Window tinting.

Scotty1981

Scotty1981

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I was happy with my 35%, made driving on sunny days much more comfortable. I am less concerned with privacy or being unseen though. You can still see into the car with 35%. I personally don't like any window but the rear windshield darker than 20% and even then I stopped at 15% and was quite happy with the results. Trucks and cars with high beams couldn't bother me haha.

Made backing up a pain at night, I found I parked near the back of the lots where I could pull through two spaces or ended up rolling my window down sometimes or getting a passenger to assist when I had to back up. Rear view camera would have helped immensely but that was an 8th gen. I haven't gotten around to attempting a rear view install on my 9th yet. Not sure if I'll even be able to afford it.


In Ohio, Front seat side windows have to be 50%, rear sides and back window can be as dark as you like. I can't recall the windshield but I think it's 5" down and 35% limit.
 
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Brooksie365

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the backing up is a very good point. I didn't have a problem with backing up until I just tinted my taillights.... I'm starting to think that it was a bad idea... As far as privacy I'm in a car not a room so I'm on the same page as you Scotty. I just think the car looks way better during the day with 20% tint or lower
 
Bartjo06

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Mine is going in for tint today! I'll post up some pics when I get it later on. I'm thinking 5% on the back window and rear sides and either 35% or 20% on the front windows.
 
Bartjo06

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Ended up going with 10% on the back window and 35% on the rear/front sides at the advice of the guy doing the work. This car is my daily driver so I didn't want to push it. Hopefully it looks alright.
 
Brooksie365

Brooksie365

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Bartjo06 said:
Ended up going with 10% on the back window and 35% on the rear/front sides at the advice of the guy doing the work. This car is my daily driver so I didn't want to push it. Hopefully it looks alright.
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im interested to see what it looks like. do you have black interior?
 
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I have 40% all round in California. You can still see inside during the day. but at night you cant, only a shadow moving. It is my daily drive and my tint film is expensive (huper optic ceramic tint). So i chose 40% to be safe.
 
Bartjo06

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Tint came out really good! I'll post up some pictures tomorrow. Having a 10% back window made the 35% sides look really dark. The dot matrix at the top of the back window is bubbled right now, so we'll see how that turns out in a week or so.
 
Scotty1981

Scotty1981

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The dot matrix always stays kind of bubbled/silvery looking, no way around that really unless you want to try to sand the dots off. May end up scratching the hell out of the window though.
 
Brooksie365

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nat3d said:
taxes are paying for the ma legal 35 all around
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my eye doctor told me i could get a prescription for how ever dark of tint i wanted in ma. i decided against it because even if i have a way to prove my tint is legal i don't want to get pulled over all the time and have them find other things. i hate ma and there stupid laws
 
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