if the tint isn't too dark, it shouldn't be a problem.

 

It's not my statement...just a guess. BUT, I bet someone could argue that any degree of tinting, that obscures any light transmission, COULD have an impact on visibility, into or out of the vehicle. With that in mind, we all know what stance the lawmakers will take.

 

I'm thinking of doing 15% rear (including rear sides), and 35% for the front sides on my '03 Coupe.

I don't think 35% is very dark. Visibility isn't terribly reduced and you can still be seen from the outside. I heard that most cops don't care too much as long as they can see inside, but I guess that all depends on the cop's monthly quota.

The tint shop where I'm going to get it done told me that local police aren't as strict about tint as CHP, but that can vary.

I really don't know about the 35%. It looks OK in the sample I've seen, but I'm wondering if it will be too dark when it's on my car, especially with the rear tinted. I thought about 50%, but my old truck had that and you could hardly notice there was any tint there at all.

Does anyone have any 'safe' suggestions for Southern California? What tint should I get, and what can I do to avoid or minimize getting pulled over? A little worry I have now is that my car is new so I have no plates on it at all (not even the dealer plates - the dealer has to PAY ME to advertise for him), and I'm afraid that with no front or rear plate combined with tint will be a COP MAGNET.

 

no plates?? ummm...i think you have to check into that before you even do tint...

 

What code did you get written for cause i got the same ticket for my Greddy SP and the cop wrote me for 1597121 or somehting like that and it states that the exhaust must exceed the decibal level under normal operating speeds and the cop pulled me over in traffic doing 5 mph and i showed him my sticker which by the way he never looked at it and told me that anyone could make these and that it was not legal to ahve a modifed exhaust.

So i went to the CHP office in Walnut Creek and the cop came out side had me start teh car rev it up a little and said its a little loud but i will write it off but i still had to pay the fine.

Accordhybrid

 

i am in chicago .. i just got tints on my car 35% in back its not to light and not to dark .. .. . I didnt get the front yet ... not sure if I wanna get pulled over all the time for having them in the front lol ... but i think i will do them soon

 

This all goes back to the red-paint theory. If you have two accords, both same color and model, both have the same exact tint job, the accord with the exterior modifications is going to attract the attention of a cop because the modded Accord inherently looks more aggressive. I guess what I'm saying is, if you're mostly stock, you have a good chance of slipping past a cop's notice. If you've got fatty rims, body kit, modded tails, and a chrome tip, you may wanna watch your tint level. Import profiling is just something we have to live with, it's the price we pay to have our fun .

 

one possibility... example: criminal has dark front tinted windows, runs from cops. Cops chase him, he crashes or pulls over, and proceeds to equip a weapon. The cops cannot see in a car w/ a dark tint and don't knwo what to expect.

 

that's very true about cops safety about the tint. plus for the drivers as well, no matter what it impairs your vision, you can't see as clear as a non-tinted window. they expect you to always look left and right and stuff like that. it's just safety issue. just drive with the windows down lol. as far as the exhaust, if they cite you up for "modified exhaust" that's a wrong cite up. you aren't doing anything to your original oem exhaust, thus meaning modified. it's a replacement exhaust, and if they're dicks about that then the only way they can get you, is if they do a decible reading. if you let it go as a modified. then yea you're screwed some might let it be a fix it ticket. depends on the cops, i live in fremont and cops are dicks to imports only because there are very few and the hype of the "furious" movies are giving imports a bad name.

 

good ol irvine popo. hahaha... i feel your pain, but luckily i just got a warning for my apex ws.