35% tint is too light
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I know in NY (home state) you can not go darker than 35% on the passenger/drivers doors.
Tom is right with the computations, which means you can not go lower than 35 % for the front two side windows.
Rear door windows and rear window you can go dark as you want. Limo is insane, 5 % is even crazy. I had 5% on my back 3 windows years ago..... could not see out them to back the car up at night, would have to roll the window down and use side mirrors... Pain in the a$$. Suggest not darker than 15%, but my choice is 20%.
Tom is right with the computations, which means you can not go lower than 35 % for the front two side windows.
Rear door windows and rear window you can go dark as you want. Limo is insane, 5 % is even crazy. I had 5% on my back 3 windows years ago..... could not see out them to back the car up at night, would have to roll the window down and use side mirrors... Pain in the a$$. Suggest not darker than 15%, but my choice is 20%.
It should be alright. It'll still get sorta hot, but better than nothing. If you want to really block heat, you need to use one of the two brands of tint I mention in my signature. I like 35%. I'd say 20% is the darkest you should go. I've had limo (5%) too and I can't see out at night. It's even sorta hard in the daytime.
california's legal tint is 70% clear for front windows (driver side and front passanger side window) the two rear doors and the rear window doesnt matter. i just got pulled over recently for my front windows so i did some reasearch thanks to vlad.
heres the post: http://www.bmwboard.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3592&highlight=tint
heres the post: http://www.bmwboard.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3592&highlight=tint
20% sounds like a good idea. What I have noticed is that if you are an adult and your car has tinted windows, then the cops won't really bother you. But if you are a kid and you have tinted windows, you are probably in for it. I had 35% tint on my Jetta which is decently light...during the day you can't really even tell the windows are tinted, but I had a really tough time with the cops. ![[:(]](/images/smilies/frown.png "Frown [:(]")
Same here "MrElussive." I got pulled over in my 2000 Trans Am, WS6 twice.. I have 35% tints in front and 5% in back. 35% looks darker on my ride because its a black/black car. The first time I got a $25 mail in ticket.. No problem... But the second time I got a $75 ticket. So I went to my eye doctor and he gave me a note because of my photophobia to bright lights (legitimate). So I took the note to court and got off in a second once the judge saw it!! I have a second note from the doctor that says I can tint the windshield (which I haven't). It's totally legal in Illinois to have tints if you have a doctor's note. Almost every state you can have all around tints if you have a note. When my M3 comes in I'm going to limo tint it!!! If I get pulled over all I have to do is show the note.
Although this one time on my b-day I got pulled over for the tints, show I showed him the note. He ok'ed it, and then game me a ticket for having a front bird plate, instead of having a lisence plate. Nice b-day gift, huh!!!![[mad]](/images/smilies/mad.png "Mad [mad]")
Although this one time on my b-day I got pulled over for the tints, show I showed him the note. He ok'ed it, and then game me a ticket for having a front bird plate, instead of having a lisence plate. Nice b-day gift, huh!!!