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Looking to get my truck & Durango windows tinted. Please let me know who you recommend in town.

Vibe tinting!

Go see brian

Definitely highly recommend Resurrection Auto Detailing & Tint & Protection  
 
Awesome hardworking crew & high quality work, very fair pricing too!  
 
https://www.getresurrected204.com/

Just remember to have a look at the Manitoba Highway Traffic Act first as you are allowed only a certain amount of tinting on the side windows and some restrictions on the back. I don't think a reputable business would tint your windows with an illegal amount but it would be nice to walking in knowing what you want.  
 
https://www.tinting-laws.com/canada/manitoba/

Many vehicles come with tinted glass, are the tint shops able to adjust for the darkness of tinted glass when adding tint film? Maybe its as simple as reading light passing thru the glass and subtracting that from the 50% allowable of front windows? Just a curiosity question!

Brian at Brandon windshield will do it and do it legally so you don't have to pay 500 to remove your "illegal" tint.

Go see Ben at Vibe. He’s the guy.

Many vehicles do come with tint. New vehicles come from the manufacturer with factory applied tint and are legal in Canada or they wouldn't be allowed to import them. A second hand vehicle is a different matter. The previous owner could have applied illegal tint, and believe it or not, window tint is not a part of a vehicle safety check, leaving the new owner on the hook if they get ticketed. The police do have tint meters and the way they work is kinda what you say. It just passes light from one side to the other. The operator then adjusts a light meter so it reads 100%. Then they put it over the window being tested and read what the light meter says. Front side window <:50% = ticket.

Irie Mon said: "and believe it or not, window tint is not a part of a vehicle safety check, leaving the new owner on the hook if they get ticketed. "  
 
I'm sorry but this information is incorrect according to what the Manitoba Government has on their website.  
 
From the LIGHT VEHICLE STANDARDS OF SAFETY AND REPAIR AND INSPECTION PROCEDURES updated in 2019, the vehicle inspection does address vehicle window tint for windshield and front side window tinting. Sections 8.7 and 8.8.  
 
https://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/regs/annual/2019/031.pdf

or MPI Certificate of Inspection (COI) is what I was referring to. When you sell a used car in Manitoba you have to have a "safety" or COI done (you already know that). Window tint is not a part of the safety.  
 
https://www.mpi.mb.ca/Documents/COIsample.pdf

The link I posted yesterday is a link to the inspection procedures and pass / fail criteria for all of the items listed on the inspection form, or "Certificate of Inspection".  
 
Item # 10 on the COI is Windshield and Windows. To the right of that item number and des:cription is a reference number: Sec 8.7, 8.8, M 8.4 which refers to the inspection procedure for that particular item number. If you were to bother to look at the link I provided yesterday and go to the light vehicle inspection procedure for sec. 8.7 and 8.8 you would find window tint is very much a part of what the vehicle inspection is expected to cover.  
 
Inspection procedures start on page 90 of the document I linked to yesterday.  
 
Edited by fargobob, 2022-03-24 12:12:14

Based on my experience and my friends' experiences, most shops don't measure the tint level when they do a safety inspection.

I used to MOT test vehicles in the UK. An MOT test is similar in some ways to a safety inspection here but is conducted every year after a passenger vehicle reaches 3 years of age. In my experience as a vehicle technician and an MOT tester such things were often at the discretion of the tester and he had to use the basic approved test equipment in making a decision which likely would not i:nclude any device capable of measuring window tint. Therefore unless visibility was clearly impaired, inspection would more likely lead to a pass and advise Decision.  
Ultimately such modifications , safety issues or faults are the responsibility of the vehicle operator. It is their responsibility to ensure that the vehicle that they drive is in roadworthy and safe condition.

To add to that I would not recommend non standard modification, aftermarket or accessory window tinting or darkening.  
A friend of mine here in Manitoba bought a used truck from a dealership that had aftermarket tinting applied to side windows. He was stopped by police, fined and forced to remove the applied tint film by the roadside.  
 
Edited by Farmergeorge, 2022-03-24 14:13:53

I haven't done a vehicle inspection since before the current regulations were put in place. At that point in time we, as inspectors, were advised to contact vehicle standards if a vehicle that was being inspected appeared to have a higher level of tint than it should. They would come and check the window tint to see if it was too much and make the decision to pass or fail the vehicle.  
 
The equipment to test the window tinting is rather expensive so all the individual inspection stations were not required to have that equipment. I don't know if that is still the case today, but regardless of that, the regulations still have window tint levels as part of the inspection. In some cases I'm sure a judgment call is made.  
 
If people are being fined for having too much window tint on a vehicle that has a fresh inspection, it's not because the safety inspection regulations aren't there. They are. The problem lies in the hands of those doing the inspections and / or those people that are overseeing the safety program.

a vehicle inspector and we had to purchase a meter to check tint. Tint and location of tint on windows is defiantly part of a vehicle safety inspection in Manitoba.

I recommend “Resurrection”

Thanks for your comment Floyd. It's always good to get current, correct information. As someone involved in the safety inspection program at this time, I would think your post will lay to rest the misinformation given earlier in this thread.