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    I Picked the charcoal Grey 35% tint but my sister got 14% and now im worried its gonna be sooo easy to see into like i don't have a tint at all.

    Does anyone else have 35% on their car and are you happy with it?

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    I have 35% on all the cars but the commodore does not look as dark as my BF work car I use to have. But it is fine as 35% is legal any thing less then you have to worry about defects

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    mine is 35% and you can hardley see in the damm thing especially at night... i don't know if its because my car is black with black leather...

    But at least it's legal and you cant get defected over it....

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    Why are you worried about people being able to see into your car?
    What do you get up to? lol

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    Paytz, just so you know there is no tint available that's 14%! Many places say that it's 14% or 15% when really it's 17.5% because the human eye can't tell a 3.5% difference. 17.5% is the darkest tint that is availble off the roll except for the 5% (or what you see on the side of vans).

    Also the darker your interior the harder it will be to see in. Hell during the day you can easily see a white piece of paper on a dark seat through 17.5%. No hope at night time without a bright torch though.

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    35% is very weak... Hardly worth having it IMO.... 15-20% looks great without being over the top dark

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    17.5% is great I got pulled over by a cop for a totally different reason and said nothing about the tint, just the failure to display P Plate! But holy crap it's dark at night! Especially on a black car.

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    This is my car with 35% midnight express before and after to give you an idea:

    So my car's being tinted-imgp0251.jpg So my car's being tinted-imgp0051.jpg

    Sorry, that's the only 'before' photo I could find. Makes the car WAAAY cooler in summer as well

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    Here's some pics of 17.5% in daylight! And this is light compared to the night time! Dont have night time pics yet though. Gotta get some good shots (AKA not from my mobile) for my car's topic.

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    I have got midnight express which is 35% and is really dark (also cos my interior is black leather).... I am very happy with it as it keeps car dark and cool
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    Here's mine, 20% on side windows
    & 5% on rear window
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wagon_Wheel View Post
    35% is very weak... Hardly worth having it IMO.... 15-20% looks great without being over the top dark
    i agree with that...... 20% is a nice allround tint....

    this is mine

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    got the car back and im very happy with it its heaps cooler which i was after, its considerably darker then the tint that was on it when i got it.

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    35%


    5%



    5% is good but to hard to see at night, i could read my speedo clearly off my tint it reflects that bad


    one of our company cars has 5% all round and 35% on the front windscreen. looks sexy

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    nice pics!!!
    u sell yahh beast and got a ricer???



    Quote Originally Posted by naf33n View Post
    35%


    5%



    5% is good but to hard to see at night, i could read my speedo clearly off my tint it reflects that bad


    one of our company cars has 5% all round and 35% on the front windscreen. looks sexy

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    nice to see mate. nufn beats a holden



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    nah mate, the ricer was my first car.

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    I got like 5-6% Reflictive on mine *not in AUS*

    it ain't legel here too

    but i love the idea that ppl can't see s*** inside the car day OR night
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    now here is a tinted car
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    Really really ... Fighting Temptations

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    I've got Midnight express 35%, (not shown in my sig pic) the car is cooler and looks great at night. You can see in it during the day, but a lot less than before. Looks good and its legal; can't complain.

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    I'm getting 5% on the sides and back of my Hiace so thieving carnts can't see in there and try and steal my shit.

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