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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: 97TRAKIN on July 02, 2004, 02:16:41 AM
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Put some 20% tint on the truck all around just to set it apart a little (did it myself ::)). Hope I pass inspection DOT in VA don't play! They were pulling over lifted vehicles in VB last year and breaking out the tape measure, checking for CATs and so on!
One time I took my old 4dr in for inspection at a Shell GS and when I got it back the fog lights and tint were all balled up on the passenger seat. The mechanic said he had to remove that stuff in order to pass the vehicle.
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Bummer. Most states will have tint laws. I know mine does, I have mine tinted the legal limit and its hard to tell there tinted. Some people get away with it and some don't ??? I've seen cop cars with blacked out windows.
But window tinted does make it look better, I have all my cars tinted ;D
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I put some on mine (here in VA too) and haven't had any inspection problems (knock wood!), but I can't remember the %. It's not the darkest, but it's not the lightest either. Maybe this Website will help... http://home.pcisys.net/~bpc/auto_law/tint/tint_va.html
I too like the look and for me it really helps in the dark with the headlights from other vehicles.
Good luck with the inspection.
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THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT! I've been telling people that SUVs and PickupTrucks can go as dark as you want on any window/windows behind the driver/front passenger windows. This just proves I was right, thanks. ;)
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Put some 20% tint on the truck all around just to set it apart a little (did it myself ::)). Hope I pass inspection DOT in VA don't play! They were pulling over lifted vehicles in VB last year and breaking out the tape measure, checking for CATs and so on!
One time I took my old 4dr in for inspection at a Shell GS and when I got it back the fog lights and tint were all balled up on the passenger seat. The mechanic said he had to remove that stuff in order to pass the vehicle.
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Without permission, the inspector can not mechanically remove or mod anything on your vehicle. He can not charge for anything other than the inspection fee.
As for removing the fog lights, just pull the fuse for them. Having stuff on the car is not breaking the law. But what part of the law do they break?
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He told me that in the state of VA when you switch to high beem it must cancel out your fog lights. The next day I had my lights remounted and tapped power for the fog light relay from the low beam power wire in the steering colum. That way when I turn the high beams on the fog lights go out.
He didn't charge me for removing them but I was still pi$$ed that he didn't ask first.
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in cali u can go 5% tint in the rear (behind the drivers window) and 35% in the driver and passengers windows
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They're pretty strict here in Jersey too, I think it's legal for the back and two rear side windows in on the back doors, just not the drivers side and pass. side front and windshield. I want to do the same and go for the same look for my 4 door, as you did with your's. It ought to look nice with the red ;D
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when u tint the newer vitars they really look shorter and less bubbly..i am going to tint the moms whip soon because it looks bubbly! lol
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we dont have inspections in iowa but the MAD mothers bought all the state trooper tint instectors a while back. stopped 3 times now, i have double the darkest 3M makes. the state trooper told me it was the darkest he has ever tested, 7%. that is it lets in 7% ;D. local cops dont care less they get you for something esle. and 20 miles away where i work the cops there wont stop you cause the county attorney wont prosicute for it ;), cool lady. i dont drive on the interstate less i have to. i love it, but.... at night, in town, at a stop sign WATCH for people biking or walking across in front of you!! you cant see them if there are no street lights close till they are at your bumper. :'(
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I wish there was a way to tint the rear side windows on the soft tops. That would look good ;D
Over here (Portland Or) the tint limit is 35% but it just doesn't look dark enough ;D The way the law was stated (so I've heard) you must be able to look through one window (front sides) and out the other and still be able to see.
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I wish there was a way to tint the rear side windows on the soft tops.
what about some kind of plastic liquid tint or die? my brother considered this on his jeep but never followed through...
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I wish there was a way to tint the rear side windows on the soft tops. That would look good ;D
Over here (Portland Or) the tint limit is 35% but it just doesn't look dark enough ;D  The way the law was stated (so I've heard) you must be able to look through one window (front sides) and out the other and still be able to see.
Careful in Oregon. Cops pulled my friend over several times. She has a medical excuse, but they still stopped her. (Eugene "it's illegal unless factory installed" cops.)
U can use the spray to tint soft top windows... and the plastic films seem to stick, but it can be hard to get all the bubbles out.
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lol if u read the letter of the law in cali any modifications to the STOCK form of a vehicle is illegal...u can be prosecuted for wreckless endagerment...yadda...yadda lol cali sucks :P
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I recently tinted my soft top windows with the cling type tint. $15 to do the whole thing. Works fairly well. Easy to do if your has the zip out windows and you can lay them flat to work on them. I did all mine in less than an hour and I'd never tinted anything before. And who knows, maybe it'd help get you out of a ticket if you peeled them off in front of the cop, then you could put back on later!
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THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT! I've been telling people that SUVs and PickupTrucks can go as dark as you want on any window/windows behind the driver/front passenger windows. This just proves I was right, thanks. ;) ÂÂ
Yea, thats true in Texas also.
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Lil Red,
What did use to tint your windows on the soft top?
As far as aftermarket lights here in PA if there covered, and all these lights come w/covers either hard or soft, when driving or going thru inspection it's not a problem.
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LilRed, how many rolls did you use, and where did you buy it from?
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Hey Lilred, look familier!?.... Did it have the 1.6 in it? Because I know the "99s were available with either the 1.6 or 2.0.
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What did you use on your windows? (There's a local shop that sells the plastic window coverings, but I had a time getting bubbles out of them w/o scratching the material with a squeegy.)
Those are 17" wheels, correct? Is the car lowered? (You don't see many 'Kicks with mags.)
BTW, how do you insert pictures?
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 I used cling window tint bought at Wal-Mart.  It took a roll and a half to do the back and two side windows.  I laid them out on the kitchen island and cut the tint to size with a razor blade.  Then I wetted the window down with a little water and dish detergent, laid on the tint and used the only "squeege" I had handy, a credit card.  The side windows are super easy to cut because the outside vinyl overlaps the plastic around a 1/4" so you don't have to trim very straight!  Mine has been on for a little over a month and it's held up great.  I've taken the windows in and out and driven with the back window hanging down on the inside.  Still looks good.  And I think I can peel it off this winter if I want and reapply the same tint again in the spring. ÂÂ
  97Trakin' - Looks great!  Wish mine was that new, but I have a 95' and '92.  Gonna try tinting the '92 when I get a new top for it.
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Is it like this product (http://store.yahoo.com/rodi/inlimdartinf.html) at Auto Barn?
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My bad Lilred. There is another Lilred that owns this truck I thought it was you.
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Here (GA), you can go as dark as you want on the rear windows, but the driver and passenger doors can't be any darker than 35%. In my Sidekick, I have 35% on the front 2 doors and 5% everywhere else.
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What did you use on your windows? (There's a local shop that sells the plastic window coverings, but I had a time getting bubbles out of them w/o scratching the material with a squeegy.)
Those are 17" wheels, correct? Is the car lowered? (You don't see many 'Kicks with mags.)
BTW, how do you insert pictures?
He used B&G 2" drop springs and yes they are 17" rims.
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Mike S., Yes. I think that's even the same brand.
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He used B&G 2" drop springs and yes they are 17" rims.
Thanks.
That's the 3rd 'Zuki I've seen with mags. (Mine came that way from the dealer. He used it as a demo model with, I assume, a killer stereo system installed.)
I still haven't figured out inserting a pix... let's see how this does.
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Here in Canada, unless it's stock tint, it has to come off. A lot of cops I talk to say that they mostly tear off the tint that they can't see the driver through. A theory that most of the tint shops around where I live have is that if your driver and passenger windows are lighter than your rear windows, cops don't mind. So I asked some of my 'friends' down at the cop shopwhat they thought of that and they all generally confirmed it. There is one exception though, if they do an actual tint road stop, they take all your tint. So I went back to the tint places and asked each one (by the way, I did this 4 weeks ago to see how much tint was going to cost me (400 for all >:( ) how many times there were stops or if any one came in to re-do the tinting, and all of them said twice in 3 years. Maybe their lying, but... if I was to get tint, I think I'd go with a nice 35% in the back with maybe something a little lighter in the front. Plus that heavy black tint for the rear is 'tarded man, unless you're doing something you don't want people to see ;) that stuff is just plain not good! I've backed up practically blind with that kind of tint.
steveo
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lol if u read the letter of the law in cali any modifications to the STOCK form of a vehicle is illegal...u can be prosecuted for wreckless endagerment...yadda...yadda lol cali sucks :P
Not true. There is a ton of stuff you can change on your stock vehicle and still have it legal. You can change your exhaust any way you want so long as it still passes smog and does not exceed the db limit for that year car.
Neon lights -are- legal in California (see VC 25400)
These gung-ho cops are screwing things up and think they're so much better than everyone when they don't know the laws for sh!t.
All Ca. Laws and codes
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html
California State Vehicle Code
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/calawquery?codesection=veh&codebody=&hits=20
Check it out, go down to Division 12. There you find everything you need to know.
What you need to do is find the VC that appiles to what you want to change, make the change and then carry a copy of that code with you to show the a-hole cop when he pulls you over.
Here are 2 pics of my car. I've had it since Jan 4, 2004 and still have not put the license plates on, nor do I intend to. I also drive at night, every night, with my undercar neons on. I have yet to be pulled over. I'm thinking the cops either figured out they're legal or they have no clue what they would use for a VC when they attempt to cite me.
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