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someonestolecc Grand Master

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ive got 5% on mine... not as dark as youd think.. although looks really dark in this pic...

only paid $200 for a professional job. pm me if u want contact details

$200 for 5% is an awesome price.

I had my fridge done in 15% and I think it's the bare minimum, although at night it pays to be extra careful. I think if I had a cef again I'd do the front in 15% and rears and all in 5%. 30% is for stock standard camrys :(

d0p3y Grand Master

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$200 for 5% is an awesome price.

I had my fridge done in 15% and I think it's the bare minimum, although at night it pays to be extra careful. I think if I had a cef again I'd do the front in 15% and rears and all in 5%. 30% is for stock standard camrys :(

Depends on the brand and type of film too.. 35% can look dark-ish. I got a reflective metal tint on my car which looks slightly darker on the outside compared to your more common 35% but it's still crap compared to 20%. If you get a metal film 20% it will look dead dark from the outside too - blk180 has it on his GTR (same brand film as mine) and it looks BLACK from outside. Don't have a good picture of it but you can see in the second pic below.

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^^^ That's my 35%.. doesnt look "black"

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^^^ Crappy pic but thats blk180's GTR with 20% metal tint

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PSI_GTSII Experienced

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Dont judge the tint you want from Pictures, because as everyone knows who has tint on there car the apparent darkness of the tint can vary heaps depending on the light conditions / Camera angle at the time.

Heres a couple of pics of my GTR and Pajero, the GTR has a 30% tint the Pajero a 15% tint, in the pics they are very similar yet in real life the Pajero is alot darker to look at even though there is a lot more Glass area.

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Best to go into the tint shop and look at a few cars there for an idea (they should have some)

FTR, I have no problems seeing at night with the 15% tint, I have had the 5% tint before and will not again as it really hard / impossible to see down side streets (or anything for that matter that is not well lit!)

BTW, The people talking about 'Metallic tints' are refering to the base of the tint, I dont think anyone sells 'Cellolose' based tints anymore, you will know these as the ones that turn purple and bubble when they get old!, pretty much everything sold these days is a 'Metallic' based tint :D

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