Tinting lights and windows

[jenna]

what is the law for tinting tail lights and windows in California?

[jamal1984]

70% on the front, the back ANY

[jamal1984]

taillight, i have no ideas, :)

[Kaotic Lazagna]

i don't think it's legal to have your lights tinted. jamal has it right with the windows. and for the front windshield, only the top 4 inches may be tinted.

http://www.tintcenter.com/laws/CA/

for more info. what i said above is what i was told at a shop here in Sac.

[yrsdrgn]

how bout headlight film? is it illegal? and no it's not going to be smoked...I'm putting blue film on it. Just wanting to see if any CA people know anything about it since I've been searching online and haven't found anything.

[brickhardmeat]

should be able to check this on the web, I knwo for most everywhere blue in the fron is gonna be bad illegal, slightly bluish white seems to be ok but blue is probably gonna be a problem, thats for the police, no blue or red in the front and no white/blue in the rear, that's the way I understand it

[yrsdrgn]

i thought that's for the headlight bulbs? O_o?

[brickhardmeat]

well, yeah but I'm guessing the film in front is gonna be a problem but I may be off on that, i think anything that the cops can say is "obstructing your lights" they can give you a "fix it" ticket

probably way safer with the light smoke, they may not notice that, blue or yellow is going to be way noticable

[yrsdrgn]

but blue isn't obstructing the lights in any ways possible. vision isn't reduced at all nor does it give a "bluish" tint to the lights.

[brickhardmeat]

go for it, tell that to the cops when they pull you over, i'm just sayin', you may never have a problem, lots of people have hids and they are illegal and they don't have problems, not tryin' to rain on your parade, if you wanna do it, do it

go ahead and do your windows blue too

[Blenjar]

and I tho our 35% was bad..lol 70% is no tints at all..

-- Blen

[yrsdrgn]

Originally Posted by brickhardmeat

go for it, tell that to the cops when they pull you over, i'm just sayin', you may never have a problem, lots of people have hids and they are illegal and they don't have problems, not tryin' to rain on your parade, if you wanna do it, do it

go ahead and do your windows blue too

Well i just ordered some "optical blue" tint film from www.decalfx.com and I'll probably have them installed next week at the shop i usually go to. I just got blue film put on my side mirrors also since it's cheaper than buying the JDM ones.

aww man you stole my idea haha. tinting windows blue is something i've been wanting to do from the start. to make it look like the mercedes windows would look mighty fine in my opinion. i found a site www.snaptints.com that actually has a tint kit for the USDM yaris LB haha.

and nope. i don't think you were raining on my parade or so you said cuz you basically looking out or saying what you think is safer. good show though. And i'll let you know if anything happens to me and the popo.

[brickhardmeat]

you'll probably be alright, it will look good, I had thought about the blue tints on the windows, but I have decided on probably a light smoke for mine, well I think

we wanna see some pictures when finished

[brickhardmeat]

do you have jdm tails?

if not I think you should red out the stock with this look

[yrsdrgn]

haha I'm just waiting to get the JDM tails. Right now I'm probably gonna have them smoked since i don't really want blue tints in the front and red in the back haha. sorry but no USA themed car for me no offense though it's just something i don't really want hehe.

[brickhardmeat]

i hear ya but the jdm is solid red right? i really wasn't think'n captian america barf, with a united we stand sticker

[yrsdrgn]

Originally Posted by brickhardmeat

i hear ya but the jdm is solid red right? i really wasn't think'n captian america barf, with a united we stand sticker

touche. haha I'll probably smoke the JDM ones also. I sorta like the LED pattern from the JDM tail light set when it's smoked and the brakes are applied. Here's the before and after pic of my side view mirrors.

P.S. the after picture i took there was when the mirror wasn't done yet and i had to roll down my driver side window.

[brickhardmeat]

looks good, I think done right this will look very Euro Yaris and not Rice

I'm likin' the blue mirror

haven't seen any smoked JDM yet that I can think of