I am getting my windows tinted on monday,Everything including the t-tops,nothing on the windshield though,I live in maryland and the state legal limit is 35%(light let in),but I want to do mine 5% which is basically pitch black,can't see into them,I know a couple cops and they siad that local/county cops don't give a **** and it is the state cops you have to watch out for,I might get 20% on the side windows and the hatch and 5% on the t-tops,what do you guys think???

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86 iroc,canary yellow,fully loaded

 

I want to have my windows tinted, so I would like to also find out about it.

Canary Yellow Iroc? Wow! I love that color. Do you have any pics?

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If I can ever get my friend to take pictures of it with his digital camera,I am going to have it buffed when it gets warmer so it will look like glass I am 17 and have had 3 cars and this is my 2nd camaro

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86 iroc,canary yellow,fully loaded

 

are you positive that 35% is allowed? i know in Pa that no tint is allowed at all unless it's factory, or you have a medical excuse for it to block out the sun. i live in pittsburgh, bigger city, and went over on the other side of the state over the summer to a small town called bethlaham, pulled into a parking lot, next thing i see flashing lights behind me. to make a long story short, they wrote me a written warning so that when i got back home i had 5 days to have the tint removed and have a police officer or state inspection officer fill out the card and mail it back in for varification. i ended up getting the ticket fixed by a friend when i came back, so i didn't take the tint off. honestly though, it's the officer's personal descrection on what he wants to do. in the inner city, i can drive around with my red neons on under the car, but in the outter city in the suburbs i've been pulled over twice and given $100 ticket both times. oh, my tint is 5% on rear, and 35% on sides. why tint your tops? they're factory tinted already. and once with my thunderbird i was pulled over by a state trooper for having my blackouts on my headlights and all he made me do is take them off. but usually though if it's not factory things on the car, then you can get tagged for it. that's the general rule of thumb. stickers, plate frame, kind of lights, can be illegal. i'm learing all this now as i am going through the police academy myself. but like i said, it depends on the officer, and the kind of person he is, kinda day he's haveing. he may not like camaros, but loves mustangs, could get you for that. hope this clears this up some. check your local and state laws yourself. dont assume, get the facts. :-)

 

I live in Califorina and I had Limo (5%) all the away around and my own neighbor came over and gave me a ticket in my driveway... not very friendly I guess (or he dident like the way I come down the street at night) but Here nothing is legal unless it came from the factory. Theres a lot of Cops who just wont waste their time unless you **** them off and there just looking for a reason to get you......sorry it just happens to me alot I'm just glad that I havent been thrown in Jail for racing .... In my town they dont mess around with that any more (Impound the car And you will serve Time) just happened to three kids a month or two back...

Anyways my point was I dont think that they will mess with you unless you give them a reason.

 

I had black tailights and I got a ticket and I thought it was bull**** and didn't pay it so I ended up paying a lot in the end.

 

Guys, one of the reasons why police officers don't like tinted windows so dark is for their safety. Imagine that you're the officer, you've just stopped a car for a violation. When you walk up on the car you have no idea who's in the car. It could be a normal joe blow citizen who just wasn't paying attention to his driving, or it could be a car load full of bad guys who just robbed some place. If the window tint is so dark you can't see in, you could be walking up to a gun that's pointed at you. Not a nice situation to be in, is it?

 

That's true. Where I live, they recently changed the fine from a ten dollar fix it ticket, to a seventy five dollar fine. I finally took the side tint off, (15%) and that night, a cop gave me a ticket for not having a front plate. I guess I just have good timing.

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I live in Oklahoma and my friends and I all have 5% tint including the strip on the windshield and we don't have any problems, but this is Oklahoma not California.
About tinting you t-tops. I wouldn't. I heard it can hold the suns heat in the glass causing them to possibly crack. Besides you can find you some t-top covers to put in if you don't want the glare from the sun.

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[This message has been edited by Firechicken92 (edited January 13, 2001).]

 

i have had my blackouts on for about a month now, and actually have had quite a few cops tailing me....just ironic, i hat that....but anyway, i never got pulled over....don't think they really care unless you do something stupid its just another thing to give you a ticket for...but tinting windows is a safety issue, for cops, and other drivers who can't see what you are doing or were you are looking....just my .02

 

I also live in Maryland. You are correct local cops dont say much but state troopers will not take in lightly.It all stems from an incident in which a Trooper was shot while conducting a regular traffic stop dark tint limited his vision and he never saw the gununtil it was too late.To bad the actions of few ruin things for the rest of us.

 

I've had blackouts for a year with no tickets or warnings

 

I have been pulled over for speeding, during the day, and the cop didnt say anything about my blackouts. So I guess they are ok with it in my area.

 

Well i think it's all about the cop and if they wanna bust your ***** or not i had tail light covers on my car for like 4 months and didn't get bothered then got a ticket twice with in a month for them from the same cop so i got rid of them as for the tint THEY will bother if it is too dark on the doors mines 35% on the doors and 5% on the rest of the car i orignally had 5 all the way around but ended paying for it and since i have the 35% on the doors i get left alone and that's good for living in NJ...


89'RS 92groundeffects and so,so,much more

 

Wait'll you guys see my yellowiroc. I spent my entire christmas break on the engine and the wheels. The car is in perfect and I mean perfect condition. Just polished the wheels... not just the machined area, but also the spokes to look 100%perfect chrome and had yellow letter Good Year Eagle Nascar #1 tires put on. I can't believe how good this car looks. Soon as I get pictures... I'll post them. About the window tint... yes, the cops are ****s about it. I only had 35% and got a ticket, taillight covers....got a ticket, headlight covers... ticket, license plate cover....ticket, no front plate... ticket... yellow neon lights underneath... ticket. I think it's the fact that the pigs don't have as nice of a car.

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86 IROC 305 TPI LB9 700R4 W/ Shift kit, K & N, Flowmaster, airfoil, 160 thermo, removed emissions, Summit cam kit 442 lift, Summit timing chain, tranny cooler, polished runners and plenum

 

personally, I don't like those really dark tinted windows anyway. If anything I'd get them done so they are perfectly legal. Then you are happy, you got your tint, and the cop isn't happy (he can't pull you over) And BTW, I got a '92 z/28 Bowtie grille in december, and I am gonna use the excuse that my car doesn't have any provisions for a front liscense plate, since the grille doesn't have the holes drilled. can I get away w/ it? I'll just say I've had the car for 2 years, and it doesn't have provisions, and you are the first officer to pull me over.

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88' Camaro SC
2.8 V6,
TCI 3200 Stall TC
B&M Transkit
83 Z/28 Hood
2.5" Flowmaster Catback
Hi-Flo Kitty
IROC Gages
IROC Taillights
Foglamps
'92 Z/28 Bowtie Grille

 

I've got 5% on my Formula....got pulled over the same day it was put on.
As for taillight blackouts, all the times I've ever been pulled over, not one cop has even mentioned them.



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"It's just like a chick...takes all my money!"

 

Legal limit here in KS is 35%, but honestly, the police here could honestly care less. If you **** them off enough, you can get a ticket, but I have never heard of anyone getting a ticket for having too much. I'm probably getting 20% on the sides and 25% on the back- leaving front alone. Generally, if cops can see through the back and somewhat see you, they'll leave it alone

 

I live in MD also. I was been pulled over for tailight blackouts and I was stopped twice for a rear tag cover. No fines, I just had to take them off and have the barricks check to make sure I did.

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Hey Slow camaro, The cops have already heard that one.

 

I bought my 82 t/a with 11% on the side windows (not sure about hatch or winshield stripe). My brother and i were followed by a cop from the highway exit to where i turn onto my road. The cop was just waiting for me to do something illegal because he wanted to check the windows. Turns out 50% is the legal limit, so i got a 5 day faulty equipment citation and had to peel it off.

BTW, this was the very first time I had driven the car after buying it. I was pulled over after about 30 minutes of driving the car. Not a good start.

 

oops double posted

[This message has been edited by slickrock55 (edited January 15, 2001).]

 

hey stinger..... lol... i guess so... but I've never been pulled over yet, so we'll see, hopefully I won't get a ticket though.

 

I've always had the windows on all my cars tinted to the legal limit, whick here is Kansas is 35%, and I've never had any problems. As for tinting the t-tops, I asked the local tint shop to tint my t-tops on my IROC and they said "NO WAY!". They said something about them breaking easily. When it comes to taillight covers, I've had them on my last 4 Z28s, and the most that i've ever had happen was a cop pulled me over once to make sure that I knew they were illegal.

 

Pulled over for blackout taillights? thats BS. why are they sold if nobody can use them on the street?

Thats it, im going to invent and sell a flame thrower car alarm, with a sentry mounted fully automatic pop-up double barrell shotgun. and sell it. sure, you might get a ticket, but at least it would have merit.

same with tint. annoying. i had a sprint back in hawaii, and it had a little bit of tint (my guess was 95%) and i couldn't get a safety sticker unless i took it off. right as the *ahem* non white person in front of me with 35% tint got his sticker. man i hate hawaii.

Anyone know the tint levels allowed in california?

 

I have gotton 2 tickest in Iowa for tint. I no longer have it on my windows. That law sucks.

 

Hy man, you live in OK? I live in OK too. Hey go check out http://www.projecttransam.com , and then go click on message boards, then look for COFBA(Central Oklahoma F-body Asso.) and TFCC(Tulsa Firebird and Camaro Club), these are both F-body clubs that I am in, they are from OKC and Tulsa, respectively. But, go check them out and become a member, love to have you at one of the meetings.

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Chris "$teve" Williams
1984 Firebird "Stroker GT
2 1978 WS6 Trans AMs (one of which is a "T/A 6.6" 220 hp.)
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[This message has been edited by DaBandit (edited January 15, 2001).]

 

well im not sure about Maryland, but in Delaware, the sides can be no less than 30%, and there is no restriction on the back windows as long as you have two exterior mirrors. probably doesnt help you much, but...

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86 Z28 red,
originally LG4,
new 350,
non comp Qjet,
T-5 five speed with new clutch,
stock 3.23 gears, Edelbrock Performer intake,
crane 272H cam,
Accel 8mm wires,
Edelbrock performer cat- back,
Homemade cold/forced air intake.
KYB GR-2 struts and shocks.
Grant GT leather wrap steering wheel.
Sony X-plod stereo.
Optima 6x9's

Future mods:
NOS,
Edelbrock TES headers, hi flo cat.
4th gen interior
6 point roll cage
3.42 gears
hurst billet/plus shifter
Edelbrock STB
Telstar rims

cars i've beaten:
95' Avenger, 88 Mustang GT, 70' Mustang , 97 Dodge Ram, 94 firebird formula, 92 Mustang GT, 94' 3000GT VR4, 97' Accord Rice Rocket (just barely), countless many ricers....

 

ive had black outs front and back, no tickets, but 35% on side, and 5% on back....got a ticket for 35% on side.....everything is illegal on side windows....back is perfectly legal. so i took it off and got 5% on the sides....i just have to roll em down for every cop....did i tell you??? when i got the ticket for tint...they suspected the side tint...from the rear tint...so they made me roll up my windows....and then gave me the ticket. *******s

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Rick
90 Camaro RS 305 TBI
400 small block, Hooker 1 3/4 LTs, Random Tech Cat, Hooker aero chamber cat back on the way!!
TH700-R4 with Trans-Go shift kit (corvette servo here...but not installed yet)
MacEwen Motorsports White Gauge Overlays
14" K&N X-Stream Open Element
GTS Headlight and Taillight covers
5% Limo Tint all around
Classic White Chevy Bowtie sticker on rear window
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Man if my camaro were a rice-rocket all those mods would give me what...easily 50-60 hp!!!

"Just because I've done it, doesn't mean I knew what I was doing!" - Me

 

Hmm....
now i can see that a downfall for me may be beneficial,

From My guess,
but tell me,
Would it be legal for me to get a Note from My eye doctor stating that its best for me to have my windows tinted, due to my sensitvity to light?

 

The second day i purchased my car i got pulled over for tinted windows.. rough

 

I just had the windows tinted and blackouts put on the same day,that was last week and so far so good,I mostly drive at night and do not speed during the day so I am not a target for them.If I do get pulled over I will tell them this is how I bought the car and am planning on taking them off


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86 IROC,canary yellow(originally black),fully loaded.305TPI WITH 700R4/SHIFT KIT
2:73 POSI REAR
4 WHEEL DISC BRAKES
T-TOPS
POWER LOCKS
POWER WINDOWS
TILT
CRUISE
SADDLE INTERIOR
POWER ANTENNAE
SPOILER OFF 87 IROC SO NO THIRD BRAKE LIGHT ON ROOF
16" BY 8" RIMS OFF 89 IROC
3"INCH EXHAUST WITH A 2 CHAMBER FLOWMASTER AND 3 1/2" BY 18" LONG CHROME TIPS
20% TINT ON SIDES,HATCH AND T-TOPS
GTS TAILLIGHT COVERS
AFTERMARKET FOG LIGHTS
PIONEER CD RECIEVER WITH REMOTE AND DETACHABLE FACEPLATE WITH JENSON SPEAKERS ALL AROUND
TALKING RADAR DETECTOR"BACON ALERT"

PRETTY BADASS RIDE

What I want to do..
4"inch Cowl hood.
Pacer polished rims (same style as WELD Draglites)
Custom Liscense plate like MIKSROC or MIKS 86

A couple of nice subs in the back

I am only seventeen and this is my third car(and second camaro)...former owner of 88 RED HARDTOP WITH IROC HOOD TAILLIGHTS..RIP....Long live the EIGHTIES!!!

 

I was on my way to a car show in the poconos and got nailed for h/l, t/l and 5%. He let me go if I removed it there... It was broad daylight and he still made me remove the h/l covers?!? What a hole.


88 Formula 350, Hot cam, SLP SS exhaust, Holly Annihilator...Ported heads.

88 Camaro 2.8 RS. Stock, new paint, mint int. 160,000 miles, never removed valve covers.

[This message has been edited by JoelOl75 (edited January 20, 2001).]

 

i have 5% window tint on the sides and the back and blackout fot the tail lights. over the four years i had the car i got 8 window tint tickets at $43 each. NJ Sucks!





[This message has been edited by irocluke (edited January 20, 2001).]

 

Zupman, any tint on the sides is illegal in Delaware. I've asked state troopers on 3 different occasions ( I really wish I was wrong though. I want tint)
Firebretha: Getting a note from your eye doctor isn't easy. I've tried twice and was refused. It helps if the car is in your parents name and your mom/dad get it for you. But still difficult.

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91 Formula
305 TPI 5speed
1LE/G92/WS6
Cold air ind. w/K&N, SLP airfoil, ported/polished plenum, March pulleys, TB coolant bypass,Crane AFPR(43psi),Crane Gold 1.6rrs,MSD coil,MSD6AL, Holley 9mm wires, fastchip, Bosch O2sensor, SLP headers & catback,short shifter,3:73s w/Auburn posi,160* t-stat,JET 195* fan switch, Macewen white face gauges, Autometer gauges, Zoom hi-performance clutch.

 

does anyone know what the % of how dark your windows can be legaly tinted in Illinois?

 

I don't know about the tint limits in Texas. I do know it can be darker on the pass side than driver. Looks kind of stupid to have only one really dark though. Blackouts don't seem to matter as long as you take them off at night. Personally, I like to see as much as possible at night. i don't like my light being dimmed any. My friend got screwed over though. His Rustang got hit by a FedEx truck and while the car was driveable afterward, the area behind the driver headlight was smashed. The only way he could keep the headlight assembly from falling out was to leave the blackout on all the time. Two nights later he got pulled over. The officer was going to let him go if he just took the blackout off. When he pulled it off, the whole assembly fell out and dangled in front of the car. The officer ended up giving him a ticket for the blackout and for having an "unsafe headlight assembly." Turned out to be about $180 for the two fines.

 

i got pulled over by an ohio state trooper for window tint even though my windows were down,my t-tops were out and it was 90 and sunny out.he based it on my back window even though he was on the side of the road and i was in the fast lane going 65. it was labor day and he was out writing tickets for any violation he seen. especialy if he seen a young person driving. i had blackouts all around and no front licence plate and he didnt say nothing about those. the ticket was $76

 

Tint in illinois is illegal on the side windows of our cars. Any tint is legal on the rear windows. if we had passenger cars then the rear passanger windows could be tinted.

 

Christos, excellent idea, but they already have it in South Africa to ward off car jackers. The gas jets, that is. I thought of rigging my windshield wipers with an electromagnetic pulse (amazing what I learned in one semester of delinquintial high school electronics). That way, if the dang University cops ever lifted my wipers to give me yet another parking ticket, they'd get a massively painful, but low voltage shock.

-Reno

 

I dont think you want an electroMAGNETIC pulse. That would most likely fry your car's ECM!

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86 Sport Coupe, 2.8 V6, dead stock, but not for long!

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As To The Electrical Shock Idea, ZZZZZZZZZZZz

Second, If i was able to pull off the eye doctor idea would they let it fly in IL?

 

I was reading your guys muses with the fuzz and thought i let my bit in. okay, I've an 83 T/A which i got last march for a good deal and it has 5% side tint and i drove and all summer up here in Canada and the cops could have cared less. I've also got a friend who got a camaro this year that has at least 10% on the back window and t/l blackouts (which you can hardly see through) and the cops still don't care. But then i know this guy who has a POS festiva that had 5% on the back most windows and he took the car 60 miles to the next nearest town where the sheriff made him rip it off (and it was the back windows, HAHAHA!!). So i think it all depends on the individual law enforcer who happens to care or not. So just cross your fingers that you don't come around a turd officer.

 

my friend has a 5% limo tint mustang and if when a cop looks at his car for tint he slightly rolls the window down a crack and it reflects the sun off the windows on the inside and makes it look a lot lighter but he has only had to do that once and i have headlight blackouts and have had them for about 3 months and have'nt got a ticket yet

 

In Manitoba, Canada, there was no law about tint unitll about 2 or 3 years ago. Now the law is 5% on rear window, 5% on the back windows of 4 doors, and no aftermarket tint on thr front door windows or windshield. Thats right!!! No tint allowed on the side windows of 2 door cars. I have had 5% tint on my '89 GTA as long as I have owned it, and have never had a problem with law enforcement (knock on wood).

P.S. The wedding flowers withstood 110 mph, so they got to stay in the picture!!!





[This message has been edited by goosejg73 (edited February 05, 2001).]

 

mann. . . this is a long thread . . . anyone know how to find out what the legal % is in TX? I can get a hold of "chrome" tinting but the last thing i would want to do is take it off a few days after i put it on . . . so i think i will get limo?

 

ITS 5% ON THE BACK WINDOW AND 35% ON THE SIDE WINDOWS IN ONTARIO.

 

Same here in Quebec!

 

The easiest way to find out what the tint laws are is to contact your local Motor Vehicle Department. They will know.

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1987 IROC 5.7 - 16.43 @ 82 the project
1986 S10 4x4 w/93 Vortec 4.3 - the nitemare
1988 Formula WS6 - the Cow

 

Why do i see brand new cars come off the line with drak window tint and all the windows yet we have to have out soo light i think its unfair we should start a nation wide protest =)