Hey y'all!


I've lived in Texas all my life and I always understood it that in Texas you could not have any type of tint on the front windshield. Not even a clear film. But just now I went to the TxDPS site and looked up the tint laws again. This is what I saw:


Sunscreening devices can be applied to the windshield if all of the conditions below are met.

1. Sunscreening devices must be applied above the AS-1 line. If there is no AS-1 line, sunscreening devices must end five inches below the top of the windshield.
2. Sunscreening devices may not be red, amber, or blue in color.
3. Sunscreening devices, when measured in combination with the original glass, must have a light transmittance value of 25% or more.
4. Sunscreening devices, when measured in combination with the original glass, must have a luminous reflectance value of 25% or less.
5. A clear (un-tinted) UV film is allowed anywhere on the front windshield without a medical exemption being required.

This was on https://www.dps.texas.gov/rsd/vi/con...windowTint.htm. Look at number 5. I realize that at the top, it says that "if all conditions are met", but would you interpret that as, yes, you can have a un-tinted film applied to the front windshield, since it says "allowed anywhere". If that's the case, installing a clear film that blocks UV and IR would keep the heat down tremendously. Especially when driving into the sun.


What do y'all think?

 

The uv tint is legal but you will have a hard time finding an inspector that'll pass it because of lack of information.


I've got 20% on mine.

 

I think you read that right. I'm currently looking at tint, tint laws and tint shops for my '17. I think they're looking to do away with the inspection requirement, and if that happens, then only the police will be the ones enforcing these laws.

 

I put an 80% tint on mine with some UV blocking features a couple months ago. It's dark enough for me to notice but not dark enough for others to notice. Inside the truck on a sunny day in Fort Worth, it's like driving with a pair of lightly tinted sun glasses. I think it cost me $250 from a reputable tint shop that does a lot of high end cars.

 

Am I the only one who doesn't wear sunglasses at night?

 

Lightly tinted=not real dark=can still see just fine in the dark.

 

Do you know what your tint is made out of (is it 'ceramic'?)?

The ceramic ones sold in Austin tend to be very expensive. One tint shop quoted me $650 for the entire vehicle (no sunroof) for a nano-ceramic high-heat rejecting tint...

 

This has been changed for a while. Its great, since it will help those of us with poor performing AC's Could get expensive when a windshield gets cracked.

 

Holy crap that price is crazy lol. I have a SCab, and didn't get the windshield done, but I found a guy on Craigslist in San Antonio that did my 5 windows with high grade tint for $130

 

While I have not tinted in a while, I think the high grade tint I use to buy, is different from the new ceramic stuff. Could be wrong though!