WTF is goin on with this New window tint BULLSHIT LAW! 25% this year..
10-05-2012, 06:52 PM
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WTF is goin on with this New window tint BULLSHIT LAW! 25% this year.. ******* tint law raised to 25% wtf........... I went to three different places today to try to get inspected in my Trailblazer SS and they all put that bullshit thing on my window and refused... They didnt do that last year to it or have ever done that to any of my vehicles.. Im withdrawing myself from law abiding citizen status and saying **** YOU TEXAS Im not getting it inspected. You will just have another bullshit reason to pull me over... SUCK A BAG OF DICKS!!!! I hope you make so much money off seatbelt tickets and save so many police officers lives by raising the ****** tint law
I hope I dont forget my sunglasses and run over any pedestrians due to the blinding sun cause your new dumbass law..
I feel so much better now....
I hope I dont forget my sunglasses and run over any pedestrians due to the blinding sun cause your new dumbass law..
I feel so much better now....
10-05-2012, 07:00 PM
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it says "Windows immediately to the right and left of the driver, which open, have less than 25% light transmittance." That was on the inspect for and reject list. Mines 35% and the shop i go to never really checks for anything just the usual make sure it honks and drives and come back
10-05-2012, 07:08 PM
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it says "Windows immediately to the right and left of the driver, which open, have less than 25% light transmittance." That was on the inspect for and reject list. Mines 35% and the shop i go to never really checks for anything just the usual make sure it honks and drives and come back
10-05-2012, 07:58 PM
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OP, just find someone who doesnt check tint. My wife and I debated about 8 months ago between 20% and 25%. Ended up going with 20% because 25% looks like garbage on an SRT8 Charger, the extra 5% made a huge difference in appearence. Never had problems with tint at inspection, not like my wife gives a **** anyway.
10-05-2012, 08:17 PM
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That ****'s not new, get over it. Texas state law used to be 35% for front windows and I've been ticketed for it by DPS, I found a place to give me paperwork saying I had the tint redone at 35% and that was the end of it. Brush the sand out of your vagina and find someone "nice" to pass it for you...
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10-05-2012, 10:06 PM
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That ****'s not new, get over it. Texas state law used to be 35% for front windows and I've been ticketed for it by DPS, I found a place to give me paperwork saying I had the tint redone at 35% and that was the end of it. Brush the sand out of your vagina and find someone "nice" to pass it for you...
I brushed the sand out of my vagina long ago...... I do have someone nice to pass it for me but it costs more . It just makes me angry that every year they keep getting more strict ... I have lots of friends that are police officers.. They are the type that wont pull you over for some bullshit like this so this thread is no means disrespecting them. I just feel like pretty soon we wont even be able to have anything nice and custom.. They are making it harder for car enthusiasts to enjoy what we love by tearing down what we like them to look like...My trailblazer is completely blacked out and making the windows 25% is gonna look like ****..........
10-05-2012, 10:08 PM
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10-05-2012, 11:01 PM
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I brushed the sand out of my vagina long ago...... I do have someone nice to pass it for me but it costs more . It just makes me angry that every year they keep getting more strict ... I have lots of friends that are police officers.. They are the type that wont pull you over for some bullshit like this so this thread is no means disrespecting them. I just feel like pretty soon we wont even be able to have anything nice and custom.. They are making it harder for car enthusiasts to enjoy what we love by tearing down what we like them to look like...My trailblazer is completely blacked out and making the windows 25% is gonna look like ****..........
10-06-2012, 08:57 AM
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This law isn't new, it's been around for a while now. When I was doing inspections over a year ago I failed people left and right for it. There is no grandfathering in of previously purchased tint that was legal when it was put on. Failing is failing. The easiest thing to do is roll down the windows and pull the fuse. If you can't check it, you can't fail for it. If they ask, just say the motors are bad and you keep it parked in the garage. Most inspection laws are easy to get around and if you put two seconds on genuine thought into it you would just go around the problem instead of butting your head into it.
10-06-2012, 09:03 AM
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The % is how much light is allowed, not how much is blocked (Limo's have 5%). And yeah from I agree, 35% to 25% is a huge difference
10-06-2012, 09:22 AM
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5% is considered "limo tint." The lower the number, the less light gets through (more gets reflected) and the darker the tint. My Camaro had 30% front and 15% on the hatch. The hatch tint was much darker.
The law was 20% when I moved back to TX 8-10 years ago. The law applies to the front side windows only. I know because we had a car with 20% tint all around that was legal. My Camaro had 15% and had to be redone though. Every tint shop I spoke with wouldn't use anything darker than 30% on the front side windows in TX. This is because the windows already have a small percentage of reflectivity. The hatch could be any darkness.
In 09 I believe it went to from 20-25% front side windows only.
This is unconfirmed, but I was told when I had my V windows tinted last year that a new law was coming that would apply to all side windows. So even rear side windows need to be 25% (30% tint) also. With that said, my car passed inspection in Aug with 20% on the rear side windows and back so the validity of that is questionable. Lot of bad info out there as with most laws they change regularly so double check on what you hear.
The front plate law isn't much of an issue since it is very loosely enforced, much like the emission equipment laws.
The law was 20% when I moved back to TX 8-10 years ago. The law applies to the front side windows only. I know because we had a car with 20% tint all around that was legal. My Camaro had 15% and had to be redone though. Every tint shop I spoke with wouldn't use anything darker than 30% on the front side windows in TX. This is because the windows already have a small percentage of reflectivity. The hatch could be any darkness.
In 09 I believe it went to from 20-25% front side windows only.
This is unconfirmed, but I was told when I had my V windows tinted last year that a new law was coming that would apply to all side windows. So even rear side windows need to be 25% (30% tint) also. With that said, my car passed inspection in Aug with 20% on the rear side windows and back so the validity of that is questionable. Lot of bad info out there as with most laws they change regularly so double check on what you hear.
The front plate law isn't much of an issue since it is very loosely enforced, much like the emission equipment laws.
this...You can't see **** out my 99 and that is exactly what I did.
10-06-2012, 11:31 AM
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No ****?? The dps guy told me it was 35 for front side windows and the shop I went to to get my "receipt" told me the same... Wierd