Window Tint?

I was just curious if anyone knew the %for the amount of tint and or % light allowed through on the 2nd gen tacomas with the sport package.

My rear window and back windows are very dark as is and the front windows are lighter cause its the law but I was just curious of the exact numbers because California allows 100%tint in the back and only 30% upfront and if I can go darker I just may :-D

 

The rear factory tint is around 20%. California prohibits any tint up front.

 

http://www.tintcenter.com/laws/CA/

 

The front wind shield cannot have tint but the windows can have up to 30% are you sure the rear is only 20? mine looks black as night

 

^Yes, 20%. I was told this by my local installer who used a light meter.

 

wow cause on the TRD sport package it looks really black as is. If I can go that dark in the front im all for it

 

This is my truck with factory rear tint and 20% up front.

 

Love it! I am doing it! have u been pulled over at all because of it?

 

Before this I had an Acura TSX with 20% all around. I got pulled over for no license plate and the cop gave me a fix a ticket for the tint as well. But that was not the reason for pulling me over. I've never been pulled over for tint in the 5 years of driving.

 

how can he give u a afix it ticket if u r under 30% tint

 

Not sure, It was a $10 fix-a-ticket. All I had to do is get it removed and show my local CHP office. They didn't even check, the guy asked "did you remove it". I said "yes" and he stamped my ticket . I could have left it on!

 

In Cali, Tint on the front windows are ILLEGAL. Period. You can catch shit for it.. but will you? thats a different story. I ran with tint on my old car for years and didnt get in trouble until i got popped for registration. I now have my taco tinted all around havent had any trouble yet. like DT says, it's only a $10 fix-it ticket =)

 

To hell with that if I got popped with 20% tint when 30% is cali law I would pull out my papers and make the cop look like an idiot and eat his ticket

HOWEVER!

if I was out at dinnner and had a couple beers getting popped for tint would not be a good thing at all

 

30% is not the law. internet is wrong

 

about the beers tho - tinted front windows do tend to prevent me from driving after a couple =)

 

I doubt that very much. Every single site lists the same numbers.

 

No tint is allowed on front windows or windshield, unless it is clear UV protection tint, which nobody but you would know, because it is clear.

That being said, I've had tint on 30% on all my windows for almost 3 years, never an issue, but they can pull you over for that if they wish.

From the CHP page:

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.
However, legislation signed into law effective January 1, 1999, exempts from the above prohibition specified clear, colorless, and transparent material that is installed, affixed, or applied to the front driver and passenger side windows for the specific purpose of reducing ultraviolet rays. If, as, or when this material becomes torn, bubbled or otherwise worn, it must be removed or replaced.

 

Damn so basically theres a slightly higher chance u get pulled over with tint on the front. Trujillo your windows look awesome though. I dont know if i will be doing this

 

Every site = wrong.

They probably all copied each other. Even the DMV hand book says no tint on the front windows.

 

That's incorrect. In order to have tint on your side windows, you need a doctors note saying there's a problem with your eyes and it has to be removable for night driving. You can get a ticket ($10 fix-it). I have (light tint) and so have a couple of my friends.

Here's the code (www.leginfo.ca.gov) (from the site: All California Codes have been updated to include the 2007 Statutes):

26708. (a) (1) No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any
object or material placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied
upon the windshield or side or rear windows.
(2) No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any object or
material placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied in or upon
the vehicle which obstructs or reduces the driver's clear view
through the windshield or side windows.
(3) This subdivision applies to a person driving a motor vehicle
with the driver's clear vision through the windshield, or side or
rear windows, obstructed by snow or ice.
(b) This section does not apply to any of the following:
(1) Rearview mirrors.
(2) Adjustable nontransparent sunvisors which are mounted forward
of the side windows and are not attached to the glass.
(3) Signs, stickers, or other materials which are displayed in a
7-inch square in the lower corner of the windshield farthest removed
from the driver, signs, stickers, or other materials which are
displayed in a 7-inch square in the lower corner of the rear window
farthest removed from the driver, or signs, stickers, or other
materials which are displayed in a 5-inch square in the lower corner
of the windshield nearest the driver.
(4) Side windows which are to the rear of the driver.
(5) Direction, destination, or termini signs upon a passenger
common carrier motor vehicle or a schoolbus, if those signs do not
interfere with the driver's clear view of approaching traffic.
(6) Rear window wiper motor.
(7) Rear trunk lid handle or hinges.
(8) The rear window or windows, when the motor vehicle is equipped
with outside mirrors on both the left- and right-hand sides of the
vehicle that are so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the
highway through each mirror for a distance of at least 200 feet to
the rear of the vehicle.
(9) A clear, transparent lens affixed to the side window opposite
the driver on a vehicle greater than 80 inches in width and which
occupies an area not exceeding 50 square inches of the lowest corner
toward the rear of that window and which provides the driver with a
wide-angle view through the lens.
(10) Sun screening devices meeting the requirements of Section
26708.2 installed on the side windows on either side of the vehicle's
front seat, if the driver or a passenger in the front seat has in
his or her possession a letter or other document signed by a licensed
physician and surgeon certifying that the person must be shaded from
the sun due to a medical condition, or has in his or her possession
a letter or other document signed by a licensed optometrist
certifying that the person must be shaded from the sun due to a
visual condition. The devices authorized by this paragraph shall not
be used during darkness.
(11) An electronic communication device affixed to the center
uppermost portion of the interior of a windshield within an area that
is not greater than 5 inches square, if the device provides either
of the following:
(A) The capability for enforcement facilities of the Department of
the California Highway Patrol to communicate with a vehicle equipped
with the device.
(B) The capability for electronic toll and traffic management on
public or private roads or facilities.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), transparent material may be
installed, affixed, or applied to the topmost portion of the
windshield if the following conditions apply:
(1) The bottom edge of the material is at least 29 inches above
the undepressed driver's seat when measured from a point 5 inches in
front of the bottom of the backrest with the driver's seat in its
rearmost and lowermost position with the vehicle on a level surface.

(2) The material is not red or amber in color.
(3) There is no opaque lettering on the material and any other
lettering does not affect primary colors or distort vision through
the windshield.
(4) The material does not reflect sunlight or headlight glare into
the eyes of occupants of oncoming or following vehicles to any
greater extent than the windshield without the material.
(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), clear, colorless, and
transparent material may be installed, affixed, or applied to the
front side windows, located to the immediate left and right of the
front seat if the following conditions are met: (emphasis mine: All the conditions)
(1) The material has a minimum visible light transmittance of 88
percent.
(2) The window glazing with the material applied meets all
requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 205 (49
C.F.R. 571.205), including the specified minimum light transmittance
of 70 percent and the abrasion resistance of AS-14 glazing, as
specified in that federal standard.
(3) The material is designed and manufactured to enhance the
ability of the existing window glass to block the sun's harmful
ultraviolet A rays.
(4) The driver has in his or her possession, or within the
vehicle, a certificate signed by the installing company certifying
that the windows with the material installed meet the requirements of
this subdivision and identifies the installing company and the
material's manufacturer by full name and street address, or, if the
material was installed by the vehicle owner, a certificate signed by
the material's manufacturer certifying that the windows with the
material installed according to manufacturer's instructions meets the
requirements of this subdivision and identifies the material's
manufacturer by full name and street address.
(5) If the material described in this subdivision tears or
bubbles, or is otherwise worn to prohibit clear vision, it shall be
removed or replaced.

26708.2. Sun screening devices permitted by paragraph (10) of
subdivision (b) of Section 26708 shall meet the following
requirements:
(a) The devices shall be held in place by means allowing ready
removal from the window area, such as a frame, a rigid material with
temporary fasteners, or a flexible roller shade.
(b) Devices utilizing transparent material shall be green, gray,
or a neutral smoke in color and shall have a luminous transmittance
of not less than 35 percent.
(c) Devices utilizing nontransparent louvers or other alternating
patterns of opaque and open sections shall have an essentially
uniform pattern over the entire surface, except for framing and
supports. At least 35 percent of the device area shall be open and
no individual louver or opaque section shall have a projected
vertical dimension exceeding 3/16 inch.
(d) The devices shall not have a reflective quality exceeding 35
percent on either the inner or outer surface.

26708.5. (a) No person shall place, install, affix, or apply any
transparent material upon the windshield, or side or rear windows, of
any motor vehicle if the material alters the color or reduces the
light transmittance of the windshield or side or rear windows, except
as provided in subdivision (b), (c), or (d) of Section 26708.
(b) Tinted safety glass may be installed in a vehicle if (1) the
glass complies with motor vehicle safety standards of the United
States Department of Transportation for safety glazing materials, and
(2) the glass is installed in a location permitted by those
standards for the particular type of glass used. (emphasis mine: Factory Tint)