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Pennsylvania Window Tint Checker (2026)
The legal tint limit for every window position in Pennsylvania (70% on the front sides), checked against your own film's VLT, with the medical exemption and what a ticket costs.
Pennsylvania window tint checker
VLT (visible light transmission) is the share of light the film lets through; a lower number is darker. It is printed on the film packaging or your installation receipt. Leave it blank to just read the limits.
Enter your film's VLT above to check it against each Pennsylvania window limit, or read the limits as they stand.
Passenger-car floors shown; the rear-window 70% applies to model year 1998+. Trucks and multipurpose vehicles have no requirement behind the driver.
Film is sold by its own VLT, but police measure the installed darkness: the film combined with your factory glass, which reads darker than the film alone. These are the Pennsylvania figures stated as information, not a determination about any stop or ticket.
Informational only, not legal advice. Reflectivity limits, color bans, and vehicle-class exceptions can change the answer for a specific car. See the full rules, the exemption steps, and the citations on the Pennsylvania window tint reference, cited to 75 Pa.C.S. §4524(e); 67 Pa. Code Ch. 175 Subch. O / §175.67 Table X.
How the Pennsylvania tint rules work
Pennsylvania’s 70% rule looks simple but has a giant carve-out: it binds passenger cars, while trucks, SUVs, and vans built on truck chassis have no rear-glass requirement at all. There is no reflectivity cap, no meter tolerance, and, unusually, tint has not been part of the state inspection since 1996; enforcement is entirely roadside.
This checker applies the Pennsylvania figures to the VLT you enter. It is informational only and not legal advice: reflectivity limits, color bans, and vehicle-class exceptions can change the answer for a specific car. For the full rules, the shades table, and the citations, see the Pennsylvania window tint reference, cited to 75 Pa.C.S. §4524(e); 67 Pa. Code Ch. 175 Subch. O / §175.67 Table X.
Window tint checkers for other states
Same tool, each with its own per-window limits.