[mazdas3sporte]

Hey all, I am wonderig who here has the darkest tint EVER on a mazda 3, it can be double or triple layerd if you have, let me know of your darkest tint and what brand of tint you got. I have 7% limo tint all around, anyone beat that?

 

[SikWiditmz3]

3% all the way around

 

[Guest]

hahaha thats so dark it looks like you painted the windows black period =P

 

[Carowen]

i have 5% tint al around and im looking to go darker... how would you do double sidded tint? inside and outside im guessing?

 

[roman86s]

[quote author=SikWiditmz3 link=topic=139560.msg3008637#msg3008637 date=1237658015]
3% all the way around

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Sorry of the topic!
What rims and size do you have?

 

[mazdas3sporte]

3 % is damn fucking dark man, I have the 7s and when theres full sun outside u can still see inside, what brand of film do u got for the 3%?

You never install tint on the outside as far as I know , Ive heard of 3 layers of 5% on the inside but thats stupid if u ask me, just go for a low % tint from the begining so u dont waste money over and over again

 

[Zer0id]

Why are all these tint threads in exterior

 

[mazdas3sporte]

where should they be? theres no other place to put it

 

[Zer0id]

interior..

 

[icspots]

Int/ext is kind of an age-old argument. While the tint is on the inside most people tend to look at it as an exterior visual mod. vs. and interior mod. Thus why it usually ends up out here.

 

[DementeD]

ive got 5 on top of 35

 

[515mazda3]

a few months ago i tinted someone dodge ram, 5% on 35% and tested it and was about 2.5% as cool as it looks, its equally unsafe at night lol but to each their own

 

[WhiteArmor]

I've got 5% on a few of my windows and the others are 20%, but the darkest I have heard was a guy at work did double layer 5% on his ride. He said at night he had to roll down the windows to see any time he wanted to do anything but go straight. LOL

 

[mazdas3sporte]

[quote author=515mazda3 link=topic=139560.msg3009798#msg3009798 date=1237740656]
a few months ago i tinted someone dodge ram, 5% on 35% and tested it and was about 2.5% as cool as it looks, its equally unsafe at night lol but to each their own
[/quote] how do you test the actual %? I know my tint says 7 % but I want to know how dark it really is? what is used to test the actuall % that passes through?

 

[Carowen]

find a cop and ask =D or go to a tint shop

 

[mazdas3sporte]

I did my tint like 3 weeks ago, I know it says 7% but in reality I want to figure out the real %. THE REAL % not what the tint company states. its like saying the mazda has 160 hp but in reality it probebly pushes 130 Wheel Horse Power (WHP).

 

[Carowen]

im not really sure of any other way. i know certain police officers have a checker but ive never been hassled like that

 

[icspots]

[quote author=mazdas3sporte link=topic=139560.msg3010055#msg3010055 date=1237753175]
I did my tint like 3 weeks ago, I know it says 7% but in reality I want to figure out the real %. THE REAL % not what the tint company states. its like saying the mazda has 160 hp but in reality it probebly pushes 130 Wheel Horse Power (WHP).
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You need a light meter that test transmissible light. Any tint shop should be able to test if for you. As to your analogy your 7% tint is most likely 7% tint. The difference will come when you apply it to your car's windows as most cars have a 93-97% tint on them.... mostly UV reduction. You might end up somewhere around 3-5% tint with the 7%. Different manufacturers vary on how dark that standard tint is, but most are in that range. The shop that did mine does 40% for legal in NC and the only problem they ever had was with a BMW that dropped to about 27% (vs. the standard 32-35%).

 

[chaos]

I just have 20% all around, but on the little quarter windows (smallest section on the back passenger windows on the sedan), it's 5% on top of 20%. Not sure what that makes. Probably about 2% I'm guessing, from other posts in this thread.

 

[icspots]

[quote author=Chaos link=topic=139560.msg3010079#msg3010079 date=1237755003]
I just have 20% all around, but on the little quarter windows (smallest section on the back passenger windows on the sedan), it's 5% on top of 20%. Not sure what that makes. Probably about 2% I'm guessing, from other posts in this thread.
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Wouldn't it be 4%? :thinking: Well, 4% minus the OE tint.