Hundreds of People Stopped for Illegal Window Tinting, Then Searched For Drugs

We tell our customers all the time, it's not just the fact that there is a monetary penalty for illegal window tinting, it is also probable cause for the police to pull you over whenever they want.

Hundreds of people in Georgia are being targeted for illegal window tint, and then being arrested.

Drivers in Walton County, Georgia have been living this for a number of years from their local police department. In fact, the police department is now under official review for harassing drivers with illegal window tint.

It is better to be safe than sorry when it comes to your vehicles window tint. Keep it legal!

Read the full article here from FOX 6 in Georgia

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Is It Legal To Tint My Windshield In Florida?

    The windshield is usually the largest window in a vehicle, allowing a lot of light, and therefore heat, to enter the vehicle. We get requests on a daily basis for window tinting a cars windshield, but there seems to be a wide misconception on what window film is legal for windshield installation.


    The most common windshield tint installation is a visor strip, or an "eye-brow". This is installed on the top portion of the windshield and acts as a glare reducer, shielding drivers from harsh glare and making driving in the sun more comfortable. Florida law states that the visor strip can be installed "so long as such material is transparent and does not encroach upon the driver's direct forward viewing area as more particularly described and defined in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards Nos. 205 and 128 as the AS/1 portion of the windshield." The AS-1 line can be found on most vehicles near the upper corner, or less commonly in the middle near the rear view mirror.

What tint is legal on my windshield. This is a view of a vehicles AS-1 marking.

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It's Time To Talk About Illegal Window TInting

It's an epidemic in our industry. Illegal window tinting is everywhere. There are many excuses used by window tint installers on why, how, and when they will install illegal window tinting. Every installer and business owner has, on numerous occasions, received the call from the customer who wants it done. It's hard to turn away business, especially when the shop down the street will be eager to jump on the illegal, cash only, window tint job.

Illegal Window Tinting is everywhere. And it is a touchy subject for shop owners and installers alike

  What should a window tint business owner do?

Window Film Mag has a great article on illegal window tinting, check it out here.

What do you think about illegal window tinting> Leave us a comment below.

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