Window tint

[nvycrmn]

i agree with it buggin the hell out of ya. i loved having 20% on my white one but at night, had to roll the windows down if i wanted to back the trailer in the driveway....other than that, i loved it. and i will be doing the same, only darker, on my black one. hopefully this summer. im not worried about the police, i usually have my windows down anyway since it NEVER rains in this god-forsaken state!!!! man i miss the midwest..hahahah

 

[ssbroly]

Yeah backing out of the driveway at night is rough. Roll the window down and stick your noggin out.

 

[wheelspeed]

For another data-point in a state that doesn't allow tint on front side windows (PA)-

My wife's Expedition from Texas had 35% on front side windows. I got used to that and loved the privacy and sun protection in the summer. It matches well enough. I got to like it enough to put it on my car. 35% up front, and 25% rear side windows and rear window. Never a problem in 5 years in PA.

Actually, the wife bumped someone in her truck at a confusing construction area of a road and the car in front brake-checked her. Cop showed up and never said a thing about her windows.
Then, in my car, some bonehead slid into my car sideways during a snow storm while I was sitting at a red light. I called the cops and he didn't say anything about my windows either.

But, for a state that doesn't really allow tint, I'm glad I didn't go 25% all around. Imagine how ticked you'd be if you had two beers somewhere, got pulled over for tint and the cop smelled alcohol on your breath.

Only change I may make is to replace the front windshield strip with 25% or 15% instead of my current 35%. I thought I wanted that strip to match the front windows, but I wish it was darker now. Also, I may replace the back hatch window with 15%. 25% doesn't seem dark enough for the hatch window of my car, and I don't think it'd be a noticeable mis-match to have the hatch window 15% and the rear-side windows 25%. With the rear having 25% tint, I still have to flip my rear-view mirror at night because of headlights coming in through the hatch window of my car.

 

[GAINMOB]

VA law is 50% on fronts...i have 20% all around on wifes car...no issues...secondary offense so they cant pull you over just for tint...truck is FL...15% all around...going 5% all around with 35% or 20% on windshield with 5% strip

 

[Dexter]

The law in LA for an SUV is 40% on the front driver and passenger windows and as dark as you want on all of the back windows. That being said, I have 5% over 5% on the front two windows and 5% over 5% over the factory 20% on the rear windows. AND 15% on the windshield.

 

[tallsville]

incase anybody wants to know each states.

http://expeditionforum.com/showthread.php?t=11300

 

[ntuhlekt]

20 % is correct, i got my front 2 windows done for 60 bucks, looks great!

x2.

I think I want to go ahead with 15% though.

 

[GAINMOB]

The law in LA for an SUV is 40% on the front driver and passenger windows and as dark as you want on all of the back windows. That being said, I have 5% over 5% on the front two windows and 5% over 5% over the factory 20% on the rear windows. AND 15% on the windshield.

i'm going to do 5 ove my 15...that is already over factory for the rest of the windows and only do 5 on the fronts...20 or 35 on windshield with a long 5 strip on top of that...when it comes to the strip i want it just like i have it now with 15...