Actaully, radar jammers are legal in the US if the signal they emit is within a specified frequency range and does not exceed certain output wattage. I don't have the specific details handy, but they are easy to find.

I am sure there is a company in Colorado that has made good equipment in the past.

I do remember reading an article several years ago (possibly Popular Mechanics) about an Airforce pilot who painted his car using some paint meant for a F-117 stealth fighter. The flat black paint dries as a matrix that absorbs radar signals instead of reflecting them. They tested him as invisible to conventional speed radar. Not sure how it would work today.

 

Serious? We're getting a raw deal here in Ontario.

This would be sweet!!

 

The catch is that it has to be below a certain output wattage to be legal. And below that wattage level, it's worthless as a jammer. Even police organizations have to have FCC licenses to operate radar units.

As far as the radar paint, the last time I heard that "urban legend", it was his truck that he painted. It doesn't even take into account radar reflections from behind unpainted areas like the grille and windshield, or how the paint will be less effective when it's dirty.

---jps

 

This is for anyone in NJ with an 8. What % tint did you do for your car? I know we're not due for inspection for atleast 4 years, but what after that? I would just hate to rip the tints off if inspection doesn't like it. Is there like a % tint that they might tolerate?

Jeff

 

My car has an appointment to be tinted on saturday. I'm doing 5% on the rear windows and 35% up front. It should be plenty dark.

They said I'll probably lose my AM reception though because it's a titanium based film and it'll interfere with the antenna in the rear window.

 

mine is 30%tint both side window's and one piece on the back glass $140 in n.c should not very to much from state to state .no problem with the radio or radar

 

If you have a navigation system in your RX-8 do NOT use a metallic film on the rear window. It will adversely affect the sattelite reception for the GPS.

 

i have 35% on the sides and back... 50% on front windshield... it looks real nice... cost me $175

 

i've got 20% on the rear and back windows, with 35% on the fronts, none on the windshield for me cost me 180

 

20% all around, with no front windshield strip. I got hooked up for 120.

 

5% Limo Black on the back window and back doors
15% on the front doors
But hey, I live in AZ and the sun is murder here
we're talking "black out" $130

 

i just got mine done today. 35% all around, no front windshield. costed me $100. im scared that the **** cops mite pull me over here in los angeles, ca.

 

35% is legal here in Cali. My friend had a 5% tint front and rear, and he too was so scared of cops pulling him over. So when ever he would see a cop he would roll down the front windows so you couldn't see the front tint, even if it was freezing out side!

 

35% on front isn't legal in california. the front needs to remain untinted basically. California law is 70% front tint.

 

yeah people are telling me it's illegal, but is unlikely to get caught with a 35%. i was hoping to pull down my windows and cops were around, but i just remembered i can't use the windows for 48 hours +_+!!

 

my car is tinted 35% all around except wind shield( 35% is legal in MD). the tint makes the car look nicer and keeps out the sunlight. only thing that is bad about window tint to me is at night it is hard to see out the back window where there is surrounding lights. as for reception from AM and FM nothing seems to change and i really dont notice my radar detector weakening. cops usually gun u from the front anyways.

 

I have 5% on the back 3 and 20% on the front 2. Ive always had that on all of my cars and havent been pulled over for it yet. (Knock on wood)

 

i always wanted tints but being in california 70% is too light..arghh!! anyways can i see pictures of tints with different %'s....

 

I have 20% on the back window and 30% on the sides and it looks good and is plenty dark enough.

 

I've got 30% and 15% and I wish I had gotten darker in the front but I heard stories of cops making people remove tint.
Also, as a tortured law student I have done a little research and there are some laws on the books that make it negligence per se to have illegal tint. In other words, if the accident can reasonably be attributable to the tint you will be a least contributorily negligent and at worst completely liable without proof of negligent acts on your part.
In other words, you get into an accident and the other side has a lawyer with half a brain you could very easily end up losing a case.

P.S. This is not legal advice to be relied upon by anyone in any situation, but instead just a heads up.

 

This site lists window tint laws. Comes in handy

http://www.tintcenter.com/laws/

 

I got pulled over in my subaru yesterday.. had 20 all around and the legal limit is 35 on the front. He told me he was going to go grab his tint meter and i told him not to bother and that i knew the front was illegal and i had no excuse. He said thats cool just get it changed before too long. Also said my front windshield strip was too low. Aparently it cant be any lower than where your sunvisor would hit the glass.. i think that sort of negates the point but oh well. Also got a 36 in a 30 when it was really a 45 in the 30 so he's a cool guy (although he also gave me a breathalyser at 1:50pm ?!? lol)

 

Got my windows tinted today and only paid $140 USD out the door.
The installer did a fairly nice job but the car was filthy after... I washed and Iced it last night
and when I picked it up, it had all kinds of soap film on the outside of the car.
The guy felt kind of bad and started to wipe it down with paper towels...
"STOP I said"... I kind of startled him! My BB color is so easy to scratch...

I wanted to keep it legal so I opted for 35%. I must say it's much lighter then expected.
Factory SUV's and Pick-ups come with an OEM limo tint (almost). I wonder why that's legal?
At least it's one piece in the rear window so I didn't have the horizontal lines.
It'll be interesting to see if my auto-dimming feature mirror works now.

 

With 5% you wouldn't see the blue and whites anyway...