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Old Mar 26, 2011 | 12:23 AM
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Hi, as the title says im in debate of what tint % to choose on my 96 red formula. The limit is 30% in my state so im stuck between 35% and 20% i want something dark, but not hard to see out at night, but also to look nice in the day. I'm still having trouble deciding and if anyone has input that would help, thanx. I know some people around me that have 20% and have never gotten hassled by the cops.
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Old Mar 26, 2011 | 12:39 AM
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Doubt you'll ever get hassled for 20% but you never know. I'm running 5% and love it, but 20's prob the way to go. Lots of info on tint here just search.
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Old Mar 26, 2011 | 12:23 PM
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i had 5 on my s10 and had to roll the window down when I backed up haha but it looked good! i would say 15% bc if you dont have factory tint then you gotta remember it wont be as dark as other vehicles that already have factory tint. 15 sounds dark but probably wont be that bad
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Old Mar 26, 2011 | 12:35 PM
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20% would probably be your best bet. just don't speed through city limits at 12am.
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Old Mar 26, 2011 | 12:51 PM
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I'm going with 10% on the rear and 15% windows...it really depends on local PD what you'll get away with, tho.
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Old Mar 26, 2011 | 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by 243hunter
i had 5 on my s10 and had to roll the window down when I backed up haha but it looked good! i would say 15% bc if you dont have factory tint then you gotta remember it wont be as dark as other vehicles that already have factory tint. 15 sounds dark but probably wont be that bad
pita but it does look good.
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Old Mar 26, 2011 | 01:15 PM
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I put 20% on all of my vehicles and it looks great.. Its fairly dark, but easy to see out of at night.
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Old Mar 26, 2011 | 06:32 PM
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I went with 15% and love it. Not too light an not too dark.
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I will be doing 5% on the sides and back, haven't decide if I'm going to do the front window with anything yet.

I had 5% on my old red 98 camaro and it looked nasty IMO.
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20 percent is a good number. dark enough to not really see in but light enough to not attract too much attention.
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I used to have 5% all around and loved the look, but driving at night and backing up was something to get used to.
As mentioned already, its what you can get away with, legal is 35% here and after years I finally got pulled over for my tint and the cop ripped it off. I decided to go with 20% on the sides this time hoping that he doesn't pull me over again. It still looks good and alot easier back up.
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Old Apr 3, 2011 | 02:09 PM
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Well i had to go with 35% because my parents said it had to be legal, heres a picture. [IMG]C:\Documents and Settings\Family\My Documents\My Pictures\4-3-2011[/IMG]
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