Any of you get your windows tinted yet?

wj4 · 01-14-2009, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by molamann

For those of you in Cali, can I get away with getting <50% done as opposed to the legal 70%? 70% just seems like a waste of money :<

Also, is it true the tint films made of metallic will interfere with GPS, radio, etc? Someone mentioned I should go with ceramic films but those are expensive as f*ck.

It all depends on your luck, man. I'm in SoCal and all of my cars have got tinted. My first car had limo tint (5%) all the way around. My 2nd car had 35% on the front windows and 5% in the rear. My current car has 35% all the way around.

The reason I changed the percentage is because I kinda grew up for lack of better words. I thought it was cool to have limo tint so no one can see inside the car. The catch 22 is that it was extremely hard for me to drive at night in areas with low to no lighting.

I've never got pulled over in any of those cars for a tint ticket. But a friend of mine has, and his car has 35% all around.

I've never got ceramic tint, just the regular ones. I always go to the same shop and pay $140 for a coupe and $150 for a sedan. All 3 cars had either XM or Sirius radio and it never interfered with that. And my current car has GPS and it has never interfered with that as well.

I'm also thinking about a clear bra for the Z because driving on the 5 freeway behind numerous trucks suck really bad. Getting rocks and such flung at your car is not cool. But I'm still indecisive. I've read threads on other forums that they have had their clear bra yellow prematurely, even though I believe the 3M has a 5 year warranty.

I'll keep checking for other members who got theirs installed first.