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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 11:27 AM
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For inspection you can just pull the relay/fuse for the windows with em down.
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 11:27 AM
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I will never do my sides 5% though, only the rear.
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 11:30 AM
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Yeah i'm over it lol next ticket its going up to 20 prob. I'm definatly stocked for the 5% back though. I normally use the other mirrors to back up at night anyways. I'm also tired of always flipping the rear view from headlights all the time so that won't be a problem anymore either.
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by The Mighty Texan
Yeah i'm over it lol next ticket its going up to 20 prob. I'm definatly stocked for the 5% back though. I normally use the other mirrors to back up at night anyways. I'm also tired of always flipping the rear view from headlights all the time so that won't be a problem anymore either.
This is why it's almost a necessity to have 5% on the rear. On my old firebird I had 35% on the rear, always had to flip the rear view to dim mode. On my ws6 with 5%, I have never once switched it to dim. Helps out so much at night.
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 05:12 PM
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My friends truck has 5% on back sides and 65 on windshield it is too dark.
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by The Mighty Texan
Yeah i'm over it lol next ticket its going up to 20 prob. I'm definatly stocked for the 5% back though. I normally use the other mirrors to back up at night anyways. I'm also tired of always flipping the rear view from headlights all the time so that won't be a problem anymore either.
Plus with these texas summers you wish you had that 5!
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 09:04 PM
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Yeah dark tint and windshield pop out covers really helps jeep the inside of the car cool!
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 09:10 PM
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When I get mine done it will be 5% on hatch and 20% on sides.
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 10:07 PM
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35% sides

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Old Feb 28, 2012 | 02:05 AM
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i went with 15% sides 5% rear and when i find my HID lights ill do 35% front and 5% on the t-top
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Old Feb 28, 2012 | 02:18 AM
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Mine had 5% all the way around when I bought it. Its nice during the day, but WAY too dark at night. Hate having to roll the windows down when its cold out.
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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 10:09 AM
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How cold can it really get in Florida!
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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 10:41 AM
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How cold can it really get in Florida!
I've been here for almost three years and it has dropped below freezing a few times in the winter.
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Old Mar 2, 2012 | 09:24 AM
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Im getting mine re-tinted right now. Im going with 20% on the sides and 5% on the back. Found out it had 20% all the way around.
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Old Mar 2, 2012 | 09:26 AM
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^ That's gonna look real nice, post pics when finished.
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Old Mar 2, 2012 | 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Simplɘ Jack
^ That's gonna look real nice, post pics when finished.
Will do! Its cloudy here today so it may not be a good pic, ill probably just take one inside my shop because it has great lighting.
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Old Mar 2, 2012 | 11:41 AM
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x2 lets see it cape. Still need to schedule mine.. the warmer it gets here the more i am reminded
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Old Mar 2, 2012 | 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Nick V.
35 is legal just about everywhere.

at one point i googled what was legal, but was very disappointed and have

decided i will not allow a state to choose how the car i bought looks
Sadly, anything on the driver or passenger door here in MI is illegal. You can have the back and if you have a four door car, the back two doors at whatever you want but nothing can be on drivers or passengers except like a few inch stripe which would look totally stupid anyway :. For many cities, it just gives the police a reason to pull you over and hassle you. Its an easy ticket in their eyes and then they can hit you with loud exhaust or lights out or even search your car if they have reason to or give you a breathalyzer, etc. There are a few cities by me that love to hand out tickets for things like this which is why I reconsider doing it every time I see a badass fbody with all blacked out windows. It just looks so damn sweet when the sail panel is black too and it all flows together IMO.
If the law ever changes, ill be first in line you can bet that but until then, I just do the hatch so at least annoying big *** trucks with 2355432003 lights on them thinking they are off roading and need to have them all on right on your *** dont blind me at night.
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Old Mar 2, 2012 | 08:58 PM
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20 on the sides and 5% in the back, was an interesting day to say the least. I never drive my car in the rain, but it was 2 1/2 week wait to get an appointment to tint the windows. And of course the day I get them done it stormed its *** off as he just got done, like we had quarter size hail, 50 mph winds and there were tornados within a few miles of where I was at. So needless to say I got to wash the car as soon is i got it back in the shop, and it was dark by the time i got done so you all get garage pics for now.


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The side windows are easy to look out of durring they day, night time might be a lil dark, but I love the way it looks

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Old Mar 2, 2012 | 09:09 PM
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Man I'd love to go 20%...I've thought about just doing it and leaving a $20 in the cup holder but it would be too damn expensive to put on (rear included) just to have to get taken off...
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