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Old 02-28-06, 01:22 PM
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Default Tinted my IS 350 (pix)

Went to the tint shop a few weeks ago and bit the bullet. Here are some photos I took a few days ago.. enjoy









Old 02-28-06, 01:29 PM
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Ooo. Nice! What % tint did you get?
Old 02-28-06, 01:34 PM
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Lookin' good! Now you just gotta chrome it like crazee!!!
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shes a keeper
Old 02-28-06, 01:49 PM
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looks super awesome!
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looks better when your front windows were the same % as the back, but you might have some state law restrictions
Old 02-28-06, 02:41 PM
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Thanks guys
Yeah California basically says no tint at all in the front windows... I did tint it slightly though so it will flow a little better.
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I want to make secks to your vehicle.
Old 02-28-06, 02:47 PM
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joshua, what % tint are your windows
Old 02-28-06, 03:14 PM
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I will have to look up the tint percentage. They had 5 shades of Ceramic tint... the front windows are shade 1 (lightest) and the back seat windows and rear window are shade 4. Shade 5 seemed a little too dark for me.
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the backs seem to be about 20% and the fronts are probably around 35% or higher..
It looks very nice, you should of gotten the fronts done the same, to me when
you do the backs darker, it always reminds me of a limosine..Did they have to take
off your front door panels??
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Like your color choice, but I think the fronts should have been a little darker. I had mine done a coulpe of months ago and I wanted them to match tints but the vendor wouldn't because I wanted my back windows as dark as the law allows.
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Old 02-28-06, 04:16 PM
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I like it....though I wish you could have tinted the fronts a little more. Looks kinda incomplete.
Old 02-28-06, 04:18 PM
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I would have loved to tint the fronts even darker, and really I can but I will most likely get a ticket for it at some point in time. As it is its illegal but it’s not so illegal that it is easy to point out.
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The car sure looks good tinted. I wish I had the courage to do mine. It's just that I got tired of tickets.....taking off the front tint, getting the car cleared by the police, re-tinting, getting stopped, taking off the tint, getting the car cleared by police, re-tinting.......well you get the picture. BUT, you car does look great!


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