Any thoughts on Not-Tinting your windows?..........
Three Wheelin'
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From: behind the 8 ball
Good luck arguing with those jokers. You could be driving your pregnant wife to the hospital cause she's in labor and bleeding out of her eyes, and those rotten State Troopers will just write the ticket quicker, if you're lucky. I hate those scumbags. The cops know where every drug dealer and child molester lives and what do they do instead of harassing them? write tickets to people like us. I was talking to a State Trooper once, and long story short, he said if he had his way he'd write tickets to everyone going 1mph over the speed limit and he was dead serious. Like I said, scumbags-the lot of them.
Burning Brakes
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From: California
Tint is an absolute must in hot climate. People seem to default to thinking it's for looks. It's not. Quality tint makes a huge difference in comfort and protects interiors, especially our leather dashes and alcantara pillars. I have 35% in the front windows of my Macan to match the back and 70% and 50% in other cars as I'm not big on dark tint but I am big on heat and UV rejection.
I live in one of the hottest climates in the country and I don't tint my cars and don't miss it.
Pro
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I get it, but we are a society of laws. Selective compliance leads to, well you know. One solution I found to work with regards to tint is to comply with the law. After my first fine for tint that was too dark I did that and the scumbags have started to leave me alone.
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From: Orlando burbs
I'm 77 with a skin condition. Heat blocking tint and ventilated seats as well as a sunroof to quickly cool the car are must haves for me in Central FL.
All 3 of my dress hade all 3 options.
Top of the line tints are not expensive, and will help preserve your interior, unless you only take you car out after dark.
Think about it for a bigger resale market too.
Last edited by PCA1983; Jan 17, 2023 at 12:34 PM.
Burning Brakes
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From: California
I have bought several used Porsches and either rule out tinted cars or request tint removal as part of the sale. Many times tint is removed as part of reconditioning a car for the showroom floor. Walk through your Porsche dealership, it's rare to see a tinted car that has been prepped and put on the floor.
I fully understand why some like it. But it's very much personal preference and like most mods I doubt if it adds anything to used car appeal or value.
Personally my car goes from an enclosed air conditioned garage at home to covered parking at work.
I fully understand why some like it. But it's very much personal preference and like most mods I doubt if it adds anything to used car appeal or value.
Personally my car goes from an enclosed air conditioned garage at home to covered parking at work.
Last edited by remington; Jan 17, 2023 at 12:59 PM.
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I can't fathom what issue someone would have with 70% tint that is nearly transparent, but okay.
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Three Wheelin'
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You live in California. I don't consider most of California to be the level of hot I'm referring to. You mentioned your car travels from one climate controlled garage to another. That's not my reality. I go to restaurants, shopping, meetings, to visit friends, on roadtrips, etc. and most places don't have climate controlled garages. Most have outdoor parkinglots.
I can't fathom what issue someone would have with 70% tint that is nearly transparent, but okay.
I can't fathom what issue someone would have with 70% tint that is nearly transparent, but okay.
Burning Brakes
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Just for the record I live in Fresno which is the 5th hottest city in the US. It is not SoCal hot, it's Death Valley hot, in the summers at least. Regardless, totally understand why people want tint, I'm simply making the point that it's not required in a hot climate, unless perhaps you park your car outside a lot, which I do not.
Last edited by remington; Jan 17, 2023 at 03:39 PM.
Drifting
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I'm not a fan of dark tint on cars anymore... Put 35% on my wife's escalade and that's the darkest i've done since high school. I'm all for 50% or so to add some additional heat blocking. But for me I really like the look of the interior being visible from the exterior.
Instructor
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Burning Brakes
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The last two cars I purchased, one Porsche the other Land Rover, came with the windows already tinted as part of a package of stuff I had to buy to get the car. I would rather have the windows tinted myself because I would use a much better ceramic tint that what they probably used. I would also chose a color to match the rear windows. It gets very hot where I live so the tinting is a must have, there are a lot of car break-ins here so making it harder to see inside the car is necessary.
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Your car looks amazing, the color just flows. My eyes are OK (wearing my glasses), I'm trying to determine if the color of your car is (Adventurine Green) and if the wheels are nearly the same color? Whatever the case, the colors flow just right in this pic. I like it enough that, if you get a chance, you don't mind sharing more pics. I appreciate it. I was tempted to get the Adventurine Green.
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Just for the record I live in Fresno which is the 5th hottest city in the US. It is not SoCal hot, it's Death Valley hot, in the summers at least. Regardless, totally understand why people want tint, I'm simply making the point that it's not required in a hot climate, unless perhaps you park your car outside a lot, which I do not.
Put me in the tasteful ceramic tint camp though.