Failed emissions because of window tint? Really? what to do now?

[ArcheryNerd]

Well now she wants a new car but I am sure we will just un-tint the windows and save some money. It's just frustrating when you try to support your local small businesses and and after three years there is suddenly an issue. if it would have come up year one or when we brought the car from another state that would have been fine.

[Luck_of_the_Draw]

Go back and report them for passing it for the past 3 years illegally

[Texastaxi]

Well now she wants a new car but I am sure we will just un-tint the windows and save some money. It's just frustrating when you try to support your local small businesses and and after three years there is suddenly an issue. if it would have come up year one or when we brought the car from another state that would have been fine.

So that local small business fails your inspection, because they're doing their job (maybe the past inspector got fired because he wasn't doing his job correctly) and all of a sudden it's an issue?

Peel the tint of the front two windows and have it re-inspected.

[Goldeneagle]

They probably got a new inspector that's going by the book. They tend to be that way when they're starting out.

[ArcheryNerd]

Go back and report them for passing it for the past 3 years illegally

naw I don't want to cause people trouble I will just vent on the green screen for a while.... Since they are side windows they could just have a broken motor and not be able to be rolled up... I don't think side windows are required

[Charles]

The person doing the inspection can be arrested, taken to jail for booking, have to go to court and be fined. I know a guy that this happened to and he said it cost him in the tune of $25,000 plus he now a an arrest record. Be mad at the law not the shop for following the law.

Plus the shop doesn't know what you did to the car yesterday much less the previous years.

[Charles]

naw I don't want to cause people trouble I will just vent on the green screen for a while.... Since they are side windows they could just have a broken motor and not be able to be rolled up... I don't think side windows are required

Good luck

[Goldeneagle]

The person doing the inspection can be arrested, taken to jail for booking, have to go to court and be fined. I know a guy that this happened to and he said it cost him in the tune of $25,000 plus he now a an arrest record. Be mad at the law not the shop for following the law.

Plus the shop doesn't know what you did to the car yesterday much less the previous years.

My son got caught not doing a proper inspection. He just lost his license and got fired. No arrest, no jail time, not court and no fine. He had a long line of cars waiting and forgot to look at the catalytic convertor on one.

[txhunter007]

go back and report them for passing it for the past 3 years illegally

wow

[LFD2037]

From what I've read you can pass inspection w/anything lighter than 20% but get a ticket for anything darker than 25%. Doesn't make sense! Did he measure it w/the device that slides over the window or just guess it's too dark? Scrape off tint from front 2 windows & be done. Or is the windshield tinted, too?

[poisonedbrew]

tint ages. as it gets older, it gets darker.

[systemnt]

along with the measurement device.. there is a tag that is supposed to be between the tint and the glass with the tint properties identification. (or there used to be..been a while since i installed tint.

[Texas Grown]

Just the windshield, drivers, and front passsenger windows are required the "no more than..." % window tint. You might ask a tint shop to do a re-tint. And make it a "legal tint" on just the front windows. It might give you a discount for a re-tint than to just remove it.
Some cars will have darker factory tint than others. That makes the after market tint darker when it's all done. Have them test it before you leave. If they don't want to go that route, find another shop that will do it right. I've got 3M %80 on my rear passenger and rear windows. But had to go with a lighter 3M tint in the front drivers and front passenger to stay legal. And I have no emissions test being my truck is over 24 years old. Just the safety test. The lighter tint in the front still works great! And my valuables in the back are hard to see unless you get right up next to the window. Then they can still be difficult to make out, while your setting off my alarm.

[Texastaxi]

along with the measurement device.. there is a tag that is supposed to be between the tint and the glass with the tint properties identification. (or there used to be..been a while since i installed tint.

That's when they relied on the TINTER to do a legal job. I remember paying $50 extra to get a legal sticker, on darker than legal tint. Now that they have the meters (and those have been around for quite a while), the stickers don't mean squat. In fact, the last tint ticket I got, I actually had the "legal stickers" on illegal tint.

[Charles]

That's when they relied on the TINTER to do a legal job. I remember paying $50 extra to get a legal sticker, on darker than legal tint. Now that they have the meters (and those have been around for quite a while), the stickers don't mean squat. In fact, the last tint ticket I got, I actually had the "legal stickers" on illegal tint.

Who gave you the ticket, local or state trooper?