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Old 06-25-2005, 09:12 AM
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Default Tint laws regarding 3rd brake light...

Just heard on the phone that if you get the whole back window tinted (remove the 3rd brake light & then put it back) that you will have problems with inspection. Is that true? Because I think it looks dumb as hell when the tint is cut around the 3rd brake light
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Old 06-25-2005, 09:45 AM
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yep. illegal.
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Old 06-25-2005, 09:53 AM
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I've had mine for 3 years now, and haven't had a problem with it.
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Default Re: Tint laws regarding 3rd brake light...

My friend's mom's IS300 was tinted and she's never had a problem until this year. They had to cut the tint off where it was covering the brake light and they did a super shitty job.
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Old 06-25-2005, 02:15 PM
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Default Re: Tint laws regarding 3rd brake light...

Originally Posted by calgone47
My friend's mom's IS300 was tinted and she's never had a problem until this year. They had to cut the tint off where it was covering the brake light and they did a super shitty job.

yea poor momma
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Default Re: Tint laws regarding 3rd brake light...

just remove the third brake light
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Default Re: Tint laws regarding 3rd brake light...

i dont have a third brake light anymore. been gone for about a few months now =]
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Default Re: Tint laws regarding 3rd brake light...

any passenger vehicle manufactured after 1989 must have a CHMSL.


if you get away with it, great. but thats teh law.
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Default Re: Tint laws regarding 3rd brake light...

so which would a cop be less likely to notice... the absence of a 3rd brake light or tinting the whole back window? lol
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I had a 92 Jeep that didn't have a 3rd...
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