Chard-broiled

If I put on my window visors now, can I still get my front window's tinted w/o taking them off?

tcCALI

if you are talking about RAIN guards for the front windows the answer is no. i know because i just got my car re-tinted a month ago and thy had to take them off.

Chard-broiled

Sweet. I guess I can hold off on putting them on. thanks

tcCALI

go 5% all the way around, and get the kind thats 50% metal in the tint. keeps the car nice and cool.

AcidDrop

iTrader: (4)

if they are weather tech then you can remove then before you get your windows tinted, just remember that you can get pulled over for front tints and that is at your own risk...sorry but not tring to bash you, others on here get pulled and post up crying about it.

tcCALI

if you go with the right package they tint shop will remove it for you and put it back on to legal.

Chard-broiled

I had 5% all around but got pulled over for it 3 times. So I took the fronts off. I'm planning on getting them tinted again before I put weather tech visors on but this time maybe I should go 35%? It's not too dark but it gives me some shade.

tcCALI

go with 20% you can still see in very easy. 35% is not dark enough.

Chard-broiled

Sweet. thanks, I'll take your advice

PartieBoiTc4

i have 35 in the front and its perfect imo...

Chard-broiled

tcCAlI do you recommend a shop? And is your guy's tints titanium film?

tcCALI

^ Mike's Tint Shop baby!!!! they do really good work. they do all the tint for about 40 dealerships in the OC area. he has been in the biz for like 14 years. if you go to the Orange location tell chelsea, brandon sent you!

http://www.mikestintshop.com/contact.asp

RodC

Just FYI, I had 18% all around for about 8 months and got pulled over constantly by LAPD and the county sheriff.

tcCALI

well any tint is illegal on the front two windows. usually a cops pulls you over for something else and uses it as an add on to the ticket.

RodC

Nope, I always got pulled over specifically for tint. I can remember several instances where the cop didn't even ask me if I knew why I was being pulled over - he just immediately came out and said "those windows are too dark". Most of these instances occured when a cop was coming towards me and then busted a U-turn as I passed him.

I never got tickets for anything else. It was always tint only. It's funny actually, I started keeping one of my tickets in my glove compartment, and every time I got pulled over for tint, I would just pull out the ticket and say "already got one, thanks" (in nicer words). A tint ticket was like a 6-week window of immunity from getting another ticket for the same thing.

But yeah, I couldn't take it anymore and I eventually went to the tint shop and had the 18% on the fronts replaced with 50%.

Chard-broiled

tcCAlI what kind of tint did you get, if I could ask? Thanks for the help by the way.

tcCALI

50 is still illegal. i usually roll with my windows down turing the daytime anyways soo cops never see it. but knock on wood i dont get pulled over when they are up!


i got 5% all the way around, with 50% metal - 50% dye

RodC

I know it's still illegal, but it was a calculated risk. I've had the 50% fronts/windshield for almost 12 months now without getting pulled over at all. It might not look very dark, but the heat-blocking benefits make it worthwhile.

I used to roll with my windows down when I had 18% tint, but try doing that when you have a female passenger. Also try doing that in the winter when it's cold and/or rainy outside. It gets old really fast.

Scionman09

Wow..those Cali cops are harsh...i got 5% all around..and ive NEVER gotten pulled over for my tint. I got a speeding ticket once..but he didnt say anything about the tint lol.

Ragingbull78

i tint for a living.. you can tint the fronts even with them on, theres an easy way to do them, i hate doing them with them on, but it can be done.