Legal Tints?

[fLhayabusa]

Just wondering if 38% tints are legal, cause i got DEFECTED and the windows got listed.

:whatsthat

[PSI_GTSII]

Just had mine tinted today and I've forgotton already what the percentages were

I Think the legal was 35% light transmission, 15% is a common illegal light transmission film.

I went the legal tint this time.....sick of unwanted police attention

[craz0]

Yeah I'm pretty sure it's 35.

I'll find out.

[nismo33]

yes... it's 35%... the darkest legal tint you can have in your car.. all u need to do is go to your local tint place and get them inspect and make a written note saying that your tint is indeed 38% and is LEGAL tint.

it would suck if u need to pay for the defect.

[saff_cossie]

I believe it is 35% sides and 25% or 30% rear. I have often wondered this though, how did they measure it? The only way I could think of it being done is with a light beam of some sort and seeing how much it lets through?

[krzysiu]

For a Coupe. ONLY the passanger and driver windows have to be 35%. The Smaller ones and the rear one can be as dark as you want.

[fLhayabusa]

kool, thanks.. now just hoping that my tints are wat % they say they were

[Turbo1958]

Hi i am a widow tinter in Ballarat .. there is no legal tints now .. but on my skyline i am have 20% rear to the back seat and the front doors are 30% they say as long as you have three mirrors you can have it as dark as you want .. But yes it used to be that the car had to be 35% legal shade .. go and see the RTA and tell them what is going ..they should have a light metre and by rights should cancle that defect notice if ur only have 38%.. Bill

[Richo]

For a Coupe. ONLY the passanger and driver windows have to be 35%. The Smaller ones and the rear one can be as dark as you want.

Not quite true there my man! well at least not here in SA, I had some seriously dark tint in the quarter panels and the back, and no tint at all in passanger and driver windows and I was told I had to take them out, so...hope its different over there.

[krzysiu]

Not quite true there my man!  well at least not here in SA, I had some seriously dark tint in the quarter panels and the back, and no tint at all in passanger and driver windows and I was told I had to take them out, so...hope its different over there.

Yeah if you were in melbourne you would not have any trouble with that. I got told this by Tint-A-Car so they can only offer to do the car legally.

[r34_skyline]

i heard the coppers can scratch off your tints with an object if its deemed illegal. hrmm dunno if its true or not. sounds crazy.

[PSI_GTSII]

There was an R32 GTR in at the Tint place I was at having the tint removed from the rear quarter windows and rear screen for the pit inspection as it was deemed illegal, law probably varies from state to state, but i'm pretty sure 35% light transmission is legal in WA.

(They test with a tool that kind of resembles a G clamp but with an opening just big enough to slide over the glass, all tint places will have them)