don't forget about that missing front plate, and grin, i agree with you in that there is no way i would let a cop scrape my windows. i also need your help. i can't get anyone to do the front eyebrow on my car correctly. i want it to follow the natural curve of the window like yours. i really need the brow because driving home from work, the sun hit me right in the eyes. those little visors don't help much either.

 

If you've applied it before, I can cut ya one and send it to ya. If you havn't applied film before, come by some weekend and we'll bust it out in my carport.
Most tint shops just do the lazy eyebrow. That aint cuz it's all sloping down on each side lookin' all lazy. It's cuz they are too dang lazy to cut it. That droop on the edges is a result of straight, uncut film being applied to a rounded surface. It take much longer to do it the right way but such is the case with most tasks in life.

 

i can head out to st. louis and watch my cubbies play when they're over there. maybe we could do it them? thanks for the offer. sounds great.

 

just lemme know when.
We'll piggy-back a handful of mods on both cars and make a day out of it.

 

In the state of NE and more so in OMAHA, they can pull you over for suspesion(sp) of illegal tint. If you cooperate, you will get a 30 day "fix-it" ticket. If you pull an attitude, they will impound the vehicle. You have to pay about $150 to get it out of impound and then still scrape. Oh yeah, If you cant get it out right away they charge, if I remember right, $50 a day impound fee. And the 30 days still started from the intial ticket not when you get it out. Right now they are in a battle over wording of the law. Basically it is illegal in NE to put anything on the widow area of a vehicle, but then in another section of the vehicle code, it says you can put up to 35% window tint. They have had a ticket fest once at the car show to anyone with logos etc on windows.

NE is a pretty messed up state. I got a fix-it ticket for a CLEAR license plate cover.

 

If you step back and look at it, it's pretty mickey mouse that there is even a law on this. They say it is for peace officer's safety as they can't see in the car they pulled over and they may have a weapon. Seems like if I were a cop, pulled someone over and their window wasn't rolled down when I walked up, I'd know somethin' was up. Being that there is no law on rear window tint, they walk up blind anyway. Heck, if they wanna stay safe, they should just not pull anyone over, just mail em a freakin ticket.
This is just the man puttin their thumb down on us a bit.
Guess it's why I tend to mod to my liking rather than try to oppease rules made up on the fly.

 

Thanks grinner i plan on doin it anyways. Like i said b4 i have had previous cars with the windows all blacked out and im not worried about it at all. The cops around where I live at now dont seem that bad at least I dont think so. There are a couple of guys in my apt complex that have there cars tinted like the way I want to do mine and I have been in this complex for a couple of months now and there windows are still tinted. So when it comes time for me to do it im going to do it anyways.

 

The laws vary from state to state. I just had my front driver & passenger windows done with 50%. It's a risk here in california. I'm told the law here is no tint what so ever on the front windows.

 

How odd that this thread just got topped.

I was pulled over yesterday (speeding of course) and during the conversation the officer informed me that my tint was too dark for MN state law. I replied that I had not even tinted the glass (my front windows are still untinted) and told him that it came from the factory this way. He said it was still too dark! He said that if he sees my car again with the same tint that he will pull me over and cite me for it.

I argued a bit, but not too much because he was letting me loose with no ticket for anything. I thought the tint law only applied to the front windows, he informed me otherwise. I told him that the dealership should get the tickets on a brand new vehicle because they should be inline with the laws... the average driver doesn't have them all memorized. He said it would still be on me, not the dealership... I guess they don't HAVE to follow the state laws!

Does anyone know for certain what percentage tint comes factory on our cars? I want to check it against the actual written laws.

Perhaps mine just SEEMS too dark due to the entire car being black?

 

I know there are different laws for different states....and thats the kicker. My 01 Dakota had darker tint then was allowed for the state of Indiana....yet I never once got pulled over.

I'm not sure of this, but isnt the Magnum listed as an S.U.V. or something? I know its not being affected by the Gas guzzler tax or what have you call it....

http://www.tintdude.com/ntoo.html

Minnesota

Visor............none

Front doors.............50%

Rear doors................50%

Back window...............50%



169.71 Windshields.

Subdivision 1. Prohibitions generally. No person
shall drive or operate any motor vehicle with a windshield
cracked or discolored to an extent to limit or obstruct proper
vision, or, except for law enforcement vehicles, with any
objects suspended between the driver and the windshield, other
than sun visors and rear vision mirrors, or with any sign,
poster, or other nontransparent material upon the front
windshield, sidewings, side or rear windows of such vehicle,
other than a certificate or other paper required to be so
displayed by law, or authorized by the state director of the
division of emergency management, or the commissioner of public
safety.

Subd. 2. Windshield wipers. The windshield on every
motor vehicle shall be equipped with a device for cleaning rain,
snow or other moisture from the windshield, which device shall
be so constructed as to be controlled or operated by the driver
of the vehicle.

Subd. 3. Defrosting requirement. No person shall
drive any motor vehicle with the windshield or front side
windows covered with steam or frost to such an extent as to
prevent proper vision.

Subd. 4. Glazing materials; prohibitions and
exceptions. No person shall drive or operate any motor
vehicle required to be registered in the state of Minnesota upon
any street or highway under the following conditions:

(a) when the windshield is composed of, covered by, or
treated with any material which has the effect of making the
windshield more reflective or in any other way reducing light
transmittance through the windshield;

(b) when any window on the vehicle is composed of, covered
by, or treated with any material that has a highly reflective or
mirrored appearance;

(c) when any side window or rear window is composed of or
treated with any material so as to obstruct or substantially
reduce the driver's clear view through the window or has a light
transmittance of less than 50 percent plus or minus three
percent in the visible light range or a luminous reflectance of
more than 20 percent plus or minus three percent; or

(d) when any material has been applied after August 1,
1985, to any motor vehicle window without an accompanying
permanent marking which indicates the percent of transmittance
and the percent of reflectance afforded by the material. The
marking must be in a manner so as not to obscure vision and be
readable when installed on the vehicle.

This subdivision does not apply to glazing materials which:

(a) have not been modified since the original installation,
nor to original replacement windows and windshields, that were
originally installed or replaced in conformance with Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 205;

(b) are required to satisfy prescription or medical needs
of the driver of the vehicle or a passenger if the driver or
passenger is in possession of the prescription or a physician's
statement of medical need; or

(c) are applied to:

(1) the rear windows of a pickup truck as defined in
section 168.011, subdivision 29;

(2) the rear windows or the side windows on either side
behind the driver's seat of a van as defined in section 168.011,
subdivision 28;

(3) the side and rear windows of a vehicle used to
transport human remains by a funeral establishment holding a
permit under section 149.08; or

(4) the side and rear windows of a limousine as defined in
section 168.011, subdivision 35.