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05-03-2009, 10:18 PM | #1 |
Drives: '14 GT86, '08 Vitz Join Date: Dec 2006
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In-Channel vs Tape On Vent Visors
Okay, well, I was driving to my school going 60mph like I usually do, and I see a CHP on the onramp. So I roll my windows down, and he sudden slows down, and goes onto the shoulder of the exit I'm about to take. He lets me pass. I pull into a Chevron to buy drinks for my study group. As I'm about to finish parking, the CHP pulls me over (wtf? Why don't you pull me over before I park ). Anyway, he comes up to me and says, "I find it odd how you were driving slow, meaning you didn't want to pass me up" (wtf? Is he trying to be a smart ass? I drive slow all the time) "and you exited" (wtf again? It's the exit to my school!). "Also, you were driving with your windows down" (uhhh, I didn't know there was a law against driving with your windows down on the freeway). So I'm going to give you a ticket for tinted windows. And he never even bothered to ask me to roll up my windows, he just assumed that I had tinted windows.
So, this is the second fix-it for tint, so I'm going to scrape the front ones off and start using my A/C (I got the tint so that I could save gas by not using the A/C). Now, to try to compensate, I'm thinking about asking my gf for vent visors for my b-day. I really want the in-channel ones, but I've read the horror stories here of them flying off on the freeway. What are you guy's opinions. Which will look better on my car and give me the least amount of headaches, in-channels or tape ons? |
05-03-2009, 10:26 PM | #2 |
Drives: Flint Mica Sedan Join Date: Oct 2008
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What about lighter tint? Or can't you have any at all on the front/side windows?
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05-03-2009, 10:27 PM | #3 |
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you talking about these? i have them and they just slide in channel. and they do not move at all. not at 120, not with windows up or down. i love them
http://www.weathertech.com/store/mvp...tChoiceIds=680 |
05-03-2009, 11:10 PM | #4 |
Asshole cops. How dark is your tint that they are ticketing you for it?
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05-03-2009, 11:24 PM | #5 |
Drives: 2008 yaris, stripped, red Join Date: Jan 2009
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y dont u show proof of safety inspection...since they must inspect for tint
to answer ur ? my dad's never had a prob w clip-ons for 6 yrs on his truk |
05-03-2009, 11:25 PM | #6 |
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your tints in pics look darker than 70%, which is what PA laws say. i found that info on the internet so it might be wrong
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05-03-2009, 11:42 PM | #7 |
Drives: Flint Mica Sedan Join Date: Oct 2008
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he lives in Cali
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05-04-2009, 10:48 AM | #8 |
Joined 3/08 ... really
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In California, the vehicle code says you need at least 70% light transmission - BUT the California Highway Patrol (CHP) says you can't have ANY tint on your front windows other than what is integral with the window itself (done at factory).
The CHP get to make their own laws on the highways.
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05-04-2009, 11:03 AM | #9 |
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I have in-channel WeatherTechs and no issue with them whatsoever.
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05-05-2009, 04:54 AM | #11 | |
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Recent thread on vent visors: http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16696 |
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05-06-2009, 12:55 AM | #12 | |
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05-06-2009, 01:53 AM | #13 |
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hey k, seen them on a 3 door lb...looks really good...getting one myself...i think it will also look good on your car...
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05-06-2009, 01:56 AM | #14 |
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05-06-2009, 02:15 AM | #15 |
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This is why i only got 50 percent in the front. its light enough that most of the time you cant tell theres tint. So cops usually wont hassle me. If they do pull me over ill make up some lame excuse that it was the lightest possible tint and i have a skin condition that requires me to have UV protection from the suns harmful rays.
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05-06-2009, 02:20 AM | #16 | |
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Odd thing with my car (surprise it isn't the same for you) is that my tint looks darker than what it is since I have a dark interior/exterior. My car looked tinted without tint! |
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05-06-2009, 02:21 AM | #17 |
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Many trucks or suvs including my parents come with darker factory tint than law. Wonder if someone could use that excuse with a yaris.
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05-06-2009, 02:27 AM | #18 |
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Perhaps. But I'm thinking the cop is going to make you pull out the original sticker to see that "privacy glass" was part of the option. If you reply with "I tossed that when I bought the car," then you're pretty much SOL.
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