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Old Jun 9, 2009 | 02:25 PM
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Mine has the small bubbles, no big deal. Hardly noticeable. I am happy with it. I have lifetime warranty from Advantage, on bubbles and other defects.
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Old Jun 9, 2009 | 02:25 PM
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I will post a picture though.
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 11:40 PM
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Mandy- you have a very elegant, understated ride. How many miles on it?


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Your car looks sooo good! Black with silver accents - perfect!

What did you do with the rear window? Because at the beginning of this thread other people were talking about putting vinyl on the dot matrix thing, so what did you do with it? Mind posting a pic of the rear?
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 11:46 PM
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Oh duh...88k miles...my bad.

I'm pushing 190,000 on my green machine and at 200,000 miles I will take pics to flaunt how one can keep a car looking and driving as if it were showroom new after 12 years. I'm a firm believer in maintaining dependable old cars. And the first gen TL is just as dependable as they get.
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 12:19 AM
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5% tint all around, plus 35% on windshield

its like a cave, lol
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 12:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Lxcord
5% tint all around, plus 35% on windshield

its like a cave, lol
Post pics of this bad boy from the outside and inside. I wanna see this.
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Lxcord
5% tint all around, plus 35% on windshield

its like a cave, lol

Where in the hell is this legal?
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Capricho
Mandy- you have a very elegant, understated ride. How many miles on it?

Thanks a lot! Actually I am only pushing 87K.
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Old Jun 12, 2009 | 03:27 PM
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my accord has the 5% tint, will post pics soon

btw in TN, 5% is illegal, but I never got pulled over once,lol
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Old Jun 15, 2009 | 10:12 AM
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You pushing it man...do not cross the interstate south...GA.
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Old Jun 15, 2009 | 01:59 PM
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The first thing cops do here now in RI is check the tint before they even tell you what you got pulled over for.
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Old Jun 15, 2009 | 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by TLin401
The first thing cops do here now in RI is check the tint before they even tell you what you got pulled over for.
And I thought that the cops we have here are bad!
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Old Jun 16, 2009 | 10:03 AM
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Economy is tough....they want revenue
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Old Jun 16, 2009 | 04:37 PM
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It isn't want anymore with RI they NEED it.
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Old Jun 17, 2009 | 12:26 PM
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Where the heck is the cave...5% all around!!! Post Pics!
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 03:44 PM
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So I finally got tints done - 30 back and 50 front. I wish I could go even darker but the front is already illegal. I have a tiny problem though; the rear glass is covered in tiny bubbles. It's been only a week since I had the windows tinted and the weather is kinda crappy, but I am beginning to worry that the bubbles will not go away. Anyone had similar experiences?
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by DAiNiUS
So I finally got tints done - 30 back and 50 front. I wish I could go even darker but the front is already illegal. I have a tiny problem though; the rear glass is covered in tiny bubbles. It's been only a week since I had the windows tinted and the weather is kinda crappy, but I am beginning to worry that the bubbles will not go away. Anyone had similar experiences?
Our rear glass is really hard to tint. If the bubbles don't go away after about a week, bring it back and have them redo it.
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 08:40 PM
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The dot matrix is a bitch.
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 09:03 PM
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Blow torch solves all. Or just cut that section off.

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Old Mar 27, 2010 | 01:08 AM
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Actually the problem is not with the dot matrix - the guy who tinted the windows put a piece of vinyl over it. The bubbles are actually scattered all over the rear glass which is the reason why I am worried.
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Old Mar 27, 2010 | 01:29 AM
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That means he reapplied the tint too many times. Happened to the passenger side of the rear window the second time I had it tinted. The guy was in a rush, but it was free so I don't really care. It's a small area, too, and it's hard to notice unless you're looking directly at it.
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Old Mar 27, 2010 | 09:01 AM
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Put it in the sun for a couple days and if it doesn't go away, bring it back.
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Old Mar 27, 2010 | 09:17 AM
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Mine has the bubbles on the dot matrix...but it is stuck and have not moved or increased in bubbles, the guy says, bring it back if it does, it is lifetime warranty, if he's stiil in business, I hope so.
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Old Mar 27, 2010 | 09:19 AM
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Now I realize I have should have gone 20 rear and 35 front, I am 35's all around.
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Old Mar 27, 2010 | 09:20 AM
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I had 35% and I wanted to go darker, so I went with 30%.
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Old Apr 7, 2010 | 01:25 AM
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lol better late than ever, I removed the 35% tint strip on windshield, and added a 5% strip, so now its offically 5% on every window

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Old Apr 7, 2010 | 01:29 AM
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That's dark.
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Old Apr 7, 2010 | 01:35 AM
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yea it is, this was my previous setup, i put the 16' accord ex coupe rims for a change. I still have my tsx rims though...

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Old Apr 7, 2010 | 02:47 PM
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i used to have 5% all around on my 4doorDC-GSR , in california people always drive with their windows down and the only time that it is up is usually night time and 15% looks like 5% at night time .. other than that, i never got a ticket
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Old Apr 7, 2010 | 02:49 PM
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oh btw .. dc was stolen
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 10:58 AM
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^^^ dam bro sorry for your loss.... did you ever get it back..??
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Old Apr 9, 2010 | 12:11 PM
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nope .. it was so sexy too . the JDM front end catches alot of eyes
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Old Apr 9, 2010 | 02:49 PM
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"tints"

the TINT on that accord is fuggin darkkkkk
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 10:46 PM
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its kinda hard to see at night
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 03:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Mandy
Here you go guys!!!!



Mandy,

What kind of rims do you have and how did you get your taillights to be all white at the bottom?

Sorry to be off topic, I didn't want to start a new thread.
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 03:07 AM
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Those are the Inspire tail lights and the 3G TL wheels.

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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 09:30 AM
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Those TSX wheels look really good on the Accord...
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 11:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Go90go
Those are the Inspire tail lights and the 3G TL wheels.

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Thanks! Only set I see for sale are on eBay for $184 shipped, ouch! Really like them but not for that much.
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 11:58 PM
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looks good bro, nice choice
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Old Apr 16, 2010 | 05:33 PM
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I'm getting this tint. yay or nay?

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