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Old Sep 1, 2009 | 07:10 AM
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Originally Posted by donnie
FWIW, when I had my truck, it had the same tint darkness as my 09 Jeep.
I had the fronts of the truck done in 35% and they almost matched the Factory windows.
Well people are saying factory tint is 22%, and if u did 35% on ur wrangler how did that match. Is there any way to see the specs on the window tint? so I can match
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Old Sep 1, 2009 | 07:12 AM
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If your state requires vehichle inspections, then stop by an inspection station and they can use a guage to test your tinting level. I would check the front too to figure out how much more to add.
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Old Sep 1, 2009 | 07:17 AM
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Yea I just want the specs so I can go to the Tint show to get the front windows to match the rest of the vehicle
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 04:48 AM
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Maybe I wasnt clear in my post.
The 35% was on my old truck.
Havent done the Jeep yet.
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Old Sep 3, 2009 | 06:12 AM
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I live in NC and the law is 32% for front and in truck or SUV as dark as you want. The only cars and trucks that can have 2% or 5% for front are limo, police, ems, fire, and a business car or truck with the right paperwork. They really want the rear window not to be more then 32% so they can see you. My tint on window got ripped of by the body shp that fixed my door so im redoing it. I like 35% because you can still see out your windows at night. An durning the day it looks close to factory its a little lighter but I dont need a ticket. Also in NC most places will charge you out the butt to check it for inspectiontime.
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Old Sep 3, 2009 | 06:15 AM
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First of all, it's not a tint, I believe it's treated glass, so it's never going to match perfectly. Secondly, the tint is 18%.
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Old Sep 3, 2009 | 12:00 PM
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We just asked our tint shop to match the factory and it's close to a perfect match, but I couldn't tell you what the % is. And yeah, it's not legal, but very few of our vehicles have ever been... It's worth it to us to keep the heat down a little.

Haven't had the hard top on for awhile so this is a few mos old -- wow it's grown up a lot since then
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