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Old Jan 22, 2009 | 10:51 PM
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Just tinted my windshield

Hey guys check it out just tinted my windshield
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Old Jan 22, 2009 | 10:54 PM
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Is that

Is that legal per law enforcement?
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 02:14 AM
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Is that legal per law enforcement?
Not really, but its ok
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 10:40 AM
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Good luck with that the law here would've pulled you after it was finished. I like the look though can't see anyone inside and the summers that car will feel like a freezer inside.
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 11:51 AM
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if you get pulled over, prepare for it to be more aggressive than you're used to.
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 01:45 PM
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That's not gonna fly with Texas cops.
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 08:12 PM
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What's the penalty with the Texas COPS???
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 08:25 PM
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What's the penalty with the Texas COPS???
I don't know, but my tinter joked to me once when I asked him about tinting the windshield "...those cops are gonna break your windshield."
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 10:11 PM
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Finally someone else with my type of style. I tinted my front window back in the fall and had been riding without issue for months until the other day when a cop pulled me over just for my tint. I have 20% on the other windows and 35 on the front. My interior is ash gray so I had to get dark tint for it to appear tinted. It looks great during the day and even better at night. I will post pics soon cause now after being pulled over, I have to take it off and take the car to DMV to get cleared by sheriff instead of getting a ticket. He just came up and said "how dark are your windows" and then looked at the windshield and laughed. "Oh, you're way illegal", he said pulling out his ticket book. Get it fixed, he said. (They dont pull it off right then, anymore? Couldve saved me money. If anyone knows if I can do it myself please let me know if it is worth it. Probably costs 150 to get it taken off including the sides. Sucks.) I will be riding clean for a while and then doing it all again when the summer hits. It just makes my ride look so fresh and unique. Nothing like getting kudos from Benz drivers on the road on a 9 year old car.

Even in TX where the rules are a lot less enforced, it is such an eye catcher that one day a cop will just pull you over to see if it is legal cause they cant tell but it looks too dark. Have fun til then. Looks better in person I bet.
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Old Jan 25, 2009 | 01:12 AM
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Finally someone else with my type of style. I tinted my front window back in the fall and had been riding without issue for months until the other day when a cop pulled me over just for my tint. I have 20% on the other windows and 35 on the front. My interior is ash gray so I had to get dark tint for it to appear tinted. It looks great during the day and even better at night. I will post pics soon cause now after being pulled over, I have to take it off and take the car to DMV to get cleared by sheriff instead of getting a ticket. He just came up and said "how dark are your windows" and then looked at the windshield and laughed. "Oh, you're way illegal", he said pulling out his ticket book. Get it fixed, he said. (They dont pull it off right then, anymore? Couldve saved me money. If anyone knows if I can do it myself please let me know if it is worth it. Probably costs 150 to get it taken off including the sides. Sucks.) I will be riding clean for a while and then doing it all again when the summer hits. It just makes my ride look so fresh and unique. Nothing like getting kudos from Benz drivers on the road on a 9 year old car.

Even in TX where the rules are a lot less enforced, it is such an eye catcher that one day a cop will just pull you over to see if it is legal cause they cant tell but it looks too dark. Have fun til then. Looks better in person I bet.
I am having fun now, but sometimes after i tinted windshield it feels like every cop look only at me, by the way post ur pics.
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Old Jan 25, 2009 | 01:29 AM
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Old Jan 25, 2009 | 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Arlen777
I am having fun now, but sometimes after i tinted windshield it feels like every cop look only at me, by the way post ur pics.
It doesnt feel like it, they are looking at you. Keep on truckin and dont worry for now. It is definitely an eye catcher; good eyes and bad.
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Old Jan 25, 2009 | 01:41 PM
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I'm getting mine done maybe next month my boy owns a tint shop and all the guys there have limo on sides and 20% on there windsheild I'm not going that far. I already have 20% on my sides Im not decided if I want to do 35 or 50% on the windsheild. What % do you guys have?
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Old Jan 25, 2009 | 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by vizionclk430
I'm getting mine done maybe next month my boy owns a tint shop and all the guys there have limo on sides and 20% on there windsheild I'm not going that far. I already have 20% on my sides Im not decided if I want to do 35 or 50% on the windsheild. What % do you guys have?
I have 2 layers of 5% on sides and 20% on windshield, but i think after my first ticket i ll change it to 35%
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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 12:10 AM
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Wow thats dark. I have 35 on the front and its able as dark as I would want to go on the front.

Can you see in your car during the day if its that dark? Man I would love to see it in person.
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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 12:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Arlen777
I have 2 layers of 5% on sides and 20% on windshield, but i think after my first ticket i ll change it to 35%
yeah good luck.. the Law doe not all ANY window tinting in the front except the small area that comes pre tinted standard. you can tint over that but anything that is in he line of sight of the driver or impairing full view of the driver from the outside is illegal.

You;re just rolling the dice on when you'll get popped for it.. and good luk with the veicle inspection because many won;t even pass inspection anymore in Tx is the tint is illegal because the shops are now being held liable as well as the drivers.

Just filling you in.. start counting,
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