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Old 02-08-2010, 08:40 PM
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I am interested in tinting my 2000 black vette. Not sure what % to go with. Any recommendation would be appreciated. Also, should i tint the front ? Tks,
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Depending where you live you may only be able to go 35%
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Depending where you live you may only be able to go 35%
New York
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35% is the lowest you can go in NY. your not to far from us ..give me a call if you decide to do it and we can hook you up.

Here's an old pic of our shop c5 with 5% all around..




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Old 02-08-2010, 08:55 PM
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I'm in the same boat as you! 35% is legal here, but I don't want to go with anything lighter than 20%. I just don't know what will look good on a Pewter Vette. As far as you, I don't know what your laws are with tints, but 20% or darker would look pretty sick on the black car.
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I have 5% in back and 15% on the sides, nothing on the front cause I don't like it. I had this same tint on my last car with over 11yrs of driving on both of them, NEVER pulled over or ticketed for it. I think 35% is legal here.
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I would do 20% on the rear and 35% on the sides.
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35% on my yellow...just right...IMO
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70%/50% sides and 35% on the back. But not limo dark.

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Originally Posted by BIG ATLANTA
Depending where you live you may only be able to go 35%
Just looked up VA and it is 50% on doors and 35% on back.
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go with 5%
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Originally Posted by SebringSixSpeed
I would do 20% on the rear and 35% on the sides.
That's what we have on or daily drivers and it looks good. Plus it is within the legal limits for tint here.
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20% all around on both my vehicles.....

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5% on Pewter all the way around, illegal here but sure looks good!
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35% is legal in WA.

I went 20% sides and back.
IMHO its dark enough to make a difference for looks and cutting glare down. But light enough that you can see in, and safely drive at night.
If I did it over again, I may go slightly darker in the rear at 15% (sides still 20%) but that would be the limit for me.
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20% on my sides and rear 02 coupe. I don't have any pics uploaded but you can make it out on my avitar.
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nevermind, not clear enough

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Thanks for all the recommendation.
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Limo tint on the rear, 5 percent on the sides. Dark enough. You don't it want to dark. Hard to see at night.
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I'll try some pics from the inside to show what 20% looks like.
This was about 2pm on a partly sunny day (last Sunday).
No problems driving at night, dark enough in the day to see in slightly on the sides, and back is ok to see in due to the light from the windshield.

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