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In Love With A 69 · 02-21-2010, 09:17 PM

I just got a new Crown Victoria Police Interceptor and the windows are tinted, how do I check if the tint is legal ? I dont know what percent it is and I dont know how to find out other than driving 30minutes away to the tinting shop. Any help would be appreciated Thanks.

TommyTSquared · 02-21-2010, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by In Love With A 69

I just got a new Crown Victoria Police Interceptor and the windows are tinted, how do I check if the tint is lega? I dont know what percent it is and I dont know how to find out other than driving 30minutes away to the tinting shop. Any help would be appreciated Thanks.

I believe whomever you bought the car from should have provided you with some documentation saying that this was once a police vehicle. This should allow you to not be given a citation from having an illegal tint %.

Don't know how I know this... I think I was told it a loooooong time ago

Mike2ss · 02-21-2010, 10:32 PM

That alone will not make the tint legal, it is no longer a polce owned car. He is going to be held responsible for the tint since he now owns the car.

In Love With A 69 · 02-22-2010, 05:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike2ss

That alone will not make the tint legal, it is no longer a polce owned car. He is going to be held responsible for the tint since he now owns the car.

Thats what I was thinking :(

Dforce0990 · 02-22-2010, 10:52 AM

I found them once when I went through txdot.govlooking up laws for tints and underglows. I'm not 100% certain but the rear window and rear passenger windows haw no limit if car has side mirrors. The front window is a certain % and only the top 6 inches and the front side windows is a %. that's what I can rememer off the top of my head. I'm in the field right now with my troop consisting gunnery. If you cannot find it let me know through a pm and when I get out I'll find the regs for you

catman · 02-22-2010, 11:18 AM

go to any tint shop and ask them to measure it. They have a machine that can tell you what is legal and what is not.

rolnslo · 02-22-2010, 11:54 AM

Just swing by your local police station and ask them to test it.

Or find a place that does state vehicle inspections. If they are properly setup, they should have a light meter to verify the light transmission of the tinted window. They should be able to tell you now that you'll fail the inspection, rather than waiting until you are up for renewal and have to pay to fail.

02-21-2010, 09:17 PM	#1
In Love With A 69 Drives: 2004 P71 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 23	New Car Window Tint Legal? I just got a new Crown Victoria Police Interceptor and the windows are tinted, how do I check if the tint is legal ? I dont know what percent it is and I dont know how to find out other than driving 30minutes away to the tinting shop. Any help would be appreciated Thanks. Last edited by In Love With A 69; 02-22-2010 at 05:50 AM.

02-21-2010, 10:32 PM	#3
Mike2ss Airborne Pathfinder Drives: Camaro ZL575 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: San Benito, TX Posts: 1,139	That alone will not make the tint legal, it is no longer a polce owned car. He is going to be held responsible for the tint since he now owns the car. __________________ 2010 Camaro Indy 500 Pace car, LS3-ZL575 Other cars are- 95 BMW 325 sedan- AA exhaust, AA CAI, AA Strut bar, AA chip, M3 rotors and calipers, racing clutch, oversized injectors, upgraded M3 interior- Audi A4 SLine, with black out optics

02-22-2010, 10:52 AM	#5
Dforce0990 Deployed Again. Drives: 2010 2ss/rs iom Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Fort Hood, tx Posts: 354 View My Garage	I found them once when I went through txdot.govlooking up laws for tints and underglows. I'm not 100% certain but the rear window and rear passenger windows haw no limit if car has side mirrors. The front window is a certain % and only the top 6 inches and the front side windows is a %. that's what I can rememer off the top of my head. I'm in the field right now with my troop consisting gunnery. If you cannot find it let me know through a pm and when I get out I'll find the regs for you __________________ '10 Camaro 2SS/RS IOM/IOM Int. #191,037 Welcome Home "Kayla"! "...But there is another kind of evil that we must fear the most, and that is the indifference of good men."

02-22-2010, 11:18 AM	#6
catman Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS Inferno Orange Met Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Arlington, Tx Posts: 77 View My Garage	go to any tint shop and ask them to measure it. They have a machine that can tell you what is legal and what is not. __________________ IOM 2SS/RS AFE CID Magnaflow Mufflers GM 10" Subs Rally Strips Fog, Turn Signal, and Tail light Blackouts

02-22-2010, 11:54 AM	#7
rolnslo Rolling along... Drives: 2011 2SS/RS SGM Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 4,366 View My Garage	Just swing by your local police station and ask them to test it. Or find a place that does state vehicle inspections. If they are properly setup, they should have a light meter to verify the light transmission of the tinted window. They should be able to tell you now that you'll fail the inspection, rather than waiting until you are up for renewal and have to pay to fail. __________________ 2011 2SS/RS Synergy Green A6

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