For those of you like me who had a pretty good idea but did not know for sure how much this fix it ticket will cost you.....I was just informed by the San Fernando Court House that it's going to cost me $123.00 to get this to go away

Yes, I can have a shop strip off the tint which drops the fee to $10.00 but my Z is in the body shop and I couldn't bring it to the station for inspection if I wanted to. I wish there was something we can do collectively to fight unreasonable Socal laws like these.

Until then remember to always roll'em down, most cops don't care but it only takes one that does.

 

Sucks... the car can't get out for 1 hour? BTW I think it's 20$ after you get the ticket signed off

Maybe you can find someone who knows a CHP and tell him to sign it off for you. then bring the ticket to court

 

i am in the same boat...got a ticket last sun nov. 30...and apparently the ticket costs $139, but im not sure do i wanna strip the tint off and pay the little fee and re-do it for less or just pay the $139 instead of all the hassle.

 

$139 for the **** State...

or

Remove tint yourself, reapply for 60$ + 20$ fine... Spend the last 60$ and get yourself 2 lap dances and a few beer

or

two whole tanks of gas

 

For those of you who have received tint tickets for the front windows, what was the tint percentage?

 

I got pulled over for 5% and 15%... switched to 30% and it was cool until I ran a stop sign... then the cop made me take that off too... had a Black Z with black interior.. color of your car makes a difference

 

Try and find someone on the forums who doesnt have a tint...or their tint is not illegal then switch out ur license plates drive to the court have em check out and sign it off...then go back to ur cars

Im thinking this is the only way if u dont wanna take off ur tint every time u get caught or if u just wanna keep it on.

 

Just pay the fee, save yourself the time, gas, and hassle.

 

Mine is like 15% all the way around. but it doesn't matter any front window tint is considered a violation.

 

i didnt know we had the option to just pay the larger amount and keep the tint. I just got one about 2 weeks ago on 101N in San jose. Got me for speeding and tint.

 

Yep. I've got 35% on all 5 windows and was curious if there were many drivers who get cited with the same tint level.

 

like the post you quoted says, it doesnt matter the percentage. Any tint on the front windows is illegal in California

 

I got that. My question was more on frequency of citations - not legality.

 

CA Law states that no tint is allowed period.

http://www.chp.ca.gov/html/answers.html

Can I put after-market tinting on the windows of my vehicle?

The main requirements for legal window tinting in California are:

1. The windshield and front driver's side and passenger's side windows cannot receive any aftermarket tinting.
2. If the rear window of a vehicle is tinted, the vehicle must have outside rearview mirrors on both sides.

The law prohibits any person from driving any motor vehicle with any object or material placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied upon the windshield or side or rear windows, with certain limited exceptions.

I have 18% all around - non metallic as to not interfere with my radar and just lower my windows when passing cops. (knock on wood)

 

my friend and i both have 35% and we have never gotten a ticket while driving past cops.

my other friend with 20% got many tickets.

 

I've had a couple cops drive up next to me and motion me to roll down the window so they could comment/compliment on my car. Most really don't care, I don't think it's the percentage as much as it is the person.

 

usually it will cost you $15 for the inspection and u can go to CHP for free. but u have to pay $10 for your ticket at the court if your ticket is correctable. if not you have to pay more. i got a ticket last sept 3' 08 n it cost me $135.00 because my ticket is not correctable...

 

I have to agree with this one.

Some of you ridin dirty with 5% are asking for trouble.

 

Read at the title a bit too fast and clicked in thinking it was a free tint thread, LOL.


So you guys think that 35% tint won't attract too much attention? I want to tint so bad but I want to be careful about it.

 

this reminds me of like a year ago.. i got a fix it ticket for tinted windows.. forgot to pay the ticket for months.. this was right about 4-5 months before i had to renew my license. so it went to collections and i couldnt renew my license. total cost for that ticket was almost $400 never gonna tint again haha