Window tinting
Burning Brakes
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Burning Brakes
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In my opinion your desired tint is too dark. Yes it looks great from outside but seeing out of it at night is difficult. My 20% causes some challenges seeing out at night but I can deal with it safely. Also 20% is a good compromise because it's tougher for the Po Po to tell if it's legal or not at a glance. 10-5% there is no question
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Burning Brakes
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Make sure they are reputable. I think mine was $220 but they do charge a bit more when it is not of legal %.. plus you will not get a receipt - no paper trail.
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10 pct is crap..... Can't see a damn thing at night and the cops can see it's illegal
stupid move
again "just my opinion". As we like to put on every post here...LOL
Oh yeah… "To each his own" too… LOL
35 and 20 are good choices....meet the requirements of good looks , tint laws, and UV.....
stupid move
again "just my opinion". As we like to put on every post here...LOL
Oh yeah… "To each his own" too… LOL
35 and 20 are good choices....meet the requirements of good looks , tint laws, and UV.....
Melting Slicks
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From: Simi Valley Ca
I've got 35% on my front side windows and 20% on the rear sides and back. Living in California, some of us have to be careful. I also like to be able to see out of my windows so I can spot a LEO. More over, some of us actually like to be able to use our mirrors and windows at night. Anything under 20% and deciphering a LEO coming from behind from any other car at distance is next to impossible. Especially at night. I can spot a LEO from their headlights coming up from well over 1/4 mile behind me under good conditions and I certainly wouldn't want to compromise that.
A couple shot take shortly after getting the car and having it tinted. Notice that you can't even tell the difference between the 35% on the front windows vs the 20% on the rear quarter windows.
These were taken in the last couple weeks.
Last edited by slief; Mar 1, 2014 at 02:41 PM.
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C7 windows (side and rear) are already "tinted" 70%. So whatever tint you add remember to multiply your % by .7 to get the actual value. (So 35% becomes 24.5%.)
In TX sides can't be less than 25% so to be legal you can't go lower than 35% on the sides, no limit on rears.
In TX sides can't be less than 25% so to be legal you can't go lower than 35% on the sides, no limit on rears.
Last edited by BigJoe; Mar 1, 2014 at 03:49 PM.
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Mine didn't go that low ....I put on 20% the we put a tint meter on it and Mine was 18.5.....
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