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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 03:32 PM
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Hi, this is my first post on this, or well, any forum. I am thinking about getting the windows tinted on the 'stang and I am unsure about all I need to be aware of before I let someone do anything to it. I have a list of about five places close to where I live and I am planning to call and ask each one about estimates, gurantees, and amount of time it will take. Do I need to ask about anything else and is there anything I need to be aware of before I do this? Thank you.
Old Mar 30, 2005 | 04:06 PM
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You should find a place that will give you a gaurantee but also has low prices(I got all 5 windows for $150). Also, you should find out the legal limit in your state if you plan on keeping the tint legal. Other than that, there isnt really anything you need to be worried about.
Old Mar 30, 2005 | 04:11 PM
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I finally found a place that will do all the windows for $139.95 and they have a life time warranty. They have been operating out of Orange Park for 16 years so hoepfully everything will be ok. Thanks. Hopefully they will know the legal limit though, I don't.
Old Mar 30, 2005 | 04:24 PM
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Yea I just got a Stang and want to tint the windows as well. I hear that it is approximately $25 a window. Good luck with it - it should look real tite, I cant wait to have mine done too!!
Old Mar 30, 2005 | 06:53 PM
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139 is a good price. I have 5% all the way around + the windshield strip (even though the pic is shatty and you can't tell) cost me 150 bucks. I got a guarantee as well. The darker you go the better it looks IMO. Just be careful, if they enforce the tint laws in your area and you go beyond the limit you will get cited. They don't enforce it here in Florida.
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 01:28 AM
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Im gonna get tint soon also, is the windshild strip just the strip up top to block the sun, and i always hear peple tlaking about the dot matrix and it being ahrd to tint over, something i should ask about when asking for prices and such?
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 01:32 AM
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Yeah I had to take my tint off cuz i got pulled over and i got a written warning to take the tint off within 30 days. I just got it redone, I got 5% limo in the back and 35% in the front.... Im not sure where you live but in CA its illegal to get ANY tint in the front windows.. But It looks better if the fronts are tinted too... just my opinion...
Old Mar 31, 2005 | 06:52 PM
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Emann007, out of curiosity are you in NE Florida? I know they do enforce it here. My mom is a tattoo artist and had tint on her windows and then the name of her company in the top 4 inches of the window and they got her for both, also had a co-worker get pulled over for his tint. I have no idea on regulations though because I have never heard specifics.
Old Apr 1, 2005 | 02:02 PM
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When I went they asked if I wanted Virginia legal or darker. I went with 20 percent all around, nothing on the front, which is darker than legal. They charged me an extra 20 bucks for it not being legal and gave me a lifetime warrenty. $160 for the job, took an hour, I love it.

ps, I didn't do the front strip, I sit so high in the car I'd be look through the strip the whole time.
Old Apr 1, 2005 | 02:58 PM
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I paid $100 for 5% all around, later on I did my front windshield 35% for $60. I love it!



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