What percent tints should i get

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Hey guys i bought a 1992 silver forst sho and i want to know wat percent tints would look good on this car. I had 5 percenton my bergendy 90and it looked nice. i dont know how good that would look on this car. Please tell me wat would look good
 

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i had 15 on the car for about 3 weeks, after i bought it, then had to get it inspected, failed and had to take it off the front windows. personally i dont like the half and half as much, so i'd reccomend going for something light (like mine) so its not as noticable. stupid NJ laws
 

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Limo tint in the back and as dark as you can get it legaly in your state. When its dark like that it gives the sho a sexier look. mho. that and the darker it gets the better it looks with that black trim around the windows and between the front and rear doors.
 

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thats the thing, in NJ you cant have the front windows tinted. so dark tint looks bad because its half and half.
 

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yeah. michigan law says a 4" strip on the top part of front windows. which looks ********. so i went for the dark up front and have a doctors note. only been pulled over for it once. the cop was really bored and hoped to find something.
 

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you are a ***** if you get 5% on your front windows.

IMHO, I wouldn't go darker than 35%, which is the typical legal limit. I had 20%, and it was waaaaay too dark at night. To the point where I was afraid that I was going to hit a pedestrian making a left hand turn.
 

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SolidState said:
you are a ***** if you get 5% on your front windows.

IMHO, I wouldn't go darker than 35%, which is the typical legal limit. I had 20%, and it was waaaaay too dark at night. To the point where I was afraid that I was going to hit a pedestrian making a left hand turn.

theres 2 different ways to talk about tint. when i say i had 15% on my car, i mean 15% light blocked not light transmitted. i guess this translates to 85% tint using your method?
 

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yes...sorry...I didn't even think of it that way.

Limo Tint = 5% light transmission. Why not just paint your windows black....

85% light transmission...that means you have almost no tint....

I guess I should clarify...I had 20% LT tint, and will never go bellow 35% LT again...
 

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yeah i agree on the limo tint=bad idea, i like my really light tint, because it keeps some of the sun out, but still blends well due to the front windows being untinted.
 

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I dont know the percentage on my windows, but I think I want to get my side windows done darker. I want to find out what mine are, and see what the next step is. But I would leave the rear window where its at. Its already hard enough to back up in a dark space. And technically in Illinois you cant have any tint on your front windows. I'm already breaking the law, so why not go farther, right? :rofl:
 

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I have 35% all around. It looks good when you are outside looking in and it also helps a lot with light comming in. Easy to see in the dark too!
 

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My Focus has 15% all around, and it's a real problem at night. Turning left is a real crap shoot at night, and I've already sacrificed a tire to a curb I couldn't see. :cry:
 

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Shoaz said:
My Focus has 15% all around, and it's a real problem at night. Turning left is a real crap shoot at night, and I've already sacrificed a tire to a curb I couldn't see. :cry:

Haha i know the feeling... My mom's mustang GT has 15% and i was driving to a QT at night after a snow storm... I drove right into a snow bank from where the plow moved all the snow. It just so happened that there were 2 state trooper cops pulling into the QT when i did this. I got pulled over and i had to do a field sobriety test. I WAS ****** hahahaha. Not to mention the embarrassment factor. Guess i need to stop drinking so much (joking) :snicker: :cheers:
 

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Shoaz said:
My Focus has 15% all around, and it's a real problem at night. Turning left is a real crap shoot at night, and I've already sacrificed a tire to a curb I couldn't see. :cry:

I did that...two days after I got my windows tinted, I drove from Toronto to Orlando. On my night stop over in South Carolina (Orangeburg..IIRC) I was making a left hand turn and drove right over a median.

I put four new doors on my car this fall, so the tint went bye bye. I do intend on getting it tinted again, as it looked good with the dark tint....but I won't go any darker than 35% light transmission....
 

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Ok guys i went to the guy today and he had 5% 20% and 35% so now wat should i get
 

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