Window Tint
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2006
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From: El Cajon California
Window Tint
I live in California and have a 78 Vette -
REQUIREMENTS
Foremost I want safety, that said I want to be able to see out the back and not rely on just the side view mirrors.
Secondly My wife is legally blind and she has a Service Dog, on longer trips the sun seems to make him a bit uncomfortable.
Third I want to save money and tint myself
What level/kind of tint would you recomend?
CALIFORNIA LAW
Can I put after-market tinting on the windows of my vehicle?
The main requirements for legal window tinting in California are:
1.The windshield and front driver's side and passenger's side windows cannot receive any aftermarket tinting.
2.If the rear window of a vehicle is tinted, the vehicle must have outside rearview mirrors on both sides.
The law prohibits any person from driving any motor vehicle with any object or material placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied upon the windshield or side or rear windows, with certain limited exceptions.
However, legislation signed into law effective January 1, 1999, exempts from the above prohibition specified clear, colorless, and transparent material that is installed, affixed, or applied to the front driver and passenger side windows for the specific purpose of reducing ultraviolet rays. If, as, or when this material becomes torn, bubbled or otherwise worn, it must be removed or replaced.
REQUIREMENTS
Foremost I want safety, that said I want to be able to see out the back and not rely on just the side view mirrors.
Secondly My wife is legally blind and she has a Service Dog, on longer trips the sun seems to make him a bit uncomfortable.
Third I want to save money and tint myself
What level/kind of tint would you recomend?
CALIFORNIA LAW
Can I put after-market tinting on the windows of my vehicle?
The main requirements for legal window tinting in California are:
1.The windshield and front driver's side and passenger's side windows cannot receive any aftermarket tinting.
2.If the rear window of a vehicle is tinted, the vehicle must have outside rearview mirrors on both sides.
The law prohibits any person from driving any motor vehicle with any object or material placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied upon the windshield or side or rear windows, with certain limited exceptions.
However, legislation signed into law effective January 1, 1999, exempts from the above prohibition specified clear, colorless, and transparent material that is installed, affixed, or applied to the front driver and passenger side windows for the specific purpose of reducing ultraviolet rays. If, as, or when this material becomes torn, bubbled or otherwise worn, it must be removed or replaced.
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 8,940
Likes: 35
From: El Cajon California
I found more DMV info
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc26708.htm
(8) The rear window or windows, if the motor vehicle is equipped with outside mirrors on both the left- and righthand sides of the vehicle that are so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway through each mirror for a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear of the vehicle.
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc26708.htm
(8) The rear window or windows, if the motor vehicle is equipped with outside mirrors on both the left- and righthand sides of the vehicle that are so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway through each mirror for a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear of the vehicle.
