07-07-2006, 07:44 AM
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Location: Houston, Texas
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Window Tint
I was apprehensive (and lazy) about my limo tint on my side windows (put on before I bought the car) but removed it last night.
If any of you are leery of doing this on one of your cars, it comes off easily by using a razor blade to peel back one corner and then just pull slowly and firmly in a downward direction.
Now I have not tried this technique on a rear window with defroster wires in the glass, but I bet with some windex spayed along the edges as it's peeled off it would work just as well.
I gotta say that the car both looks and feels different inside without that tint on the windows. The interior cabin seems 2x bigger now and I don't have that goldfish bowl feeling any longer. Should have done it the first weekend I had the car two years ago!
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07-07-2006, 09:10 AM
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Consider it a mod! WOOT!
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2006 Boxster S
2005 Cayenne S
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07-07-2006, 11:59 AM
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you just convince me NOT to do mine.
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07-07-2006, 12:22 PM
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I love my tint... I get nothing but compliments. If you have a glass rear window that you can tint, I think it looks great.
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When people risk their lives, shouldn't it be for something very important?
Well, it better be.
But what is so important about driving faster than anyone else?
Lots of people go through life doing things badly. Racing's important to men who do it well.
When you're racing, it's life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting.
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07-07-2006, 12:47 PM
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i think tints is the number one thing you do to any car. totally changes the look of the car. the boxster window being small, look even smaller with tints. n takes away a lot of heat. i open the window and pure heat comes down on you. close the window and it's not as hot.
i love my tints.
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07-07-2006, 02:26 PM
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I'm thinking that if I'd had a legal tint I would have liked it... but my tint was limo black.
Illegal and dangerous... with the windows up at night, I've had three or four near misses with pedestrians and the side of my gate and garage. I simply could not see out of them to navigate safely. I can see why they're illegal for front windows.
I'm with you though... ANY car I buy get tint on the windows the first week of ownership. Houston's known as "sauna city" for a reason!
Interesting observation: I rarely see convertibles with dark tint on the windows. Looks odd with the top down to lots of other convertible owners as well I guess.
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07-10-2006, 05:04 AM
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5% limo...
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When people risk their lives, shouldn't it be for something very important?
Well, it better be.
But what is so important about driving faster than anyone else?
Lots of people go through life doing things badly. Racing's important to men who do it well.
When you're racing, it's life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting.
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07-10-2006, 07:39 AM
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From a pedestrian's or motorcyclist's point of view, tinted windows are lethal. When entering an intersection at the same time as a car with tinted widows, you have no idea if the driver sees you. The only reason I could understand tinting a window is if you live in a very hot climate and it keeps your car cooler, and even then I wouldn't do the driver's window.
Anyway, have a blast tinting your windows but give a thought to the people on the other side of the glass. And, oh yeah, how do you think a cop feels approaching a car he can't see into?
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07-10-2006, 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by slogans7
From a pedestrian's or motorcyclist's point of view, tinted windows are lethal. When entering an intersection at the same time as a car with tinted widows, you have no idea if the driver sees you. The only reason I could understand tinting a window is if you live in a very hot climate and it keeps your car cooler, and even then I wouldn't do the driver's window.
Anyway, have a blast tinting your windows but give a thought to the people on the other side of the glass. And, oh yeah, how do you think a cop feels approaching a car he can't see into?
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People who aren't responsible shouldn't have window tint... however people that aren't responsible shouldn't be driving in the first place. 99% of the time I drive with my top down and when it isn't I always use proper precautions. Responsible people also put their windows or top down when pulled over so as not to piss off law enforcement.
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When people risk their lives, shouldn't it be for something very important?
Well, it better be.
But what is so important about driving faster than anyone else?
Lots of people go through life doing things badly. Racing's important to men who do it well.
When you're racing, it's life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting.
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07-10-2006, 11:54 AM
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Location: new york
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Originally Posted by Porschekid
People who aren't responsible shouldn't have window tint... however people that aren't responsible shouldn't be driving in the first place. 99% of the time I drive with my top down and when it isn't I always use proper precautions. Responsible people also put their windows or top down when pulled over so as not to piss off law enforcement.
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I agree. A while back (97 blue boxster) I was stoped by NYPD under cover police. Four guys came around my car with huge flashlights. They said I was speeding (45 in 35 mp) but let me go. I think the reason they stop me be because of my tint windows.
The next day I took off my window tint. 
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