Whats wrong with cops?

**JESSEGOTTA GP GT** · 02-18-2010

Originally Posted by offroadfury6

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...

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.

It'll be dark, but I want it so you can't see inside the car through the back window at all, with 20% you can see through it because of the windshield reflecting through it.

**CTKGP09** · 02-18-2010

Originally Posted by 1996pontiac

what is a tint meter machine, and what does it do?

its this box that slides on ur window to detect the amount of light getting thru the window...my film allows 20% light to pass thru it, but he factory windows blocks 7% of light...so 13% of total light gets into my car

http://www.clublexus.com/forums/atta...etintmeter.jpg

**offroadfury6** · 02-19-2010

Originally Posted by CTKGP09

its this box that slides on ur window to detect the amount of light getting thru the window...my film allows 20% light to pass thru it, but he factory windows blocks 7% of light...so 13% of total light gets into my car

http://www.clublexus.com/forums/atta...etintmeter.jpg

right. u had factory tint and then re-tinted with aftermarket....hmmmm, crap Mine may be slightly darker then legal, I forgot about the factory tint my GP came with lol

**jarheadbobandmax** · 02-21-2010

Was pulled over once for this at the time I had 20% all around. I have two law enforcment troopers living on my block and to them it is a safety issue.. I simply removed the front tint went to court and showed the judge my compliance to the law and she dismissed the ticket two months later illinios changed the law to allow 35% in front and 30% in the rear...so I'll be re tinting..I'll also be putting wrap around louvers on the rear as well and installing a gun rack!

**CTKGP09** · 02-22-2010

Originally Posted by offroadfury6

right. u had factory tint and then re-tinted with aftermarket....hmmmm, crap Mine may be slightly darker then legal, I forgot about the factory tint my GP came with lol

if u put the meter on a stock window with no tint it will read about 95% to 90% (blocks 5% to 10% )light getting through, sooo 20 - 7 = 13%

**offroadfury6** · 02-23-2010

Originally Posted by CTKGP09

if u put the meter on a stock window with no tint it will read about 95% to 90% (blocks 5% to 10% )light getting through, sooo 20 - 7 = 13%

ah I put 35% on so maybe 30% tint

**CTKGP09** · 02-23-2010

it would be about that yes. i was surprised the first time the meter told me 13%, but then i had the "factory tint" thing explained

**offroadfury6** · 02-23-2010

lol i'd like to see one of these "meters" you speak of

**nemesis** · 02-23-2010

Originally Posted by jarheadbobandmax

Was pulled over once for this at the time I had 20% all around. I have two law enforcment troopers living on my block and to them it is a safety issue.. I simply removed the front tint went to court and showed the judge my compliance to the law and she dismissed the ticket two months later illinios changed the law to allow 35% in front and 30% in the rear...so I'll be re tinting..I'll also be putting wrap around louvers on the rear as well and installing a gun rack!

i need to tint mine

**buster** · 03-11-2010

Originally Posted by corsagtp

K so Im driving to my friends house in the middle of the day not speeding or doing anything illegal and as I'm parking in front of his house a cop car comes flying out of no where, cuts in front of me, almost hitting me and two cops jump out and run over to me like I'm some kind of criminal. They come up to me and say "you can't have tinted side windows". I don't know how they even noticed because my windows were rolled down when they pulled me over. They take my license and write me a 60 dollar ticket. They tell me if I get two more tickets I have to go to court. Don't cops have anything better to do then drive around in a residential area chasing down people with tinted windows?

Btw does anyone know how to fight this kind of ticket?

I drive a truck for a living. Give this a try sometime. Did I also mention that I cross the border allot too. The Michigan State Police (and revenue) sit right at the exit to the Ambassador Bridge and pull over Canadian trucks all day and night for the most rediculous things. It's about money. From the Caribbean to the Arctic, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, municipalities are trying to balance their budgets by pulling people over for stupid crap, in the name of $$$$$ and saying it's for safety or (my personal favourite) security. I mean I know that there is no crime in Detroit so these POS cops have to worry about bloodthirsty crimes such as parking and not coming to a full stop when there is no stop sign.
These leeches who pulled you are just trying to justify their jobs. Blame your politicians and vote them out.

PS. I'm from Canada and last summer I was cruising Woodward in Detroit in my Ontario plated car and one of Birmingham's finest pulled me for side tinting and it's totally legal in Ontario as long as you can see through it. He said he could give me a ticket for it. My reply was that every Michigan car that goes to Ohio can be ticketed for not having a front licence plate following that logic. I had a good laugh over that. It's about $$$$$$$ guys and girls. In the end, I left with nothing except for a bit of harassment.

**98GTPCALGARY** · 03-11-2010

Hey my tint ticket was $115, so you all are lucky IMO! and on the "factory tinting" if it is 7%ish, I have 5% so does that mean I have -2% light coming thru? lol

**boostedzx3** · 03-11-2010

This is why i've never bothered to tint the windows on any of my vehicles, they draw enough attention from the cops much less having a reason to be pulled over.

**AmericanSoldier** · 03-11-2010

i got pulled over for being in a "known drug area" and they put that meter on my GTI and got slapped with a 350 ticket..that **** suckeddddd

**Bio248** · 03-11-2010

but it looks so good and i hate the sun. they can pull me over all they want, im not taking it off.

**Poil336** · 03-11-2010

i drove past two highway patrolmen on my way home from school last week doing a little over 80. they didn't even move. that's what we pay those state boys for

i live in a town with probably 1200 people or so. we got rid of our police department a few years ago. every now and then there's a sheriff that sits in a parking lot and waits for speeders. needless to say, we're not too worried about any kinda crime around here haha. i can't wait to tint my windows. i've got plans for this summer

**sportred04** · 03-11-2010

its stupid that undercover cops can have darker than legal tint. of even regular cruisers. but since there cops i guess there above the law right. i have 15 on mine and havent had a problem...yet

**matt5112** · 03-11-2010

Originally Posted by sportred04

its stupid that undercover cops can have darker than legal tint. of even regular cruisers. but since there cops i guess there above the law right. i have 15 on mine and havent had a problem...yet

THIS.

and 35 is about all you can legally get away with in ontario since its up to the cops discretion.

**Odi** · 03-12-2010

I think mine had a light tint since brand new, but it was a georgia car. Got a verbal warning since i was on temp plates at the time, never bothered again. Illinois now accepts tints in the front so no problems for me. Perfect tint too, light enough not to get attention and dark enough at night not to have strangers peek.

**codyAK** · 03-12-2010

Originally Posted by CTKGP09

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.

? that makes sense! i just think cops could use their time more wisely...

Half the crack dealers that get taken off the streets initially are getting pulled over for.. window tint, burnt out tail light, rolling a stop sign, etc. random traffic stops.