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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 11:18 PM
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Best $220 bucks I ever spent! It's 35% on the sides, and 5% on the back with the dots painted in. They did a great job.

BTW, the car window is dirty on the outside... I just wanted to take a quick picture.
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 11:21 PM
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Looks great and one of my better mods for the summer heat in Texas
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 11:24 PM
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Got it done at St. Louis Window Tint in Chesterfield, MO. A great bunch of guys, very clean shop.
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 11:27 PM
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You just need to be careful and check the state laws on tinting of the windows.
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 11:29 PM
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Originally Posted by peter pan
Looks great and one of my better mods for the summer heat in Texas
I live in Texas and I drive my car with the windows down but because I think my tint is to dark.

mhorton01-It looks good.
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 11:33 PM
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Hey, thanks for sending those.
They look about like mine, so I guess I'm okay.

Looks great!
Gotta love it.

Michael
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by mhorton01
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Best $220 bucks I ever spent! It's 35% on the sides, and 5% on the back with the dots painted in. They did a great job.

BTW, the car window is dirty on the outside... I just wanted to take a quick picture.

Now you need some chrome wheels to REALLY set it off!!!!
BTW, I have limo-tint on ALL my vehicles....Definitely gives 'em a "stealthy" look!!!
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 12:20 AM
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Looks great!! Tint is a MUST for me!!! I hate the way vehicles look and feel on the inside without tint!!

I had my rear and side windows done 2 weeks after buying my Z. I just did the windshield brow!!!


See my post!! $25 is a small price to pay for comfort driving into the sun!!!! Plus it looks

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1985083
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Tint is next on my list!




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yep, it do make a dif




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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 10:53 AM
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nice looking white vette you got there...
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by whtvetteredlthr
nice looking white vette you got there...
right back at ya

my wife was born and raised just down the road from you in Oxon Hill
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 11:10 AM
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Looks great. Vettes really take well to tint. Mine has 20% all around. Funny part is that I bought it that way from a state trooper...I too, drive with the windows down when not on the highway...
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 11:22 AM
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Looks GREAT!
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 11:31 AM
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Lookin' good, congrats....
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 11:34 AM
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 11:50 AM
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I used to be a big fan of tint, but with lighter interiors I like seeing it. Still, I'll probably tint my CE just to protect the inside from the FL sun now that it's a DD.
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Looking good

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I guess I'll get mine tinted before the summer heat. I've been riding the fence on it, but it does look pretty good.
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