In-Channel vs Tape On Vent Visors

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Okay, well, I was driving to my school going 60mph like I usually do, and I see a CHP on the onramp. So I roll my windows down, and he sudden slows down, and goes onto the shoulder of the exit I'm about to take. He lets me pass. I pull into a Chevron to buy drinks for my study group. As I'm about to finish parking, the CHP pulls me over (wtf? Why don't you pull me over before I park :bs:). Anyway, he comes up to me and says, "I find it odd how you were driving slow, meaning you didn't want to pass me up" (wtf? Is he trying to be a smart ass? I drive slow all the time) "and you exited" (wtf again? It's the exit to my school!). "Also, you were driving with your windows down" (uhhh, I didn't know there was a law against driving with your windows down on the freeway). So I'm going to give you a ticket for tinted windows. And he never even bothered to ask me to roll up my windows, he just assumed that I had tinted windows.

So, this is the second fix-it for tint, so I'm going to scrape the front ones off and start using my A/C (I got the tint so that I could save gas by not using the A/C). Now, to try to compensate, I'm thinking about asking my gf for vent visors for my b-day. I really want the in-channel ones, but I've read the horror stories here of them flying off on the freeway. What are you guy's opinions. Which will look better on my car and give me the least amount of headaches, in-channels or tape ons?

[Pitt Yaris]

What about lighter tint? Or can't you have any at all on the front/side windows?

[kenkyd]

you talking about these? i have them and they just slide in channel. and they do not move at all. not at 120, not with windows up or down. i love them

http://www.weathertech.com/store/mvproduct.aspx?ItemGroupId=4&VehId=1230&Year=2008&VehOptChoiceIds=680

[PHXDEMON]

Asshole cops. How dark is your tint that they are ticketing you for it?

[severous01]

y dont u show proof of safety inspection...since they must inspect for tint

to answer ur ? my dad's never had a prob w clip-ons for 6 yrs on his truk

[kenkyd]

your tints in pics look darker than 70%, which is what PA laws say. i found that info on the internet so it might be wrong

[Pitt Yaris]

he lives in Cali

[zuberio]

In California, the vehicle code says you need at least 70% light transmission - BUT the California Highway Patrol (CHP) says you can't have ANY tint on your front windows other than what is integral with the window itself (done at factory).

The CHP get to make their own laws on the highways.

[Altitude]

I have in-channel WeatherTechs and no issue with them whatsoever.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

What about lighter tint? Or can't you have any at all on the front/side windows?

Nope, the technical legal limit in Cali (70%) does not look different from no tint for the front windows, and no limit in the rear. It just prevents the UV from coming in. Plus, I don't want to pay 100 bucks for that.

you talking about these? i have them and they just slide in channel. and they do not move at all. not at 120, not with windows up or down. i love them

http://www.weathertech.com/store/mvproduct.aspx?ItemGroupId=4&VehId=1230&Year=2008&VehOptChoiceIds=680

Cool. More for the in-channels :biggrin:

Asshole cops. How dark is your tint that they are ticketing you for it?

y dont u show proof of safety inspection...since they must inspect for tint

to answer ur ? my dad's never had a prob w clip-ons for 6 yrs on his truk

Neither times that I got pulled over, the officer never tested the transmission % (but 35% is noticeably dark, but still, they're not following procedure).

your tints in pics look darker than 70%, which is what PA laws say. i found that info on the internet so it might be wrong

In California, the vehicle code says you need at least 70% light transmission - BUT the California Highway Patrol (CHP) says you can't have ANY tint on your front windows other than what is integral with the window itself (done at factory).

The CHP get to make their own laws on the highways.

Yup, I live in Cali. I hate how the CHP negates all the people who have SUV's and tint all the way around, but the second they see a tuner, they'll pull them over. Racial profiling I say! :mad:

I have in-channel WeatherTechs and no issue with them whatsoever.

Cool, good to know.

[IsLNdbOi]

Okay, well, I was driving to my school going 60mph like I usually do, and I see a CHP on the onramp. So I roll my windows down, and he sudden slows down, and goes onto the shoulder of the exit I'm about to take. He lets me pass. I pull into a Chevron to buy drinks for my study group. As I'm about to finish parking, the CHP pulls me over (wtf? Why don't you pull me over before I park :bs:). Anyway, he comes up to me and says, "I find it odd how you were driving slow, meaning you didn't want to pass me up" (wtf? Is he trying to be a smart ass? I drive slow all the time) "and you exited" (wtf again? It's the exit to my school!). "Also, you were driving with your windows down" (uhhh, I didn't know there was a law against driving with your windows down on the freeway). So I'm going to give you a ticket for tinted windows. And he never even bothered to ask me to roll up my windows, he just assumed that I had tinted windows.

So, this is the second fix-it for tint, so I'm going to scrape the front ones off and start using my A/C (I got the tint so that I could save gas by not using the A/C). Now, to try to compensate, I'm thinking about asking my gf for vent visors for my b-day. I really want the in-channel ones, but I've read the horror stories here of them flying off on the freeway. What are you guy's opinions. Which will look better on my car and give me the least amount of headaches, in-channels or tape ons?


Recent thread on vent visors:
http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16696

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Recent thread on vent visors:
http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16696

Yeah, I read that a while back, that's where I heard of the horror stories. LOL. I was mainly asking which type do you guys think will look better on my car. hehehe. :tongue:

[Malaya1221]

hey k, seen them on a 3 door lb...looks really good...getting one myself...i think it will also look good on your car...

[Kaotic Lazagna]

hey k, seen them on a 3 door lb...looks really good...getting one myself...i think it will also look good on your car...

Which one are you getting? The tape on one or the in-channel?

[YarisSedan]

This is why i only got 50 percent in the front. its light enough that most of the time you cant tell theres tint. So cops usually wont hassle me. If they do pull me over ill make up some lame excuse that it was the lightest possible tint and i have a skin condition that requires me to have UV protection from the suns harmful rays.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

This is why i only got 50 percent in the front. its light enough that most of the time you cant tell theres tint. So cops usually wont hassle me. If they do pull me over ill make up some lame excuse that it was the lightest possible tint and i have a skin condition that requires me to have UV protection from the suns harmful rays.

That won't fly. They'll ask you for an authentic doctors letter, stating that you have a skin condition. Now if you are on hydrochlorothiazide (antihypertensive medication), you might be able to ask your doc for proof since one of its adverse effects is photosensitivity (sunlight to skin will cause a rash), and then keep that with you in case you get pulled over.

Odd thing with my car (surprise it isn't the same for you) is that my tint looks darker than what it is since I have a dark interior/exterior. My car looked tinted without tint!

[Pitt Yaris]

Many trucks or suvs including my parents come with darker factory tint than law. Wonder if someone could use that excuse with a yaris.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Many trucks or suvs including my parents come with darker factory tint than law. Wonder if someone could use that excuse with a yaris.

Perhaps. But I'm thinking the cop is going to make you pull out the original sticker to see that "privacy glass" was part of the option. If you reply with "I tossed that when I bought the car," then you're pretty much SOL.

[Kioshi]

Dont worry Kaotic, I've got a 2nd fix-it ticket for my tints....but at college twice lol. 2nd time the officer said i cant have any, so i replied yea i can, legal limit is 35%...so he measures the light coming in~ I'm keeping my tints on FOR LIFE :).

Go with the tape on vent visors. My in-channel ones flew out bro, I want stick on ones. Let me know which company you get it from. I'm debating on the ones from TRD Sparks...fuck weathertech....>_>

[kenkyd]

Many trucks or suvs including my parents come with darker factory tint than law. Wonder if someone could use that excuse with a yaris.

i know some factory tint is actually tint in the glass, you cant remove it. so when you tint those as well, its darker than the chosen tint.

[Pitt Yaris]

i know some factory tint is actually tint in the glass, you cant remove it. so when you tint those as well, its darker than the chosen tint.
Yea, that's what I was referring to. Some factory cars come with tinted glass that is darker than that state's legal limit. What is one to do? Get new windows?

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Dont worry Kaotic, I've got a 2nd fix-it ticket for my tints....but at college twice lol. 2nd time the officer said i cant have any, so i replied yea i can, legal limit is 35%...so he measures the light coming in~ I'm keeping my tints on FOR LIFE :).

Go with the tape on vent visors. My in-channel ones flew out bro, I want stick on ones. Let me know which company you get it from. I'm debating on the ones from TRD Sparks...fuck weathertech....>_>

LOL, I was thinking about going with AVS or Weathertech. hahaha....hold up, I thought that it was 70% for front tint in Cali, and 35% for those stick on (the ones with those suction cups)????? Can you show me that CVC???? That way I can print it out and kindly shove it in the cops face. hahahaha.

[mikenacarato]

you talking about these? i have them and they just slide in channel. and they do not move at all. not at 120, not with windows up or down. i love them

http://www.weathertech.com/store/mvproduct.aspx?ItemGroupId=4&VehId=1230&Year=2008&VehOptChoiceIds=680

uh...you hit 120 in your yaris???

[BLAZINBLUEVITZ]

uh...you hit 120 in your yaris???

at 116/117 mph it looks like 120 on speedo.....

[Gideon]

LOL, I was thinking about going with AVS or Weathertech. hahaha....hold up, I thought that it was 70% for front tint in Cali, and 35% for those stick on (the ones with those suction cups)????? Can you show me that CVC???? That way I can print it out and kindly shove it in the cops face. hahahaha.

You're right, it's 70% for tint (CVC 26708[d][2]) and the stick on sunshades are 35%. (CVC 26708.2)

I don't bother these days, it's an opportunity to get pulled over and get written up for pretty much anything that's modified.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Well, that puts me back to vent visors and no front tint. :frown: