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Old 07-14-2012, 01:18 PM
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Old 07-14-2012, 01:49 PM
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It looks great! Please let us know how this works out for you with night driving. My state only allows 35% but I really like the 50%!
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Originally Posted by slojotaa
That color that you have is an excellent color!! good luck. I just went through this, my car has the Black with the brown interior. I went with the 35's for several reasons. I didn't want to have a "limo" look (style), wanted > visibility, and in NJ it is not legal to tint the fronts. Therefore by going with the 35's it still looks factory (well almost), I haven't yet gotten stopped as the police can still see into the car etc. I also didn't want to have the backs and rear tinted, and the fronts not. It would (again in my opinion) look too goofy and not balanced.

Result - Not stopped yet (fingers crossed); and the car looks really good with the tints, really good. You will love the change in look from something as simple as tints, but don't go with different colors, you will miss out on a great look and sub-optimize the style of this car.

Good Luck, and I hope this helps you make the decision.
Your state requirements are the same as mine, so you went 35% all around (except windshield)?
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It looks great! Please let us know how this works out for you with night driving. My state only allows 35% but I really like the 50%!
Well, 50% is actually lighter than 35% so I dont foresee it being a problem in your case....
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See, I've got a lot to learn! The 35% is darker, so that's what I need to understand. Is the darker tint a problem for night driving?
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I have a quick question for you guys that have tinted your rear window with a ceramic film:

Have you guys noticed any distortion of light through your rear window, especially at night? I noticed ever since tinting the rear window that light through that window seems to be getting reflected/distorted where the copper filament is in the window.
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Originally Posted by carljones11
See, I've got a lot to learn! The 35% is darker, so that's what I need to understand. Is the darker tint a problem for night driving?
The % associated with window tint films represents "visible light transmission (VLT)" - the higher the %VLT, the more visible light is allowed to transmit through the film resulting in a "lighter"-looking tint and vice versa for a lower %VLT.

I have a 20% tint on the rear windows and although it is pretty dark in appearance (especially with a nougat brown interior and contrasting with a white exterior), I haven't found night visibility to be an issue at all.
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Hey Jake, that looks great!!
Goes with the paint color nicely.
I was expecting the 50% to look lighter than yours.
What brand film is that?
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nice, here is what 35 would have looked like in Daytona Gray
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