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Old Apr 18, 2007 | 11:51 AM
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20% all the way around...........
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Old Apr 18, 2007 | 12:05 PM
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I know it's not a car, but...
I have limo in the rear, 15% on the sides, and 35% down the whole windshield.





It looks dark as hell, but it isn't. 15% isn't as dark as limo, so you will still be able to see in during the day. You won't see faces and stuff, but you can see outlines and the steering wheel etc. b/c you still have sunlight coming through the windshield. Tinting the windshield will keep a lot of that out.
During the day it just looks like the sky is slightly hazy. You get used to it quick. Night time is the same. I was driving on a dark country road at night and could still see fine.

The only thing that sucks is that I have polarized sunglasses and it makes everything look blue and purple through the tint lol.
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 11:28 AM
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2.5% all around. i love it.
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by BANDITCAR
I just got 15% all around...Its perfect. Still don't have any problems seeing at night, either.
heres mine
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 11:56 AM
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if i had stuff in the back that was somewhat important (speakers, etc) id get 5% but since i never have anything back there i decided to go 15% all the way around so the windows wouldnt look different... if i had to do it again, id still do 15% all the way around...

Originally Posted by GotV-8
20% on doors and 35% on the rear. Its still hard to see at night, I did have 20% on the rear. See in sig.
i have 15% on the back and ive never had a problem seeing at night

ive never seen one that doesnt have that crap. get used to it
mine doesnt, i guess i took it to someone who knew what they were doing
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 11:57 AM
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anybody tried taking the black vinyl to the font windhsield down to the legal line?
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 12:51 PM
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Finally got a look at my car, looks like they just tinted over the dot matrix. Looks pretty good actually, so they must have cut them a bit to make it more adhesive. Good thing to because it I notice it looking like crap I would probably replace my rear windshield just to get rid of that stuff... because I'm crazy like that
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 01:07 PM
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A legal 35% here for me but considering going darker:





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Heres mine 5% all around
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Wish you guys would list what type of tint you used I have 28% now I think with 3m, and i need to redo a window.. and thinking about just redoing the whole car.. that 15-20% looks about right for what I want. Just cant decide if it is worth the hassle of finding another 3m installer around raliegh
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Old Apr 25, 2007 | 11:22 PM
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i did 20 (17) on my truck, and it looks awesome. Since I'm not running a front plate in this great state of IL and thats illegal, as is my exhaust, I think I'm going to go with 30 on the car, 17 on the back though. I love my 3m tint though, great stuff.
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Old Apr 26, 2007 | 12:01 AM
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Originally Posted by 04silveradoscott
I know it's not a car, but...
I have limo in the rear, 15% on the sides, and 35% down the whole windshield.





It looks dark as hell, but it isn't. 15% isn't as dark as limo, so you will still be able to see in during the day. You won't see faces and stuff, but you can see outlines and the steering wheel etc. b/c you still have sunlight coming through the windshield. Tinting the windshield will keep a lot of that out.
During the day it just looks like the sky is slightly hazy. You get used to it quick. Night time is the same. I was driving on a dark country road at night and could still see fine.

The only thing that sucks is that I have polarized sunglasses and it makes everything look blue and purple through the tint lol.
Love the look man. Great looking truck.

I have 20% on sides and 40% on windshield. I love how it looks. On a sunny day and at night I have no problem seeing. The only crappy thing is they can't use a heat gun to shrink it because of the plastic in it. I think its one of the best mods I have done.
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