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Old 01-24-2004, 07:14 AM
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Default Window tint or not?

My car has all the rear windows tinted, but the front 2 are clear. I can;t decide if I want to leave it that way, tint the front, or take the tint out. I need some opinions or some pix so I can see what it would look like without it. It had the tint when I bought it.
Old 01-24-2004, 07:28 AM
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Default I have 35% semi-metallic all around.

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Default good tint will help protect the interior from UV damage.. keeps the car cooler which is good for the

plastics, and as i stated blocks UV.
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Default That's easy....

Does your state give out tickets for tint?
If no...tind everything
If yes...pass on tinting the front windows, IMHO its not worth it.

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Default The state limit is 35%, but......

They never give tickets for it. A lot of my friends have between 20% and 5% tint and they've never got a ticket for it. I work with a lot of cops so if I do get one I can get out of it easily.
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Default Hmmm...that's great but.....got a scenario for ya

Its mid-night...you have been at bar/pub/nightclub. you have had a few drinks(responsible &amp; under the state limits) on the way home u pass a cop that's sitting in a parking lot borred to death...He sees you drive by with tint and his thinking "something to do and write a $42 ticket"
pulls you over and?????????
Smells that you have been drinking!!!
OK...step out of car blah blah...
U try to explain to him your not drunk...Blah blah....
See what i'm getting at here....Its a F**ing HASSLE if u ask me.
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Default Re: Window tint or not?

i have the most dark tint. i got 2 tickets allready.120$ each

if u come close to my windows at day light with sun u cannot see anything INSIDE
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Well..when I go out I either have someone who isn;t drinking to drive or I don't drink so no worries
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Default I got the front 2 tinted today...when I got down the road I noticed the half *** job so....

monday morning I'm going to take it back and have them redo it. There are gaps in the tint where you can see the glass clearly. From outside it's even more noticeable.


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