Torn With A Decision - Need opinions!

[Frank20]

Well when i got my tint done i got 20% on the front two windows and 15% on the back 3. But now i have been considering changing it all to 20%. Look at my cardomain pics and let me know if you like the current or if i should change it up.

[MrSo0h0o]

i dont think 5% will be that much difference. btw, where did you get your tints done.. im down in nyc.

[kriskraut]

I'd leave it be untill you are all ready to retint the whole car. The shading will always be a little different.

[onefiend]

leave it alone, it looks good.

I have 35% front and 5% rear...hopefully the cops will stop with the fix-it tickets. I use to like my cars 5% all around.

[LunarMist]

I have never understood the practice of using TWO different shades of tint on a sedan. It works out on SUVs I guess because there are more windows but it just looks retarded on a car. I have 15% tints all-around on my Camry...no tint on the front window. Anyway, leave it alone since--like already mentioned---5% wont be much of a difference unless you are retinting the whole car.

[drjames]

Originally Posted by LunarMist

I have never understood the practice of using TWO different shades of tint on a sedan. It works out on SUVs I guess because there are more windows but it just looks retarded on a car. I have 15% tints all-around on my Camry...no tint on the front window. Anyway, leave it alone since--like already mentioned---5% wont be much of a difference unless you are retinting the whole car.

But what if you wanted the front windows tinted? In Ontario atleast, that would mean
35% all around. Too light, no?

[LunarMist]

Originally Posted by fourthpoliceman

But what if you wanted the front windows tinted? In Ontario atleast, that would mean
35% all around. Too light, no?

Well if you are asking me specifically, I cant provide any answers because I've never even entertained the idea of tinting my front windows. I want to see as clearly as possible and I cant understand why someone would want to dimminish their field of view with tints on the windshield. But I know in the state of Maryland, anything over 35% is illegal and tinting your windshield is ILLEGAL PERIOD. I refused to get any tints under higher than 20% because IMO its a waste of money. I get tints to block the sunlight, to provide privacy, as well as for vanity and 35% just looks too damn light. I can see clearly through 35% tints.

[MrSo0h0o]

hey lunar mist, u said in your post that u have 15% all around.. but then u say that u dont have any front window tint.... but your pic shows u with tint on your front windows... and u proceed to say u would never entertain the idea of tinting front windows.... im confused!

[Webb26]

Frank20...i would leave it the way it is...and when you have the money, look into a higher end tint. Maybe smethign with a metallic look. Either way..IMO i think that at some point you should change, whatever tint you want, to have the tint be all the same percentage, not a tapered look. IF you want the tappered/gradiation look i think it would be best pulled off with a lighter tint. Dark tints look good the same.

[LunarMist]

Originally Posted by MrSo0h0o

hey lunar mist, u said in your post that u have 15% all around.. but then u say that u dont have any front window tint.... but your pic shows u with tint on your front windows... and u proceed to say u would never entertain the idea of tinting front windows.... im confused!

Perhaps you should get your peepers checked out because CLEARLY there are NO tints on my front window.

[MrSo0h0o]

Originally Posted by LunarMist

I have never understood the practice of using TWO different shades of tint on a sedan. It works out on SUVs I guess because there are more windows but it just looks retarded on a car. I have 15% tints all-around on my Camry...no tint on the front window. Anyway, leave it alone since--like already mentioned---5% wont be much of a difference unless you are retinting the whole car.



Well if you are asking me specifically, I cant provide any answers because I've never even entertained the idea of tinting my front windows. I want to see as clearly as possible and I cant understand why someone would want to dimminish their field of view with tints on the windshield. But I know in the state of Maryland, anything over 35% is illegal and tinting your windshield is ILLEGAL PERIOD. I refused to get any tints under higher than 20% because IMO its a waste of money. I get tints to block the sunlight, to provide privacy, as well as for vanity and 35% just looks too damn light. I can see clearly through 35% tints.

not trying to start an argument, just showing u what i meant and why i was confused by what seems to me contradicting statements.. and your front windows sure look tinted to me. maybe u meant front window as your windshield?

[marc780]

I had a couple cars i got that came with tint. I got pulled over more than once, the cops do not like tints, the darker = worse.

[LunarMist]

"...I've never even entertained the idea of tinting my front windows. I want to see as clearly as possible and I cant understand why someone would want to dimminish their field of view with tints on the windshield..."

Sorry for the confusion. I thought that it would have been obvious what I was referring to but I can see now how someone would get confused. When I said "front windows" I was in fact speaking of the "windshield".

[toyotaholic]

^ yea he meant the windshield and id go with 20% all around. looks too funny with two diff shades

[drjames]

Originally Posted by LunarMist

I refused to get any tints under higher than 20% because IMO its a waste of money. I get tints to block the sunlight, to provide privacy, as well as for vanity and 35% just looks too damn light. I can see clearly through 35% tints.

That's what I meant. In Ontario, it's illegal to tint the 'driver and passenger' windows darker than 35%, so if we were to only use the same shade all around, to avoid the gradiated look... it would have to be 35% all around... too light, IMO.