What tint?

[turbotalon1g]

Ok, i got pulled over yesterday for tint, i didn't know they changed the law about the tint having to be 50% all the way around the car now.

So my question is, what level should i do that won't get me hassled.
I can't live without it all my cars have it, even my beater.

I think 25% should keep me out of trouble but still be dark enough to be useful.

Aaron

[Kracka]

35% is generally fairly safe to have. 30% seems to be the the line between cops not caring and getting pulled over constantly for it. I had 35% on the S2k and now on the Evo and have never been pulled over for it; I was given a ticket for it once in the S2k when pulled over for speeding but that cop was a total prick and gave me a ticket for everything he could find (I ended up getting out of it so no biggie).

[polishmafia]

Originally Posted by Kracka

35% is generally fairly safe to have.

Generally... LOL!

I have 35% and I've been pulled over three times in 2 1/2 years. Last time was just a week ago.

There have been others times when I've been parked next to an officer, next to one at a stoplight, and they didn't even look at me twice.

I just pay the fine and think of it as a yearly dark window tax. Meh...

[Halon]

If I tint my Talon, it will be 50% just because these kinds of cars can be cop magnets already the way they are. I don't need to give them another reason to pull me over.

[mdost03]

I had 30% on my eclipse and never got pulled over for tint, but a state patrol guy "warned me" that I should take my tint off (I parked and was walking into a building and he pulled up and called me over to him). Local cops never cared one bit, but state patrol guys are dicks. Ask 311evo haha.

[scheides]

50% is safe, I say if you don't know and don't want to be hassled about it, go 50%. I have 30% on my evo, been pulled over 3x in 2 years specifically for tint, and 2 other times I was hassled about it while being pulled over for no front plate or speeding.

I'm pretty sure the law has *always* been 50% all around on cars, it has not changed recently. I just discovered it myself about 2 years ago (I thought the same as you).

[polishmafia]

Originally Posted by scheides

I'm pretty sure the law has *always* been 50% all around on cars, it has not changed recently.

As far back as I can remember living here in MN (since November of 2004), the law has been 50%. I checked the laws when I moved here with my dark tinted 1990 Corolla haha!

[Kracka]

Yup, its been 50% all-around for quite a while.

[A//// Guy]

Ive had 35% for over a year and have not been pulled over ever. Id say thats your safest bet unless you want to go ultra light and do 50%. Id say 50% isnt worth the money though.

[scheides]

Well, SAFEST bet is 0% IMHO, it depends entirely on where you drive, the time you're there, the cops mood, and the alignment of the stars.

Tint tickets are fuking dumb, if you get one, go to court and fight it, I just cleared myself of 2 of them

[A//// Guy]

What I dont understand at all, is the fact that suv's can have dark tint in the back from the factory at about 35%, but cars cant have any.

You can hide a whole lot of hoodlums in the back of an suv. Just doesnt make any sense. Also how southern states can have much darker tint because its hot there, but really its just as hot here most of the summer.

[Kracka]

A lot of laws are stupid and make no sense; especially ones in MN.

Anyway, I'm going to head on over to WI with a duck on my head

[Matt D.]

Originally Posted by scheides

Well, SAFEST bet is 0% IMHO, it depends entirely on where you drive, the time you're there, the cops mood, and the alignment of the stars.

Don't forget that driving like an assclown will get you pulled over for "no reason" too. I drive like a grandma 99% of the time and don't get hassled.

[xveganxcowboyx]

Originally Posted by M/// Guy

What I dont understand at all, is the fact that suv's can have dark tint in the back from the factory at about 35%, but cars cant have any.

You can hide a whole lot of hoodlums in the back of an suv. Just doesnt make any sense. Also how southern states can have much darker tint because its hot there, but really its just as hot here most of the summer.

Unless something's changed Minnesota is the only state with 50%. I'm sure Maine and Alaska allow 35% or darker. We've just got paranoid cops with too much clout or something.

[Kracka]

CA is 70%.

[AwdGSX13]

Ive had 20% on most of my cars. Never been pulled over with it or hassled.

[scheides]

Originally Posted by Matt D.

Don't forget that driving like an assclown will get you pulled over for "no reason" too. I drive like a grandma 99% of the time and don't get hassled.

I agree, but the times I have been pulled over for tint, I was being very grandma-ish, or sitting at a stop light even!

Actually, I take that back. The first time I was *gasp* turning my wheel as I was doing about 65 around a cloverleaf in EP (494W to 5W). I eased up at the bottom and kept going about 65 (right with traffic) and there was this under cover (that I see around my office area sometimes) back in traffic a bit. He caught up to me & pulled me over for tint, probably wondering wtf I was doing defying the laws of physics and such.

[crazy_skier]

wow.... I'm surprised by cali's law. My buddy moved down there for 7 months and right before going he tinted his protege 5 wagon limo with 15% on the driver and passenger window.... and was never hasseled once, with a white car also. weird

[A//// Guy]

Originally Posted by xveganxcowboyx

Unless something's changed Minnesota is the only state with 50%. I'm sure Maine and Alaska allow 35% or darker. We've just got paranoid cops with too much clout or something.

SUV's have much darker tint than 50%, straight from the factory. Id say its about 35-40% for the rear windows.

[scheides]

SUV's are legal to 20% on all rear windows. Front windows, 50%.

Aaron, you should tint your windshield!