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Subject:Re: Window tinting
From:PB
Date:Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:58:49 -0700

??? Does that mean that if you're from Arizona and have legally tinted front
door windows, you can't drive that vehicle at all in California?
Patti

On 6/27/07, Don Hanson <dhanson@gorge.net> wrote:
>
> Reflective 'opaque' tinting is not legal in Utah, I know.  Or at least
> some years back, it was not.  My neighbor was passing through Utah in his
> bay window with tinted silver rear windows and was stopped by the
> Smokies..They then searched his van a found some roaches, not the
> many-legged types...Cost him a bundle, that reflective tint.
>   I did the windows in my 84 myself with the darkest "off the shelf" tint
> I could find, and it works great.  Almost total privacy during daylight
> hours with no curtains, and much cooler inside.  At night, I put up
> curtains, using magnets, because the light inside allows people to see in.
> With the tinted windows, your vision to the outside is not impaired (during
> daylight) and yet I can leave my bikes and wheels inside, change clothes in
> the city, etc without worry..
>   Check your local laws about tinting in case you are in a 'dumbell cop'
> state..I know California has a real problem with tinted front door
> windows..they pull Arizona cars over all the time, because it's legal in
> Arizona...but not Wow-Fornia..
>   Don Hanson
>