Legal Tint in IL?
Sep 25, 2003, 02:16 PM
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you can paint the rear window and rear sides with black paint if you wanted...
no tint on front row side or windshield.
$75 ticket, no grace period
::knows what he's talking about, unfortunately::
no tint on front row side or windshield.
$75 ticket, no grace period
::knows what he's talking about, unfortunately::
Sep 26, 2003, 07:40 AM
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I agree with the back window - painted is legal. The back sides you can go as dark as you want.
As for the front sides, go no more than 35-50% (higher is lighter). I know several people that do a half/half thing where only half the window is tinted. I think that looks pretty gay.
As for the front, you can have a 6-inch strip if you want. I've pushed this to 8 inches pretty often w/o a problem.
Check out my car, I have pics of it posted. I did the rear and back windows with 5% (Limo tint). The front sides have nothing.
-Nate
As for the front sides, go no more than 35-50% (higher is lighter). I know several people that do a half/half thing where only half the window is tinted. I think that looks pretty gay.
As for the front, you can have a 6-inch strip if you want. I've pushed this to 8 inches pretty often w/o a problem.
Check out my car, I have pics of it posted. I did the rear and back windows with 5% (Limo tint). The front sides have nothing.
-Nate
Nov 5, 2008, 08:52 PM
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Does anyone know an optometrist that would write a note for tints for me? Perhaps there's one on this forum in Chicago. The car looks so good with them and i don't want to take them off and just got my first warning for them! Any help would be appreciated!
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HAHA, thanks for the advice but I'm in Chicago...the winters get kind of cold here. I actually bought the car with them on and I bought it b/c of how good it looked with them on, so I'd prefer not to take them off and driving with the windows down isn't always an option here....
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The doctors note does work in IL! When I was pulled over and got my warning the officer asked me if I had any conditions that required the tints or if I had a note from a doctor to support any reason...so they do accept it. I was just wondering if there was a doctor on here that could help a fellow enthusiast out. I got the idea from an M5 forum, b/c some doctor in Cali was writing notes for people who were in the area 
