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    Hey All
    Had some tint done on the commodore today.
    Have had a 35% then a 20% over the top. Looks amazing, Just unsure of what % This would equal.

    So, are Any tinters out there able to tell me what this combination would be in % to do on another car?
    Any help would be great!

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    Its 100% illegal.

    But if you really want to know what percentage it is, drive down to the nearest police station and ask them to check it, they have the measurement tools, and I'm sure it will even be free, the testing that is, not the follow-on.
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    Should be pretty close to a 5% tint film. Seriously though, can you see anything out the windows at night?
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    I got the same Tint solartint use for the ambulance tinting apparently
    Awsome in the Day #### of a thing at night compared to my daily lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by mzak89 View Post
    Not good enough what you need is 5% and then another 5% on top of that.
    Friend of mine runs that on his 4wd. Which is legal in nz from the b pillar back (35 rule doesn't apply to limos, utes, vans or 4wds but does to wagons)

    It's really dark but you can see out provided no one turns the interior light on.

    Did you use good quality tint? The crap Repco sell fades really fast, 15%s pass the 35 test after about 3 months

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    Yeh I had it on my previous car, I used 3M solar tint, it lasted the whole 4 years I had the car for.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ToMMMaY View Post
    I got the same Tint solartint use for the ambulance tinting apparently
    Awsome in the Day #### of a thing at night compared to my daily lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by calais24/7 View Post
    hahah dont take a pic of how dark your tint is in the dark. :L
    lol that was after i got it done.....
    dont have any really other pics to show it

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    Quote Originally Posted by ToMMMaY View Post
    I got the same Tint solartint use for the ambulance tinting apparently
    Awsome in the Day #### of a thing at night compared to my daily lol
    solartint dont tint the ambulances, and the guy that does it doesnt use there film. probably just the same rating

    this is ambulance tint, done by the guy that tints nsw ambulances


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    Quote Originally Posted by nobullneeded View Post
    Hey All
    Had some tint done on the commodore today.
    Have had a 35% then a 20% over the top. Looks amazing, Just unsure of what % This would equal.

    So, are Any tinters out there able to tell me what this combination would be in % to do on another car?
    Any help would be great!
    I'm not even close to knowing actually how it works, but here's my logic.

    First layer lets 35% light through, the next lets 20% of that light through.

    So 20% for 35% is 7%.

    Or, 35% + 20% = 100% Copbait.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ToMMMaY View Post
    That is mental/stupid!

    How do you even see out of those?!?

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    Quote Originally Posted by naf33n View Post
    solartint dont tint the ambulances, and the guy that does it doesnt use there film. probably just the same rating

    this is ambulance tint, done by the guy that tints nsw ambulances

    I would Dare Say they are a Huge Franchise and can get there hands on Ambulance tint easy
    Just because they dont personally do it doesnt mean they dont have it
    but hey i aint no tint expert so i just got told this

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jesterarts View Post
    That is mental/stupid!

    How do you even see out of those?!?
    lol You get used to it
    Best part is you can be sitting beside people in the car Giving them the finger doing watever and they cant see ya hahaha WIN!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ToMMMaY View Post
    Best part is you can be sitting beside people in the car Giving them the finger doing watever and they cant see ya hahaha WIN!!
    Thats a bit gutless

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    Can you take a pic of it from the inside looking out, in the day time?

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    Quote Originally Posted by VKCOMMO View Post
    Thats a bit gutless

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    Quote Originally Posted by ToMMMaY View Post
    I would Dare Say they are a Huge Franchise and can get there hands on Ambulance tint easy
    Just because they dont personally do it doesnt mean they dont have it
    but hey i aint no tint expert so i just got told this
    see the problem with that, there is no such thing as ambulance tint.. or limo tint.. its just a darker rating which anyone can get.

    they just say it ambulance tint to trick people to think they have special tint. i only called mine ambulance tint because my mate that tints the ambulances did it, and its the same brand and rating he does the ambulances. not solartint

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    Quote Originally Posted by naf33n View Post
    see the problem with that, there is no such thing as ambulance tint.. or limo tint.. its just a darker rating which anyone can get.

    they just say it ambulance tint to trick people to think they have special tint. i only called mine ambulance tint because my mate that tints the ambulances did it, and its the same brand and rating he does the ambulances. not solartint
    Yeah I was about to say the same thing, lol it's just dark tint, usually 5%.. People going "oh yours isn't ambulance tint, mine is"...really?

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    Quote Originally Posted by calais24/7 View Post
    hahah dont take a pic of how dark your tint is in the dark. :L
    That looks s**t tbh.

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    Quote Originally Posted by naf33n View Post
    see the problem with that, there is no such thing as ambulance tint.. or limo tint.. its just a darker rating which anyone can get.

    they just say it ambulance tint to trick people to think they have special tint. i only called mine ambulance tint because my mate that tints the ambulances did it, and its the same brand and rating he does the ambulances. not solartint
    yer im only going off what they told me its from
    If they said i had bannana tint i would say its bannana tint lol
    but its real dark. enough for me its good quality tint its done good So i cant complain

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