California tint laws

[Guest EdwardH]

What part of California do you live in? Southern California is a simple fix it ticket and a $10 fine. I know because I have gotten 8 of them since I moved here 5 years ago. Also I don't know why all the tinters here are worried about tinting the front windows "illegally." It is not illegal for a shop to tint the front windows. The only person that needs to worry about it is the car owner but it is just a fix it ticket. One time I didn't even take the tint off because I knew one of the police officers that signed off my ticket was too lazy to get off his fat ass and check to see if I really did take the tint off. There are tons of cars down here driving around with illegal tint on their front windows and it is not a big deal. So every one just relax and tint those front windows nice and dark. Jeeze!

Sorry dude, you are wrong, there is STIFF penalties for shops who do illegal work, your on the consumer end of it, and don't know the rules and regulations of the industry.

Please keep it legal is all you will get from most of us on this site.

Can you please tell me the name and location of that very nice policeman who would not get off his f-t a-s to inspect your windows? I just got a fix it ticket for my drivers side windows, which has a very light tint on it and I do not think I should have to remove the tint.

Can you put a number on this "very light" as that can be rather subjective.

All I know is that it is the lightest tinting that the rep (at the dealership) had available. He indicated that, as long as policemen can see through the window without difficulty, I will not be hassled. When I was pulled over, the policeman held my drivers license up to the window and indicated that tinting the window is illegal. Maybe I should obtain a light meter reading,

[Guest Sunlimited]

Maybe I should obtain a light meter reading,

............There is probably a +or- 3% variance, with a 75% you should net a legal shade.