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Old Sep 19, 2012 | 08:44 AM
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I have no tints. This is my second car I haven't done tints to.

Am I the only one who thinks the car looks cleaner, newer with no tints?

No being a huge fan of police I don't like to give them any reasons to pull me over, so I dont mind not having tints. But if I did have them, I think 35% is a perfect.
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Old Sep 19, 2012 | 08:49 AM
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I did 50% side windows and 35% rear, car is black on black
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Old Sep 19, 2012 | 09:00 AM
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measured mine at the shop the other day and it was 3%...Ive done fish'bowlin before and there something about everyone being able to look in at me picking my nose that I dont like Tints it is.. Plus in TX, you cant drive around w o them, too hot out
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Old Sep 19, 2012 | 09:12 AM
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LLumar 35% copper all the way around. my vehicle is cypress pearl and it looks terrible with black tint, so I went with a brownish/copper instead.
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Old Sep 19, 2012 | 01:06 PM
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I'm not a tint expert and maybe this question and/or topic has been hashed out, but any of you guys know much about titanium tint? And does tint quality really do much to shield heat? Thanks.
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Old Sep 19, 2012 | 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by madman66
I'm not a tint expert and maybe this question and/or topic has been hashed out, but any of you guys know much about titanium tint? And does tint quality really do much to shield heat? Thanks.
im running 20% front & 5% rears...black/tan inside

Quality is huge, it does make a difference with heat shield & to me more importantly does NOT turn nasty purple after getting beat by the sun. Cheap tint sucks! 3m, Lumar, Solamatrix, ClearMax, few others too I can not recall at the moment but those are a few of the quality tint producers IMO
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Old Sep 19, 2012 | 07:45 PM
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Im black on black with 32% all the way around. Not too light, not too dark
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Old Sep 19, 2012 | 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by madman66
I'm not a tint expert and maybe this question and/or topic has been hashed out, but any of you guys know much about titanium tint? And does tint quality really do much to shield heat? Thanks.
Yes, tint quality matters. I prefer the ceramic based tint. Doesn't interfere with your electronics and kept the car cooler than the metal based tint, I used to use. I'm currently using a carbon based tint, and I don't like it as much as the ceramic.
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Old Sep 19, 2012 | 09:19 PM
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Cool I'm gonna go with 35% percent I think, I had to reschedule for Friday so I have a few more days to think about it, and I'm with BGG I hate when people can just see me in plain view I like my privacy and it helps with heat and shade which I need with a baby in the car..
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Old Sep 19, 2012 | 10:40 PM
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BGG?? what's that?
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Old Sep 19, 2012 | 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by BGG
measured mine at the shop the other day and it was 3%...Ive done fish'bowlin before and there something about everyone being able to look in at me picking my nose that I dont like Tints it is.. Plus in TX, you cant drive around w o them, too hot out

Agreeing to what he said..
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Old Sep 20, 2012 | 05:45 PM
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I'm running 50% front and 35% rear but feel like it's still not dark enough in the rear. Might switch to 20 in the rear
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Old Sep 20, 2012 | 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Mikeyy
I'm running 50% front and 35% rear but feel like it's still not dark enough in the rear. Might switch to 20 in the rear
What color is ur interior? I dropped my car off and I went with 40% all around
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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 10:35 AM
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So I just got a call from my tint guy sayin he couldn't do it cuz there was a wax like film on the window and he had trouble getting the door panels off. Ever heard of something like this I called another shop that had a gs430 on display so I know they can it just kinda weird that he turned it down after tryin for 3 hours..
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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by MnGs3xx
So I just got a call from my tint guy sayin he couldn't do it cuz there was a wax like film on the window and he had trouble getting the door panels off. Ever heard of something like this I called another shop that had a gs430 on display so I know they can it just kinda weird that he turned it down after tryin for 3 hours..
He was able to get the back window done but he removed it cuz he couldn't do the rest
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