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Can't decide on Tint...help!

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Old 09-07-06 | 02:31 PM
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Default Can't decide on Tint...help!

I can't seem to decide on what type of tint to go with...metallic or regular. My car's black on black....it seems as though regular tint might look better.

what do you guys think? i could use some help....and post pictures if you have them please!
Old 09-07-06 | 02:33 PM
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I think regular looks better on Black car!!
Old 09-07-06 | 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by hsk73
I think regular looks better on Black car!!

is it true that 'regular' will eventually turn purpleish?
Old 09-07-06 | 02:59 PM
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I don't know??
I've never driven a car long enough to notice the color fade to purple...

Originally Posted by shaitaan
is it true that 'regular' will eventually turn purpleish?
Old 09-07-06 | 03:33 PM
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I vote regular
Old 09-07-06 | 03:41 PM
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The only fade I know of is if you get red tint it will fade to pink.
Get regular and call it a day.
Old 09-07-06 | 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by shaitaan
is it true that 'regular' will eventually turn purpleish?


I don't think so, but I am pretty sure that older cars (my friend's '90 Z) came with purple tint. Maybe it was the style. Maybe someone can shed some more light on this.

Whoops, forgot about the topic. I think metallic tint only looks good on white cars. I have seen it on all colored cars, but it looks really funny. I have a non-white car and considered mirror/metallic, but realized it doesn't look good on red.

Black looks good on all cars.

Too bad mirror tint is illegal in Cali.

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Old 09-07-06 | 05:51 PM
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Tint that turns purple is usually when someone did the tint themselves with a cheaper version of tint that you can buy at a walmart, so its not good quality stuff, anywhere that installs will have much nicer tint, and plus it takes many many years of the sun baking the tint onto your windows before the low quality tint even starts turning purple
Old 09-07-06 | 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by shaitaan
is it true that 'regular' will eventually turn purpleish?
Only "Charcoal" tint turns purple. I have True Grey and it will never turn purple.
Old 09-07-06 | 05:57 PM
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I'd go with metallic, if it's the same as "titanium" which gives it the wet look.
Old 09-07-06 | 08:04 PM
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metallic really stands out on a black car.... it's really nice and catchy
Old 09-08-06 | 05:53 AM
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i'll go with titanium.keeps the heat out and looks nice too

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Old 09-12-06 | 04:48 PM
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regular all the way man, but I am biased towards it

I have 5% all the way around and with a brow on the windshield then 35% down the rest of the windshield
Old 09-12-06 | 06:49 PM
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nice someone with ***** to tint front windshild. im getting light tint all around. i dont like it too dark, but its gonna be reg. tint.
Old 09-12-06 | 10:55 PM
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go for the light blue tint.........i did it !
i will post pics soon..........


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