Bah just got a front window tint ticket...
#16
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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!
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You have 3 options....
1. Take it off, get it signed off and leave it off. (BOOOO)
2. Take it off, get it signed off then have it put back on.
3. Depending on how expensive the fine is... just pay the fine and leave it on.
1. Take it off, get it signed off and leave it off. (BOOOO)
2. Take it off, get it signed off then have it put back on.
3. Depending on how expensive the fine is... just pay the fine and leave it on.
#20
my tint is 35% front/rear sides, and 20% rear window never had an issue.
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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.
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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
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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
#29
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From: Mountain View, CA
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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.
#30
Is that 35 all the way around? I was thinking of getting 35 on the fronts/rear sides and 20 on the back window.