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Chrome tint or normal tint?
Chrome 40%  40%  [ 8 ]
Normal 60%  60%  [ 12 ]
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BLU86T
PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2003 2:23 pm 
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which do you prefer and why?
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Chrome is not only illegal but looks wierd on most cards.

Normal dark tint on a dark car looks good :)

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yeah just checked with the RTA and its illegal so i will be going for 'dark as legal' on the doors and blacking out the back glass.

cheers :)
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the chrome tint looks good on my car. its a silver car too. i thought it would look weird, but it looks awesome!

good on white cars too!

but i agree with mayhem, dark tint on dark cars is the go for sure!
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I have a chrome tint strip that fades to black tint on my front windscreen. It does look a little weird, but I dont care really. I wouldnt get it done to the whole car though.
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i have no idea what you guys are talking about
is this window tinting?

what does Chrome look like(on windows that is)??? :oops:

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Well Im not sure if my strip is the same as what everyone else is talking about, but for like 3" of the top of the windscreen its chrome, literally like looking into a mirror.
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Does anyone have any pics or links to websites which show chrome tint?
And does anyone have any specs regarding how much you can tint your windows by, what sort etc from the rta?
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Ive got a few pics of my car with the chrome strip- however its so reflective it comes out black on camera. Regular tint is legal to 35%, that is 35% of outside light getting though. Oh and you're not allowed to tint the front windscreen.

As far as the percentage goes, I wouldve liked 20% on the rear, its a bit darker, but you cant really tell the difference that much between the 35%. Like most mods, it will prolly depend on the officer whether it passes a defect station or not...
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Its called mirror tint, and it has become really popular, I can believe you have not seen it around??
Every 4WD Surf import has the rear windows in a brown mirror tint.
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heres an old pic of my car with dodgy chrome tinting on the
back quaters. I rekon it looks pretty dodge :-?
http://members.optusnet.com.au/gleadow/oldpics%20of%20mycar/side.jpg

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Ive got a few pics of my car with the chrome strip- however its so reflective it comes out black on camera. Regular tint is legal to 35%, that is 35% of outside light getting though. Oh and you're not allowed to tint the front windscreen.

As far as the percentage goes, I wouldve liked 20% on the rear, its a bit darker, but you cant really tell the difference that much between the 35%. Like most mods, it will prolly depend on the officer whether it passes a defect station or not...


Correct :D

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Its called mirror tint, and it has become really popular, I can believe you have not seen it around??
Every 4WD Surf import has the rear windows in a brown mirror tint.


your not talking about those ones when you look into the rear vision mirror it shows an acual distance where the car is?? thingy the one on the back of the window meh i give up lol

huwbacca thanks for the pic :D
btw i hope you took that chrome stuff off.. its hell ugly :o

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yep the chromes gone
was one of the first things to go.
now its darkest legal tint all round :)
http://members.optusnet.com.au/saintpoida/pages/DSC00840.htm

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fooli phat bra :D

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Gunmetal wrote:
Regular tint is legal to 35%,



'cept commercial vehicles who have no restriction on windows behind the driver :P
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