Posted: 5/20/2008 5:35:13 PM EDT
| Does anyone have 5% tint or any tint below 35% on your front windows? On friday morning I am going to put 5% on my front windows so my whole truck is at 5%. How many of yall have got tickets, where are you located, and how likely is it for the police to stop me for 5%? |
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I have had 5% on every car that I have owned(6). Now out of those 6 cars, I have been ticketed 4 times for illegal tint- Twice while driving the same car by the same cop within two weeks. All 4 tickets were issued by GSP in different counties. It seems like they are the only ones that will stop you just for the tint. I also have tinted my front windshield on three of them. It is the best $$ spent. I would not go less than 50% on the windshield though because 35% is just to dark at night. I have been driving for 13+ years now and only have had these 4 issues. |
VERY Likely, IN GA, you can have no more then 32% on any window, and none on the windshield below the ASI Line. |
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If you mean the windshield, I'll write a ticket for that if I ever see it. As for the other windows, I pull people over for it all the time. It doesn't mean I write tickets for it (unless I'm taking you to jail for other things) but I do use it to interact with the driver. You'd be surprised how many times I go to jail for stops like that. |
| Thanks for the replies, I am not going to put any tint on my windshield. I just don't want to risk it that much, and it seems like it would be hard to see out at night. I already have 15% on my fronts and it just doesn't seem dark enough for me anymore. The only law enforcement I am really worried about is the GSP, as the Forsyth county sheriff seems pretty lax on tint laws. |
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i had 5% on all windows except the windshield. itwas left plain but i had a little strip on the top. my side and rear are 5%. i had that until i got stoped at a roadblock in Burke County going to the "Spring Thaw" party that is down there every year. i ended up having to go to court and pay my 160 dollar fine. i think its gay that they made me pay a fine for it, even though i told the guy i'd rip it off and he could watch. but then again just think if your a LEO and had to walk up to a car that had tint you couldnt shine your light through. and with the windshield being tinted with 5%, you should get a ticket for being a dumbass.(not directed at you m1ajunkie) |
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A friend of mine got a ticket in Snellville area. I believe he has 20 % on driver windows and factory tent on rear windows of the SUV. eta: I used to have 20% a few years ago on my old truck. I just haven't gotten around to getting them tented on my current truck (driver windows), as I want to stay legal, but don't know what 32% is actually going to do for me... probably not much. |
welcome to lowndes country  if you have anything below the legal limit stay out of remerton GA it is a shitty little college town in Valdosta. They make all of their money from speeding, tint and alcohol related tickets. also another thing Remerton PD were notorius for ticketing for 2-5 miles over. Once the law prevented them from doing that, they changed all of the streets in their town to 26 mph or less and called them residential. ASSHOLES. When I was in college i left my house on the way to the library and got a ticket for 32 in a 25. Just stay out of that place. |
| My wife has 5% on her Grand Prix. Been on there for nearly 5 years and only had 2 LEO's stop us. One was Braselton PD on the side of I-85 of all places. Got a ticket and payed the $60 ticket. No biggie. My wife was stopped in Auburn, GA, but the cop didn't give her a ticket. Just a friendly word of advice. Other than that no problems. You can see through the windows with the sunroof cover open, so that how she usually drives. |
+1 I always have my driver/passenger windows tinted to match what the factory puts on the back (20%?). I do this because it's freaking hot here. I've been doing it for about 15 years and never had an issue. |
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I worked at a tint shop for a while a year or two back. 5% is almost limo tint (.6%) man. you can't see out of it at night. they made most of our money off idiots who put too dark of tint on their cars ($230 bucks) then got a ticket (around $120 bucks) and then had to pay us to strip off the old tint (around $150) and reinstall legal tint (another $230).... so save yourself the $560 bucks and do it right the first time..,. Also do NOT use any tint other than Lumar. 3m and all the other brands are SH!T!!! |
| I've got 15%. I think the GSP has tint meters standard and a few other counties I'm sure, but not most of them. Hell, the GSP doesn't even patrol after dark anymore so forget about them. They need a meter to write you a ticket and they're like 100$ so most places don't get them. I've never had a problem. Go for it! |
I had an old police crown vic that still had the tint on it, never got stopped, had to roll down the windows to see out at night |
+1 hate Remerton. like Charlie O's though. and no rockin' rodeo for this guy 
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Stay out of Conyers. I got a $150 ticket (8:30 Sunday morning on the way to SRGC driving the speed limit with a trunk full of guns) for tint that was supposed to be 35%. I was stopped specifically to check the tint and the cop's meter read just below the limit. I took it back to my dealer whose meter read it as legal. I tried to talk to the cop's supervisor about it and when I asked to see calibration records of their meters I was told I was "being ugly". Bottom line they didn't have calibration records. I didn't have time to take off from work to fight the ticket in court so I just paid the fine. They didn't care if I removed the tint, they just wanted the money. |
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§40-8-73.1 Affixing of materials which reduce light transmission or increase light reflectance through windows or windshield ... (c) The provisions of subsection (b) of this Code section shall not apply to: (1) Adjustable sun visors which are mounted forward of the side windows and are not attached to the glass; (A) A multipurpose passenger vehicle; |
saj195, that is just wrong. 7, 8, and 9 (and perhaps 10) simply need to be repealed. Thanks for posting that statute (even if the statute itself ticks me off). |
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IS this not a direct contridiction § 40-8-73.1. Affixing of materials which reduce light transmission or increase light reflectance through windows or windshields (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Light reflectance" means the ratio of the amount of total light that is reflected outward by a product or material to the amount of total light falling on the product or material. (2) "Light transmission" means the ratio of the amount of total light, expressed in percentages, which is allowed to pass through a surface to the amount of light falling on the surface. (3) "Manufacturer" means a person who produces or assembles a vehicle glass-coating material or who fabricates, laminates, or tempers a safety-glazing material, which material reduces light transmission. (4) "Material" means any transparent product or substance which reduces light transmission. (5) "Multipurpose passenger vehicle" means a motor vehicle designed to carry ten persons or less which is constructed on a truck chassis or with special features for occasional off-road operation. (b) Except as provided in this Code section, it shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle in this state: (1) Which has material and glazing applied or affixed to the front windshield, which material and glazing when so applied or affixed reduce light transmission through the windshield; or (2) Which has material and glazing applied or affixed to the rear windshield or the side or door windows, which material and glazing when so applied or affixed reduce light transmission through the windshield or window to less than 32 percent, plus or minus 3 percent, or increase light reflectance to more than 20 percent. (c) The provisions of subsection (b) of this Code section shall not apply to: (1) Adjustable sun visors which are mounted forward of the side windows and are not attached to the glass; (2) Signs, stickers, or other matter which is displayed in a seven-inch square in the lower corner of the windshield farthest removed from the driver or signs, stickers, or other matter which is displayed in a five-inch square in the lower corner of the windshield nearest the driver; (3) Direction, destination, or termination signs upon a passenger common carrier motor vehicle if the signs do not interfere with the driver's clear view of approaching traffic; (4) Any transparent item which is not red or amber in color which is placed on the uppermost six inches of the windshield; (5) Any federal, state, or local sticker or certificate which is required by law to be placed on any windshield or window; (6) The rear windshield or the side or door windows, except those windows to the right and left of the driver of: (A) A multipurpose passenger vehicle; (B) A school bus, any other bus used for public transportation, and any bus or van owned or leased by any religious or any nonprofit organization duly incorporated under the laws of this state; (C) Any limousine owned or leased by a public or private entity; or (D) Any other vehicle, the windows or windshields of which have been tinted or darkened before factory delivery or permitted by federal law or regulation; |
Well I thought yall might like to hear an update about my window tint, so here it is. I got my first ticket yesterday. I new it was pretty much a matter of time, but didn't think it would be so soon. I topped a hill and didn't see the cop sitting beside the road, so there was no time to roll them down. As soon as she pulled out I new she was coming for me. I'm not to bummed about it though cause I knew the risks before I did it, and I have some definate hook-up's in the clerk of court's office here in my county.  Here is a pic of it now 
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Are you going to get it stripped off now that you got the ticket? |
I wouldn't if I were him. Risking a ticket is preferrable to getting recognized driving a Chevy. 
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Not sure if I'm gonna rip it off or not, just depends on the fine amount. I am proud to be a Chevy man, but I just like my privacy and in my opinion it looks awesome.
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thats another stamp and an sbr upper
The second is always more $$$$$$ than the first |