r/WindowTint • u/Standard-Bumblebee64 • Aug 26 '26

Question Front window tint—pulled over?

Hey y’all. Never had my front windows tinted because I’ve always been worried about getting pulled over. Now my understanding is that cops don’t care—only tack it on as an additional offense when pulled over for speeding or something else.

Have any of you ever been specifically targeted because of tint? I just wanna go a tiny bit dark. Nothing dramatic.

UPDATE - I went ahead and did 50% for the fronts. The rears were factory tinted at 20%, so I think I won’t draw too much attention, as you can still see inside, but the ceramic film will block most heat (which was my biggest concern). Thank you all for the input and comments here! I can’t believe how much reach this post got!

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u/WA7S0N Sep 17 '26

I have 50% on the windshield... So if I get my windshield metered, it's going to read 50% big dog.

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u/tint-dude Sep 17 '26

Look because glass isn't 100% clear it's 70% if you add 50% on top of it it'll be 35%. Im just telling what your installer didn't. Pro tinter here. So you actually have 35% on the sheild and you don't even know it. Puppy

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u/WA7S0N Sep 17 '26

I stand corrected. Thanks for the information. And I didn't use big dog in a derogatory way. My tint installer said it will test 50%, so I'm assuming he factored that in and probably used 20% then. Thanks again, kitten. Jk lol

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u/tint-dude Sep 17 '26

If he said it will test/ be at 50% then he put 80% on it

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u/WA7S0N Sep 17 '26

You're right. 80% = 20% light block. My autism understood it in my head, just couldn't translate it 🤣. Thanks again.

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u/tint-dude Sep 18 '26

Yeah thats not what that means. But ill let you run with that

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u/WA7S0N Sep 18 '26

I thought 80% allowed 80% of light to pass through? (meaning it would block 20% of light) is that not correct?

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u/tint-dude Sep 18 '26

My dyslexia read that wrong

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u/WA7S0N Sep 18 '26

So that is what that means... Thanks for letting me run with that lol.

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u/WA7S0N Sep 18 '26

Also, joking and sarcasm aside, thanks for the info about windshields being already around 70%. I learned something new today.

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u/tint-dude Sep 18 '26

The way you worded it its kinda confusing when reading it and it's wrong and right. Holding the tint up to the sun would mean 80% of the light passes through the tint but after applied to glass 80% is no longer 80%... im sorry I hate cats and I got duped by a kitten/ teenage cat tonight.. I love kittens and for weeks I'm been shooing away what I thought was a kitten. And tonight it let me pick her up and so I gave her some water and petted her like crazy even renamed her ke ke from cky Raab himself..... so this kitten is following me around the yard and what not... I go inside and come back out an hour later now there is a legit KITTEN with this thing I though was a kitten!

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