i got pulled over for my tint and a blown headlight.... he metered my window...it said 12% my good question is why it is readign 12 when i got the tint off a roll of tint that was labeled 23% .....hummm ....**** that ..it was wet and night time so yeah ******* its gunna look darker..... FAIL
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Originally posted by Oi Bird V8 View Posti got pulled over for my tint and a blown headlight.... he metered my window...it said 12% my good question is why it is readign 12 when i got the tint off a roll of tint that was labeled 23% .....hummm ....**** that ..it was wet and night time so yeah ******* its gunna look darker..... FAIL
Are your windows pretty dark or can you still see in easily at night?
Originally posted by Smoke Panther View PostI was speaking in the same context as the OP, so I meant that 7% of the light is blocked
We'll find out. If I was guessing, I would guess you were not speaking in the same context as the OP. When I got pulled over they tolf me 35% was ok give or take a few and it registered 22%. Meaning that it only allowed
% of light to come in. :stp:Originally posted by kalaI'll have buttsecks with Richard Simmons!
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Re: pulled over....fail
The percentage is the VLT, or Visible Light Transfer. If you have 35% VLT tint, It allows 35% of sunlight through the window.
Stock tint is 95% VLT. Where did you get your tint? Some batches can be up +/- 5% VLT off from what the tint is labeled at. And as for what the tint does to Factory tint, think of it this way. I used to work at a dealership who offered window tinting.
Stock tint is going to be our base variable (BV). The Tint we put on will be X (remember that percentages are actually decimals in algebra, i.e. 50%= .5). Actual Tint will be VLT
So that being said, (BV)(X)= VLT
So if factory tint was 100%, and we put on 23%, then (100)(.23)= 23% VLT
But since our cars are 95%, and he put on 23%, (95)(.23)= 21.85% VLT
And that's what the car should've metered at. 21.85%.
We have to measure in relation to what we started with, and not just 100%.
If you want to fight it, ask them to check the calibration charts on his meter. He may not have properly calibrated it. The meters aren't affected by sunlight, so that's out. Either way, If the limit in your area is 21% or less, you shouldn't have gotten that ticket unless you got one of those bad tint batches.Last edited by Firebirdkid96; 04-27-2008, 09:27 AM.Y87 Package
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