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Old 09-24-2009, 09:30 AM   #1
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Default Got pulled over in PA for tint...suggestions please

Well I got pulled over for tint about three weeks ago I’d say and the State Trooper gave me a fix it ticket and told me I had five days to take my tint off or I get a citation. Well I decided after hearing from other boards about the cost of a tint fine in PA that I was just going to leave the tint on because it was cheaper the getting my windows retinted. Because plain and simple my car NEEDS tint or its going to look unfinished. Well the five days has obviously passed and I’ll be coming up on a month here soon and still no citation. What should I do? I don’t want to call up there and remind him but I don’t want to be driving around with a suspended license for a citation that I never received…
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Old 09-24-2009, 10:43 AM   #2
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What is your tint % ?? How did he explain the reason it was illegal??
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Go the legal limit. Fran is offering tinting now. I had tint in my car when I got it and had to strip it. I left it off! Not worth dealing with the law or the money involved.
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No legal tint in PA for my car. My tint is 13%.
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Go the legal limit. Fran is offering tinting now. I had tint in my car when I got it and had to strip it. I left it off! Not worth dealing with the law or the money involved.
Thats the thing Pa does not spell out a legal limit. Its up to the Officers desertion. On a cloudy day 35 can be illegal on a bright sun day 25 can be legal.

I've had 25 on 3 different veh for the last 4 yrs and was only stopped bc of once on a rainy day. Best part is I've seen several unmarked cop cars with 25 on all four windows lol.
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No legal tint in PA for my car. My tint is 13%.
13 ?? isn't that like painting them black lol
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I thought legal limit in PA was in the ballpark of 70%.
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Looks like 70% by law:

http://www.berksweb.com/users/dmv/tint/


So IMO not even worth having on.
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13 ?? isn't that like painting them black lol
Nah its not that dark. you can barely even tell they are tinted. lol

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Looks like 70% by law:

http://www.berksweb.com/users/dmv/tint/


So IMO not even worth having on.
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Note that the law only prohibits tinting which prevents a person from seeing or viewing the inside of the vehicle. It does not prohibit all tinting or tinting below 70%.
Pa is very sketchy on their wording. I've only run into it once but I know the current tint law and after we(the officer and I read it) I was issued a written warning. If and I have been stopped with tinted windows I've lowered my front and rear so they can see into me vehicle.
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All tint is now illegal in PA, I have 18% all around, if you get pulled over either pay it or take it off then retint it. That's a fucking stupid fuck shit cop head for ya, I guess they thought you were a beaner driving a honda civic that might pull a gun on them Cops just pull you over for tint when theyre bored and wanna pull someone over for something, 13% isn't that dark to the person above, either do it below 20% or don't do it at all is what I say for tint!

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All tint is now illegal in PA, I have 18% all around, if you get pulled over either pay it or take it off then retint it. That's a fucking stupid fuck shit cop head for ya, I guess they thought you were a beaner driving a honda civic that might pull a gun on them Cops just pull you over for tint when theyre bored and wanna pull someone over for something, 13% isn't that dark to the person above, either do it below 20% or don't do it at all is what I say for tint!
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Yeah I'm pretty sure he was either bored or half asleep and I scared him. He was sitting on the on ramp and i went by him,speed limit,and then got on the interstate quietly and also did the speed limit. Went a couple miles up the road through a construction zone also on or below speed limit and he cuts the guy off behind me to pull me over. Oh well, it was labor day weekend guess he couldnt find anyone speeding. lol
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BINGO!!!! All tint is no no in Pa unless it came from the factory. If you have a utility vehicle I think there is room there?
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All tint is now illegal in PA, I have 18% all around, if you get pulled over either pay it or take it off then retint it. That's a fucking stupid fuck shit cop head for ya, I guess they thought you were a beaner driving a honda civic that might pull a gun on them Cops just pull you over for tint when theyre bored and wanna pull someone over for something, 13% isn't that dark to the person above, either do it below 20% or don't do it at all is what I say for tint!

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Yeah I'm pretty sure he was either bored or half asleep and I scared him. He was sitting on the on ramp and i went by him,speed limit,and then got on the interstate quietly and also did the speed limit. Went a couple miles up the road through a construction zone also on or below speed limit and he cuts the guy off behind me to pull me over. Oh well, it was labor day weekend guess he couldnt find anyone speeding. lol
It is a legitimate concern for a cop when they make stop I try and remember to lower my rear window. But back to your original concern if it worries you that much I'd contact them worse case you recieve the fine you are already expecting.
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BINGO!!!! All tint is no no in Pa unless it came from the factory. If you have a utility vehicle I think there is room there?
I actually asked the trooper when he was there, he said that an SUV can have the back and sides but not the driver or passenger front doors. He started to say something about pickup trucks but I pretty much stopped paying attention, I was pretty irritated by then. He wasn't being the nicest...
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hope this helps-http://www.dot3.state.pa.us/pdotforms/fact_sheets/fs-sun.pdf
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was it a fix it ticket or a written warning? the written warning all you need to do is have an inspection station sign it and mail it back...
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was it a fix it ticket or a written warning? the written warning all you need to do is have an inspection station sign it and mail it back...
Fix it ticket. Has to be sign by LE. it's too late now anyways. I'm not worried about that part. Just not sure why I haven't received my citation but don't really want to ask them why I haven't....
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I've gotten repair orders for 10% tint atleast 5 times in 2 years. Also gotten repair orders for my exhaust, ram air hood, and blackout tail lights. You just gotta do some searching and get the "friendly inspection". Just be ready to slip him some green. I've never actually made any repairs, lets just hope I don't run into the same cop, lol.
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I got pulled over in Pa for my tint when I was on vacation 2 years ago. I was just passing through. All I got was a warning because he saw my Ma plate and told me to not worry about his friends down the road.
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