35% tinit too light
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35% tint too light
For anyone worried that 35% tinit would be too light, It is too light. 35% tint in the driver's side and passenger's side windows match at night when the car is off. In the daytime, the difference between the front and back windows are noticable. Also, at night if the car is on, the navigation produces so much light in the intertior that anyone outside the car can see through the front windows.
I should have at least went with 20%. And tinting the rear of the car over the factory privacy glass is not a bad idea.
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I should have at least went with 20%. And tinting the rear of the car over the factory privacy glass is not a bad idea.
Hope this info becomes useful.
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Originally Posted by GX4Life
For anyone worried that 35% tinit would be too light, It is too light. 35% tint in the driver's side and passenger's side windows match at night when the car is off. In the daytime, the difference between the front and back windows are noticable. Also, at night if the car is on, the navigation produces so much light in the intertior that anyone outside the car can see through the front windows.
I should have at least went with 20%. And tinting the rear of the car over the factory privacy glass is not a bad idea.
Hope this info becomes useful.
I should have at least went with 20%. And tinting the rear of the car over the factory privacy glass is not a bad idea.
Hope this info becomes useful.
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Yeah I agree, 35% is nothing and hardly worth the trouble other than in most states it's the darkest LEGAL tint available. If you're trying to get it to match the stock tint then 15%-20% should do it, that's been my experience with my cars in the past.
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Originally Posted by GX4Life
For anyone worried that 35% tinit would be too light, It is too light. 35% tint in the driver's side and passenger's side windows match at night when the car is off. In the daytime, the difference between the front and back windows are noticable. Also, at night if the car is on, the navigation produces so much light in the intertior that anyone outside the car can see through the front windows.
I should have at least went with 20%. And tinting the rear of the car over the factory privacy glass is not a bad idea.
Hope this info becomes useful.
I should have at least went with 20%. And tinting the rear of the car over the factory privacy glass is not a bad idea.
Hope this info becomes useful.
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I went with 35% and agree that it would look better with 20%. That being said, I would chose 35% again simply due to the fact that I don't avoid possible police stops as much as possible.
Also, I have seen the same 35% in a GX with the tan interior and it appears much lighter than in mine with charcoal interior.
Also, I have seen the same 35% in a GX with the tan interior and it appears much lighter than in mine with charcoal interior.
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Originally Posted by 98Nav400
I went with 35% and agree that it would look better with 20%. That being said, I would chose 35% again simply due to the fact that I don't avoid possible police stops as much as possible.
Also, I have seen the same 35% in a GX with the tan interior and it appears much lighter than in mine with charcoal interior.
Also, I have seen the same 35% in a GX with the tan interior and it appears much lighter than in mine with charcoal interior.
i'm right on the boat with the 20%. this is my first vehicle with legal tints, but this is also the first vehicle i've had that i get my plates run constantly. at least where i live there's a big difference between a 25k sports car with dark tints and a 50k+ suv with tints. cops tend to wonder how you got it, ya know!!
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That's funny cause my experience has been the nicer and more expensive the car, the less police want to pull it over, same with front plates, they never pull over a Corvette without a front plate and dark tint but roll through in a Honda Acoord and you're toast. Or roll around in a Regal with 15% tint behind a MB and see which one gets stopped.
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Originally Posted by SCRUFFDOGG
That's funny cause my experience has been the nicer and more expensive the car, the less police want to pull it over, same with front plates, they never pull over a Corvette without a front plate and dark tint but roll through in a Honda Acoord and you're toast. Or roll around in a Regal with 15% tint behind a MB and see which one gets stopped.
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Yes, I agree with Allison - it all depends on how much harrassment you want from the cops. I'm 33, but look like a teenager to law enforcement so I got the 35% tint in the front (with 15% everywhere else) because i didn't want to get stopped. 15% or darker would have been sweet but with a wife and baby, didn't want the hassle of getting pulled over. Even had the front plates put on (yuck!) because of this.
Couple of years ago, I was driving an old pickup and a cop stopped me on busy 101 freeway in Hollywood in the middle of rush hour over front window tints, as well as rear window tint because I didn't have a passenger side mirror.
Couple of years ago, I was driving an old pickup and a cop stopped me on busy 101 freeway in Hollywood in the middle of rush hour over front window tints, as well as rear window tint because I didn't have a passenger side mirror.
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Originally Posted by 98Nav400
I went with 35% and agree that it would look better with 20%. That being said, I would chose 35% again simply due to the fact that I don't avoid possible police stops as much as possible.
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Originally Posted by Capirato
Recently, I decided to have my front door windows tinted. First I checked to see what the legal tint is for California. I discovered that it is 70% for the front door windows and any % for the rest of the windows. I figured that I would go with 50% for the fronts, but to my surprise, the lightest tint the Shop had was 35% which matches pretty close the color of the rear windows. So, that's what I got. I may later have the rear windows tinted.
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