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Tinting front windows to match privacy glass

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#1 ·
Tint them at a 35% grade - I used solar guard as I like that stuff. Did it today on mine and the tint shop (Win Tint USA - Coconut Creek, Fl) has a "tint meter" and we tested the privacy glass on the back windows. It showed 35.2 so 35 is right. Here's a pic after they were done:
 
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#8 · (Edited)
Make Google your friend: "state tint laws"

35% is allowed most everywhere and why BMW used it on the privacy option. It is dark enuf to cut the sun, but gives good, clear visibility thru it at night. I have used it on all my cars.

http://www.tintcenter.com/laws/

And BTW, don't even think about tinting the taillights like the ricer boys do.....if someone rear ends you and the LEO notices it, your insurance company (and his) are off the hook. You will be will hit you with the bill for both cars, and the guy may sue you. Has happened down here before.
 
#14 · (Edited)
Based on the above post about NJ not being allowed does this mean there will be absolutely noting on a car built for NJ. I find it hard to believe that BMW would go to that build level based on what state you are in. That's why I thought all were built the same especially state levels for the front vary widely.

In my case I live in NY but ordered from NJ dealer. Will that cost me the limited tint?
 
#20 ·
Well, there is also the beautiful scenery the diverse recreation opportunties (skiing in the morning, the beach in the afternoon) and of course the $$$$$$! Aside from the bureaucratic monoliths that are unanswerable to the public like our beloved CARB and the Progressive-Socialist oriented equally beloved legislature somehow we muddle through and manage to buy more BMW's and other high end iron than anywhere else in the US (of course CA has more people than anywhere else in the US too). So don't feel too badly for us, deprived as we may be, we still manage to persevere.:bigpimp:
 
#23 ·
Bump.
Same question.

I'm currently looking at getting ceramic tint done to protect my interior from UV (99% UV rejection). But if the privacy glass blocks UV, then I'm just going to do the front windows since the factory privacy glass is already plenty dark for me.
 
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