I had my front's tinted to 20% and when I was pulled over last month, the sheriff's tint gauge showed 82% tint . Most good tint shops should be able to measure your factory tint and get you close. My front and rears look identical tint wise.
Good luck!
btw I got out of the ticket because some clown flew past us on the side of the road doing easily 80mph in a 50 and the officer threw my id and insurance at me and gave chase. I think it was a slow day for them, because I've been driving for almost 2 years without any issues.
Had my front windows tinted at 35 and got pulled over 3 times that same month. Cops let me go because I was in uniform from my city job. Anyway, l decided to jump to 50 after one night while trying to make a left turn I couldn't see a pedestrian crossing the street. My 50's look okay. I can always use the back seats
I have 5% all around except front windshield. Even 5% over the factory. Backing up at night can be a bit** but roll down the front windows a bit and your fine. I LOVE it, had it for about 2 months now and I live in Fairfax County and haven't gotten pulled over yet. It is BY FAR my favorite mod and I would never go back. Only problem is during the day the windshield looks too bright, I'm thinking about tinting the windshield a bit but I'm worried about being able to see at night.
where did you get your done..be careful with that tint I used to have it on my old jeep 5% all around got pulled over about 4 times for it and 2 90$ tickets.
I'm a Newb but i want to mention that factory "tints" are not tint film, it is actually a tinted type of glass and comes out black when it is manufactured. I think its called solar-ray glass or something like that.
hes right, there is no UV-A or B protection from the sun on factory smoked glass. I had a local shop add 35% to all the rears and 20% to the front. Back glass reads 7%, getting fronts redone to 15% this week.
Spent about 6 hours over three days getting the tint just perfect on my 240 a few years back. Drove it for the first time a week later. Made it 1.2 miles down the road from my house and a friendly trooper wrote me a $225 ticket and made me take the tint off before I could drive away. I swear! You'd think I had a bumper sticker that read "I Hate Piggly Wigglies!"; when in fact, some of my best friends are LE. Oie.