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Old Jul 14, 2006 | 09:33 PM
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Anybody ever get a window tint ticket?

Just wondering if anybody around the NE has ever gotten pulled over for illegal window tint
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Old Jul 14, 2006 | 09:34 PM
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Not really NE but I did in Md a few years ago. Had to take my tint out but didnt get fined.
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Old Jul 14, 2006 | 10:56 PM
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i've had 3, 56 bucks each..not worhit, i took the fronts off.
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Old Jul 14, 2006 | 10:59 PM
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My friend got on in CT. He had to go to the DMV to get it inspected. They told him to go get them removed. Then he had to come back and get it inspected again before the date on the ticket or his registration would be suspended. The legal tint in CT is 35%. Just get that and save yourself the hassle.
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Old Jul 15, 2006 | 05:30 AM
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The state police used to be real big about issuing tickets for it while patrolling Hampton Beach in NH. We can't tint the front windows or the windshiled, and the rears are fairly restricted as to % as well.

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Old Jul 15, 2006 | 05:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Fitz
The state police used to be real big about issuing tickets for it while patrolling Hampton Beach in NH. We can't tint the front windows or the windshiled, and the rears are fairly restricted as to % as well.

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Yeah...they have become pretty forgiving lately. I was at Hampton about 2 weeks ago, got asked to pull over, and they said nothing about my right front window being done. Even after the walk around looking for stuff to fine me for. All my windows are done in 35% except teh windshield. My drivers window is not due to it being smashed in by some low-life douche bag who was looking for something to steal and sell for drug money, and I just haven't re-tinted it yet ....all they said was for me to put a plate on the front, but I had a note saying I lost my front plate and had the copy of the form the state issues when you re-order plates that may be stolen or missing. Worked great and went on my merry way
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Old Jul 15, 2006 | 07:19 AM
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i have front, back, and rear window tinted, also a tint strip across the top of my windshield, not bothered yet!
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Old Jul 15, 2006 | 08:30 PM
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ive gotten pulled over 3 times for them, but so far so good, no tickets, just warnings
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Old Jul 16, 2006 | 07:02 PM
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people look at mine all the time (people as in cops) and nothing yet..
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 11:07 AM
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got pulled over 3 times, 1 50 dollar ticket.
worth it imo!!
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 11:10 AM
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no hassles yet, 35% front and rear
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Old Jul 18, 2006 | 10:24 AM
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20% front, 5% rear.. no probs yet
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Old Oct 21, 2006 | 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by JaReDbOy
got pulled over 3 times, 1 50 dollar ticket.
worth it imo!!
$50 quarterly would be worth it to me. I just got my 1st ticket this week....$142 in this state (MN). I'm not quite sure if its worth that much.

BTW mine measured 22% on his meter and I asked for 35% when I had them done. I thought they seemed dark!
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Old Oct 21, 2006 | 07:41 PM
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Yep - driving in PA (the car's registered in NY). The PA troopers I ran into were dicks, arguing that no matter how legal my car was in NY that it wasn't legal in PA (I sent a letter to the PA Tourism people and let them know how welcomed I was made to feel), but they didn't give me a ticket. PA used to have some ridiculous tint law that only allowed tinting of about 3" around the border of a window - you weren't allowed to tint the entire window, just a small band around the edges. Think how dopey that would look. I saw it on a poster in a Ford garage while waiting with my dad to pick up his car, way back when I was probably in my early teens. I'd love to know if it changed since then or not.

Never got hassled at all in NY, but I heard stories of one guy being forced to peel off his tint right there while the trooper had him pulled over. The few times I got stopped, I always made sure to put the windows down as a courtesy to the officer - it seemed to work. I never went darker than 35%. I didn't get a chance to put the windows down for the PA troopers because they pulled up behind my car in my grandmother's driveway as my wife and I were greeting all our relatives and were already out of the car.
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Old Oct 22, 2006 | 12:04 PM
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I got pullover for stock exhaust then the cop give me a ticket for tinted window. Luneburg cops are soooo gay!!!!
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