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Old Jul 6, 2003 | 05:24 PM
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The damn cops made me strip the tint off of my car, so i'm now looking to put some new stuff on. are there any brands that work good, i will probably do this myself. i was looking on the internet and came across some mirror tint
http://www.stylincompacts.com/...ID=25
has ne 1 seen this stuff on a car? does it look good? I also have another question i have a coupe and i was wondering how many sq ft (or sq in) of material i would need to do all 5 windows? plz help o and if someone has some pics of the mirror tint plz post them, thanks
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Old Jul 6, 2003 | 06:10 PM
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I do this for a living, and I would recommend that you let a professional do it. But it you want to do it yourself you will need about 15 ft. off a 36" roll to do the job. Good Luck if you try it.
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Old Jul 6, 2003 | 06:22 PM
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hector and the entire apc crew loves da mirra tint, yO!!!!!! fo shizzle!!!!!
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Old Jul 6, 2003 | 06:46 PM
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anyone know if that do it your self tint. or even if a shop did the tint job, if itd stick onto mr10 lexan?
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Old Jul 6, 2003 | 07:19 PM
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My car came with some bad kinda purple lookin tint....it was obviosly done by the owner...hopefully i get money to do new tint soon but for now my advice to you is to get it proffesionally done or it wont look right...im not sure im into mirror tint though IMO...
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Old Jul 6, 2003 | 08:11 PM
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so you had to strip your old tint off and now you want to replace it with mirror tint??? umm newflash homie,..mirror tint is also illegal,...im guessing the same cop that pulled you over will pull you over again and tell you take the mirror tint off
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Old Jul 7, 2003 | 12:00 AM
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same thing happend to me back in the day when i thought the blackest windows were cool, then i kept getting tickets. so now they are crystal clear..

but will tint work on lexan? good question
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Old Jul 7, 2003 | 07:24 AM
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Depends on if the lexan is curved or not. If it is then most likely it would not stick, but if it were flat then yes.
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Old Jul 7, 2003 | 07:57 AM
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i know each state has their own tint laws, but I got less problems from cops after I got rid of the black tint and went to mirror, I think it's because so many cars come factory with mirror now.
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Old Jul 7, 2003 | 01:06 PM
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well itll bend when its rivited on. but mr10 lexan has a coating on it that resists graffiti scratches paint etc.. so i dont know if itd stick
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Old Jul 7, 2003 | 04:37 PM
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All I can say is try it.
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Old Jul 7, 2003 | 07:01 PM
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yea if mr10 was cheap i would but its like 250$ 300$ a sheet
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Old Jul 7, 2003 | 07:05 PM
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Here in CA it's legal to have your car limo tinted, except for the front side windows and the windshield. I think you can have those windows semi-tinted though? I'm not sure on the mirror tinting...
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Old Jul 7, 2003 | 08:32 PM
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the law in my state says 35% or higher for visibility and 15% or lower for reflectivness the tint i was looking at is about 15%-20% so how is this illegal?
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Old Jul 8, 2003 | 11:20 AM
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If it is the same film that you posted about above then you will still be legal with the 35% visibility and the 20% reflectivity. What state are you in and I'll look up the law for you.
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Old Jul 8, 2003 | 12:48 PM
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oregon, ino the cops have a device to measure the visibility, they used it on me, but what about the reflectivness?
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Old Jul 9, 2003 | 09:30 AM
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In your state you can only have a 35% light transmission film but there is nothing that states the reflectivity. Also those meters they use are + or - 3% , so you actually could have 32% and not get a ticket. Hope this helps.
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