anyone have any pics with the legal limit tinting in NY. i know its pretty strict but i want to know how dark it is. see if its worth doing.

That's one of my next mods, hopefully I'll get it done soon enough to post some pics before you have yours done. Cops around my area hardly ever messed with me when I had my old car though.....I just kept the windows rolled about 3/4 of the way down every time I saw them. The back 3 windows were 5%, fronts were 20%...plenty dark, I admit it was a real pain to see out back in the dark. Looked REALLY good though.

cops are a PITA around southern NY. I got 20% all the way around.

I thought legal in NY was 35%?

I did mine at 35%, yeah its not that dark but with a white car it looks ok. I've never been bothered by cops for it, even Amherst cops don't take a 2nd look

*goes to find wood to knock on*

I have a black 01 alero & the front side's are 30% and the rear & back glass is 15% tint and have had no problems with the Police & I had the tint put on in 2/1/02

Amherst cops ain't that bad...it's the Kenmore cops you have to worry about! lol

Hey Freeze, could you post a pic? I got a black car, and I'm thinking that I gotta go as dark as I had before for it to look good.....I just don't want it to be a popo-magnet.

Young....I have a black Alero also & the tint looks good as I had it done in Florida & the tint is made by LLuminar -w- lifetime warranty. I will try to post a pic. but do not expect much as I am a DUMMY @ posting pics. I live in Sloan a small village outside of Cheektowaga...hell, might as well call the village Cheektowaga!

No WAY ! I got a cousin that grew up in Sloan, 2 streets over from Harlem Rd, I forget the name of the street.....his name's Rick Doran. He moved out toward Batavia, but when we were younger we went out to his "old stomping grounds" to hang out from time to time. wow. what a small world it is.... B)

Young... what a small worls as I live one street over from Harlem "Rutland Ave" and 2 streets over is Jackson!

Is Jackson a dead-end street? I rememeber him living about 4 houses from the end of a dead-end street ( I think the street goes north-south, and the dead-end being @ the north end ) Damn that was a long time ago ( or atleast it seems )

4dr - the front doors no tint is allowed, the others dont matter, you can get as dark as you want. 2dr - the door windows cant have any, the others can be as dark as you want. i stopped at the troopers barracks and asked, i also got pulled over.

sca-REW that....I'm still tinting my door windows, even if it's a few shades lighter, it would look WAY better than none at all. :P

Umm....i'm pretty sure the law is 30% front and 70% back B):

"NYS Vehicle and Traffic Law, Section 375, Subdivision 12-a
Attachment prepared 8/8/01


12-a. (a) Every motor vehicle, except a motorcycle, when driven or operated upon a public highway, road or street shall be equipped with a front windshield in a fixed and more or less upright position constructed of safety glass as defined in subdivision fourteen of this section and required by subdivisions eleven and twelve hereof. No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any sign or other nontransparent material other than a certificate or paper required to be displayed by law upon the front windshield or the sidewings or side windows on either side forward of or adjacent to the operator`s seat.
(B) No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon any public highway, road or street: (1) the front windshield of which is composed of, covered by or treated with any material which has a light transmittance of less than seventy percent unless such materials are limited to the uppermost six inches of the windshield; or (2) the sidewings or side windows of which on either side forward of or adjacent to the operator`s seat are composed of, covered by or treated with any material which has a light transmittance of less than seventy percent; or (3) if it is classified as a station wagon, sedan, hardtop, coupe, hatchback or convertible and any rear side window has a light transmittance of less than seventy percent; or (4) the rear window of which is composed of, covered by or treated with any material which has a light transmittance of less than seventy percent. A rear window may have a light transmittance of less than seventy percent if the vehicle is equipped with side mirrors on both sides of the vehicle so adjusted that the driver thereof shall have a clear and full view of the road and condition of traffic behind such vehicle.
© Any person required for medical reasons to be shielded from the direct rays of the sun and/or any person operating a motor vehicle belonging to such person or in which such person is an habitual passenger shall be exempt from the provisions of subparagraphs one and two of paragraph (B) of this subdivision provided the commissioner has granted an exemption and notice of such exemption is affixed to the vehicle as directed by the commissioner. The applicant for such exemption must provide a physician`s statement with the reason for the exemption, the name of the individual with a medically necessary condition operating or transported in the vehicle, the specific condition involved, and the minimum level of light transmission required. The commissioner shall only authorize exemptions where the medical condition certified by the physician is contained on a list of medical conditions prepared by the commissioner of health pursuant to subdivision sixteen of section two hundred six of the public health law. If such such exemption is granted, the commissioner shall make a record thereof and shall distribute a sufficiently noticeable sticker to the applicant to be attached to any window so shielded or altered pursuant to such exemption.
(d) The commissioner may test any window for a person who has been charged with violating this subdivision. If such window is found to be in conformity with this subdivision, a small label attesting to the conformity shall be affixed to the window tested.
(e) On and after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-two, no person shall manufacture, sell, offer for sale, equip or operate a motor vehicle in this state in violation of the provisions of this subdivision, except that a person may operate a nineteen hundred ninety-one or earlier model year vehicle without violating this subdivision if the windows on said vehicle were in conformity with this subdivision as it existed on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-one."


A little out of date, but you can find the updated official law.....there is a little leniency at least near where I live (Amherst)...i've seen people with around 10-20% tint on the windshields if that says anything

hate to tell you but the stock "tint" on our windows is 70% so, i guess that means none :P been through that with the cops already when i got pulled over.