Window Tint...

[beelow]

I got my 08 Tahoe and it has 25% tint on the rear windows and none on the front two. I'm in TX and I can only find 5% or 20%, not 25%, but 5% on the front is illegal here. My question is would it look right if I put 20% on the front and leave 25% on the back as is? I don't want to get it and it looks bad and then I have to do it all over. Let me know what you think.

 

[Regency]

You should be able to go to a shop for 25% where are you looking?

 

[beelow]

I've went to a few shops and they all only had 20%...none had 25%. I've been in TX my whole life and I've never actually seen anyone with 25% here....it's always been 20%.

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Hey Regency....what size tires do you have on your 24s on the pic above?? I'm getting some put on mine tomorrow and I'm just curious.

 

[Regency]

305/35/24, And I would just take the stock tint off and do all the windows 20% only if you wanna match if not then just throw 20% on the Front since it's already lighter than the back since 5% is out of the question even though it would look amazing.

 

[beelow]

Thanks for the feed back. Now that I think about it I think it looks weird to have lighter tint on the back than the front which is what it would be if I left 25% on the back and added 20% on the front so I'm leaning toward redoing them all. Just didn't want to shell out 200$ on a new tint job when I could be using that dough to hook up other stuff on it. Right now I have 35% on the front but it's just not dark enough for me. It is what it is I guess.

 

[Sheriff]

What does Texas allow you to have on the front? 50% is the maximum in Virginia,
unless you obtain a medical waiver like I have. Then it's 35% on the front.


You don't want to be getting pulled over every other day.

 

[beelow]

Minimum on the front is 25 in TX but I can only find 20% so far, everyone seems to only have 5,20, & 35. Nothing in between. On my old car I had 20% on the front and never got pulled over so I'll probably just take my chances and go for the 20% on the front when I redo it.

 

[Sheriff]

Minimum on the front is 25 in TX but I can only find 20% so far, everyone seems to only have 5,20, & 35. Nothing in between. On my old car I had 20% on the front and never got pulled over so I'll probably just take my chances and go for the 20% on the front when I redo it.

20% on the front, plus what tint is already in the factory glass, will take you down to about 15% or 16%.

20% or lower is NOT safe on the driver's and front passenger window.

Good luck on not getting a ticket or two. Sounds like you're riding on borrowed time already.

I like dark windows too. But 20% is NOT safe.

 

[Regency]

Thanks for the feed back. Now that I think about it I think it looks weird to have lighter tint on the back than the front which is what it would be if I left 25% on the back and added 20% on the front so I'm leaning toward redoing them all. Just didn't want to shell out 200$ on a new tint job when I could be using that dough to hook up other stuff on it. Right now I have 35% on the front but it's just not dark enough for me. It is what it is I guess.

No prob I have 3% and I love it seeing at night is fine and you get used to it actually looking to tint the windshield 40% with a 3% strip on top no matter what get a tint you'll regret it if you don't.

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welcome to tyf btw!

 

[beelow]

Hey Sherrif, what % is on your White Tahoe in the pic?? It looks a lot darker than 35% to me....or is that caused by the angle/glare on the picture?

This is how mine looks now...the glare is bad so you can't really see the tint. I'll post more tomorrow.