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I actually ended up with Limo (5%) in the rear and 50% up front.
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Window Tint?
If you plan to tint, feel free to comment with what percentage(s) you plan on using.
Handy reference "Tint Laws" - http://www.tintlaws.com
Handy reference "Tint Laws" - http://www.tintlaws.com
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15% all around. 5% windshield banner.
15% all around, black vinyl windshield strip
had mine done last week. got it wrapped into the deal when I bought it. my last negotiating piece!
Got my first ticket in the ST yesterday for illegal tint. I have 20% all around. It was a matter of time, but I made the trooper look at my car since I was in the HOV lane. There were 3 of us in the car, so I was legal for the HOV, but the fact that I was there made him notice. Note to self: stay out of the HOV lane with illegal tint...
20% is illegal? I think that's our limit. Rear passengers can be painted black as far as I'm aware though.
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Depends on your state laws. In Texas it can be all the way down to 5% on everything except the front windows which must be a lowest of 25%. I have mine at 20% on the rears and 35% on the fronts. That's plenty dark enough for me. I probably would have done 25% all around but the 3M Color Stable tint supposedly reads 35% at 27%, so any lower would be "illegal" for the front windows. I had 5% on the rear of my previous car that the PO put on and I couldn't see crap out the back at night.20% is illegal? I think that's our limit. Rear passengers can be painted black as far as I'm aware though.
In VA, regardless of where your car is registered, it's 50% on the front and 35% on the back and rear windows. It's a $91 fine. My front windows (the only ones he checked) read 17% with his tester because of the "solar tint" from the factory.
Btw the tint is formula one ceramic
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I'm in CA and did 60% all around..
Going with 5% on the back doors and hatch with nothing up front.
I'm in TX where the tint place I went to told me that for the front side windows it had to be a least 30%. I went with the best stuff the establishment had - Huper Optik, a German Product that does airplane windows I'm told and is a bit thicker than the competition (takes longer to set as well). I wanted 35%, but it only came in 30%, 40%, and 50%. The Huper 30% seemed a tad darker than I preferred so I went with the 40% all around except the moonroof where I did the 30%. (At certain angles the Huper Optik 40% it still looks pretty dark.) Anyway ,the place was fairly high end I guess as there were two BMWs and a Mercedes in front of me......needless to say I got the "what are you doing here with that POS look" from them as I pulled in with my FiST, but it turned out I was the only one getting the Huper Optik installed; those cheap SOBs opted for the less expensive stuff (still good I was told - Llumar?). The job cost me about $450, but the product blocks the heat better than the other brands (at least the ones offered at this place) which is a necessity on those microwave hot TX summer days.
Texas is actually 25% front, 5% rear for the maximum tint. I went with 3M Color Stable tint because that's all the place I went to tints with and it supposedly reads 27% on a 35% tint so I had to do 35% in the front. And I did 20% in the rear to darken it up a bit and not go too dark.I'm in TX where the tint place I went to told me that for the front side windows it had to be a least 30%. I went with the best stuff the establishment had - Huper Optik, a German Product that does airplane windows I'm told and is a bit thicker than the competition (takes longer to set as well). I wanted 35%, but it only came in 30%, 40%, and 50%. The Huper 30% seemed a tad darker than I preferred so I went with the 40% all around except the moonroof where I did the 30%. (At certain angles the Huper Optik 40% it still looks pretty dark.) Anyway ,the place was fairly high end I guess as there were two BMWs and a Mercedes in front of me......needless to say I got the "what are you doing here with that POS look" from them as I pulled in with my FiST, but it turned out I was the only one getting the Huper Optik installed; those cheap SOBs opted for the less expensive stuff (still good I was told - Llumar?). The job cost me about $450, but the product blocks the heat better than the other brands (at least the ones offered at this place) which is a necessity on those microwave hot TX summer days.
Thinking about doing 20% all around, got quoted $150, $180, and $200 for similar qualities of tint.
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