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kamikazekenny420 t1_ix3b5fr wrote

You won't be able to pass with tint. If you do find a shop to do it, no tint on windshield or drivers side window. Drivers side window has to be rolled down half way, so you can clearly see glass on the bottom and no glass on top, and 4 or 5 pics are now uploaded to the DMV so they can be reviewed.

Pics include: front plate, rear plate, drivers window half down, vin tag from the door, gauge cluster with the vehicle running.

So if you take the drivers window off and roll down the rest you may get away with it. If the DMV catches a shop passing a car or truck that isn't suppose to pass they can get their inspection license taken.

I've been inspecting cars in RI for the last 8 years. The picture thing is only a year old or so.

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Gmsjr55 OP t1_ix3i2xm wrote

Would it pass if I take the front doors off and put on the side mirrors? (It’s a jeep wrangler)

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kamikazekenny420 t1_ix3il5k wrote

I mean I guess it's all up to the person inspecting it. Doors are technically on the list of safety measurements we have to check. But I feel safe assuming no one would put a sticker on without doors. It's a liability they might not want to risk. They already make like no money at all inspecting vehicles. Most shops do it as a convenience to the customer, so they can find a few little things wrong and make a few dollars.

State inspection is 55. I'm pretty sure the state gets most of it, shops make like 10 bucks.

https://www.riinspection.org/Pages/Content.aspx?ID=2

You could always just take the tint off drivers window. Get a sticker. Then get it re tinted.

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