I can't help but think of all of the panel-sided vehicles I see that are perfectly legal because they have two exterior mounted rear view mirrors.

 

good ol fairfax cops...can't say enough about them.... :/

 

There is, its just Fairfax Co PD doesnt realize it.

Wow, im good. Too good sometimes. How did I guess that Fairfax pulled you over? Oh, wait I live over 70 miles from there and their reputation is well known amongst DC metro car owners.

 

I live in VA. Your tint is Legal. This was updated March 29 2006. And is the current laws. For VA, its 50% on front windows, 35% on all others. And no tint on windshield. You can fight this.


Excelent info here.
http://www.iwfa.com/iwfa/Consumer_In...statelaws.html

 

Thanks for all of the replies!

I printed out the PDF of the IWFA's chart, even though it states that there could be errors, not legal, etc.

Yeah, as long as an xB is considered a MPV, we can tint the back windows pitch black and they can't do anything about it!! Well, besides pull me over for my oh-so quiet exhaust.

When I was growing up, I always went by the rule that if you have dual side mirrors, you could tint the back whatever you wanted. In recent years, that must have changed- looks like the current law was passed in 99?

Now, we need to work on those ride height and exhaust restrictions

 

the federal law being referred to is FMVSS-205

FMVSS-205 overrides any state or local law prohibiting window film on the rear of SUV's/MPV's. The feds always get the last say-so. The cop is wrong. Period. Courts exist not only to punish you, but to also protect you from incorrect prosecutions. Use it to your advantage.

 

guys i own a tint shop in va.Just go to court take pics showing that it is not a film on the windows.the judge will throw it out.might want to redo your fronts to 50%.
-motts

 

i did a window for a trooper in stuanton va whos glass was all blacked out , i ask him what the legal limit was and he told me 35% for the back and 50% for all side glass and a 4 inch band across the top fromnt

 

I went to court in Fairfax back in April for the exhaust and tint on my Matrix. the judge said that in Northern VA tint is illegal for national security reasons they must be able to look in all vehicles. This judge is female about early to mid 40's i think and she doesn't care about any factory tinted vehicles or proof that they are made that way so definitely bring a lawyer. She told me that if people buy vehicles equipped with such items then we are targets. I explained that I work for Koons Tysons Toyota Scion and they do roll off the assembly lines in that matter her response was that people should not buy them. So I think VA should be called the Communist state not the Commonwealth.

 

Sweet! My dream about going to work in a Hamster Bubble is coming true! God Bless VA!

 

wow! national security?! people should not buy them??



....sounds like someone (not Jenny) was on her rag!

 

Not offensive at all.

 

fixed!

besides, I know you'd never be that lame!

 

I took a quick look on the net and didn't find any applicable changes to the code (but I'll let you know if I find something... I spend alot of time in VA).

The law is pretty clear in that you can't apply "sun-shading or tinting film." As others have noted, this is factory installed and not a mod you made. Looking at this code it seems as thought the factory could make the windows as dark as they like as long as it is not a something applied to the window after the fact.

Good luck fighting this ticket. Damn shame it happened. Let us know what happened.

 

Everything is illegal in VA, now we cant even drive around stock vehicles?

 

that is why Virginia is a Kommenwealth, just like the Republic of Kalifornia . . .lol

 

Pennsylvania is also a Commonwealth, but they're not nearly as strict with these sorts of things. I think the whole "difference" between states and commonwealths is pretty much baloney.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonw...United_States)

 

yeah... California laws blow. i cant even get a god damn intake for my tC. I/H/E, headlights below 22 in., all the goodies are illegal. California is a nice place, but not for the Tuner.

 

Anyone from NC? I heard you can't have tint....are they sticklers for that?