window tint..

Live in California, SD, just bought my new 2013 Prius a week ago today. had the windows tinted this last weekend on all windows (except for the front of course) 35% all around. well...just got pulled over, one turn away from home just for my tint. it was 7:45pm so tint looks darker. wondering if anyone has been pulled over for this and bypassed it? I absolutely do not want to take them off since I paid so much for them and I will not get my money back from the tint shop. I have been pulled over for my tint before on my old Prius with tint much darker and just took it off. I've been looking around and see that you can just pay the fine and they will look the other way? those forums were dated at later years so I am wondering if that is something that is still current? and how much now?

The cop was a you know what... my license was at my house (40ft away) asked if I could get it and he said " no because you will probably come back out with a shotgun" (how did he know?? Haha just kidding) also thought I had stolen it since I am on the younger side and apparently I shouldn't be able to afford a car at that price range.. Well all I can say is he made SD a safer place by pulling me over. Once he gets off work he'll probably jump in his car all tinted up without a thought in his mind. ( I know plenty of cops that have tint on their personal cars )

Any experience on this situation would be great! Again I do not want to take them off so if the fine will take car of that then ill invest, I'm usually more careful but since the tint is so new I could not roll them down without ruining it.

 

interesting.. as I have said in my original post he pulled me over for my tint. tint alone. I have ran into this situation before (see original post) I am just looking for the option I have seen floating around to see if it is truly legit and current, to hopefully keep my tint on. my choice is to keep my car cool and protect it from anyone that wants to take a peak inside. if paying a fee for them to look the other way is an option, then I will invest in that.

thanks.

 

haha well I don't need to prove anything to you bud. somehow you seem to know what happened and did not happen. I know it is 35% and I did not violate any traffic laws. so unless you have anything useful to say, get off this thread.

 

just looking for my question to be answered not get lectured on something I already know. might not be the right forum if thats the case. thanks though bud.

 

I see no bad attitude in my original post, or me saying i want to cheat out of a ticket. my attitude comes from people provoking the situation, Im not asking on opinions who you think i am or how things went down. I was just asking for advice on the situation(if you have been through it before), not everyone saying I deserve the ticket based on my bad attitude. if you do not have useful input, then your rants are useless to me.
I did find my info however and if anyone is in California the fine cost $198 and you do not have to take the tint off. of course if you know a cop that can sign it off it only cost $25.(thats shady to me) this was the information I was looking for. thanks for nothing! have a nice evening everyone. on to the next one.

 

I agree haha. I've tried tinting before and its tough! It's doable though, just very tedious. Let me know how it goes! My tint shop wants to charge me for putting it back on so I may try it myself since its already pre-cut.

 

That's a smart idea haha, thank you.

 

It is not legal. 35% all around. Have a couple buddies that have darker tint than mine and to this day still have not been caught. Their cars are dark grey, black, etc. I think with my white car the tint looks darker with the high contrast, plus I was pulled over at 7:45 at night so that didn't help.