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Old 05-14-2012, 01:14 PM
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Got my windows tinted out... looks so nice!!
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Old 05-14-2012, 01:15 PM
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its tint.
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Old 05-14-2012, 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by gokhanturk
Got my windows tinted out... looks so nice!!
What % did you get?
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i went ahead with 15% all around
Old 05-14-2012, 05:21 PM
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It looks really nice - love the contrast with the white!
Old 05-14-2012, 08:50 PM
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I like how your headlight looks like it has LEDs
Old 05-14-2012, 08:58 PM
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nice, i got 15%...keep getting pulled over :-(
Old 05-14-2012, 09:41 PM
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Here in Minnesota we can only have 50%. Its like there's no tint even on the windows.It kinda sucks!
Old 05-14-2012, 10:04 PM
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Looks great with the White
Old 05-15-2012, 08:45 AM
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15% is the same level I plan on getting...I had that on my last car and I thought it was perfect. I have @ 35% now, the car came with it, but I want to go darker.

On my first car I had two layers of tint because I wanted mirror and it wasn't dark enough. It came out to a little darker than 5%. On my next two cars I had 5%. When it came time to get my last one tinted I wanted something a bit lighter and found 15% to be the right choice. It's dark enough to provide some privacy, but you can also see out sufficiently at night.

Fortunately I've never really had an issue with getting pulled over for my dark tint. It's happened three times over the past 15 years but all three were for my windshield, which I had at 35%.
Old 05-15-2012, 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by ucf_bronco
15% is the same level I plan on getting...I had that on my last car and I thought it was perfect. I have @ 35% now, the car came with it, but I want to go darker.

On my first car I had two layers of tint because I wanted mirror and it wasn't dark enough. It came out to a little darker than 5%. On my next two cars I had 5%. When it came time to get my last one tinted I wanted something a bit lighter and found 15% to be the right choice. It's dark enough to provide some privacy, but you can also see out sufficiently at night.

Fortunately I've never really had an issue with getting pulled over for my dark tint. It's happened three times over the past 15 years but all three were for my windshield, which I had at 35%.
Wait...what??? You tinted your windshield? Perhaps I'm alone here, but that's insane. As a lawyer, I can tell you that if you were on the other side in trial, I'd have a field day with you (at least in this jurisdiction). Why give anyone a reason to pin additional liability on you?
Old 05-15-2012, 06:21 PM
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I got medium on the front, dark in the back seats and back. I must say, it looks PIMP!
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Originally Posted by sockpuppet
Wait...what??? You tinted your windshield? Perhaps I'm alone here, but that's insane. As a lawyer, I can tell you that if you were on the other side in trial, I'd have a field day with you (at least in this jurisdiction). Why give anyone a reason to pin additional liability on you?
It's not all that uncommon. Maybe it sounds ridiculous to you since you live in Canada...let's just say it's quite different down here in Florida.

Again, I've had my windshield tinted on four different vehicles spanning close to 15 years and I was only pulled over three times. One of those times I was able to convince the cop it wasn't even tinted because it didn't really look like it from the inside...I had a dark layer across the top to give it some contrast.

Fortunately I've never had a reason to be in a courtroom concerning my driving so the "additional liability" has never crossed my mind.

This pic gives you an idea of what it looked like...


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Old 05-16-2012, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by ucf_bronco
It's not all that uncommon. Maybe it sounds ridiculous to you since you live in Canada...let's just say it's quite different down here in Florida.

Again, I've had my windshield tinted on four different vehicles spanning close to 15 years and I was only pulled over three times. One of those times I was able to convince the cop it wasn't even tinted because it didn't really look like it from the inside...I had a dark layer across the top to give it some contrast.

Fortunately I've never had a reason to be in a courtroom concerning my driving so the "additional liability" has never crossed my mind.

This pic gives you an idea of what it looked like...

I've always wanted to tint the windshield. Something not too dark. I think it looks weird that all my windows have a dark tint except my windshield.
Old 05-16-2012, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by sockpuppet
Wait...what??? You tinted your windshield? Perhaps I'm alone here, but that's insane. As a lawyer, I can tell you that if you were on the other side in trial, I'd have a field day with you (at least in this jurisdiction). Why give anyone a reason to pin additional liability on you?
yeah, it's just us Canadians... lol i see more of it in the US

i would LOVE to tint my windshield, not too dark, but even 60% would be better than nothing.
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No tinted windshieds for me. Not at my age.
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It really does make a huge difference. After all, if you're driving towards the sun for any length of time the side window tint doesn't help much.
Old 05-16-2012, 03:51 PM
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^well.. you ARE in the sunshine state. lol
when i first tinted my civic, it felt really weird because the side and back was nice and dark, but the front was still just as bright, it took a few days for me to get used to it haha
Old 05-16-2012, 03:54 PM
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I do think it looks good. I would go with like 50%, not 35%. But that's me.
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