Windshield Laws

RoundTwo · 04-25-2011, 12:33 PM

I guess I'll bite the n00b bullet on this one and say I didn't know that you couldn't tint the windshield in the state of VA.. Any of you NOVA guys or anyone else is the state find a way around this, or have any advice for me? I wanted to go 35% all around and something really low like 75% on the windshield. Anyone out there with a tint strip across the top?

Pre-emptive thanks for the input.

Grail05 · 04-25-2011, 01:31 PM

i know a guy did a tint on the front 75% to top that off hes in CALI Los Angeles County and hes got no issue or problem whatsoever with the authorities.

Cptn Mo 703 · 04-25-2011, 01:59 PM

The law here is 50% front side windows, 35% rear windows, and 0 tint on the front unless you have a doctors note

Rapture · 04-25-2011, 02:34 PM

I have 30% on all the windows and 75% on the windshield. Looks clean and classy.

Tanft · 04-25-2011, 06:40 PM

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OC3 · 04-25-2011, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Tanft

It's very unlikely you'll get a ticket for front windshield tints.

Unlikely 'til you get one. LEO's are out in force this year looking for anything & everything, to ramp up the revenues.

M3ltdown · 04-25-2011, 07:09 PM

In VA with sunshading medical waiver, you can get 35% all around and 70% on the front windshield. I have this waiver but only went with 35% without the tint in the windshield since we're required to have the stupid state inspection sticker and I dont want to risk the tint getting scratched when replacing the stickers.

Money2536 · 04-25-2011, 07:13 PM

I've tinted the windshield on every car I've ever owned. I just had an 80% tint put on my wife's A4. It's one of those special UV filtering brands. I can't remember the name. All the tint guys will put it on, but they warn you it's not legal. In FL it keeps the dash and interior from getting torched.

It is illegal in every state as far as I know. Ironically, I was pulled over in my S2000 for the first time in my life questioning simply the tint on my car. I have 35 on the side and back and 55% on the front on my S2000. He asked if the front was tinted, sat in the car, and said "it looks a lot darker from the outside." He let me go.

persian54 · 04-25-2011, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by OC3

Unlikely 'til you get one. LEO's are out in force this year looking for anything & everything, to ramp up the revenues.

It depends if they can tell

Last summer when I got pulled over and he wasn't able to give me a speeding ticket, he gave me a tint ticket

but missed the windshield

it's hard to tell

OC3 · 04-25-2011, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by persian54

It depends if they can tell

Last summer when I got pulled over and he wasn't able to give me a speeding ticket, he gave me a tint ticket

but missed the windshield

it's hard to tell

Easy to tell if they stick the ticketbook inside the car and look thru the windshield at it... Happened to me.

persian54 · 04-25-2011, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by OC3

Easy to tell if they stick the ticketbook inside the car and look thru the windshield at it... Happened to me.

damn then they were real pricks...

OC3 · 04-25-2011, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by persian54

damn then they were real pricks...

Naw, CHP is just notoriously picky about tints.

///My5UV · 04-26-2011, 10:27 AM

Simple. Cops don't like to get shot on traffic stops, so they want to be able to see into your car. Tint makes that harder so if they notice you're going to get hassled.
In TX we've got inspection and registration stickers on the windshield, plus I have a sticker for parking at work so it'd just be a giant hassle. Luckily I rarely have to park outside anymore and when I do I put up a big cheesy sunshade in front.

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Rapture I'm suckin gas but I'm haulin ass 57 Rep 783 Posts Drives: 2016 M3 ZCP MW/SO Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: OC, CA iTrader: (18)	I have 30% on all the windows and 75% on the windshield. Looks clean and classy. __________________ I didn't build it hoping for your approval, I built it because it meets mine
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M3ltdown Master Chief 19 Rep 641 Posts Drives: 09 e90 M3 JzB Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: NOVA iTrader: (0)	In VA with sunshading medical waiver, you can get 35% all around and 70% on the front windshield. I have this waiver but only went with 35% without the tint in the windshield since we're required to have the stupid state inspection sticker and I dont want to risk the tint getting scratched when replacing the stickers.
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Money2536 Colonel 1586 Rep 2,148 Posts Drives: '13 E92 M3 \| 992 GT3 Touring Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: The Villages, FL iTrader: (1)	I've tinted the windshield on every car I've ever owned. I just had an 80% tint put on my wife's A4. It's one of those special UV filtering brands. I can't remember the name. All the tint guys will put it on, but they warn you it's not legal. In FL it keeps the dash and interior from getting torched. It is illegal in every state as far as I know. Ironically, I was pulled over in my S2000 for the first time in my life questioning simply the tint on my car. I have 35 on the side and back and 55% on the front on my S2000. He asked if the front was tinted, sat in the car, and said "it looks a lot darker from the outside." He let me go.
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///My5UV Lurker 78 Rep 812 Posts Drives: YMB F80, SS E90 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Austin iTrader: (0)	Simple. Cops don't like to get shot on traffic stops, so they want to be able to see into your car. Tint makes that harder so if they notice you're going to get hassled. In TX we've got inspection and registration stickers on the windshield, plus I have a sticker for parking at work so it'd just be a giant hassle. Luckily I rarely have to park outside anymore and when I do I put up a big cheesy sunshade in front. __________________
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