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Old Mar 21, 2005 | 07:21 PM
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max's with 45% tint

Preferably sterling mist but if you have a max with 46% tint on it please post your pix. Im debating weather or not to get 35 or 45 b/c of legal reasons here in NJ. It would also be helpful if you had a light interior. But any max with 45% will do. Thanks
Old Mar 21, 2005 | 07:26 PM
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30 is useless but 45 would be a big waste of money...IMHO
Old Mar 21, 2005 | 07:28 PM
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i have 35 up front and 20 everywhere else. In texas we have to have 35 in the front. 45 is pretty clear to be gegin with. I think 45 would be a waste.
Old Mar 21, 2005 | 07:31 PM
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yes 45 would be a waste. It wouldnt even look tinted.
Old Mar 21, 2005 | 07:32 PM
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bro just take pics of ur car with plate and registration befor u put on ur tints and if u get a ticket mail in the pics and the ticket is dismissed...at least that how it is in ny...ohh and make sure u use a camera that doesnt print the dates on the photos like a polaroid camera
Old Mar 21, 2005 | 07:33 PM
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Do you really want to go that light? 45% is really light and is not worth tinting...you want to get tint to help keep the car cool? or just for looks? i'm sure your leaning towards the former becuz you just mentioned that you wanted to keep things legal....so i don't think yer goin for looks....

if u want to get tint to keep your interior cool on hot sunny days...then tinting at 45% is worthless and waste of money....for comparison...i use to have 35% fronts and 25% rears....and that barely kept my interior cool on hot sunny days....then I went to 5% all around....the improvement wasn't night&day...but you can tell a difference when u get in the car....i have black leather btw....

I'd say tint them at LEAST 35%.....anything above that is pretty much worthless....heck even 35% is worthless to me becuz I use to have them...no flaming plz becuz this is from personal experience...so I ain't no n00b
Old Mar 21, 2005 | 07:33 PM
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I have 38% in the front and 30% in the rear. Check my site for pics.
Old Mar 21, 2005 | 07:35 PM
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I hate nj tinting laws
Old Mar 21, 2005 | 07:38 PM
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35% all the way around.....but the front..
Old Mar 21, 2005 | 07:40 PM
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yes go with at least a 35%
Old Mar 21, 2005 | 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by steven88
Do you really want to go that light? 45% is really light and is not worth tinting...you want to get tint to help keep the car cool? or just for looks? i'm sure your leaning towards the former becuz you just mentioned that you wanted to keep things legal....so i don't think yer goin for looks....

if u want to get tint to keep your interior cool on hot sunny days...then tinting at 45% is worthless and waste of money....for comparison...i use to have 35% fronts and 25% rears....and that barely kept my interior cool on hot sunny days....then I went to 5% all around....the improvement wasn't night&day...but you can tell a difference when u get in the car....i have black leather btw....

I'd say tint them at LEAST 35%.....anything above that is pretty much worthless....heck even 35% is worthless to me becuz I use to have them...no flaming plz becuz this is from personal experience...so I ain't no n00b
that 5% looks really good on your max,makes me wish i got that instead of 20%
Old Mar 21, 2005 | 08:08 PM
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Mine is 45%... Hmmm. Looks pretty tinted to me despite popular belief. I never get harrased by police either. It's what I wanted so it's what I have. If you want 45% go for it. It's your car.

Old Mar 21, 2005 | 08:15 PM
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NJ Law says ANY tint on the windshield and front sides is illegal. It also says that ANY tint on the rear sides and rear window is legal. (This excludes reflective tint, which is illegal.) So when I get tint this summer, I figure I might as well just do like 20% all around, and hope for the best. It seems (knock on wood) that the ratio of tint fines to those for speeding, white turn-signals, etc. is very low.
Old Mar 21, 2005 | 08:15 PM
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I got 35% all the way around on mine, it's just right if you arent looking to go too dark but want to tint. otherwise it'd be a waste of money and not going to give the real "tinted out" look.
Old Mar 21, 2005 | 08:23 PM
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I just got 15% all the way around on my Sunlit sand looks amazing by the far the nicest color ive seen with tint....
Old Mar 21, 2005 | 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by SEmy2K2go
I have 38% in the front and 30% in the rear. Check my site for pics.
i like 38%. i am looking around for tints now also and want to see how light tint is casue i am going to put it on my windshield. i am thinking of either 38%-42%.
Old Mar 21, 2005 | 09:28 PM
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here's my pic. 35% on the fronts and 20% on the rears.

Old Mar 21, 2005 | 11:05 PM
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Take a pic of your car before you put any tint on it. Then you can go as low as 5 % and when you go to court bring a picture of your car before the tint and tell the judge you got it changed back. Case dismissed.
Old Mar 22, 2005 | 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by y2KAOSMax
Mine is 45%... Hmmm. Looks pretty tinted to me despite popular belief. I never get harrased by police either. It's what I wanted so it's what I have. If you want 45% go for it. It's your car.

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/4/web/280000-280999/280068_23_full.jpg[/img]
I have 50% in front, 35% back and rear. 50% helps...I'd love 35%/20% fr/rear but my state won't pass a car for inspection with front tint and cops would pull me over if I had it any darker.

50%, while not great, is better than nothing. I'd do it again.
Old Mar 22, 2005 | 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Xx02MAXSExX
Take a pic of your car before you put any tint on it. Then you can go as low as 5 % and when you go to court bring a picture of your car before the tint and tell the judge you got it changed back. Case dismissed.
when I was in for my speeding ticket a kid told the judge "I put my front plate on, can you dismiss the ticket?" and the cop told the bailiff "go outside and check it."

The kid looked like he was going to shi!t.

Moral? You do NOT want to lie to a judge.
Old Mar 22, 2005 | 08:46 AM
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35% Tint Here!!

35% Black/Reflective all the way around.

Old Mar 22, 2005 | 08:51 AM
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Sorry guys... this link should work!!

Old Mar 22, 2005 | 02:41 PM
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both of them dont work for me.
Old Mar 22, 2005 | 02:50 PM
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did i say that it would be too light and a waste of $$
Old Mar 22, 2005 | 02:54 PM
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light tints are good for the front windshield
Old Mar 22, 2005 | 03:01 PM
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check out my cardomain page (see my profile). My car is tinted with 40% film, which comes out to be right before the Maryland legal limit of 35% after applied over OEM glass. I would not recommend 45%, mere waste of money.
Old Mar 22, 2005 | 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by y2KAOSMax
Mine is 45%... Hmmm. Looks pretty tinted to me despite popular belief. I never get harrased by police either. It's what I wanted so it's what I have. If you want 45% go for it. It's your car.

those look dark due to it being over cast and the angle of pics. at certain angles you can't even see inside mine. even though they are 20%, which is legal here.

and not to flame, but you need to drop that *****
Old Mar 22, 2005 | 03:11 PM
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I have 20% all around, 55% for the window shield. Check out my (new) sig
Old Mar 22, 2005 | 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Sizzo718
I have 20% all around, 55% for the window shield. Check out my (new) sig
and you are a sitting duck. wait until the po-po get you...
Old Mar 22, 2005 | 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Sizzo718
I have 20% all around, 55% for the window shield. Check out my (new) sig
any pics of the windshield from outside the car and inside the car?
Old Mar 22, 2005 | 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by -ZIPPIN-
and you are a sitting duck. wait until the po-po get you...
po-po has stopped me twice for tints and issued tickets both times. they however ticketed me for having one window tinted as oppose to ticketing me for each window. Whew! i doubt either officer noticed my tinted winshield since one officer was wearing their shades and another stopped me at night when it's less noticable.

Originally Posted by vsamoylov
any pics of the windshield from outside the car and inside the car?
not yet, but i will take some pics and post them soon.
Old Mar 22, 2005 | 04:33 PM
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Just so you guys know...your max comes with an 8% OEM tint already on the glass. If in doubt take any sharp object and scratch the inside of your glass at some point where it is not noticeable. Now I did not say to get all Freddy Kruger on your glass...a little nick is fine, and only if you are in doubt. Anyway, the point is that any aftermarket tint would be applied on a glass with 92% visibility. Therefore, to remain legal in say MD at 35% the minimum tint to apply would be 40%. This works out (40% of 92%) to 36.8%. The upshot is that any grade tint is multiplied by 92 to get the true grade. This is only for those of you who want to remain legal. All others, including myself, may ignore this geekified rambling and skip to the next post in line.
Old Mar 22, 2005 | 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by -ZIPPIN-
those look dark due to it being over cast and the angle of pics. at certain angles you can't even see inside mine. even though they are 20%, which is legal here.

and not to flame, but you need to drop that *****
I'm half way done with that now. I have the front done just need to do the back now. Maxspeed's with KYB GR2's..
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