Anyone with 5 percent tint on their windows? - Page 3

redcoats1976 · 03-11-2021, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by wwiiavfan

You all are overlooking the main reason why dark tint is not a good idea. When you have dark tint, and you get pulled over, it immediately puts the officer on high alert. Would you, as an LEO, want to step up to a car that you can’t see inside? Is there just a driver or are there 4 people in there with weapons?
Understand now?
I get it, it looks cool and keeps the interior cooler, but it ain’t worth it.

this.forget to roll the windows down when you get stopped by the law,reach for your registration,and maybe we will be reading about you in the paper.

ST1LE · 03-11-2021, 11:11 AM

I had to roll my windows at night in parking garages etc when I had 20%. Just had them swapped to 35% for inspection, and at this point I am sticking with that.

Just not worth it, 35% is not enough in summer heat in Texas but I am over the tickets and cost of redoing it.

Lesstranj · 12-30-2022, 03:38 AM

How can you drive a car with 5 percent tinted windows? My first Camaro had a 5% tint from the previous owner when I bought it. I couldn't drive that car until I took the tint off. I couldn't see what was happening around me, especially when driving at night in dark places. There may be better-quality tinting that doesn't interfere with the driver, but this wasn't very good. So I took it off and bought sunblinds with magnets: snapshades.com . Nothing cool about window tinting. Safety and comfort are much more important to me.

jamala00 · 12-30-2022, 06:14 AM

5% Just sounds dangerous due to the lack of visibility.

adamjwilson · 12-30-2022, 07:30 AM

I have 25% ceramic on mine. Not sure I would go darker than 20%, as I had 5% on my excursion and was always rolling down the window at night to back up. (It sucked)

Wyzz Kydd · 12-30-2022, 07:45 AM

I have 35% ceramic sides and rear which is the legal limit here. Looks good and keeps the car cool in the summer and no visibility issues.

As others have mentioned, a little courtesy goes a long way (usually). Pull well over, windows down, interior light on if it’s dark outside, hands on steering wheel. Those things send a message, I’m not a threat and I respect your concerns. Don’t BS the cop and quite often you leave with either a warning or a reduced ticket. With six years plus driving red 6th Gen Camaros I’m batting .600, two no slack tickets (one super speeder, ouch) two warnings, and one super speeder dropped enough not to carry points.

pzoom · 12-30-2022, 03:41 PM

I have 25% all around. I wouldn't go darker than that. My SUV is 5% rear and it is DARK! Fortunately, it has huge mirrors and rear camera, but no way I would tint the Camaro to 5%.

Anjilslaire · 12-30-2022, 04:13 PM

Mine is 15%, super dark enough.

arpad_m · 12-30-2022, 11:17 PM

Wifey is already complaining about the 35% tint on the SUV, and it definitely can be felt at night on mountain roads. There is no way I'd go with 5%, IMO it's suicide.

mikey00 · 12-31-2022, 02:23 PM

I tinted mine 5% front/rear. Cant see anything out of it at night

sactownbwoy · 12-31-2022, 03:21 PM

I have 5% sides/rear and 50% on the windshield. I live in 29 Palms, about 2km from the sun so it is nice having dark tint.

I only have problems when I'm driving in the middle of the desert on a moonless night but even then it isn't that bad because there is nothing coming from the sides lol.

TheDocKlopek · 01-02-2023, 11:00 AM

I tinted all of my windows to 5%, but I also have a vert and the windows are down most of the time anyway. At night it can be difficult to see out of the windows, but I'll just put the window down if I really can't see. Living in TX I don't really have to worry much about being too cold where I need the windows up.

My vision is really good also, so that is another way I justify it in my head.

havelegs · 01-14-2023, 10:29 PM

Picked up a LT1 that had 5% on the back and quarter windows. Impossible to see out of at night and even in the day it was very hard to see out of. Just had the car retinted this morning with 35% all around. So much better.

laynlo15 · 01-14-2023, 10:57 PM

So I've been on this forum since December 2016 and I still find it funny the complaints I've heard from people who buy a Camaro and post they can't see out of the car, then people actually put 5 % tint on a car that people complain about visibility. The police love to stop you so go get it but don't complain you can't see when turning or backing up at night, etc. Might as well just paint the windows black with a can of Krylon spray paint. I think the ticket in most states is $75 to $150.

03-11-2021, 11:11 AM	#30
ST1LE Drives: E92 BMW M3 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Houston Posts: 4,487	I had to roll my windows at night in parking garages etc when I had 20%. Just had them swapped to 35% for inspection, and at this point I am sticking with that. Just not worth it, 35% is not enough in summer heat in Texas but I am over the tickets and cost of redoing it. __________________ SOLD - 2013 1LE - Pat G Spec'd Cam, NPP with 1 7/8" Long Tube Headers with High Flow Cats, Intake w/scoop, Ported Throttle Body, and Apex 1.25" Lowering Springs. J-Rod Built and Matt@FSP Tuned

12-30-2022, 03:38 AM	#31
Lesstranj Drives: Ford Fpcus Join Date: Jul 2022 Location: England Posts: 1	How can you drive a car with 5 percent tinted windows? My first Camaro had a 5% tint from the previous owner when I bought it. I couldn't drive that car until I took the tint off. I couldn't see what was happening around me, especially when driving at night in dark places. There may be better-quality tinting that doesn't interfere with the driver, but this wasn't very good. So I took it off and bought sunblinds with magnets: snapshades.com . Nothing cool about window tinting. Safety and comfort are much more important to me. Last edited by Lesstranj; 01-02-2023 at 05:13 AM.

12-30-2022, 07:30 AM	#33
adamjwilson Drives: 2022 Camaro 2SS A10 Join Date: Jul 2022 Location: Virginia Posts: 150	I have 25% ceramic on mine. Not sure I would go darker than 20%, as I had 5% on my excursion and was always rolling down the window at night to back up. (It sucked) Attached Images __________________ 2022 Camaro 2SS, 2" TSP headers, E85 flex fuel, Cold Air Inductions CAI, Soler Perf 95TB and adapter, ACS splitter, skirts, and rock guards, Diode Dynamics smoked side marker lights. Working on next mod: Whipple 3.0, forged internals (pistons, rods, custom grind cam), PRC/TSP heads, meth injection, rotofab big gulp CAI, LT4 fueling and DSX aux fuel system

12-30-2022, 07:45 AM	#34
Wyzz Kydd Drives: 2018 Camaro SS1 1LE Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,228	I have 35% ceramic sides and rear which is the legal limit here. Looks good and keeps the car cool in the summer and no visibility issues. As others have mentioned, a little courtesy goes a long way (usually). Pull well over, windows down, interior light on if it’s dark outside, hands on steering wheel. Those things send a message, I’m not a threat and I respect your concerns. Don’t BS the cop and quite often you leave with either a warning or a reduced ticket. With six years plus driving red 6th Gen Camaros I’m batting .600, two no slack tickets (one super speeder, ouch) two warnings, and one super speeder dropped enough not to carry points. __________________ 2018 Camaro 1SS 1LE Red Hot.

12-30-2022, 11:17 PM	#37
arpad_m Drives: 2018 Camaro 2SS A8 Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 8,947 View My Garage	Wifey is already complaining about the 35% tint on the SUV, and it definitely can be felt at night on mountain roads. There is no way I'd go with 5%, IMO it's suicide. __________________ 2018 Camaro 2SS — G7E MX0 NPP F55 IO6 735 rwhp \| 665 rwtq Magnuson TVS 2300 80mm pulley \| Kooks 1 7/8" LT headers \| JRE smooth idle terminator cam \| LT4 FS & injectors \| TSP forged pistons & rods JMS PowerMAX \| DSX flex fuel kit \| Roto-Fab CAI \| Soler 95mm LT5 TB \| 1LE wheels \| 1LE brakes \| BMR rear cradle lockout \| JRE custom tune 1100 - 1/30/18 \| 2000 - 1/31/18 3000 - 2/06/18 TPW 2/26/18 3400 - 2/19/18 \| 3800 - 2/26/18 4300 - 2/27/18 \| 4B00 - 3/01/18 4200 - 3/05/18 \| 4800 - 3/14/18 5000 - 3/16/18 \| 6000 - 3/19/18

12-30-2022, 06:14 AM	#32
jamala00 Drives: 2016 Camaro 2SS Hyper Blue Metallic Join Date: May 2020 Location: WI Posts: 1,785	5% Just sounds dangerous due to the lack of visibility.

12-30-2022, 03:41 PM	#35
pzoom Drives: 2021 SS 1LE SHOCK Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Austin Posts: 106	I have 25% all around. I wouldn't go darker than that. My SUV is 5% rear and it is DARK! Fortunately, it has huge mirrors and rear camera, but no way I would tint the Camaro to 5%.

12-30-2022, 04:13 PM	#36
Anjilslaire Drives: 2021 3LT RS A10 Join Date: Nov 2021 Location: South Sound, Washington Posts: 245	Mine is 15%, super dark enough.

12-31-2022, 02:23 PM	#38
mikey00 Drives: 2023 Camaro 2SS 1LE Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 106	I tinted mine 5% front/rear. Cant see anything out of it at night

12-31-2022, 03:21 PM	#39
sactownbwoy Drives: '22 Camaro ZL1 1LE A10 Join Date: Jul 2021 Location: SoCal Posts: 199	I have 5% sides/rear and 50% on the windshield. I live in 29 Palms, about 2km from the sun so it is nice having dark tint. I only have problems when I'm driving in the middle of the desert on a moonless night but even then it isn't that bad because there is nothing coming from the sides lol. Attached Images

01-02-2023, 11:00 AM	#40
TheDocKlopek Drives: 2018 Camaro ZL1 Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 73	I tinted all of my windows to 5%, but I also have a vert and the windows are down most of the time anyway. At night it can be difficult to see out of the windows, but I'll just put the window down if I really can't see. Living in TX I don't really have to worry much about being too cold where I need the windows up. My vision is really good also, so that is another way I justify it in my head. Attached Images __________________ 2016 2SS Vert 6M Black/Adrenaline Red (Lost in Hurricane Harvey) 2018 ZL1 Vert 6M Garnet Red Tintcoat

01-14-2023, 10:29 PM	#41
havelegs Drives: 2021 LT1 RS 6 Speed Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Austin Texas Posts: 842	Picked up a LT1 that had 5% on the back and quarter windows. Impossible to see out of at night and even in the day it was very hard to see out of. Just had the car retinted this morning with 35% all around. So much better.

01-14-2023, 10:57 PM	#42
laynlo15 Drives: 2022 Lt1 A10 Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: clark, mo Posts: 8,175	So I've been on this forum since December 2016 and I still find it funny the complaints I've heard from people who buy a Camaro and post they can't see out of the car, then people actually put 5 % tint on a car that people complain about visibility. The police love to stop you so go get it but don't complain you can't see when turning or backing up at night, etc. Might as well just paint the windows black with a can of Krylon spray paint. I think the ticket in most states is $75 to $150. __________________ 2022 Lt1 6.2 A10, Maggie 2300, toohighpsi Port Inj/10 rib, Rotofab, E85, Nickey, SCOL, Griptech, RC Bandits, Hoosiers/MT 9.86@142 1.46 60ft, 6.38@112-16SS Maggie 2650 9.41@147 1.35 60ft, 5.99@119, 16 C7 Corvette 10.90@128 1.56 60ft.

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