Got my windows tinted! Pics inside
 

Got my windows tinted the other day. I think it looks great, the black on black looks really menacing. A pic of my GSD also included. :tup:

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j..._tin/tint3.jpg

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http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j..._tin/tint2.jpg

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http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j..._tin/River.jpg

nice pics! what % tint? im guessing 25?

No 15%. In hindsight I should have gotten the 25% because I may get a ticket for how dark it turned out. 35% is the legal tint here.

mm for some reason in a few of the pics they looked a bit lighter.. i rolled around for a year with 15% on my g37 and even got pulled over a few other times for other things and never had a problem about my tint.. and i live in socal..

My Accord had illegal tint and I didn't have a problem in 2 1/2 years. For some reason this just looks really dark, maybe because of the black paint. Supposedly the local cops have been cracking down in the past 6 months. I guess the lame speed traps aren't enough. :rolleyes:

Here's the Accord for comparison.

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...in/accord2.jpg

that looks a lot darker than the Z IMO.. so if you didnt have a problem with that.. you should be fine.. :tup:

Love it! You appear to own the car of my dreams!

How much do you pay in the USA? In England I've paid £170 for both of my last Z tints (no front screen tint, of course) That works out at about $230, at current rates.

Thanks! I paid $175. It was nice because he has a mobile service and comes right to your house. He said it's very slow this time of year and the economy, but his normal summer rate is $225. I did give him some extra gas money though.

Nice tint.

Yeah IMO the 15% was probably too dark- but hopefully you never get stopped but if you do always good to roll down both passenger windows so the COP doesn't hopefully
notice the dark tint in your windows.

How much did your car cost with the Navi?? and is it 6MT??

Also I have a GSD tooo lol

Man, it looks good in black with that tint...youre making me rethink my color choice (and Order)

With the Z's blind spots possibly being a problem already....how much harder are the tints making your driving?

I could imagine at night, changing lanes and also reversing could be much harder with the tints?

I'm getting a black 370 like yours too and I plan on getting 5's but having second thoughts because it's hard to see out of the car to begin with.

Moderate tints don't make the car harder to see out of, they just make it harder to see into, so your worries about tints affecting changing lanes and reversing are unfounded, unless you go for extreme tinting.

If you're concerned about reversing, get parking sensors or a reversing camera.

All I'd say is, if you're new to Z's, be very aware of the width of the wheel arches - It's a wide car and easy to scrape.


...oh, and go for the tints (if it's legal!!! :yawn:), but don't go too dark.

It was $40k and change. I had a trade that I couldn't get rid of so I had to pay MSRP. No sales tax in Oregon. :tup:

What did you order? I wanted either black, white or blue. The black was the only one available with the options that I wanted. It's an awesome color, but very high maintenance.

My buddy got 15's (like the OP got ) on his impreza.

At night, it was IMPOSSIBLE to see anything out of the back while looking through the rear view mirror.

Tints most certainly do affect how hard it is to see out of a car. Have you ever been in a dark tinted car brotha?

Exactly right, it makes very little difference at all. I really like it at night because it keeps the glare down. This car still needs a back up camera though. :rolleyes:

I disagree. I had 15% on my last car for 2 1/2 years and there was very little difference in visibility. The Z is the same. Perhaps the tints were different brands or types than what I have/had. :confused:

...yeah, but underneath the $hit, it's FOREVER BLAAAACK:rock:

Where I live its legal to tint the rear whatever you want but not the sides. The issue they say is the safety of the police officers walking up to a vehicle and not being able to see in. I ran 35% tint all around in my white '81 280ZX - tint really makes a car look sharp IMHO and the darker the better. I almost always drove with at least the driver side down and the rare times I did get pulled over I made sure both windows were rolled down.

I found driving at night there was no problems with visibility with the windows rolled up. The only time I noticed where people with questionable eyesight might have problems is where there was NO tint in the driver/passenger (eg windows rolled down) then shoulder checking through the tinted windows. When all the windows were the same it was fine.

well nah that's actually good news for me :D

i'll be doing 5% on my 370 most likely. 5's are dark as shitttttttt

:icon18: are you serious, BROTHA!!?

My last 2 rides...

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g7...totheglass.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g7...djob1small.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g7...9arrow2a-1.jpg

What % is that?

Looks weaksaucee :D just playinn

I :icon23: U2






Brotha :leghump:

Beautiful! Did you get the clear bra?

Yes, they did an okay job. Not any squegee (sp) marks, but a few air bubbles and they did a crap job on the driver side mirror. The mirror will need to be redone. I am going to have them put some on the flared out arch near the back tire as it's getting chewed up already. I posted pics of where in the regional (NW) thread.

Cute dog!!!!

Oh, nice car btw :rofl2:

man why you gotta steal sattelite signals?

Was this for me? Because I have no idea WTF you're talking about. :confused:

Damn that black looks slick when new. Now can you keep it like that? lol

thats beautiful