Hi, I'm new and have tint question - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

daver · 08-01-2002, 05:22 PM

Hey, I recently (yesterday) purchased a 96 Camry and want to get a system in it, I don't care too much about performance.

Has anyone tinted a green 3rd gen Camry? I've tried to find pictures on the net and on this forum but haven't seen any pics yet, I'm worried it might look kinda funny.

EasyE · 08-01-2002, 05:44 PM

personally, i think tint will not look funny on any car, especially a dark color car (green). I think it will kinda make the windows match the cars color

lankanprince · 08-01-2002, 05:46 PM

Actually, I have a 1995 Toyota Camry (Dark Green - 6M1)
And I got the windows tinted... it looks soo much nicer... its looks AMAZING!!!
I got 5% in the back and 35% in the front... I think it looks great...
sorry no Digi cam....
pce

bp25 · 08-01-2002, 05:50 PM

what about a 1999 toyota camry? gold color? what tint would look good on it?

EasyE · 08-01-2002, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by bp25

what about a 1999 toyota camry? gold color? what tint would look good on it?

um, my friend has a gold colored accord with fairly dark tint (dont know the %'s) and i think it looks good, but, then again, i think tint makes any car look better.

***Phi*** · 08-01-2002, 06:14 PM

Yeah...tint can be tricky. For that very reason, I haven't tinted my car. There are various reasons that can make or break a tint job ie. manufacturer, installer and obvioulsy the colour of the car
I think cars that are tinted at about 35% all around look nice. I prefer lighter as opposed to darker. Another pet peeve of mine is doing the rear windows darker. Also, I find visability to be crap through tint.

Try browsing through here for your colour car;
http://www.camryman.org/cgi-bin/galleries.pl?index=1&gen=3&page=1

or even Ebay has a good selection of cars.

91camryDX · 08-01-2002, 10:51 PM

Here's a pic of my car with tint. I had 35% done all around because I don't like the two tone look. But I think any car looks better with a tint now. At first I thought my car would look funny tinted because it is white, and I thought there would be too much of a color difference but I think it looks better now. This is the only pic I have taken since I have had my tint. Sorry its not closer to a direct side view. Hope this helps.

96CamrySt4 · 08-02-2002, 01:06 AM

I will post my gen3 with tints tomorrow afternoon.... im getting the rear window re-tinted cause the jackasses put 2 pieces of tint in the back window instead of one, wow even after i told them to put one on !!!! YUCK

Pics to come..

Billybob · 08-02-2002, 01:13 AM

I got a gold 01 camry and i tinted the sides with 20% tint and it looks nice. Did it myself too.

TheKevin · 08-02-2002, 03:26 AM

Colored tints are ugly. Even if it does match the color of the car. Just stick with smoke or black tint. Clean look.

Keyser Soze · 08-02-2002, 09:17 AM

I have a 96 Green Camry coupe and got the windows tinted. I think it's 27%- at least that's what the stickers said for SC legalaity reasons. (I live in Mass, though- got it done in SC 'cause my parents live there, and it was $50 cheaper than ANYWHERE in Mass.) Anyway, I got the "black" tint, and I think it looks great. I don't have any pics yet, but maybe I'll take some this weekend and show ya. Go for it if you want it.

***Silver Streak*** · 08-02-2002, 09:38 AM

Here's my car with medium tints in the back and light in the front...Phi's right though, if I had to do it again, I would have the same tint's all the way around.

daver · 08-02-2002, 11:52 AM

When you say 35% all around you mean rear windshield and door windows, not the front windshield right?

lankanprince · 08-02-2002, 11:56 AM

you dont tint the fornt windshield, only the top portion of it

88 LE · 08-02-2002, 12:01 PM

Heres a old pic of my car with 20% (SolarGard) on the back 5 windows. I was gunna do 5%, but the guy suggested that I do 20% instead cos 5% is really dark.