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Old Mar 10, 2003 | 01:49 AM
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yea i m tinting the car this friday
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Old Mar 10, 2003 | 07:10 AM
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Don't get color tint. The yellow does not look good there. Also, leave the door handles body colored, not black!!


I am thinking of a very slight mirror effect on a silver would be sweet. Now, I'm not talking bling*bling mirror chrome tint..
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Old Mar 31, 2003 | 05:45 PM
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yo bishi boy how does the tint job look cause i'm thinking to go limo on back 3 windows and the front 2 35%
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Old Mar 31, 2003 | 05:50 PM
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Sup PePe.

I had my windows tinted about 4 days after I bought it. I went 35% on the sides and 20% on the back window. It looks very nice on Tarmac black for sure. It doesn't really matter what anyone else does/wants though. It's your car and if you think it looks nice or it makes the car more comfortable for you then do it, otherwise don't.
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Old Mar 31, 2003 | 06:10 PM
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Yojimbo: Did the same thing on my white evo, 35/20. I had that on my old Subaru too.

I think tint is a necessity in TX... at least down here in Ausitn. My face was baking in the sun the weekend before I got the tint. Maybe I'm just used to tint though, because I had it on my Civic back in AZ too. It's a real necessity there!
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Old Mar 31, 2003 | 07:59 PM
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Originally posted by jedinite
I will probably tint the car once I get it. Should look good on the yellow. All the side windows, the rear window, possibly an "eyebrow" on the front.
Yup ... 5% Solaguard on a Tarmac black! Looks extremely agressive ... will post pics soon!
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Old Mar 31, 2003 | 08:14 PM
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Sweet. I'd like to see what the "eyebrow" looks like on Black.

Last edited by Yojimbo; Mar 31, 2003 at 08:29 PM.
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Old Mar 31, 2003 | 08:16 PM
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Sweet. I'd like to see what the eyelid looks like on Black.
What's up Yojimbo ... I'll load up the camera this evening.
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Old Mar 31, 2003 | 08:38 PM
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Just did my 35% Solarguard this weekend. If any of you are the DC Metro area, give David or Noah a holler at California Tint (Colvin Run Road in McLean, VA). They did a phenomenal job! They even took off the rear wiper arm, cut out the tint around the glass hole, and lined perfectly. I was very impressed by their meticulous handy-work...probably one of the best around here.

The Yellow Beast looks awesome with the new tint job...I highly recommend it!

Evo1...5%?!! Are you crazy?!! You wouldn't be able to see anything at night or backing up...You wouldn't even need sunglasses!

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Old Mar 31, 2003 | 08:42 PM
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Originally posted by Leonardo

Evo1...5%?!! Are you crazy?!! You wouldn't be able to see anything at night or backing up...You wouldn't even need sunglasses!

Rev on,
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Hahahaha

I've had 5% on all of my cars ... nothing looks as good as 5. 35% is like having no tint at all for me ... + nobody can see what I have inside when it's parked, for the most part. Don't forget that my evo is black, and a black car with super dark tint looks !!!
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Old Mar 31, 2003 | 08:56 PM
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I don't know about where you live but I've had friends who's cars don't pass inspection in TX when they had anything darker than 35% on the driver and front passenger windows. I'm not sure what, if any, limits there might be for the remaining 3 windows on a 4 door car.
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Old Mar 31, 2003 | 08:58 PM
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Mine are done but no real good pictures like Lenardo's... nice picture.

Mine is under the registry under my screen name if you want to see white with tint.
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Old Mar 31, 2003 | 08:58 PM
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No emission or inspections testing here in FL YET!
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Old Mar 31, 2003 | 09:05 PM
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Originally posted by Leonardo
Just did my 35% Solarguard this weekend. If any of you are the DC Metro area, give David or Noah a holler at California Tint (Colvin Run Road in McLean, VA).
I'm in dc/ metro area, how much did the tint cost? will they do silver tint? how about that fade tint? what would look best on silver evo?
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Old Mar 31, 2003 | 09:19 PM
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I'm an ordinary tint sort of guy, but I'm sure silver or possibly fade would look fine. I would never do it myself but if you like either of the two then more power to you.
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