I haven't gotten stopped by any cops yet(knock on wood) for my tints. I pass by them all the time and dont even notice my car missing the inspection sticker. I've seen a lot of cars here in charlotte with dark ass tints including the front and I wonder how the hell they got their inspection done. I know I have reasonable tints, the front don't look too much tinted and the back are a little dark. I've gone to 2 different shops and asked them if they would let it slide even paying them a little extra. They all were like "in the court of the law we can't do that because they'll make us testify blah blah".

If I do get my inspection sticker and get a ticket for my tint, I'm not going to get the shop in trouble. I'll just pay the ticket and be on my way. If anything I'll say that I got the tint after the inspection was done.

I'm also from NYC and I know tons of shops that'll just ignore the tints and continue with the inspection.