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Im so glad I live where I live, 90% of people have dark tinted windows around here. It is indeed illegal to have them here but the cops around here dont really give a ****. My windows are 5% all the way around and my sun strip is 7 inches in 5% also. I just dont like the fact of people being able to see my stuff inside my car. Plus dark windows look really good on cars.
Yeah there's a diffrence, but IMO it's not worth $200 to get 35%, just not dark enough. when I get my windows tinted next month I'm going 5% on the back, and 15% on the sides, and probly 35% on the windshield. (yes I know its illegal)Quote:
Originally Posted by 01GTP
Thank you! Enough said.Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperSport
I have tinted windows on my mazda6, and they have never got me for it. iv been right next to a state boy, and he never even did anything abut it. it all depends on what kind of mood there in.
20 seems to get me by fine here. Been pulled over twice and been next to many cops and none of them have mentioned anything about tint to me.
dark tint is for ballers like me. you have to live in the city and they wont care because they have better things to do. the only places ive been pulled over is outside of the city near my parents house since it is more of an upscale area. i had 15% all around and intend on doing the same to all my cars i ever have.
every cop has their pep-pee in violations of the law that drives them to this type of enforcement. some cops work the day shift so window tint dont really offend them, so long as they can identify the occupants and activity in the vehicle. a cop that work the night shift, the visibility through window tint is deminished so he is more likely to cite everyone who has window tint. now the reason behind it all!!!!! the cop has to see a action and make a reaction. that reaction sometimes have to be a split second decision whether to use lethal force or less lethal force. we are all human and would all make mistakes, but that cop wants to go home to his little girl, little boy, wife and all the family that depends on him. even if that means answering the next day to why he shot you dead after a motor vehicle stop! you may have all the respect for law enforcement, but there are people that hate them just as much. statistics show that most cops are killed on traffic stops than in a shoot out, robbery etc. last but least, your mouth is sometimes your most dangerous weapon when you are pulled over, and to the cop the pen hurts more than the hands. IF YOU HAVE WINDOW TINT ROLL ALL YOUR WINDOWS DOWN EVEN IF ITS MINUS 10 DEGREES OUTSIDE. DRIVER PLACED BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL 10 AND 2 O'CLOCK. HAVE ALL OCCUPANTS NOT MOVE AROUND. ON THAT OFFICERS APPROACH BE POLITE AND RESPECTFUL. THEN DO WHAT YOU ARE TOLD! LET THE OFFICER KNOW WHERE YOU ARE REACHING AND FOR WHAT YOU ARE REACHING FOR. IF YOU BELEIVE YOU WERE PULLED OVER FOR SPEEDING YOU CAN RESPOND, "OFFICER, AM SORRY, BUT WAS I GOING ALITTLE TO FAST, OR OK, AM VERY SORRY FOR THAT". BE APOLOGETIC, AND DONT STOP SAYING ENOUGH YES SIR, NO SIR. COPS RECOGNIZED ALL OF THIS BY OPERATORS, BECAUSE IT IS WHAT THEY LOOK FOR SO MAKE THEM COMFORTABLE. remember you have some control OF THE OUTCOME, but the cop would have the ultimate decision whether you get a ticket or not. if you do get a ticket, take it, still be respectful and once again apoligize. especially if its your neighborhood police dept or where you oftenly travel. they would remember your flashy grand prix before they remember you again! they would more likely bypass you the next time or let you off with a warning!
i wish everyone believed this^ the world would be a better and smarter place.
i have had a cop circle in a church parking lot 3 times to wait for me to leave the parking lot i was in so he could pull me over for timt..no tickets that time thoQuote:
Originally Posted by corsagtp
ive had that tint meter machine on my window 3 seperate times :th_thumbsup-wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by SDGTP99
Yeah cops don't really care around here, their all big ol' redneck dudes that could care less. I've actually sat in bars and talked to cops while they were on the clock. One cop told me that he wished he could get away with dark tint like I had on his mustang.
i like those kind of cops...i did talk to one tho who acutally asked me if mine were illegal, and i said ya, and he told me his windows were illegal too and that he didnt care! and then told me to be careful around staties...awesome!Quote:
Originally Posted by JESSEGOTTA GP GT
bummer on the ticket but ummmmmm agian why do something that is illegal and then ***** about when caught and issued a ticket. I personally like tint all round but it is illegal here to have it on the fronts soooooo when I get my tint done guess what, the fronts won't get done. Either buck up pay the fine or don't have tint but don't ***** about it.
I have 35, and 20 in the back. Looks ok. I wanna do 15 all around soon though, the cops in my area really dont care because most people have dark tint. Hell ive seen an undercover with tint so dark I couldnt even see if someone was driving. I get away with my taillights around here too and they are very dark.
took a trip to jersey once, got pulled over for my taillights. only a warning though =p
to be honest im not complaining about the tickets...i think they r funny. i dnt like how instead of doin something about the crack dael down the street that just broke out into a gun fight and causin chaos, im gettin a ticket for a non moving violation. WTF? that makes sense! i just think cops could use their time more wisely...Quote:
Originally Posted by echarleswhyte
if a cop gives you a ticket for tint just say "who peed in your wheaties this morning?"
ha i wonder how that ill go?
haha u will not be happy with that 5% on the back at night! lol insted of normally backing up, your going to have to pull an Ace Ventura and hang ur head out of the window to see...Quote:
Originally Posted by JESSEGOTTA GP GT
my sis had an 01 Monte Carlo with 5% all the way around, it sucked...
I have 35% all the way around, 5% on sunroof and 5% on strip...windows could be SLIGHTLY darker but i'm happy.
what is a tint meter machine, and what does it do?Quote:
Originally Posted by CTKGP09
it reads the percentage of the light able to get through your tint. looks like a big plastic tuning fork. ive had mine read twice, first time at 17%, second time at 15%.Quote:
Originally Posted by 1996pontiac