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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 01:00 PM
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This is great!.. The people I work next to have tint shop and priced me at $130 with a lifetime warrenty on bubbling, color fading, and pealing. I do believe I'm going for it.. however I am worried about night driving with 15%.

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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 01:03 PM
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15 is going to be fairly dark, I wouldn't run it on the side windows. I really wouldn't do anything below 20 on side windows for night visibility reasons alone.
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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 01:54 PM
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Yes you should tint




















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Old Mar 2, 2008 | 12:49 PM
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As promised, a pic of my window. I'm a tinter on the side, and I used Solar Gard HP Charcoal 32 here:
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Old Mar 2, 2008 | 01:52 PM
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That tint looks great, I gotta get mine tinted sometime as well. Been planning on it since 2002. haha
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Old Mar 2, 2008 | 02:12 PM
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I wonder if I should tint 15% all around and 35% on front windshield
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Old Mar 2, 2008 | 02:21 PM
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Anyone tint just the windows and leave the plastic rear un tinted? If so how does it look? I have an '01 with the plastic rear window and visibility already sucks out the back so would be even worse tinted, but i would think it might look kinda funny having the windows tinted and not the rear plastic window.
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Old Mar 2, 2008 | 05:42 PM
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I've heard of people putting static cling tint on a plastic rear window, but I would never tint a plastic rear window with window film. That's just my opinion as a tinter, it doesn't work very well on plastic windows.
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Old Mar 3, 2008 | 04:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Tolgahan Ures,Feb 27 2008, 02:54 PM
Yes you should tint




















Can you see when you are driving clearly?

And is it legal!?!?!

man i want the windshield tinted now, this is hot!!!

is that 30%?
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Old Mar 3, 2008 | 09:54 AM
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Legal in Fla. is 30% and 15% for the rear window.
This was the rec by my installer and it seems about right.
If I changed anything ,in the future I might go 30% rear also.
...15% is quite dark and may not be appreciated by everyone.
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