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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 11:05 AM
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part of me wants to n the other side thinks its not necc. since the tops down 80% of the time anyway
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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 07:59 PM
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pics? what do they look like now?
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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 08:25 PM
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just a typical trans am vert...no tint right now
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Old Nov 14, 2008 | 12:38 AM
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i say tint 15 or 5 % i cAnt stand to even be in a car without tint
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Old Nov 14, 2008 | 06:41 PM
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definitely tint, just make sure you use a good tinter. the large back hatch glass has a funny curve profile that's difficult to fit properly. all those black dots at the top are also hard to make look good. a good tinter can handle it, though.
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 04:11 AM
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didnt know this was a dilemma... tint f t w
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by emarkd
definitely tint, just make sure you use a good tinter. the large back hatch glass has a funny curve profile that's difficult to fit properly. all those black dots at the top are also hard to make look good. a good tinter can handle it, though.
Its a convertable there is no "Large back HATCH glass" due to the fact its a convertable.



I say tint it if thats what your looking for. I also recommend NOT to have an "eyebrow" installed on the front glass, It will look better without it with the top down. I had an 18" eybrow on my first black camaro with 5% all the way around. You couldnt see in at all in full sunlight which was pretty cool, the down side was the eyebrow looked stupid with the windows down and the t-tops out.
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 05:15 PM
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Tint it! I also cannot stand for my vehicles windows to be untinted. Just check into how bad your local cops are about pulling cars for illegal tint before you do it so you can decide how dark to go, the darker the better. The cops around me have nothing better to do and will pull people just cause they think the tint is illegal, thus I have to suffer with only 35% or I would have had it pulled within a month of having it done.
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If you want to, go for it. Personally mine sees weekends only and when I do drive it either the windows are down or the windows are down and the t-tops are off. So pretty much 100% of the time the window is down inside the door, except when I wash it. I don't think I need tinted windows for my car to get a bath.
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Old Nov 17, 2008 | 06:49 AM
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Originally Posted by HMERacing
Its a convertable there is no "Large back HATCH glass" due to the fact its a convertable.
huh. missed that one. oh well.
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Old Nov 17, 2008 | 07:43 PM
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Thanks for posting this question, I have an 02 NBM bird T-tops and don't know if I should tint my windows either? When Im cruising and have a lady friend in the ride with me I have a little fun and wish I had tint. Then I also don't want the attention of cops and so forth. I don't know
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Old Nov 17, 2008 | 08:03 PM
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sorry...not a bird but i have a LPM 2000 camaro and i say tint all the way...

5% wrap all the way around


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Old Nov 17, 2008 | 11:56 PM
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Yes for tint
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Old Nov 19, 2008 | 03:41 PM
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Yes you should, I miss my tint, had to get rid of it because of the stupid IL law
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Old Nov 19, 2008 | 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by 02sleeperz28
Thanks for posting this question, I have an 02 NBM bird T-tops and don't know if I should tint my windows either? When Im cruising and have a lady friend in the ride with me I have a little fun and wish I had tint. Then I also don't want the attention of cops and so forth. I don't know
hahahahahhahaha... irony...

i have 5% on my windows... just got done getting it in a crowded parking lot, of course i was parked a bit away from everyone.. but still.. hahahaha, no worries...

i would like to do that more than not have it cause of cops and not get to have fun... plus i dont like people being able to see me..
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Old Nov 21, 2008 | 07:57 PM
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theres no option for hell yes
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Old Dec 3, 2008 | 11:23 AM
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I wouldn't have tinted mine if the car hadn't been tinted when I got it. It was all jacked up with tons of giant bubbles so I had it retinted as soon as I bought it and I like it. I have a black one so it kind of just completes the car for me.
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Old Dec 3, 2008 | 09:03 PM
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o ya. tint those windows. GIVES YOU ATTITUDE
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Old Dec 3, 2008 | 09:24 PM
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tint or gtfo
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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 05:53 AM
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Tint them it looks alot better and helps protect the interior too!
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