To each is his own. I personally think that it isn't that bad and I used to have it on my 02 Protege 5 for about 2 years before I had an unforseen accident and now it lies in car heaven I never once got a ticket for having the mirror tint, granted it was only half way up and then faded into black. I live on a street where there is a cop two houses away from me in either direction. Not once did i hear something from them about my tint being illegal. I think if you don't drive like an asshole and race around town, cops will tend to give you a break on the window tint law.

-Rob