t-top question
Joined: May 2006
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From: somewhere that doesn't get snow
they can be tinted. i've had 5% on mine for about 4 years now. they "claim" it can cause them to crack due to extra heat but somewhere on here i read the tops are meant to withstand 4000 degrees. there is NO way having tint on the tops will make them get that hot. if so we are all dead at that point so it won't matter 
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Joined: Jan 2008
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From: Fargo, ND
anyway
i thought they came pre tinted from the factory? mine are just slightly tinted.
i remember my dads 93 had the black dots on them, seemed like it let in the perfect amount of sunlight.
They are slightly tinted, I'd say probably like 35% or so. Your dad's 93 had the dot matrix style t-tops that all 93 and 94 F-Bodies got.
And as far as temp, for some reason, my car gets ridiculously hot and has fried 3 alarm systems, the installer even put a thermometer in it one day and after a couple hrs, it got over 160 degrees, which he said he hadnt seen before (that was with 5% sides and back and t-top shades installed.)
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From: Between Bowling Green/Owensboro
Basically he followed about 1/4 mile behind me one morning with his radar gun on for ~10 miles while other cars sped by. He finally caught up with me and as soon as he got beside me, slammed his brakes and got behind me to pull me over bc my tint was too dark...He measured it at like 3.2% and started ripping the corner off and saw I was pissed. At that point he said he can stop and give me a ticket or let him continue tearing...since he already messed it up, I told him to go ahead and finish what he started.
I would have immediately called the state police or 911 and starting video taping it. Around here that **** doesnt fly.
Also when I talked with the tint shop, they said they have seen tint tickets range from $70-500, depending on how much of a dick the cop wants to be. So in the end, I ended up spending the equivalent of a low end ticket to get them retinted and just garaged the car for a few weeks incase he was hanging around the neighborhood waiting to see me again.
