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Old 06-11-2006, 11:22 PM   #1
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What percentage tint?

Ok so very soon i will be getting my highland green bullitt's windows tinted. I plan on using Wilson. My question is not who to use but what percentage tint would look best for my windows? I want it dark, but i tmust be legal! I don't want it too light either. I want it to be nice and sharp looking without being an illegal percentage tint. So specifically in ya'lls opinion what percentage tint would look best on each window? Sides, windshield, backglass, etc...????? Thanks.
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Old 06-11-2006, 11:31 PM   #2
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If you want it legal just tell him to do the darkest legally possible. Get the High performance tint too.
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well if you want a nice dark tint but not to be so light your gonna have to go illegal. but i've had my windows tinted for about 2yrs now at 5% visible and have never had a problem w/ leon vally nor shavano park (and we all know how they are). but if you want a nice decent tint and not to dark i'd probably recomend like a 15-20% tint of film. thats just my .02's
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5% tint = 2% light transparency

for legal tint in texas
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Old 06-12-2006, 01:00 AM   #5
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yea, ive had mine 5% for quite a while now, with no problems... but i ride windows down ALL the time... haha. hot, cold, rain, day, night... everytime i drive the windows are open. kinda sucks, but you get used to it after a while and the car looks bad ass.
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^werd

gotta get the windows done on the new car, the tint on there sucks
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Old 06-12-2006, 08:27 AM   #7
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We got as dark as you can on the 05 from Wilson. To me its perfect. Dark enough you can't see in but you can still see out while driving. If you wanna check it out just let us know so we can drive him to Biffs.
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I like 20%. Might want to call and make sure he has the right stuff available too.
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I'm gonna get 20% all around when I get my vert tinted

its a good happy medium plus I like to be able to see out at night for safety purposes
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Whatever level you get, just make sure it's the same all the way around. I think having darker tint on the back windows than the front looks ghetto. Much classier to be the same on all of 'em.
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Old 06-14-2006, 01:21 AM   #11
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Whatever level you get, just make sure it's the same all the way around. I think having darker tint on the back windows than the front looks ghetto. Much classier to be the same on all of 'em.
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legal limit is set at 20 %
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^no its not, its 25% hey little to up but to a Police officer it can get you a ticket
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Old 06-19-2006, 09:43 PM   #14
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I have 5% on the very back window, and 20% on all the other windows. I did not want to do the 5% on the quarters because I think it would look funny. Having the very dark rear window just helps keep it looking darker because it lets less light in without looking like a different color than the rest of the windows.
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