hey ne1 knoe the legal tint in california? i was thinking that silver tint looks pretty damn nice on a silver car, but then i knoe that's illegal cuz it's reflective. btws, wut's the legal black tint in california? I heard 35%?
for cali..... any shade of tint on the front is illegal but if you do a light shade then they probably wont even notice it...... as for the back windows it doenst matter.... i have 22% in the front and 6% in the back (limo)
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Yea he is right but there is one way to get around having a window tint in your two front windows and that is having some doctor write a note saying you have a reaction to sunlight and then your ok, but good luck getting that. I'm in Cali to and I have my front two with a light tint and the back ones with limo and I haven't been caught.
or you could just get limo all the way around and just roll down the fronts when a Po rolls by
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Percentage Numbers represent amount of light transmission.
Example : 35% means 35% light transmission.
Also known as VLT or Visible Light Transmission.
Film - Amount of light that is required to pass through window film.
Example : 35% Film means that the film must pass through at least 35% visible light.
Net - Amount of light that is required to pass both the car window and the tint film.
MPV - A vehicle such as a recreation vehicle such as a pickup truck including GMC Suburbans, Nissan Pathfinders, Extra Cab Trucks
When info is given, it is in the format of :
Windshield / Front Side Windows / Rear Side Windows / Rear-Back Window / Year Passed
Where :
NO - No Film is Allowed
ANY - Any degree of tinting is allowed
AS-1 - On the windshield, there is a mark that says "AS-1" toward the top that defines that the tint cannot go below.
UnDef - Nothing defined in the law.
FMVSS 205 - A regulation that is found in the Code of Federal Regulation. The regulation is found in 49 CFR 571.205
35 % Film - Light that is measured on the film alone
35 % Net - Light that is measured both trhough the fim and car window
Example
4 inches / 35 % Film / 15 % Net / 5 % Net / 1994
A tint brow on the windshield cannot go no lower than 4 inches, 35% film may be applied to the front side windows, 15% light must go through the combined window film and windows for the rear side windows and 5 % light transmission is required on the rear back window and film combined. The year 1994 is the year that the law went into effect.
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California
NO / NO / ANY / ANY* / 1987 ?
Note : If the rear-back window is tinted, left and right rear-view mirrors are required.
Medical exemption allows for tint or other shading material is allowed on the front side doors if it allows at least 35% of the light to go through, readily is removable and cannot be used at night.
Enforcement Note : Out-of-State cars driven in California are required to be in compliance with the CA Tint law.
Originally posted by nov0798 what this says is that you MAY NOT HAVE ANY TINT ON THE FRONT WIDOWS OR WINDSHIELD!!!!
hmmm..... i tought it was coo to have the eyebrow shit. o well
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You'll show up and walk by on the arm of that guy
And I'll smile and you'll wave we'll pretend it's okay
The charade it won't last when he's gone I won't come back"
"Those who live without risk, risk not living at all."
actually that 15% tinted.. all around.. and its silver not blue.. the reason it looks blue is because the sky was light blue.. and it just reflected it.. it looks pretty sweet.. and i have been driving with it for about 2-3 months.. with no probs.. i just roll my front windows down when i see cops... its not as dark as you all think.. its just looks like it from the side..
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