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View Poll Results: What should i do with tinted windows?
Remove front tints 4 21.05%
Smoke fronts 4 21.05%
Leave it alone 11 57.89%
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      06-22-2017, 09:35 AM   #1
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Tinted Windows - what to do...

I'm not sure if my windows are too dark,

Got a few thoughts...

1. Remove front tints
2. Light Smoke front
3. Leave it as is

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      06-22-2017, 04:00 PM   #2
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That is quite dark but guess leave well alone till they need removing or changing. Then go 50% on the fronts.
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I quite like the panel van look you've got going on
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It looks good as is. On my last car I had the front windows done lighter than the rears and it used to bug the hell out of me every time I walked up to it how uneven it looked.
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I quite like the panel van look you've got going on
It's comments like that have got me thinking like this!!
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      06-23-2017, 05:17 AM   #6
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That is quite dark but guess leave well alone till they need removing or changing. Then go 50% on the fronts.
They are not great and I wanted them redone as they are scratched inside on the film and that bugs me. I thought about just going slightly lighter on rear windows and leaving the back dark as it is....

It's about £40 a window at my local firm so can always play around with it!
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down to personal preference and how much privacy you actually want in the back. And then obviously you have legal implications on what you can do on the front.

I was in the same dilemma myself but for me window tints was more for aesthetics than it was privacy.

So i went 40 at the back and 55 at the front.
This way not too blatant to get pulled
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      06-23-2017, 08:04 AM   #8
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This is exactly why I got mine done the same all round, I hate the van look
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How about losing the tints & going for a set of blinds?
I had a set in my e39 540i, much classier than privacy glass or tints
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      06-26-2017, 04:25 AM   #10
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The people have spoken and they say leave it alone!
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      06-26-2017, 08:40 AM   #11
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I'd leave it, looks good, having my fronts done this week ��
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