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Old Apr 20, 2010 | 08:50 PM
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Anyone with a white c5 coupe have mirror tint? hows it look and could you post pics? other colored c5's are welcome too
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This is 15% back and no tint in the front, so kind of give u an idea of what a dark tint would look like
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The OP asked about mirror tint.

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Yeah Im not saying I will go with Mirror tint. Im just wondering what it will look like. I know you can't go wrong with some dark limo on the back!!
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Originally Posted by WillRyan
Yeah Im not saying I will go with Mirror tint. Im just wondering what it will look like. I know you can't go wrong with some dark limo on the back!!
yeah, i did 15% on the back but the front i would just end up getting a ticket so i did not.

you have to go to like 35% if you want to see any sort of difference. 75% is useless, you cant even really tell if its tinted or not.
50% is somewhat noticeable. If you don't want a ticket and want to look like windows are tinted somewhat go with 50%, if you want it too look good, you have to get a tint that is 35% or lower or its pointless, that's why i did not tint the front
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Cool. On my jeep the back windows are at 5% and I love it! In Texas I think the darkest you can go is 25% for the front and I think I have 35% instead.
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Originally Posted by WillRyan
Cool. On my jeep the back windows are at 5% and I love it! In Texas I think the darkest you can go is 25% for the front and I think I have 35% instead.
well when i got mine tinted they will show you what each tint will look like, if i was you i would do 15% in the back and like 35% in the front, if u could do a 25%, i would do that
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