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Old May 18, 2013 | 10:35 PM
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Old May 19, 2013 | 02:57 PM
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Yay. Mine is milder than most - 50% Llumar ATR on all side windows and the back.

 
Old May 27, 2013 | 10:20 PM
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Old May 29, 2013 | 09:37 PM
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Cliff -- nice picture! Could you post a shot of the back hatch with the 50% tint? Thanks! I'm considering 35% all around (legal limit) or 50% all around.
 
Old May 29, 2013 | 09:53 PM
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I live in Miami, and you NEED tints. The weather here is bipolar, but when it's HOT, it's H-O-T!

Sun is kept out and so are prying eyes.

I like to dance in my car, so the less people can see me making a fool outta myself, the better.

I don't have my Fit yet, but my little Civic got tints the second my grandma handed me the keys.
 
Old May 29, 2013 | 10:00 PM
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Old May 30, 2013 | 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by woahamie
I live in Miami, and you NEED tints. The weather here is bipolar, but when it's HOT, it's H-O-T!

Sun is kept out and so are prying eyes.

I like to dance in my car, so the less people can see me making a fool outta myself, the better.

I don't have my Fit yet, but my little Civic got tints the second my grandma handed me the keys.
I live in the Northeast and I will never own a car without having the windows tinted. It just makes it so much more comfortable in the summer.
 
Old May 31, 2013 | 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Theos92vr4

Tinting was the best mod ive done to this car. Its like a fishbowl without tints
do you have any trouble seeing out at night?
 
Old Jun 3, 2013 | 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by woahamie
do you have any trouble seeing out at night?
My windows are tinted at 18% which is pretty dark and initially I thought it would be too dark at night but it's really not. The only time I have trouble seeing is during the day beleive it or not. If it is a sunny day and I am wearing sunglasses and drive into a tunnel, (it usually takes a moment for your eyes to adjust regardless of whether or not you have on sunglasses) I have to take my sunglasses off to see clearly.
 
Old Nov 24, 2013 | 06:08 PM
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Carbon tint - 5% on the rear - 55% on the front. California law is at 70% front. Didn't want to test the boundaries too much.

Also have a little section untinted on the rear for my rear facing dash camera.









 

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Old Nov 24, 2013 | 09:35 PM
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Ky1eRC - What kind of rear facing camera is that? Where did you get it?

Nevermind =) I found the details in your other post - (BlackVue DR550GW)
 

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Old Nov 24, 2013 | 10:01 PM
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Ky1eRC - What kind of rear facing camera is that? Where did you get it?
My post about the camera is here
 
Old Nov 25, 2013 | 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Ky1eRC
Carbon tint - 5% on the rear - 55% on the front. California law is at 70% front. Didn't want to test the boundaries too much.

Also have a little section untinted on the rear for my rear facing dash camera.









What kind of rack on the roof
I have the same color white
Like the rack
 
Old Nov 25, 2013 | 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by 1818orion
What kind of rack on the roof
I have the same color white
Like the rack
Posted it up here: https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/2nd-...ml#post1212315
 
Old Dec 9, 2013 | 09:41 PM
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Did you guys get air bubbles near the matrix dots in the rear window? Just got mine tinted a few days ago. Also the rear small quarter panel windows look like they have a 1-2mm window tint gap around the edges it looks to be.
 
Old Dec 20, 2013 | 07:25 PM
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Old Jan 20, 2014 | 07:13 PM
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50% Llumar

Originally Posted by Cliff
Yay. Mine is milder than most - 50% Llumar ATR on all side windows and the back.

I have a '13 Sport MT Polished Metal - the 50 looks good. I am tinting next month plan on doing the same - I was going to do 30 - legal in Arkansas but not in lots of states. Thanks for posting pic.
 
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