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Old May 12, 2008 | 09:46 PM
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I'm thinking about getting my windows tinted. My Coupe is white. Does anyone have any photo's of there Crossfire with this done. What % tint might be the better choice.
I touched up a photo of my car in photoshop and it looked pretty cool.
 
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Old May 13, 2008 | 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Glockhit
I'm thinking about getting my windows tinted. My Coupe is white. Does anyone have any photo's of there Crossfire with this done. What % tint might be the better choice.
I touched up a photo of my car in photoshop and it looked pretty cool.
Although mine is SSB in color this is with tint.
This is with medium tint on the doors and limo tint on the small back windows and hatch.
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Old May 13, 2008 | 11:50 AM
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Default Re: tinted windows what % tint

Depending what state you live in, the legal number for the front sides here in Florida is 28%. When I lived in Minnesota it was 50% tint. My car currently has 30% to stay legal.
 
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Old May 13, 2008 | 11:55 AM
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US State tinting laws click here
 
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Old May 13, 2008 | 12:44 PM
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Default Re: tinted windows what % tint

I put 15% tinting on both of my crossfires. On a black car, that shade looks awesome, however, it is not legal.
 
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Old May 13, 2008 | 01:54 PM
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Thanks this really helps.
 
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Old May 13, 2008 | 02:01 PM
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Default Re: tinted windows what % tint

15% looks about right. According to my State laws it looks like 35% would have to do. I would think 35% on top of the existing window tint would bring it close to 15%.
 
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Old May 13, 2008 | 02:11 PM
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Default Re: tinted windows what % tint

I have to take a picture of the tint job i just did.

I looks like the one above but just a tad darker.. I have 13%
 
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Old May 13, 2008 | 02:57 PM
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I think the factory tint is 70, the limit in Pennsylvania. If you put 30 on top of that, your at 21.
 
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Old May 13, 2008 | 05:07 PM
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Default Re: tinted windows what % tint

Originally Posted by GDrag
I have to take a picture of the tint job i just did.

I looks like the one above but just a tad darker.. I have 13%
x2...I have 13% all the way around as well.
 
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Old May 13, 2008 | 05:23 PM
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Old May 13, 2008 | 05:43 PM
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Default Re: tinted windows what % tint

We had ours done 30% all around. Attachment is below. It appears darker than they really are. It was a cloudy rainy day.
 
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Old May 13, 2008 | 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by ntrikit
Here in PA, ANY tint is illegal on the front door windows. I've written hundreds of citations for it, and EVERY ONE of them has held up in court.

Also, when you are pulled over by the police to talk about your tint, don't be surprised if you are asked out of your car at gunpoint. We don't like approaching a car that we can't see what's going on inside of.
I find it hard to believe you are a police officer with the immature behavior that you have demonstrated it the short time you have been a member here.
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Old May 13, 2008 | 07:03 PM
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valk you have one of the coolest tint jobs ive seen. i thought about getting mine done that way. i currently have tint on my car and have no idea if it is 30 or 15. my dealership put it on before i bought it and they are unsure on what it is haha
 
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Old May 13, 2008 | 07:05 PM
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oh and there is no way ntrikit is a cop. however he is correct they will sometimes walk up to your vehicle with there gun out. i had it happen in geneva(valk you know where that is) i had 5%(limo) on my srt-4.
 
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Old May 13, 2008 | 07:10 PM
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I have 15% all around on mine and it's perfect. You can see right through the car during the day if you're behind me, and plenty of visablility at night. Any darker and you'll have problems with night vision, and any lighter you'd sacrafice a lot of privacy during the day. Living in Florida, my car is still pretty hot when I go to get inside it during the day, you got to have it dark as possible.
 
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Old May 13, 2008 | 07:34 PM
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Old May 13, 2008 | 08:11 PM
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50% Dark Smoke Tint only on side windows. Legal limit here in Ohio, but I wouldn't want it any darker. Works well for me.

 

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Old May 13, 2008 | 08:24 PM
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Default Re: tinted windows what % tint

that looks way darker than 50%
 
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Old May 13, 2008 | 08:31 PM
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Default Re: tinted windows what % tint

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that looks way darker than 50%
I was told by many tint shops that because our windows are so small, any tint will appear A LOT darker than it really is..

Hell, most of the time my car looks like it has tinted windows even though it has NO tint.
 
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