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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 04:58 AM
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Need advice on window tints

So I've had my 06 white Evo 9 MR for a while now and have been wanting tints on them for a long time now but I seem to have bad luck with police pulling me over for bs reasons like "we thought you had a modified exhaust", etc.. So i came to the conclusion that my car is to flashy for illegal tints so i was thinking of doing the legal limit here in VA which is 50% front 35% back but ive heard that 50% is pretty much nothing... what do you guys think, you guys think a white evo can pull off maybe 20% front / 35% back? maybe 40%/35%? Anyone with pics and what % they have would be great. Thanks!

Also does anyone know what % this car has?

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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 05:01 AM
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I have 35 all around. A cop pulled me over once for my stock exhaust, and then checked my windows(which technically the fronts are illegal) and didnt give me a ticket. Im sure it helped that I wasnt speeding and didnt act like a donkey.

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http://img338.imageshack.us/i/ev4.jpg/
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 05:05 AM
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I say 35/35 just to give u a little more privacy
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 05:06 AM
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you live in manassas? hmm im there a lot... maybe ive seen you around. ive seen a few evos there. thanks for the advice so far guys
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 05:55 AM
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It basically depends on the cop pulling you over. I think some form of tint on the front windows is basically illegal in every state. Here in Ma the law I believe is 100% no tint on the fronts, but you can have 35% on the rears. I have 15% on all 5 windows and have got pulled over for everything else but window tint. Just do it once and do it dark
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 05:58 AM
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15%.... thats dark, but i like lol
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 06:35 AM
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my god why do you kids call it "tints" It's TINT that's like calling your paint "paints" b/c it's on more than one piece

With white I'd go with something dark 15-20%.
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 08:26 AM
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jst do a straight 35 or 40 % , yea its not much , but it would be better than 50 and you probably wont get pulled over because its not that dark.

i dislike cars that have 2 shades of tint (front/back), imo it just doest look right

however, if you get a 35+ tint you will wish you had gotten it darker, so you might as well get a 20% true grey NR and if you do get pulled over for tint - then you can switch it for a lighter version
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 09:11 AM
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35% on every window including the windshield is a very nice setup.



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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by EvoooB
It basically depends on the cop pulling you over. I think some form of tint on the front windows is basically illegal in every state. Here in Ma the law I believe is 100% no tint on the fronts, but you can have 35% on the rears. I have 15% on all 5 windows and have got pulled over for everything else but window tint. Just do it once and do it dark
In MA its legal to have 35% all around. My cars have never seen 35 though


OP, theres a tint out there between 20 and 35...about 26. Go for that and just be careful and roll your windows down when you see a cop.
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 09:51 AM
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In MA its legal to have 35% all around. My cars have never seen 35 though


OP, theres a tint out there between 20 and 35...about 26. Go for that and just be careful and roll your windows down when you see a cop.
Lol... my cars have never seen any tint that high either.
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 10:10 AM
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Haha. I know we'd be done if we did the 35% on the windshield though. Sure looks badass
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by b00stedtalon

i just saw a car in some parking lot recently with the windshield tinted... it was the weirdest thing i had ever seen lol. i seriously was like wtf and had to just stair at it for a while
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by b00stedtalon
35% on every window including the windshield is a very nice setup.
Good to see I'm not the only one out there w/ a tinted windshield. I've got 35% on the windshield and 15% on all other windows. Indiana allows 35% all around, but cops here generally don't care about tint. I've been running the same setup on my Accord for about 7 years w/o issue. I've been pulled over once in the Evo for tint, but no ticket.

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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 04:48 AM
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wow tint all around looks hot
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