I just bought my TLS from the dealer..wanted it to look cool so I asked him to get the dark tinting done.Well now its too dark..I had trouble driving it back from the dealership at night..I believe that the rear view mirror already has some headlight dimming feature and I could hardly make out the cars behind me..I live in LA and its not too dark or too bright in the evenings..so that twilight zone is killing me..
Im pretty pissed off that I just spend the money on getting it tinted and now will have to spend more getting it removed...does anyone one else have this issue ,do you get used to it after a while?

well on my car i have 5% all the way around and 20% on the front windshield...basically u cant even see the driver in my car when the back windows are down and the front ones up...as far as scraping the tint..i wouldnt do it, u would get used to it...

How dark/what is the percentage of the tint?

try it out for a couple weeks, you will adjust and learn to love it.

You didn't specify % when you got it done? Should have done some research about window film. I think the 15% -20% is a popular choice for most of the folks here. Although there are others who prefer darker, comes down to a matter of choice. Check out Tint Center for info on window film.

wow, thats dark...ever been pulled over? i have %20 all around and %0 on the windshield and ive been pulled over twice out of 3+ years i had it.

"Just give me the dark" You asked for it.

my car is wdp and the funny thing is i have never gotten pulled over yet....but if i do i got picz of my car before tintz

do u send the pix in with the ticket? cause i took pix of my friends car without tints cause he has the same car as mine. i was gunna send them in with my ticket and i wanted to know if that works.

I believe that the 35% is the best one, your car its gona look nice, classy, anything below 20% looks ghetto. The purpose of the tint is to make your car look attractive, you dont want to "hide" inside your car like you were doing drugs, or if you are some ugly kid that dont want anybody to see you. Cops want to see you in the car, they want to see who is driving the car and what is the person driving the car doing inside, if they dont they will most likely pull you over. Dark tint like 5% looks very nasty, looks like someone took a black paint and painted from the inside.

Where I live rims + tint = automatic pull over, so its good not to piss off cops with dark tint

where is that? cause here in brooklyn everyone has rims and tint.

I've never tried it myself. but here's some references.
http://www.tintdude.com/remove.html
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you'll get used to it.. leave it on!

I have 20% sides and back ... tough when it's a really dark street and you're backing up but you get used to it. Plus, you never have to worry about somebody with their highbeams on. You're already protected.

damn ur 20 and cops dont give u shit? i had 25s rears, and 35s inf ront....cuz i would say our cars r high profile....but 20 damn lol

i just picked up my car last night from the TINT shop
15% all around, i hope i don't get hassled from the cops. touch wood...

I would say try it for a while before you scrape it.

There is definitely an adjustment period. You'll get used to it. You know you can turn off the "dimmer" on the rear view. Well at least I could in the '03 and now in the '06 that I have owned. Not sure what year TL you have but that might help.

Good luck.

how do I turn off the dimmer?Is it the auto button on the rear view mirror? I have 2003 TL.

I have 12.5% all around. Its badass! I love it.... you cant see SHIT in my car!

Yeah, on the bottom center of the mirror is a little button. Just push it. The green light should go out.

took me a couple of weeks to get used to my 5% tint (basically limo tint) but now i am and it's great.

F The cops, i love their faces when they pull me over and i roll down the window and they see a nice little white kid in the driver seat and not some 7 foot black drug dealer they were expecting, the faces are almost priceless, and as far as dark tint looking nasty i beg to differ i think it looks clean as hell, esp. on a black car....

Pics here 5% all around, 35% on the windshield