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02-17-2011, 11:54 PM
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Re: Tint or no tint???
I believe so.....but once you tint the truck....it looks like you've tinted the windshield
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02-18-2011, 01:52 AM
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Re: Tint or no tint???
Your allowed to have your tint five inches from the top of the windshield down. Up north here it can be any darker then 15% but me and my buddies have 5% on everything we drive. Just roll down you windows if you see the cops!
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02-18-2011, 01:53 AM
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Re: Tint or no tint???
I like the green or blue glass GM cars with AC had in the late 60s....
Go with the red tint...that was popular in the 70s, right? |
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02-18-2011, 10:32 AM
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KEEP ON TRUCKIN.
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Re: Tint or no tint???
well id have to say no... I use to have back dark and lightsides numerous times cant have any on sides in cali... now i like the clean look of no tint and its not a dailey driver anymore... better have ac if you dont have tint haha..
  
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02-18-2011, 10:55 AM
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78K & 79C Jimmys
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Re: Tint or no tint???
Tint yes for sure
my 78 burb came with the red tint lol ended up pink lookin my 03 grand am is 5% all over(you get used to it) backing up @ night i roll down the windows if i can't see my other burbs all had the factory from the back seat to the rear(loved it) the 78 jimmy has some mild,but is gona see the mirror tint at some point there is a line about 4-6 inches down on the windshield that is the max line to go down to
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02-18-2011, 10:54 AM
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Re: Tint or no tint???
Depends on what the truck is to be used for. For the O.P. and others in the south, tint on Daily Drivers would be a good thing. I can't have it on my '87 plow truck. For those that have ever plowed snow in a winter storm with 100 percent humidity, inside fog just kills you. It's hard enough to see without the reduced visibility.
 I do like tint on my weekend warriors though. Thanks also to you guys for taking me back to the 70's in my Dad's 74 Trans Am with a cb/pa. He used to drive though campus and I'd wistle and comment on every blonde I saw walking down the sidewalk. Funny how I ended up being more attracted to brunettes.. 
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02-18-2011, 11:03 AM
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Re: Tint or no tint???
deffinately, i tint everything as well, i limo all but the windshield. will be going medium on the windshield of the burb, my bug is tinted too, even the windshield, it has a limo strip accross the top, and the rest is super light, the lightest i could find
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02-18-2011, 11:10 AM
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It'd be alot cooler if you did
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Re: Tint or no tint???
75silverstep your truck looks clean as hell.
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02-18-2011, 12:46 PM
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02-18-2011, 11:26 PM
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02-19-2011, 06:34 PM
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02-22-2011, 12:47 AM
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02-18-2011, 11:20 AM
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Re: Tint or no tint???
More pics of tint IMO! (preferably on red trucks)
I have been debating this on my 78 K30 Every other vehicle I have ever had has had 20% tint, makes a huge difference in looks and keeping the cab cool, but I kinda like the "fishbowl" look on my 78. I am not convinced it would look right with tint. I'm considering 35% or 20% all around and maybe 50% on the shield. I've never been hassled with any of my other trucks, and next year it will no longer need to be inspected anyway.
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02-18-2011, 12:11 PM
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Re: Tint or no tint???
red truck is 5% all the way around and a big strip on the front, silver truck is 15% with a big strip/
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02-18-2011, 12:05 PM
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Re: Tint or no tint???
I put 15 percent all the way around on my daily drivers, with a 8in strip in the front. I just try to double whatever is legal. I think legal is 28% or 30% so I go 15 and the front strip isnt suposed to be over 4in so I go 8. And on my play toys I got 5% all the way with the whole front window tinted 20% with a 8in 5% strip at the top. I dont like the feelin of people watching me. Feels like I am in a aquarium.
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02-18-2011, 12:07 PM
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Re: Tint or no tint???
I prefer the no tint on my 87
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02-18-2011, 12:16 PM
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Charlie Daniels w/ a Tq Wrench
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Re: Tint or no tint???
Looks good, I hate the strips personally, but it seems popular down in SC from what I've seen.
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02-18-2011, 02:53 PM
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02-18-2011, 04:53 PM
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Re: Tint or no tint???
I love the low tint stripe on the front windshield i can sit up and it blocks the "white" head lights,or low sun
Up here i believe the legal front/beside driver is 35% behind the driver 5% Had my 81 lemans tinted too 35 front 5 back
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02-18-2011, 12:18 PM
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Re: Tint or no tint???
I love the giant open bright cabs of these older trucks, why darken it up?
Then again, I lived in Orange County, it gets a little hotter here in Texas so I may end up putting tint on... I just don't want to because it sucked so much taking the old purple tint off! Truck looked like CR** with purple windows! (and it was the previous owner that was an idiot and used ammonio? on to wash tinted windows!)
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02-18-2011, 12:43 PM
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Re: Tint or no tint???
It depends on your use. For a daily driver I put legal tint all around. For my cruiser, I want to show off the interior.
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02-18-2011, 02:23 PM
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Re: Tint or no tint???
I put tint on everything I drive. It keeps the interior cooler, keeps it from cracking near as much, and you don't get sunburned on your left arm on long drives.
I've had as dark as 2% on a couple of cars, but I like 35% or so on a truck, IF I'm going to use it as a truck. For more visibility for trailering and backing up in the dark. This is 35%, and the windshield built in strip was dark enough I didn't put anything on it. 
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02-18-2011, 09:22 PM
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Re: Tint or no tint???
I'm all for the fish bowl. The first thing I did when I got my truck was remove the tint.
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02-18-2011, 09:59 PM
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Re: Tint or no tint???
My problem with stick on window tint is the reflection you get at night back at you from the inside surface of the windows. I try to get factory dark window tint when I buy new vehicles. My new Equinox only has light tint and I really miss the dark tint and the electrochromic rear view mirror on the more expensive models. I might upgrade to an electrochromic mirrior someday in the old square.
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02-19-2011, 02:29 AM
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Re: Tint or no tint???
I have 5% and I dig it,
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