of the conditions that must be met. There are 3 others that have to be met as well. Read subsections (d)(1-4) And it states that it must be clear and colorless. The long and short of it, NO TINT IS LEGAL. Read on:

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.

 

shes had the car since about feb.... she drives all over from walnut creek, oakland/alameda, and hayward.

 

It was just a matter of time til chipper chimed in with a response to another tint thread.

 

lol what can we say, he is the resident expert in all of these fields