ok so yeah, ended up with a ticket for unapproved coating (tint) here in the great state of TX.

I know this has been talked about before, but this time its a touchy situation. MODS if you all can, maybe this should be copied to the TX area forum, and maybe the lounge? if not, OK.

well about the ticket.. ok so i have 35% all the way around, the front is tinted and well as all the rear windows..so the DPS trooper stops me and checks my rear windows, and it shows 4% transmission; and i believe the limit is 30 or so he stated( i know i think i talked about this in the other tint thread)... so when i said even if this "car" is consided a sport van(accoring to my insurance card its an "HHR EX LT sprt van", and according to the papers i signed to buy my "car" its stated as a NEW TRUCK, those are checked off under what kind of car sold)....

so i also talked about the way its worded accoriding to the trooper, that the state law for highways is different than the state law for vehicle inspection; in other words they contradict themselves (very stupid) basically the law says that no vehicle can have dark tint like that unless its a truck/suv and has side mirrors..and this is to DRIVE on a state highway... the inspection law states that any car before a certain yr i think its 1988 can have any tint it wants, but afte that yr it has to conform to 35 up front..

anyways...i told this all to the trooper; how god damn ironic the same trooper that gave me the warning not too long ago was the same bastard who gave me this ticket; he even remembered... he called in to the dispatch or whatever and said my car was reg'd as a passenger vehicle, even tho the insurcne and sell papers state otherwise..

im going to plead NOT GUILTY and see if i can get this taken care of, because if the morons who work in the DMV here messed up why should i have to pay for thier mistake?

long post, and bad spelling but im still pissed...

what do you all think

 

you can have any shade in the rear roll-ups and rear window. up front has to be no less than 35%. thats the law or HHR's would not come with factory 20% tint in the rear in Texas.

 

Same rule for Missouri - 35% on the front door windows. Everythng behind that is no limit.

 

the law here is you can have whatever you want on any window except the drivers window. I'm not sure what the % is. I think its 15% of the light must pass through.

 

Not a tint issue but I had to go to my local DMV to have my HHR inspected as it was first registered as a commercial vehicle (truck) which is incorrect and is more costly in California for yearly tags.
It was just a slight inconvenience to have to do this because of someones mistake of it's classification.
It might be worth it to have it inspected and records to reflect it is not a truck.

 

This is the law here in Texas:
HOW DARK CAN WINDOW TINT BE IN TEXAS?

Darkness of tint is measured by Visible Light Transmission percentage (VLT%). In Texas, this percentage refers to percentage of visible light allowed in through the combination of film and the window.

windshield Non-reflective tint is allowed along the top of the windshield above the manufacturer's AS-1 line.
Front Side Windows Must allow more than 25% of light in.
Back Side Windows Must allow more than 25% of light in.
Rear Window Any darkness can be used.

 

ok, but is that for a car, or for an SUV/Truck?
AND...is that the state inspection law, or the dps trooper law for driving on state highways? because as ive said, they are different.

 

see thats what ive always thought/known...
but texas' best dps troopers state otherwise...
as stated, this law may apply to just state inspections, but not nessicarily to drive on a state highway, as the trooper seems to always state

 

well my papers state it ws sold to me as a truck, not a comm vehicle, but a truck; and my insurance states its a VAN

i want it reg'd as a van or truck or the like...that way it gets me off the hook LOL..

even tho that sounds guilty, its what was sold to me right?

 

im about to tint my windshield 50%