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In the market for some tint & stockish tyres for the beast,

as usual do the search on the forum & go from there. Im liking Hankook 105s so give good ol recommended Tyre Power a buzz, $190 per corner but since your on SAU $165. Nice i thought but i'll give my local Bridgestone a buzz cos its 5mins from work & can't really be bothered with town today. Nice & helpful guys answers, sorry no discounts but my price is $145 per corner. This point i was :down:

Next to the tint, called Scorpion etc and was given the price of $250 which sounded good. Meh try my luck, called Mobiletek (also 5mins from work) & second thing i was asked was have i been quoted yet. Yes i say, $200 from tint-a-car BOOM price matched.

So is it really all about "who you know?"

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Tint @ Auto Perfection - say your from SAU and its $180 ;)

Cheers, I was about to start getting quotes for tint before this heat wave so when it's over I'll get it done

Edited by TALBO
group buy was actually $165 not sure what he is quoting nowadays so dont try and hold him to $180 either be warned

but Ric will certainly look after you just ask Blue32 :ermm:

$165! Yipes he mustv made close to nothing on that, anyone interested in group buy?

Can anyone post a pic of there silver skyline with 30% tint all round? Im aware of the legalities which is why i don't want to go as low as 20%, will attract too much attention.

30% at the front mate is too dark and so still illegal if at the back as well

the legal tint opacity is

front windows = 70% opacity

rear windows = 35% opacity

No tinting on the front or rear wind shield

i think i measured my front windows after taking the tint out and it came to 72% opacity

so your tinting cant be any more darker

No just going to mobiletek,

main north road is bit of a pain for me to get back to work. Thanks Krishy, yep i read up on all those percentages earlier & even so im going to go 35% all round & be confident to still pass as a "sleeper" :(

umm the boys at regency are very picky and the cops that defect you dont even have to measure the opacity

so you going 35% at the front will be heaps dark

when i got my tinting checked i had 19% opacity at the front

it was a pain to drive in the dark in rain thats for sure

had to drive with the windows down to see whats next to me

Im getting confused maybe...

I had 20% all round for my Honda Accord, that was extreme black but i could still see visibly be it rain or shine. It was Sungard like im going to get now, so im assuming going 35% all round on the liner would be a huge difference.

Im getting confused maybe...

I had 20% all round for my Honda Accord, that was extreme black but i could still see visibly be it rain or shine. It was Sungard like im going to get now, so im assuming going 35% all round on the liner would be a huge difference.

Just get it tested by one of those test meters

they stick it on your window and within 5 seconds it will tell you the opacity of your tint

i also had sunguard mate but mine was black as me lol

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