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Old Jan 17, 2006 | 01:17 PM
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Hey the is300 comes stock with something like 70% tint right? Where there any differences in the color/shade throughout the years?
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Old Jan 17, 2006 | 01:23 PM
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more like 90-95%.... if that's what you want to call a "tint"
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Old Jan 17, 2006 | 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Davidss
Hey the is300 comes stock with something like 70% tint right? Where there any differences in the color/shade throughout the years?
yeah i don't think it's 70%, seems like it's lighter than that, probably 90% like junior said
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Old Jan 17, 2006 | 02:53 PM
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Where there different shades? Or were they all a silverish tint color?
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they are all tinted the same, if any, except the front. i wuldn't say it's silverish, it's more like a bit greenish
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everything is tinted the same, no really different colors, someone else asked the same thing, and they realized i was right.
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