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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 02:38 PM
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Tints...

I know they're are threads all over the place with pictures of tint comparisons but I'd like to see a sticky with every percentage of tint as a guide.

I'm really undecided between 35% and 20%

I think 35 may be too light and 20 may be too dark

Can anyone post some pictures of the two for me?
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 02:41 PM
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My car is AM with Quartz interior, any others out there with that exact combo with either 20% or 35%?
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 02:57 PM
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Its all preference.

On my Desert Silver RSX-S, I have 35 on the front and 20 in the back. It doesn't look too dark because of the tan interior.

On the Nighthawk Black Pearl TL-S I have 50 in the front and 35 on the back. It actually looks darker than the RSx because of the Dark Interior plus black exterior.
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 04:06 PM
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What are these "tints" you speak of?
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by CLtotheTL32
What are these "tints" you speak of?
LOL....I hear you man....one of my peeves as well.

OP like the person above said it's all about preference. How dark your tint looks also has a lot to do with the exterior AND interior color of the car.

My car is DGP on Camel, with 30% on the sides and 20% on the rear windshield, perfect IMO.........

Rear (OMGHELLASUNKNEGATIVECAMBERLOL):



Sides:

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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 04:40 PM
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i have 20% all around... and 50% on the windshield.. I dunno how CT cops are tho..
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 04:55 PM
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Everyone thinks cops around here suck pretty hard, but I've never been pulled over for tints before which is good. I had an all black Pathfinder with black interior with 5% all the way around. Talk about dark lol. I definitely grew out of that.

I was just hoping that someone with the same exact color combo of my car could post some pictures of tints if they had them.
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 06:56 PM
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I Have a NBP with taupe interior.

From the side I have 35%:


From the front I have 50%:
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 07:02 PM
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Go with 20%, if you can get away with it in Conncecticut.

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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 09:15 PM
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i have an album cleverly titled "tints" if you'd like to see some 35% Llumars on my WDP. i'm extremely happy with everything about them.

whatever you do...please make sure wherever you go knows how to do the quarter windows correctly, and also doesnt cut around the rear brake light. that is completely unecessary (even with limo tint) and looks like crap IMO. thats my best advice to you.

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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 10:00 PM
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Heres 20% on my WDP
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 10:10 PM
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Here are my pics of 20%:






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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 11:47 PM
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I have 35% on mine. I like it. It's classy subtle.
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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 02:13 PM
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here's 20% all around on my WDP TL-S
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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 07:20 PM
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Thanks everyone for your contributions! I'm going to get 35% all the way around. I'm going for a clean "revised factory" look and I think the 20% may be too dark and take away attention from the look of the rest of the car.

P.S. Here is a pic of of one of my old cars, a 2001 Pathfinder with 5% all the way around. Insane dark. Noontime in the middle of July looked like midnight in December in this thing lol.

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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 07:34 PM
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A few weeks ago I had my 35% taken off and 20% added. Go with the 20% if you can get away with it. Doesn't "look" like much, but you can tell as soon as you get in. The sun is very bright when I drive to work every morning and now, it's not nearly as bad with 20%. My interior is Ebony/Taupe also. I plan on getting 50% on the windshield later.

35% TINT....yes I was "riddin' derty" at the time......lol




20% TINT....a little cleaner....

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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 08:23 PM
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35% tint here

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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 08:36 PM
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15% all around, kinda thinkin about goin' lighter now. grown out of it and like the 'classy look':


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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 10:33 PM
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living in vancouver bc front tint can be max 50% what would be recommended for the back and rear 35% or 20%? 50/20 seems good but the transition may not look smooth? 50/35 may be too light? I have a 06 TL ebony interior anthracite metallic exterior
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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Sarbourne
living in vancouver bc front tint can be max 50% what would be recommended for the back and rear 35% or 20%? 50/20 seems good but the transition may not look smooth? 50/35 may be too light? I have a 06 TL ebony interior anthracite metallic exterior
50/35... 50/20 would look waaaay to different imo.
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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 11:13 PM
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Great choice on going with the 35%; the result will be nice. I went with 35% Llumar non-metallic all around:

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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 11:52 PM
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35% All around, black interior

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