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Old 11-13-2004, 01:41 PM
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Limo on the back, 35% on the sides.
Old 11-13-2004, 01:48 PM
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Congrats! Looks nice and it's legal too!
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that looks great,here in pa no tint is legal on the side windows,
but I did 35% on my sides & had no problem.
Did you do the rear in 1 piece or 2?
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rear was done in one piece. Noticing that the dot matrix at the top of the hatch is starting to slightly turn white, hopefully it'll stay black with the rest of the car, I was warned about that just happening. Definitely a bigger improvement to the car than I thought it'd be.
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tinted? its so dark it almost looks painted! looks great, i wanted to get mine that dark but cops around here are **** about tinting, so i went a bit lighter
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cmon get your sides done too and youll have yourself pimped out also think about gettin some new wheels....looks great
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haha I've been thinkin about new wheels for a few years, it's the money part that kinda sucks.

Definitely would've gone limo all the way around, but the cops are **** here too. If they can't see you, they pull you over, hand you a scraper, and make you scrape it off right then and there.
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that looks great. just decided to get mine like that too. it'll hide the bars too!

thanks for the pic,
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that looks good, REALLY dark, is it hard to see at night?
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lol @ all the people saying its REALLY dark...
i dunno? it looks good, but doesnt look THAT dark to me, guess im just used to darker, but mine isnt even THAT dark
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your car looks great though
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mine looks just like ur black Ta..same tint
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it really isn't hard to see out of because there's all the outside light. It's only hard to see in to the car because there's no light inside.
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If you have probs with the dot matrix, have them cut the tint right under the dots and have a vinyl company cut the missing piece in black vinyl and stick it in the spot. I'm having that done next summer. That dot matrix makes a good tint look crappy.
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It looks really good, but is the back the same as the front, 'cause it looks darker?
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I personally did the same thing for the dot area that joedrum suggested. I have it cut at the base of the dot and then mask everything off and have it shot black. Once that is done I do one more coat just to be sure and if there are any areas still peeking out just use the tint pen to fix. It helps having a friend in the business, I get to learn all these stupid little things. Mine is limo in the back and tintless on the side, between the CA regulations and not being allowed on base, it's just not worth it to me. I might get light on the sides anyway just to compliment the back, I'm still debating the risk.



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