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Just wondering what your opinions are, say on a ke20/ke30/datson1200 or similar.

Legal tints of course, the 30% "mirror" tints wich arnt a mirror as such just make it hard to see in. As seen on a lot of late model upper market euros from factory or the midnight express black tints.

I found tints really make a difference on interior temps especially in the summer so am pretty keen on getting tints of some sort. But am thinking the light mirror tints would look pretty cool on a old school car. Its pretty JDM, JDM wheels etc.

NNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Dont you dare

Oldschoolers look rancid with tints, "bogan vibes" to quote this forum

Never ever going near either of mine.

Snoozin wrote:Oldschoolers look rancid with tints, "bogan vibes" to quote this forum

You meaning mirror tints or 35%? I think any car is improved with a well done 35% tint job, but mirror just looks tacky.

where is the no tints option?

yeah black tints are all good, but mirrors just gay, unless its on a helmet visor lol

35% black on the 36 wagons, nothing at all on any 20 series stuff, and 30s are boring so who cares

Think you misunderstood what i mean by mirror tints, i was meaning the stuff that looks like clear glass but you cant really see through it. Just seems to be quite a bit of glare.

You see it on a lot of 500series mercs and stuff from factory. Looks a lot like a clear film but it reflects enough so you just cant see through it, not even sure if its avalable in shops.

Not the reflective shit!!

Snoozin wrote:Oldschoolers look rancid with tints, "bogan vibes" to quote this forum

Never ever going near either of mine.

Im from west auckland auu!!

that mindnight express is not too bad.that glaze stuff is stupid tacky and probably a waste of time and cash.

neither

Looks like im trying to shovel shit up a hill with toothpick.

Guess my idea of the glazed windows isnt cool then

Ive never actually seen it on a old school car, just mercades.

method wrote:Guess my idea of the glazed windows isnt cool then

Ive never actually seen it on a old school car, just mercades.

I know the stuff you mean, and I think it could look really good. Would depend on the colour and "look" of the car though.

I have just had Midnight Express Tints put on my car. i obiviously didnt think it through though as the car is a dark green colour, and now it looks all bogan like. Would look awesome if the car was a lighter colour.
So unless you are going for a bogan look, i would recommend Bole tints instead.

Dark tints on white cars = good.

i just ripped the tints (heh... sounds like tits) off the mark2. actually looks better. so at this stage im nt gonna use tints

yeah after a think i decided no tints would look best, but the suns ruthless! Tints actually help a shitload.

will think about a clear film of some sort, just to block those UV rays and keep the interior lookin nice

Maybe a security film or something.

method wrote:Maybe a security film or something.

security film is not so secure

keeps the window in more or less one piece when its broken and it makes less noise when it breaks

But it takes longer to break in and the alarm will sound for longer.

Thats the point i see, anything to slow them down the better, because in the end thats all you can do. they will still get what they want.

Do the clear films help keep out heat or not?
I hate hopping into a toasty car, the home security tints on my lancer are awesome, there about 3-5 times as thick as car tints and keep the inside pretty cool, feels like the aircons been on its mint.

But dont want a bogan mobile, wanna keep the car as jdm looking as possible

Might chuck a oversized oil cooler on the front with massive chrome braided lines and anodized fittings and a 3m high exhaust pipe on it

There's a light yellow KE around pukekohe with mirrorish tints, looks pretty rank IMO.

But I still think they can be pulled off.