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#1
28:th-Oct-2014, 17:38:02
Right now I have my AFL I'm debating weather a very light tinting would be good.

I'm not on about dark just a light coat.

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28:th-Oct-2014, 18:40:47
a medium tint around 18% will still work with the auto Dim mirror
and wont be such a problem at knight
i have gone very dark and i pay the price in the dark.
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28:th-Oct-2014, 19:22:25
Are you on about tinting your lights or windows
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28:th-Oct-2014, 19:32:36
Lights windows were done 2 days after getting the car.
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28:th-Oct-2014, 23:31:32
Rusty2009 Wrote:Lights windows were done 2 days after getting the car.

All that effort to get xenons working bright and light then tint them? I wouldnt
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29:th-Oct-2014, 00:22:47
Have to agree with Camaron on this one also a tint over the drl would do them no favours at all
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29:th-Oct-2014, 00:38:32
I think a very light tint would look good. Pretty sure the SRi models have slightly darker lights. You could always flyeye then if you don't like it easy to remove.
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29:th-Oct-2014, 01:56:39
Don't think any tint on the headlight will be mot legal unless it is fly eye but the light out put will not be as good ether way but saying that I do like the look of a very light tint
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29:th-Oct-2014, 08:22:21
I have some tint spray left so I will do one and see what it looks like and see if affects the light output if it does and or I don't like it I can remove the tint.

As said I was only thinking of a very very light tint.
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29:th-Oct-2014, 08:47:16
NOOOOOOOOOO dont tint spray them it will look carp and how do you get it off ??
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29:th-Oct-2014, 08:55:05
buy the the stuff they sale to wipe it off

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/E-tech-lens-ti...27eebbc8f2

With the spray I can get a much lighter coating than you can with a film.
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29:th-Oct-2014, 09:00:58
but does that come off plastic ? or just glass
i would try that first to see if it works also

a local tint company by me quoted £35 to do the lights and there tint looks very good and light
they showed me a car they had done and it looked very good
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29:th-Oct-2014, 09:03:10
yes mate comes off plastic had to use on my inders as it went wrong.
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29:th-Oct-2014, 09:13:58
Good luck then but it is not something i would do
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30:th-Oct-2014, 10:07:58
Rusty keep it as it is.
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30:th-Oct-2014, 10:10:21
SI SRI Wrote:Rusty keep it as it is.

I decided last night I'm not going to tint them.
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