2001 SR5 factory tint VLT% ???

[Run4urLife]

Anyone know what is needed to match front roll ups with the rear factory tinted glass?

I do not want to tint over the factory tinted glass, i just want to make the front match as close as possible without having to do any sort of double layered combination.

Is 35% close enough to the factory tint not to be able to tell it's two different shades? If so, then that would be a good enough confirmation for me. It just looks like 20% to me but i admit i could be wrong.

 

[bgmac]

I used 25% for my 2 front windows and it matches very well. 35% will be to light.

 

[mikehinthehouse]

I have 35% on mine, its a lil bit lighter but matches well...also I hear the cops here are cracking down on dark windows... my friend has been stopped twice since the new year just for the windows.. Ive had %35 charcoal on mine for about 2 years now and they dont mess with me... they didnt even check them when I got my inspection sticker either.

 

[Run4urLife]

I have 35% on mine, its a lil bit lighter but matches well...also I hear the cops here are cracking down on dark windows... my friend has been stopped twice since the new year just for the windows.. Ive had %35 charcoal on mine for about 2 years now and they dont mess with me... they didnt even check them when I got my inspection sticker either.

Wow, i guess you win this thread then That pretty much settles that, i've already been through enough 'hassles' when i was into the lowrider minitruck thing.. Its a damn shame how dumb the "law" is about such trivial things. I know tinted windshields are one thing, but they basically don't give you anything reasonable to work with.

I could go on and on, but when you give them an inch they take a mile. Tax dollars hard at work!

 

[greyghost4x4]

I personally like the tent laws. They actually help out police officers a lot (former police officer). Just my 2 cents.

Evan

 

[Run4urLife]

I personally like the tent laws. They actually help out police officers a lot (former police officer). Just my 2 cents.

Evan

I would love to hear your reasonings for that.

:artist:

 

[greyghost4x4]

Ok, thats too easy. When I use to pull people over, if there were more than one person in the vehicle, it was required that we call for back up. If the window tent is too dark, you can't exactly see how many people are in the vehicle. Even sometimes the spot lights on the patrol car can't see through the tent. I have seen it too many times where a police officer gets him or herself in a bad situation because they thought it was only one person. Now I am not saying this happens every time so do not take it out of context. Also, I know it is required that seat belts are worn by every passenger in the vehicle in Missouri. I am from New Orleans but I haven't lived there in 6 years so I do not know if the laws have changed, but back then it was required that even the people in the back seat wear their seat belts. I am sure that other police officers on this forum will possibly see things the same way that I do. I am not saying that every law is perfect, but I do like this one. I am not here to start an arguement, this is just from what I have seen.

Evan

 

[004Gunner]

I have 20% on top of my factory tinted rear and 35% on my front two sides so overall the interior is pretty dark. Out of courtesy I make the interior more visible to police if I get pulled over and I keep my hands in plain view for them. I have even rolled down my back window before so nothing is hidden. I figure the more comfortable the officer is the more likely I will get out of a ticket. Plus police are trained to pick up on the subtle clues of resistance and compliance

 

[Run4urLife]

I think treating "everyone" like a potential criminal first is the wrong approach. Also, seat laws are UNCONSTITUTIONAL and i can't believe we're still stuck on that b.s. in 2008. I could go on but its redundant.

There's plenty of technologies available now that could aid you guys in your "traffic stop safety" which, in itself, is as potentially dangerous as any gun situations.. Could we agree on that? Maybe the whole thinking is flawed from the jump, and therefore authority should not wonder why they don't get much respect when they pretty much punish everyone before they've even done anything wrong, and then always claim its for some reasons that don't make much sense. There's other things you could be worrying about like tailgaters/speeders/non-blinker weavers that actually do put others lives in danger and break even the simplest safety laws (actual "moving" violations) but far too often those things seem to get ignored.

 

[RonMAIDEN]

I don't think cops are treating anybody as a potential criminal but they have to be careful since cops have been blown away by a passenger or driver more than just a few times and there is no technology out there to let a cop see a potential danger and the best you can do,especially if you have dark tint,have the driver's side windows rolled down,license,registration ready and both hands on the wheel and that relaxes the officer quite a bit immediatly and he might show appreciation and let you out of a possible ticket.

I agree about seatbelt laws and I feel the same about helmet laws but with this country being the way it is and lawsuits all over the place those laws were inevitable and do help keep insurance costs in check.

The laws are what they are and if you don't abide by them,no matter how dumb,then you'll face a possible ticket. My windows are well past the legal limit and on any car I've owned in the past and I've been pulled over more than 25 times in the last 16 years and my tint was never mentioned because I never gave the cop a reason to notice plus we live in Colorado and the cops here aren't traffic Nazis.

 

[Run4urLife]

Thats cool, i'm not mad at ya mang Really its not the cops that make the laws, but as a responsible American taxpayer it would be nice to have reasonably justifiable laws instead of laws for the sake of more laws/revenue.

In Louisiana, they just repealed the helmet motorcycle law, if im not mistaken.. So thats just another example. Special interests get catered to, and anything else is deemed illegal. I suspect this is because a lot of politicians have motorcycle friends or ride themselves.

Anyway, im sort of older now and i don't really get as riled up about it as i used to but it still bothers me as an individual i have always felt oppressed by other people's "feelings" and unjust laws b/c of it.

Just like this saggy pants b.s. La. is currently championing itself on, I have zero respect for any politician in this state, including the new fraud Jindal.



There are so many laws that it's re****ed to think anyone could keep up with them, and it's a drain on citizen moral and confidence. Knowing that you could potentially break a law anytime you leave your house makes one not even want to leave it. (I don't)