jlmugen

if any of the members here have questions about tinting, you can post it here and i will reply with all my knowledge. Im a pro tinter here in the bayarea and i sometime see people struggle with what kinda tint to go with, shades and does it affect the radio or the navi. Feel free to ask.

aaronnn

cool.. if the tint is illegal what are the usual penalties involved. i live in jersey and i want darker tints.. i have the legal llimit right now 35front/20rear, but if i went for 20 all around.. how bad would that be?

avg. cost of ticket, removal of tints, what else could the po's do?

MeldyS26

alright i got 35's on mine but im confused because there are differents KINDS of tints, i was wondering which tint is the darkest with the little %, which ones do you think are the best?

jlmugen

To remove will cost around 20-30 bucks for the 2 fronts in the bayarea but the price is different in different area. As for ticket, normally they will give you a fixing ticket which is 10 bucks, you have to get it striped and get it sign off. However, they can also give you a non fixing ticket which is around 90 bucks, you might not have to get it striped but that depends on the mood of the cops. Act nice in front of the cops if you get pull over, most likely you will get a fixing ticket.

jlmugen

there are usually 2 kind of tints. One is the chorcoal film which is the regular dark one and the other one would be reflective one (mirror look). I have 37% relfective one on the 2 fronts and i have no problem seeing out at night. The darkest film is around 5% which is limo tint, that you will have trouble seeing at night.

aaronnn

huh.wow thanks man!

MikeekiM

What is the best process/procedure to clean the interior windows that have been tinted?

And what cleaning agent do you recommend?

SilverIce2000

i have an '00 tl with navigation.... what kind of tints affect the navigation signal and which ones dont??

i am looking for dark tints around 20% all around- either black tints or mirror reflective tints.. and if the mirror tints are possible, i am specifically looking for the SILVEr mirror tint... not the greenish shade that is on the lex RX300... i have a silver TL so i guess silver mirror would be best- probably 30 or 35% for mirror and 20% for black...

thanx man

jlmugen

Dont ever use anything that has ammonia base. I just use plain water to clean my windows.

jlmugen

I also have a 2000 TL with navi. I use the reflective tint all around with windshield and i have no problem with the singal for navi or radio. I say you go with the silver tint, it will look nice. But just so you know that relfective tint gets more attenion and that goes for cops too.

DAVERUBINO

Wow, It's so great of you to do this thanks! I have a 2000 TP-P monterey blue with Nav. I'm just going to go legal I guess which is 30 in CT since I got this car to clean up my driving record . What would you put on it? Thanks again!

bkzjimmy

anytime you get pulled over and you have illegal tint just roll down all your windows!

jlmugen

i will go with silver tint but not too reflective since you are just going with legal. It will look nice since that matches with your rims.

jlmugen

That is just too obvious and the cops can ask you to roll up the window. Just act nice and dont try to hide anything because if you do, you are just asking for more troubles. No offense, the cops arent stupid. What does that tell them when all the windows are down once you get pull over? Especially during winter?

Type S Bee

Jlmugen, thanks for doing this. Here is my question: Is the 3M film really the best as people advertise.

jlmugen

3M products have been around for awhile and i wont say its the best but i can say it is one of the best. However 3M films are pricey. As for window films, sologard, lumar, suntek or johnson are as good, they all come with lifetime. I guess it depends on what kinda of brand you like.

mclarenf3387

You know its illegal to have any tint on the front windows right?

MattT516

Or the two front windows. I don't think the police can say anything about your back windows being too dark, which is the reason that most people go for darker in the back.

aaronnn

wait the sides??? i thought you just cant do the windshield.

AustNMike

I've always had good luck with Lumar films. I have an '01 Laguna TL and was wondering how smoke film would look on it versus the reflective. What do you think for this color car?? It's kinda greyish bluish greenish.

kduong722

Hey! i'm from sf just wondering what's your price to get tint all around (7 window)
with navi?

aaronnn

i got mine done for 100 bucks in jersey for 7 windows.. 35 on the front side and 20 for the rest. obviously the windshield not tinted..

but what i want to know is if its legal to have to front two side windows tinted

SilverIce2000

so now what do i ask for when i want to get Silver mirror tints?? i odnt want to go too dark at all if it is mirror.. probably like 35 or 30%.. but what company should i ask for?? and how do i know it is definately gona come out silver mirror instead of any other shade??

please tell me waht you have exactly if it is the silver mirror tint..

again thanx for this thread to make things much more clear

WHITE3.2TL-S

Where did you go..i want to get 35% all around and a 20% stip on the front winsheild

mclarenf3387

Nope front sides and windshield, anything is illegal. On the rears, anything is legal.

http://www.autowindowtintings.com/st...Laws_newjersey

take283

What tints would you reccomend for a Silver TL?

mclarenf3387

I like my Llumar 30% Titanium tint. Has a nice hint of silver that looks good on SSM Acuras.

aaronnn

100 bucks at this place in newark. they did a really good job and used 3m brand. i love the look of it.. but just found out theyre illegal.. this sucks

jlmugen

Silver cars should go with light reflective tints.

MikeekiM

My understanding is the rears can be painted black if you wanted them to... as long as you have two side mirrors...

jlmugen

Lumar tint is good too but not a lot of tinters like to work with them because they are hard to work with.

jlmugen

According to the cali law, nothing is legal on the fronts and the fron windshield. However, if you go with anything that is 55% or higher, the cops cant even tell and you can still feel the differenece under the sun. I have 50% sologard film on my front windshield on my TL, parents, and family members, and none of us ever got pull over.

Type S Bee

Sorry, my server went down a few hours ago, but now I am back.

I have a company here that wants to do my 2002 tl for $175. He said he will do the dark 5%, but wont waranty it. He said that the 35% is plenty dark enough because the 3M is thicker than most other films. Is that true? and is $175 a good price.

jlmugen

Why he wouldnt warranty 5%? I recommend to go around 15-20%, thats how most of the suv look at the back half. You still get thr privacy during the day and it wouldnt be too hard to see out at night. I dont know the living standard over at your place but $175 here in the bayarea is consider cheap sicne the minimum wage in SF is around $8.50. If he doesnt waranty the film then you wouldnt know what is he giving you because the cheap purple film is really cheap. Ones that he can get it off from ebay. So make sure that you know what you are getting, besides the quality of work, the material also plays a big part too. You dont want your tint to turn purple after a year and start to bubble. Doing it right the first time and you will never have to worry again.

Ron Burgundy

In Florida my bro paid 120 at a high class detail shop for 20/35 tint on his maxima, on my silverado it was only 90 bucks for the whole thing....not strip though. To me 175 sounds like too much moneym but going 5% will be illegal and they will not give a recipt or warranty for the same reason...Typically they do charge more for illegal tint, a friend of mine just paid 150 for 15% all around at a sound shop no recipt under the table deal....so I would not pay 175, but then again it is not that much money though...the cost of a tank of gas difference so...

Type S Bee

Yeah, I thought $175 was a little high as well. I am going to keep shopping. I will take your advise and do the 20%. Thanks for all your help. Peace.

MikePA

Also keep in mind that even if the tint you install is legal in your home state, you can still get pulled over and ticketed in another state if the tint's illegal there.

mclarenf3387

To a degree, you can't get pulled over for another states laws if your passing through. And if you do, just politely tell the officer you're passing through. If you live there and have it done in another state, than what you said is true.

It would be absurd to try and conform to each states laws that you may drive through, let alone know what the laws are.

MikePA

I agree, just wanted people who travel into other states frequently to be aware of this. They might decide it'll be less of a headache to tint to the most restrictive regs.

jlmugen

I have heard of that before and as long as your state is legal to have tint on the fronts, for example Nevada allows to tint the fronts up to 35% and if you go another state and you get pull over, show the cops the registration and that proves you are a resident of Nevada then you can get away with it.