5 % tint?
Lexus Champion
Joined: Sep 2006
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From: Hill Country, TX
I'd be damned if I would put a tint so dark on my car that I couldn't see out at night or when reversing. That's just plain dumb. Driving is such an exercise in preventive behaviour these days with all the other yokels on the roads it seems counterproductive to put a tint so dark on you couldn't clearly see cars on your side clearly when changing lanes or maneuvering on the freeway. Tint in the 25% to 35% range is a good compromise in my opinion. But 5%, no way. That's putting the vanity of how you think your ride looks over common sense and safety. 
Lexus Test Driver
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From: CA
I'd be damned if I would put a tint so dark on my car that I couldn't see out at night or when reversing. That's just plain dumb. Driving is such an exercise in preventive behaviour these days with all the other yokels on the roads it seems counterproductive to put a tint so dark on you couldn't clearly see cars on your side clearly when changing lanes or maneuvering on the freeway. Tint in the 25% to 35% range is a good compromise in my opinion. But 5%, no way. That's putting the vanity of how you think your ride looks over common sense and safety.
Pole Position
Joined: Dec 2005
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From: Kentucky
I have 5% on my Tungsten Pearl 2IS (like car_lost's 2IS in post #13). I like it very well. I have very little trouble seeing at night although I do have excellent vision. And thankfully the police in my area overlook tint unless they pull you over for more serious offences first and just want to tack on an extra fine.
Lead Lap
Joined: Dec 2005
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From: FL
There's 1000 ways you COULD KILL someone in a car. You could be changing the radio, playing with the nav ect..ect.....IMO its all in the person, everybody is different.
Lead Lap
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From: CA
And as far as everybody being different, unless a 5% tint driver is a Superman with vision powers not normally found in our species then we’re all about the same. I understand that owls can see well at night, but we're not owls.
Try putting a pair of dark sunglasses on at night and tell me you can see as well as when not wearing them. Like I said, we need to use a little common sense here before some child or old lady crossing the street at night gets killed.
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Lead Lap
Joined: Dec 2005
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From: FL
With all due respect, that’s a specious argument. Comparing one bad thing to justify another makes no sense.
And as far as everybody being different, unless a 5% tint driver is a Superman with vision powers not normally found in our species then we’re all about the same. I understand that owls can see well at night, but we're not owls.
Try putting a pair of dark sunglasses on at night and tell me you can see as well as when not wearing them. Like I said, we need to use a little common sense here before some child or old lady crossing the street at night gets killed.
And as far as everybody being different, unless a 5% tint driver is a Superman with vision powers not normally found in our species then we’re all about the same. I understand that owls can see well at night, but we're not owls.
Try putting a pair of dark sunglasses on at night and tell me you can see as well as when not wearing them. Like I said, we need to use a little common sense here before some child or old lady crossing the street at night gets killed.
I have never had a problem seeing out of dark windows at night...and I am not superman
I agree some people should not have tint at all LOL but I guess we will just agree to disagree on this.
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Joined: Jan 2004
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From: Nevada
You can get away with 5% in Vegas...they NEVER pull people over for it. I know many people, including myself with limo tint, and not one of us has been pulled over for it. I guess it's because the cops have better things to be doing, or they understand that the Vegas sun will give you cancer in .02 seconds.
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Joined: Apr 2006
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From: CA
do you guys drive with the windows down all the time
i cant imagine a cop pulling next to you and not pulling you over
at night its easier to get away with it because cops are busy with the night stuff but in the day it is so blatent
i have cops come behind me all the time so i cant imagine you just avoid them
i cant imagine a cop pulling next to you and not pulling you over
at night its easier to get away with it because cops are busy with the night stuff but in the day it is so blatent
i have cops come behind me all the time so i cant imagine you just avoid them
Intermediate
Joined: Jan 2004
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From: Nevada
do you guys drive with the windows down all the time
i cant imagine a cop pulling next to you and not pulling you over
at night its easier to get away with it because cops are busy with the night stuff but in the day it is so blatent
i have cops come behind me all the time so i cant imagine you just avoid them
i cant imagine a cop pulling next to you and not pulling you over
at night its easier to get away with it because cops are busy with the night stuff but in the day it is so blatent
i have cops come behind me all the time so i cant imagine you just avoid them
I am telling you, they just do not care in Las Vegas, and it's great.
BTW, got off with a warning about the speeding. I was lucky all around, and that usually never happens!
Lead Lap
Joined: Jun 2006
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From: CA
Again, some of you may be missing the point. It’s not a question of whether you’ll get pulled over or not; it’s a matter of when and if you’ll kill someone some night because you couldn’t see well enough through the tint.