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Old 11-20-2006, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by dropkick13
will 5% suck for driving at night at all?

its really dark at night, if you want my 2 cents: 20% is plenty dark enough, and most cops wont bother with you to bad.
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can you see through it?
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Originally Posted by dropkick13
anyone who knows about tint... does this look like decent quality stuff assuming i can do it myself? also...how hard is it to put it on without bubbling it/creasing it and putting it on perfectly flush? would the 'scraper' work all the bubbles out? i cant put a sticker on my computer without bubbling it haha
you can do it!!! its not that hard.. take your time DO NOT RUSH YOURSELF!! remove your door panels, clean everything extremely well, wet the **** out of you window and the adhesive side of the tint...my best results come when i use a 32oz spray bottle with a tablespoon of laundry detergant....and once its on the window and your getting rid of all the bubbles......wet the **** out of that side too as you remove the bubbles, this will assure, as your tint begins to apply to the window and starts to dry, you dont tear it.

another tip!!! once your happy with getting all the bubbles out, or even if you have a few left, take a heat gun or a hair dry (i perfer a hair dryer b/c it doesnt get as hot) and on the OUTSIDE of the window heat the window as you remove those nasty bubbles that dont seem to go away...

I personally will not tint windows unless its 60 degrees out....


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Originally Posted by dropkick13
can you see through it?
a little, not very much though....

20% actually allows 13-17% of light through....well according to the last cop that pulled me over....
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guess ill be picking up some 20% then...thanks for the info. What do i do about the factory tint on the back windows?
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cover it up
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wont that make the tints uneven
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they are already uneven, you wont notice much
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i have 5% on the front 2 windows, 15% over the factory tint on the rear 3 windows. its awesome in the daytime but if you dont have electric windows it can be a bitch to drive at night. im always rolling down my windows at night to back out of spots or at stop signs. it looks so pimp though
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Originally Posted by TXsilverado
i have 5% on the front 2 windows, 15% over the factory tint on the rear 3 windows. its awesome in the daytime but if you dont have electric windows it can be a bitch to drive at night. im always rolling down my windows at night to back out of spots or at stop signs. it looks so pimp though
I agree with all of the above!!!

TX your truck just is !! nothing like a stepside!!!



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