Bah just got a front window tint ticket...
03-20-2008, 01:32 PM
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Don't spend any money having a shop take the tint off, if it comes down to you having to do that.
To take off the tint, you need a few razorblades, a roll of paper towels and some goo-gone. Raise a corner of the tint with a blade, peel off the pieces of tint,(when you get decent at it, you can do it in 1-2 pieces).
Then, spray your window down with the goo-gone, and run the razor blade over the glass, cleaning the blade with each swipe.
It can be a taxing and annoying job, but its easy with some good old fashioned elbow grease and a decent attitude.
Good luck!
To take off the tint, you need a few razorblades, a roll of paper towels and some goo-gone. Raise a corner of the tint with a blade, peel off the pieces of tint,(when you get decent at it, you can do it in 1-2 pieces).
Then, spray your window down with the goo-gone, and run the razor blade over the glass, cleaning the blade with each swipe.
It can be a taxing and annoying job, but its easy with some good old fashioned elbow grease and a decent attitude.
Good luck!
03-20-2008, 04:13 PM
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My tint is 50% front and 15% in the rear. Got a front window tint and no front plate ticket in San Rafael last week..... $221. Just sent in the check today. It's not worth f-ing around with it.
03-20-2008, 05:19 PM
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i had 5% on all windows..got pulled over and had to get the front driver/passenger taken off. lucky me a friends owns a tint place and took it off for free (normally about $60) and had to pay a $20 "conveinence fee" for my fix-it ticket...bunch of bull
03-20-2008, 06:56 PM
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Yea, but if you had your front tint all around the vehicle, it would be much less noticable.
The really dark rear tint grabs their attention. That was my point.
I have your front tint level all around my vehicle.
The really dark rear tint grabs their attention. That was my point.
I have your front tint level all around my vehicle.
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03-20-2008, 07:22 PM
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i had my the exact same tint 35 front 20 rear.. didnt get a ticket the 5 years i had my car, finally got a fix it ticket for the fronts a month before i sold the car, it was $80 total, $15 if i got it corrected... lucky for me, i know a bunch of cops, back in the day you could go to uckk meet and one of the bike cops was hella cool, he would have signed it off... haha
03-21-2008, 11:38 AM
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I have had it for 2 years and most times i dont even get a second look, this was just some CHP with a chip on his shoulder cruising around in STOP and GO traffic on the way in to financial district yesterday morning.
I wonder if the quota is starting to take effect, its getting near the end of the month.
I wonder if the quota is starting to take effect, its getting near the end of the month.
03-21-2008, 12:01 PM
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Is that 35 all the way around? I was thinking of getting 35 on the fronts/rear sides and 20 on the back window.