Hi, My kid's car was purchased second hand and it came with the tinted windows. One day cop gave him a warning for it being too dark which is cause for ticket. Anyone has an experience removing this tint films? Was told to remove them from two front windows(driver, passenger side) TIA,
google is your friend. there's plenty of info on how to remove it. you do need a glue remover to get the last traces off if it's been on there for a while and is old glue. you can get it at places that sell the film (checker, etc).
your state has regs on how dark the tint can be on front windows, and you can get new tint that meet your laws.
back windows can be darker than the front.
a wallpaper steamer would probably do the trick. Short of that, a razor blade scraper will do.
I'd remove it from ALL windows. There is no need for that shit.
The cop is probably wrong.
Check your state regulations or visit a window-tinting salon (is that what they call them?) for the straight dope.
The window-tinting shop may very well have a device that can measure the degree of tint and compare it to the laws in your state.
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It's _possible_ the officer is wrong, but I'd certainly not say "probably" purely on the posted info. Are they too dark for the driver/passenger to be visible? If so, that's undoubtedly too dark with or without a measurement. I'd venture he's had enough experience to know which tickets issued will/won't stand up if challenged.
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If your kid isn't playing rap, that could be the issue. Was the cop black or?
Likewise I wouldn't say the windows were "too dark" without knowing the state involved.
Interesting, they actually give a number for that in my state:
Jon
Give a cop the finger with the windows up. If he can tell you gave him the finger, it's not too dark!!!
"aftermarket" tinting CAN be identical to "oem" tinting.
Hi, I am up here in Alberta. Compared to my car's OEM shade(Acura MDX) kid's Subaru WRX STi is darker tinting(as I mentioned, not OEM) Type of car and the tinting is some times magnet for cops. He decided to take it to the shop to have them removed. Ticket costs 57 bucks.
When the officer comes up and can't see the driver, it's TOO dark.
Greg
Police here in CT carry something to check them. You can also get a certificate showing it meets standards for the state
Kids driving a WRX are a cop magnet to begin with, add tint and you can be assured of notice.
I bought a car from out of state. Got it into my state, and that same day I got a ticket for it. The cop had a device to read the darkness of the tint. (That surprised me, because that dont seem like anything that a cop has to deal with more than a few times a year, and his meter looked expensive).
I took it to court, the judge dismissed the ticket since I proved that I had just purchased the car that same day. I asked the judge to provide me with the legal info, telling him that I've never owned another car with tinted windows and did not even know it was illegal. He had someone xerox the legal terms for me, and was understanding about the whole thing.
The law says that the rear windows can be any amount of tint, but the front windows can not be tinted, nor the windshield.
I removed it from the front windows with a razor blade scraper (for painting). I removed the glue with plain gasoline, and some old towels. (Using Safety of course, but doing it outdoors away from buildings and anything that could spark). I left it on the rear windows and drove the car like that for about 8 years before selling the car. When I removed it from those front windows, it had been on the car for years. It really was not all that bad to remove.
My wife just removed it from numerous windows in a house she inherited. What she did...
Typically no heybub drama is involved. Typical motor vehicle code:
"No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any sun screening device or other material which does not permit a person to see or view the inside of the vehicle through the windshield, side wing or side window of the vehicle."
My friends kid had a similar situation. He bought a used "gangsta" car. He was driving along and a state cop pulled him over and politely told him about the tinted windows on the car. The kid was sharp enough to explain he recently bought the car and was a broke college kid. There was no fine. He issued an equipment violation which stated he had so many days to remove the tinting and have it verified or he would get a fine.
Of course one doesn't know if this advice is any good without knowing the state involved.
The light restriction values may be similar, but the method certainly isn't.
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