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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 05:00 PM
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i want to tint my two front windows and the front "eyebrow". the "eyebrow" is def going to be in 5% but i think 15% for the sides is too light. if i do 10% how far off would the back windows be to match, my back windows are factory tinted btw.
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 05:31 PM
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Are you going to tint your own windows or are you going to have it done. A question I am going to throw into this pot. If the tinting has been damaged how is it repaired?
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 05:51 PM
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i tinted my dads ranger last year, the back bed window, and the two back windows, them came out great but im going to professionally have these done with 3m tint. i want a professional look thats all.
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 05:59 PM
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Are you going to tint your own windows or are you going to have it done. A question I am going to throw into this pot. If the tinting has been damaged how is it repaired?
do you have factory tint or did u add it yourself? if you installed it yourself the only way i know is take it off with a razor blade and start all over.
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 08:42 PM
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Get 15%, it matches perfectly. Some people will say 20% matches but it doesn't with all the sunlight coming threw the windsheild. I have 15% and have no complaints.


I also have an eyebrow going down to the AS1 line, which is roughly six inches. If I were to do it again I would go down 9 inches, atleast.
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 09:48 PM
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i like that alot. do u have any of the other windows tinted too or no.
i just want to tint the fronts to match the back and the brow

i went to a nascar race up in pa and there was this f150 stuck in traffic so i went up to him because he had half of the windshield in 5% and the sides and everything so i started talking to him and of course he ended up being a cop so he gets away with everything ahah
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 09:53 PM
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Literally half his windsheild was tinted 5%???

The first tint I got done was 15% on the front two windows then the second was 5% on the rear window against the bed and an eyebrow down to the AS1 line. I might go back and get another layer of tint on the eyebrow and take it down a few inches further.
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 10:01 PM
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yes, literally half the windshield. i dont think i could ever drive that because one its dark and two it was a straight line right across and that would annoy me so much.


thats alot. im just going with the 15% on the two front sides and the brow up to the as1 in 5% and if its too light i'll worry about the back. hopefully my pops says okay hahahha
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 10:16 PM
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Yea my dad is a biotch about tint. He likes the 15% but when I wanted to get 5% over the 15% he got pissed.
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 10:31 PM
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mine hates tint. i live in jersey and its completely illegal. all the pickup trucks have them and i never see them get pulled over but all the people with there sport cars or civics and golfs get pulled over bc there fast n exhaust. i dont think i'll have a problem except that my truck is red
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