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Old 03-16-2004, 12:53 AM
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to tint or not to tint that is the question

Love the Benz blue tint on the windows but yu get no privacy and everytime Im rolling I hate when people keep starring inside the car. Im thinking of smoking them out 50% or something like that or do my regular 35%
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screw 35%.... 5% instead for the rears of your benz, 35% front.....
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35% all the way around, even ur windshield haha
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35% all the way around. just did it on mine and love it.
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No way you will get away with the front windsheild being tinted in the NY/NJ area. The cops around here love to hand out fix-it tickets for some reason.
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20% on the back 35% on sides.
Old 03-16-2004, 09:50 AM
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Definitely Tint. I have seen the pics of your car, and I love it but I have always thought that a tint would definitely complete the look. Definitely go for it. 35% all around.
Old 03-16-2004, 10:00 AM
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Originally posted by Chaptorial
20% on the back 35% on sides.
yuck... i hate when people get different shades of tint on the car... flat out tacky

get 35% all around... you'll be straight...
just make sure u get titanium tint.. it'll look best on ur car
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I don't like different tints back vs front so either do 20 or 35 all around. I have 35% and wish I had gone 20. depends how prickish po-po can be in your area.
Old 03-16-2004, 10:36 AM
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A light smoke tint looks classy on a Benz.
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can somebody photoshop some 35% tint on the car to see if it takes the classy look away. I hate people looking at me thats the main reason but dont want the car to look ghetto you know shiney wheels dark tint...not my style

I want to go 20% but Ive gotten too many tickets for that so Im thinking 50% or 35% Llumar


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Originally posted by YuppieCL
yuck... i hate when people get different shades of tint on the car... flat out tacky

get 35% all around... you'll be straight...
just make sure u get titanium tint.. it'll look best on ur car
Nah it ain't as bad you you think. You can't evem tell they're different from the sides or on the rear.
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lou u dumbfuck


dont do more than 35% tints...think abt it... a 2dr benz on rims w/dark tints in nYC will constantly make the cops suspicious, esp. when they see a minority drive it....do the 35% bro....i've had both 20%, 15% and 35% and never ever got any crap at all w/the 35% tints from the cops


good luck bro
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btw lou, i think they make darker version of that blue tint that ur benz comes with...i'm pretty sure they do
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Tint the bitch

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I live in jersey, the law states no tints on the front sides, and no tint exceeding 35%. I've got 20% all around and no front license plate. I'd rather get a ticket for unclear plates or tint's than get a ticket for careless driving. Lou, its a benz, not some shitty ricer with silver and/or reflective tint and a license plate behind the windshield.
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thanks bigman thats exactly what I wanted to see that looks so hot...what was I waiting for
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Originally posted by YuppieCL
yuck... i hate when people get different shades of tint on the car... flat out tacky
I disagree. That’s the PERFECT combo for states where tint is illegal.
The difference is not as noticeable as you might think from the outside, but it’s nice to have the darker film on the back when you have a big SUV on your ass at night.
Plus the side is light enough so you don’t get pulled over by the cops every other week.

I agree that 20% all around looks the best, but you just can’t chance it around here.

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I dont like the different shade either, some people in nj do it so that cops wont ticket them bc they think there is tint on the back and not on the front driver/passenger window.

Lou i think you should tint out the whole car at 20%, people are lookin in when they see those awesome rims. so why not just keep it a mystery on whose inside.
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I hate when the back 3 windows are differnt than the front 2!!!!
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One percentage ATWO.

Mixed percentages looks
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Originally posted by bigman
Tint the bitch

What % would you say this is cause I love the way it looks...I like it cause you can still see the blue hue a bit so it looks different...I know 20% looks best like my cl-s 6 spd. but cops stop me all the time and tints wont help...shit Im thinking of becoming NY auxilary so I wont get pulled over all the time
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lou, that is about 35% legal tint.
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Originally posted by bigman
lou, that is about 35% legal tint.
time to vist my good friend Lorenzo
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time to vist my good friend Lorenzo
Lorenzo or Lorinser??? haha!
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SO you guys are saying this looks like SHIT ???

I say yer all.....

35% sides.....20% rear


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Originally posted by Shawn S
SO you guys are saying this looks like SHIT ???

I say yer all.....

35% sides.....20% rear


yes but the tints look OK
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i like the blue windows lou, but i know some one with a silver clk with the blue tints and it looks like they put a 35 or a 50 0ver it and it looks really dope
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i love the mb blue tinted glass, dont tint.
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Tint and Tint with pride...I do not know how you guys can stand a car without tint. I feel like I am riding in a fish bowl...I am 20% all around and love it.
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Originally posted by mantis23
i love the mb blue tinted glass, dont tint.
some days I love the blue tint cause it actually does a good job of blocking the heat...what bothers me is people staring at me all the time..the other day Im eating a whopper JR. and the whole time these young kids in a sentra are staring either at me or the wheels...so I speed up and lose them just to be right next to them at the red light.

sometimes you want some privacy ya know
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35% is not as dark as that picture
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TINT: 20% all the way around
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shawn that picture u have is misleading because u have the sunshade on the winshield that makes the sides look alot darker
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Originally posted by darrinb
shawn that picture u have is misleading because u have the sunshade on the winshield that makes the sides look alot darker
OK........ How about this one ???




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