Window Tint Laws (please add to this)

[tan]

Pennsylvania: 30% all windows (though you can get away with 20%)

New Jersey: Front windows, none. Rear windows, 35% (Enforcement does seem pretty lax)

Virginia: Front windows, 50%. Rear windows, 35% (You can do darker all around with a medical exemption

Delaware: Front Windows, none. Rear Windows, 20%. (you can get away with 20% on the front windows also)

[Sherb]

Kentucky: 35% front, 20% rear
Hardly enforced as I have 15% all the way around. Some people have darker and some even put them on the whole front windshield.

[bestint]

In the U.S., tint laws vary widely by state. To find your state laws, download the IWFA State Law List

[The_Buck]

so let me ask this... What can you guys get away with regardless of the laws? I am looking at getting tint somewhere along the line and i live in MN where the limit is 50.

[AyOh]

In Mississippi on the tint tester it has to come out to 28%. So basically you have to get 35% so it comes out right, depending on the cloud cover vs. sun shining.

A buddy of mine has 5% and doesn't ever get pulled over or harrassed nothing. But he also has an LX 96 Civic so they don't look at him for speeding and bs like they would my STi lol.

[dipalda]

California

The main requirements for legal window tinting in California are:


1. The windshield and front driver's side and passenger's side windows cannot receive any aftermarket tinting.
2. If the rear window of a vehicle is tinted, the vehicle must have outside rearview mirrors on both sides.


That hardly makes sense, but it looks like you can do whatever you want with all the rear passenger, and back window.

[bestint]

Originally Posted by dipalda

California

The main requirements for legal window tinting in California are:


1. The windshield and front driver's side and passenger's side windows cannot receive any aftermarket tinting.
2. If the rear window of a vehicle is tinted, the vehicle must have outside rearview mirrors on both sides.


That hardly makes sense, but it looks like you can do whatever you want with all the rear passenger, and back window.

actually, there was a law that passed in 1999 in california:

Windshield Non-reflective tint is allowed on the top 4 inches of the windshield.
Front Side Windows Must allow more than 70% of light in.
Back Side Windows Any darkness can be used.
Rear Window Any darkness can be used as long as you have side mirrors.

but it doesnt help much cause 70% is pretty much clear.

[bestint]

let me add.



CVC 26708
(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), clear, colorless, and transparent
material may be installed, affixed, or applied to the front side windows,
located to the immediate left and right of the front seat if the following
conditions are met:

(1) The material has a minimum visible light transmittance of 88 percent.

(2) The window glazing with the material applied meets all requirements
of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 205 (49 C.F.R. 571.205),
including the specified minimum light transmittance of 70 percent and
the abrasion resistance of AS-14 glazing, as specified in that federal
standard.

(3) The material is designed and manufactured to enhance the ability
of the existing window glass to block the sun's harmful ultraviolet A rays.

(4) The driver has in his or her possession, or within the vehicle,
a certificate signed by the installing company certifying that the
windows with the material installed meet the requirements of this
subdivision and identifies the installing company and the material's
manufacturer by full name and street address, or, if the material was
installed by the vehicle owner, a certificate signed by the material's
manufacturer certifying that the windows with the material installed
according to manufacturer's instructions meets the requirements of this
subdivision and identifies the material's manufacturer by full name
and street address.

(5) If the material described in this subdivision tears or bubbles,
or is otherwise worn to prohibit clear vision, it shall be removed
or replaced.

Amended Sec. 77, Ch. 1154, Stats. 1996. Effective September 30, 1996.
Amended Sec. 1, Ch. 476, Stats. 1998. Effective January 1, 1999.

[WRXed]

Georgia : Similar to Kentucky, as best I can remember. 35% on front windows, 20% on others. Windshield can have tinited strip on top portion not more than 6", I believe. You can have the whole windshield tinted, but only for medical reasons (eye problems, with doctors "excuse").

[jmussetter]

To add to California:

Back Windows: Anything goes if you have 2 side mirrors (you could completely cover them-doesn't matter)

Front windows: You can tint any% BEHIND the driver (some dorks actually tint the back half of the front windows-please don't do this)

Front Window: I beleive it's 4-6 inches down from the top can be tinted any%.

California doesn't have any restrictions on a maximum tint %.

City Police are *usually* too busy to do anything about enforcement, but I've gotten about 5 or 6 tickets from CHP for window tinting, so they look for it.

[koyokid]

Michigan:

Windshield - 4" from top ANY

Front Door - 4" from top ANY

Rear Door - ANY

Back - ANY

This is by far the stupidest window tint state law out there. You can pretty much put any view blocking crap on your car. Even on the front doors as long as it doesn't go past 4" from the top of the windshield. This stupidness has to stop.

[Flyboy]

Like I said in a related post, Cops need to worry about cracking down on crime, I have no respect for any police officer who would pull someone over for their window tint. These people who make these laws need lobotamies.

[WRXed]

Originally posted by Flyboy
Like I said in a related post, Cops need to worry about cracking down on crime, I have no respect for any police officer who would pull someone over for their window tint. These people who make these laws need lobotamies.

It's my understanding in GA that a cop can't pull over for tinting violations, but can only "add" it onto for whatever reason they pulled you over.

[fullvision]

um... tint laws are changing all the time..
how about this?
International Window Film Association

[WRXed]

Originally posted by fullvision
um... tint laws are changing all the time..
how about this?
International Window Film Association

Excellent resource, fullvision! Thanks for passing it along.