TINT Question- in Texas OR anywhere with strict laws

[MissCB25]

I have noticed on here that some people have 5% tint all the way around on their trucks, and some people mention 50% tint on their windshields.

I have 5% on my back rollups and rear window, 24% on my front rollups, and factory on the windshield. The place that did my tint told me they will not do any darker per state law. Anybody know if there's a way around this? I want to tint my front rollups even darker and put a 50% on the windshield as well.

Anyone who has super dark tint- do the cops mess with you any more than usual? (I get pulled over for not having a front lic plate sometimes, and once to have the tint checked but he took my word for it anyway).

Any input would be great! Thanks

 

[stevek]

An optometrist or other physician has to sign and send in a form to the DPS saying you need darker tint in your car. If approved, you can place any tint on any portion of the car EXCEPT for the rest of the windshield. Windshield below the AS-1 line has to stay untouched

 

[Modded]

The cops don't effect my decisions haha, 1% windows all around, 3% front windows and a 20% brow on the winshield.
Had to pull the the front ones the other day for inspection, and reinstall afterwards. But my installer hooks me up with illegal tint on the low so I don't mind.
Now if I was in the Texas capital like you, I would do only 15% fronts.

Lastly they're is a slight new change in the law and if one has an 07 Up model car, bought after September 1, 2007 they do not need to have front plates.
My 07 was bought on September 8th.

 

[RoHoe09]

I bought my 2009 Tahoe last Xmas...was issued a pair of plates. If the law was changed, why did I get 2 plates TX still is a 2 plate state. A lot of people misunderstood the bill (HB 1666) Fred Brown submitted back in Feb 2007...It was written so it would be effective 9/1/2007. Problem is HB 1666 is still a bill and hasn't passed:
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=80R&Bill=HB1666

This guy that parks near me at work has a 2010 Camaro and ended up suction-cupping his front plate to his windshield because he's been lit up 3 times by City and county LEOs.

 

[Modded]

Oh I made a mistake on that one!
But I have gone 2.5 years without mine, been pulled over a couple of times, and no cop has ever said anything to me about front plates.

 

[denalianyone]

I have 5% all around with 20% on the windshield...I get harassed all the time mainly for the windshield...My PBA card gets me out of it all the time..The tint law in NY is 75%

 

[MissCB25]

Thanks for the info guys...as far as the tint I may just leave the windshield and go darker on the rest. Not quite sure yet. Of course a friend of mine is a doctor and he would probably hook me up with a letter.

See I only received one license plate when I bought my Tahoe in '09... so when a cop asks about it I play dumb and act like I didn't know I needed to have another one b/c they only sent me one Sometimes it's good to be a chick...

RoHoe, Houston cops are bad...UGH! I was there for about 4 years, I think they're a little more lenient in Austin unless you're downtown drinking or something.

Modded- where in TX are you? Don't remember if I asked you that already.

 

[emann_01]

I put twenty percent around the entire truck except the windshield...so it makes it about 15% on the front windows and about 5% on the all the rear. I also have a 5% "eyebrow" strip that goes about 2 inches below the AS-1 line.

I have never been questioned by police and the trick is to find the "right" shop or guy to do your inspection...also it helps to get an inspection done at a shop that has a line out of the door because they get in such a hurry to get as much business as possible that they will skip the tint check....best time to go is on the last Saturday of the month when everyone is trying to get the inspection done

 

[tx07tahoe]

My friend has limo tint over factory 20% but its only on the back windows. In pearland the cops generally wont mess with you for tint or no front plates. Unless you have some crazy dark tint.

 

[Modded]

No MissCB25 you never askked, but I live in Dallas.
On these trucks anything is legal on the back windows so there is no worry back there, all one has to worry about is the front 2 and the winshield.
I say get a 20% on top of the factory windows in the front, then keep the 5% on your rears and the cops will not notice it.
Right now you most likely have 30 or 35% ontop of you factory 70s in the front.