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Ok, in maryland, the legal tint % is 35, my car is black so will it appear darker to the eye because i want the windows to be dark, but dont wanna b caught, is it safe to go ahead with 30 or 25, or does 35 look darker on my color car then a lets say red car?
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it should look the same as what it is. But 35% on a black car is too light imo. Go a bit darker.

 
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i was thinkin 25 or 30, will the cops really notice 10% under legal limit?
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i would go 30% if you can. 25% is fairly dark compared to 35

 
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does anybody have pics of a black car with 30% tint, do you think it will look nice?
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if you look at my car its white and i got 35 on the front 2 windows and 20 on the rest....

 
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Look at this link, http://quest49s.home.comcast.net/ and dig around for pics of black cars. They should all be 30% tint or higher. The installer would only apply 30% at lowest to my g/f's 03 Civic EX coupe since that is the legal limit in CO.

 
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the color of your interior will also make the tint look darker or not, i say do 20% all around, thats what i did and havent been caught/pulled over.

 
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I used to have 20% all around also. Dark enough during the day. Maybe a bit dark at night, but acceptable. I recently scraped the 13 year old tint on the sides, and had some 15% tint applied. Cuts the sun's heat great during the day. Kinda dark at night though, . Planning on removing the rest and getting 30% on the rear and top windshield. The rear being 30% just incase I have to register my car here in CO, the top windshield being 30% since trying to read overhead signs at night with 20% isn't fun.

Visually, you can tell the difference between 20% and 35% easily.

 
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one thing I've noticed is that the front two windows will look lighter due to more light coming from an untinted front windshield. Nothing you can do about it tho.

 
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Screw it just go with 5%

 
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I live in East Tennessee, and state laws regulate window tint at 35%. I went to American Radio, because they were the only place to offer a lifetime guarantee on 20%, while everyone else was only doing the guarantee with 35% or lighter. I have had my tint for about a month and I haven't had any problems. I guess it just depends if the cops in your area are ********* or not. Here in Sevier county, they are very friendly to citizens and they focus on the tourists. In Knox county, they give me a look sometimes, but they're all too lazy to write the ticket.

 
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i think if u have a black car, the officer would judge different because the contrast of the paint is all black while the window tint is "shaded" black. if you live in a very heated area or want to keep your interior away from sunrays or lookers, i think 25% all around will do the job. 30% if u want to keep it on the safer side.

35% is nothing during daytime, but its perfect for night. 20% at day is perfect, but not good for night.

so i guess if your driving during day time mostly, 20%?
if you drive every night... 30% ?