Window Tint

[baron25]

How dark have you guys got your windows tinted? I went to get a quote the other day and the guy offered to do legal (35% i assume) on the front windows, and overlegal (??%) on the rear and the quarter windows. Would having mismatched tint look wierd though? how dark is 35%?

[Husky33]

  baron25 said:

How dark have you guys got your windows tinted? I went to get a quote the other day and the guy offered to do legal (35% i assume) on the front windows, and overlegal (??%) on the rear and the quarter windows. Would having mismatched tint look wierd though? how dark is 35%?

He would have quoted 35% all round, they dont tint the front windows dude.

35% is not that dark, i have around 25-30 and it's not dark.

I would go more like 20%, at least on the rear and rear quarters

I have had 5% before all round, that was cool, couldnt see in at all, but the problem was it was hard to see out aswell

[sky017]

solar tint = 20% all round , $300 . - ilegal tint though , you shouldnt have any trouble with it , as long as your not doing anything stupid . see my display pic , quaters are dark as anything . you could get 10% for $30 more , but you wouldnt need it , 20 is dark enough

[ctjet]

yep 20% FTW... ive had 35%, 20% and 5% ona few cars now and 20% was by far the best. It was dark enough to look good and hide you from other people but still allowed you to see out of the car with no worries

A mate of mine has 4% tint on his VL... most impracticale way to drive a car that you've ever seen. He's even got 35% on his windscreen, so to answer you question; 35% is not dark at all

[geno8r]

What's solartint? That's on my new car, currently got ES15% tint on my car.

[Eug]

20% - it can be a little bit of a bitch at night, but its a happy medium between looks and practicallity

[Mikyel]

5% tint the best.. Have it on the car now..

Only night time hard to see out, but you will get used to it..

[siddr20]

15% tint all round.. group buy for 240 i think.. Check group buy section.. But hes in sydney (Hornsby)

35% is not dark at all dude..

lower the % the darker it is.. but offcourse a defect!! But dont think cops care to much about it.. will be luck i guess..

This is 15% on mine..

[WazR32GTSt]

35% is not that dark, but it has advantages

- its legal, no hassles, no worries when the cops pull you over at night

- it is dark, just not as dark as the illegal tint. you are blocking 65% of the light afterall

- has awesome UV protection, just as good as the darker tints

- comes with warranty. i know when i got mine if i wanted darker than legal it came with no warranty and no reciept. this way its all good and within the law

my opinion: go 35% darkest legal

[geno8r]

^ lol @ anyone who really cares about their tint being legal when they drive a skyline, I'm sure there’s plenty of other parts on the car they'd be more concerned about the cops defecting.

15% Tint FTW

PS: Yes 35% tint is legal, but the guy who did mine said he’d do any tint on an import as there’s a loop hole supposedly & you can tell the cop that the car was imported & complied in that dark tint.

PPS: If you get pulled over by a cop, wind both windows all the way down before he gets to your car

[Michael_1882]

5% FTW

[WazR32GTSt]

there's no loophole..

if its illegal then the car is unroadworthy and technically the cops can make you remove it and get a rwc before hitting the streets again

an aftermarket bov can be removed easily

a pod can be taken off with 1 screwdriver

illegal tint has to be booked back into the shop to be taken off and replaced. cost? more than the original i'm guessing... worth it? personally i think not...

[Munkyb0y]

has anyone been defected for illegal tint?

is it common? do cops look for that type of thing?

i personally dont know of anyone who has.

[nzm033]

my mates imported an r34 and the rear quarters and rear window are black, no tint

this is wat somebody told me..apparently that the law for 35% legal tint came in, in 1994 so if ur car was made before then its ok and if ur cars imported its ok because it came like that from factory

i dont know if this is true, it may be wrong....just letting u guys know wat i heard

[geno8r]

  Munkyb0y said:

has anyone been defected for illegal tint?

i personally dont know of anyone who has.

Exactly, in the real word, just doesn't happen, sif worry bout tint.

[hanyou]

on a side note, wouldnt cars that are +15y/o be able to have any tint they want?

[Husky33]

Like i said before, i had 5% on my R33.

Yes i got defected for it, had to remove it.

I passed vicroads inspection by only removing the side window tint, they didnt care about rear quarters or rear.

But yeah, def can be defected for it

[Sean'O]

  geno8r said:

PS: Yes 35% tint is legal, but the guy who did mine said he’d do any tint on an import as there’s a loop hole supposedly & you can tell the cop that the car was imported & complied in that dark tint.

PPS: If you get pulled over by a cop, wind both windows all the way down before he gets to your car

hmm, that actually makes sense becasue the rear quarters and the back window on my 32 are dark as anything (existing tint), and i've been pulled over plenty of times and i've never had a problem, however my side windows have no tint at all, i'm concidereing getting them done. sounds like 20% is the way too go

Hope the difference isn't too much though ,

lol, i like your solution

cheers

[Munkyb0y]

i'm pretty sure we've done this before, but i reckon we need some examples of the 5%, 15%, 20%, 25%.

so if you've got them, show us your tints !!!

[bixby]

You guys are considered lucky already, to be able have to 35% tint..... I live in a state (SA) where there are too many old people driving..... If I'm not mistaken, 70% tint is the lowest tint you can have. How bout that?! I bought my car from Victoria and I was asked to take the tints off during vehicle inspection prior to registration, despite the fact that it was legal in Vic.

Edited December 4, 2006 by bixby