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5 % tint, worth it?

Old Nov 14, 2008 | 08:58 PM
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5 % tint, worth it?

hey guys i have a black g35 and i was wondering is it worth getting 5 percent tint?
i want it to be dark but i dont want to get a fix it ticket and have to take it off?
let me get your guys opinions

i live in san jose, california
 

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Old Nov 14, 2008 | 09:05 PM
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Where do you live? that will tell you if its worth it... its also a bitch to see out at night if there are no lights you will be owned

im happy with 15-20 its dark but not too dark
 
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Old Nov 14, 2008 | 09:06 PM
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i live in san jose, california.
yeah i am not sure about 5% alot of people say its hard to see
 
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Old Nov 14, 2008 | 10:01 PM
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i have 5% tint on mine and got pulled over once and the cop ran the meter thing on my window to read the percentage and it came to 2%!!! he goes, holy sh*t, 2%? lowest i ever seen and let me go haha.

i love my tint, i just roll them down whenever i see a cop.
 
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Old Nov 15, 2008 | 12:27 AM
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i live in san jose and have 5%. i initially kept my windows down most of the time but now I put them up whenever, just down when you see a cop. For less than 100 bucks for the fronts its not too bad anyway
 
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Old Nov 15, 2008 | 12:43 AM
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My bro's vette has 5% tint and that **** is crazy at night, you can't see anything!
 
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Old Nov 15, 2008 | 12:56 AM
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in cali it's not worth it. i got pulled over in downtown San Jose once because a person in the back seat did not have their seat belt on. it's not worth being a target.
 
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Old Nov 15, 2008 | 12:58 AM
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i have 15% and i like it, my friend has 5% and its too dark to see at night, but looks really good in the day!
 
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Old Nov 15, 2008 | 01:59 AM
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I have 5% tint on my current car (don't have the G yet) and at night as long as I am in a lit area I can see fine out the windows... It's when there are no street lights that I can't see ****, especially when it rains, lol gotta open window slightly when making left turns. I live in NY, and I have gotten 3 fix it tickets for tints, I wasn't actually stopped for the tints though, it was always for something else and ended up getting tint ticket rather than why I was really stopped lol. There had been 2 other occasions where I was pulled over, one time it was around the corner of my house, officer said he stopped me cuz I failed to use right turn signal when turning onto block (was coming home from GFs house @ 5am was soo tired and nobody was around) the cop ended up being cool though, told me that my tints were illegal and just said you gotta take em off "but im sure you wont actually do it" lol and let me go. And, about 1 week ago, I finally got stopped, and the officer said he pulled me because of tints! I couldn't believe it. Although, this was a state trooper on the southern state pkwy, for those familiar with the area. He also let me know my rear plate lamp was out (that never worked since i had the car, 4 years now no one ever mentioned that to me) but I got off no tickets since he noticed the police stickers on my windshield and simply asked me who I knew on the force. That was the first time I ever got stopped by a state trooper too, I couldn't believe he said it was for tints, I thought it was cuz I was doin like 60mph in a 55mph. Well, this was a bit more long winded than I expected but just sharing my story. It's 2am and I cant sleep I'm too psyched to be checkin out this G tomorrow...
 
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Old Nov 15, 2008 | 09:41 AM
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I have 20% all around don't need it darker. My dad had a car decades ago that he bought from a guy who owned his own dealership. The owner must have had someone do a favor and tint the windows crazy dark. I almost got killed one night in high school as I pulled out in front of someone thinking they were farther away due to the tint's distortion.
If you get the 5% don't come bitching when you get a ticket.
 
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Old Nov 15, 2008 | 01:36 PM
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DO IT!!.. I've got 5% all around on my black coupe.. Looks amazing IMO.. Then black out the tailights
 
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 02:28 AM
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haha i think i am justg gonna go with the 5 percent and say **** it!
i got my tail lights tinted already
il post up pics after i get my tint on thursday!!
 
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 01:21 PM
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in cali it's not worth it. i got pulled over in downtown San Jose once because a person in the back seat did not have their seat belt on. it's not worth being a target.

wat?? u get pull over if passenger in the back seat did not have seat belt on?? i though back seat doesn't need to put on seat belt
 
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 01:32 PM
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gonna be a PITA to back up at night....gotta roll down your windows to use sideview mirrors every time
 
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 02:03 PM
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limo is the best its worth it
 
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