Window Tinting Question

Sam98 · Feb 3, 2004

rdgdawgGT said:
$190.00 in Woodstock, GA with 35%... dark enough, car is DEFINITELY cooler in hot weather.... two offcier friends say they wouldn't look twice at that level, but WILL pull dark-tinted cars without hesitating...

That is why I got louvers: they definitely help keep the car cooler in the summer without giving me problems with the local police.

Mustangl3 · Feb 3, 2004

i have 35% on my maxima in PA and have not had a problem

drizztkun · Feb 3, 2004

on my older car i had 2% on both rear end window 35% and i had like 15% for the rear windshield

sixstringthing · Feb 3, 2004

Firemanz, im in SA too, where did you get your tint for $88?

white_pony · Feb 3, 2004

This is a long read, but I've seen some wrong advice so I'll clear it up (atleast for Dallas)

The Tint laws here in Texas are pretty good. You can go as dark as you want (limo) in the back. The law in Texas only applys to the side windows, which can only be 35%. I have 5% in the back and small side windows, and 35% on the driver and passenger windows. It costs about $180 to get it done right. You can get it done a little cheaper, but you get what you pay for, and the stuff really takes a beating here in Dallas. You don't want it to turn purple in a couple of years. Go with something good like Vesco, or 3M. I've used both and never had a problem, plus they both warranty their product. I didn't like it when they stopped the tint at the dot matrix in the back window, so I had a dark strip of vinyl put over the top and it just looks like one big piece of tint. I got mine done at altamere on Lemmon, they did my stang and my wife's BMW and they both look great. She went with HuperOptiks (sp?). anyway it cost about $400, but that stuff isn't that dark and really blocks out about 80% of the heat, ask for a demo, it's amazing.
Hope this helps.

PS- I've never been pulled over for tint, I've had it for 5 years and Mine is DARK!!!

SLiM JiM 156 · Feb 3, 2004

i have 5% in the back and quarters, and 15% on the rollups.. Ive never been pulled over yet but the officer at my school said if i get a ticket for it to just bring it to him and he will sign it off..

SLOW98GT · Feb 3, 2004

It has been said a few times but DO NOT get silver. I originally had 20% silver tint and got busted twice. I had it removed and black put on. I now have 5% on my back window and 20% on the sides and now the cops don't even look.

FallenPhoenix · Feb 3, 2004

don't get purple either, it looks like ****... trust me

JonJon · Feb 3, 2004

FallenPhoenix said:
don't get purple either, it looks like ****... trust me

You can buy purple tint?

FallenPhoenix · Feb 3, 2004

JonJon said:
You can buy purple tint?

it came on my truck... I'm thinking of ripping it out but it'd probably be a pain in the ass to get it all

Beau · Feb 3, 2004

yea you can get purple tint. in this area you are most likely to see it on a car driven by a certain ethnic group.

Firemanz · Feb 3, 2004

sixstringthing said:
Firemanz, im in SA too, where did you get your tint for $88?

Hey dude, here's his info:

Wilson Glass Tint
Terry Wilson
5250 Prue Road
Sa, TX 78240

210-215-5993

BTW, you should register on www.lonestarstangs.com , there are alot of local S.A. stangers that post on there. Come and join us.....

Lawrence

Firemanz · Feb 3, 2004

white_pony said:
This is a long read, but I've seen some wrong advice so I'll clear it up (atleast for Dallas)

The Tint laws here in Texas are pretty good. You can go as dark as you want (limo) in the back. The law in Texas only applys to the side windows, which can only be 35%.

Negative. Check out this link......
http://www.iwfa.com/iwfa/Law_Chart/State Law Chart.htm
25% homie.....

FallenPhoenix · Feb 3, 2004

1990StangLX said:
yea you can get purple tint. in this area you are most likely to see it on a car driven by a certain ethnic group.

If it makes it any better, the truck is purple, and originally had narrow whitewalls. I was the palest homeboy you ever seen!!!

Beau · Feb 3, 2004

FallenPhoenix said:
If it makes it any better, the truck is purple, and originally had narrow whitewalls. I was the palest homeboy you ever seen!!!

usually here its a truck or car, and its old, and crappy looking, and the tint is peeling..
if its a truck, in addition to the above, its lowered, with tiny like 14 inch rims that are really fat. and its got chrome on the wheel wells, and one of those truck visors. etc etc.

Ezekial · Feb 3, 2004

Sam98 said:
That is why I got louvers: they definitely help keep the car cooler in the summer without giving me problems with the local police.

got any pics of it?

just curious what some real world stangs look like with it on that year

white_pony · Feb 4, 2004

Even better, now you can go darker... Homie

But they are trying to make it more restrictive, Everybody in Texas DO NOT vote for Bill 345 which proposes Only a very light 50% film would be legal (not acceptable and upsetting to most).

So KILL BILL345

http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlo/78R/billtext/SB00345I.HTM

http://www.textint.com/kill.bill345.htm

Thanks, Firemanz, I wouldn't of known

Firemanz said:
Negative. Check out this link......
http://www.iwfa.com/iwfa/Law_Chart/State Law Chart.htm
25% homie.....

FallenPhoenix · Feb 4, 2004

It's very nice to have dark tint here where it can be up to 110°F+ in the summer. It sure helps keep the car cool with a darker tint and 50% is nothing.

GTvert01 · Feb 4, 2004

JonJon said:
You can buy purple tint?

Or you could just spray ammonia on your tint, that will make it purple.I hate seeing that ,especially with 2000 bubbles in the back glass.Makes you wonder if they actually stepped back after doing it and congratulated themselves on a job well done.

01SatinSilver · Feb 4, 2004

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