that looks pretty light. Similar to my 40% HO. For those who don’t know (I didn’t before I got tinted) the % referenced is the amount of light that is allowed to go through. So 0% = opaque. 100% = transparent
also keep in mind the factory tint is a few %
this may be a good place to mention state laws on tint, mass is 35% total… if they break out the meter on you at night make sure to turn on the overhead lights
I’m almost positive you have that backwards. The way the shops in NY explain the tint % is as follows: The % = the percentage of light that can pass through the glass. So 0% tint would be opaque, they call 5% “Limo tint.” I have 35% tint on all windows sans the windshield (Llumar) and will post pics later. Here in NY they also have laws limiting how dark you can go on the front two windows, anything behind them can be 0%. The winshield is off limits with the exception of the top 4" iirc.
I got the description right but transposed the words in the summary.
Edited.
Now please delete your post so I don’t look dumb lol 
JK.
Good point Beem re tint laws
Ontario - there is no law. All at the officer’s discretion. He should be able to identify the front seat occupants easily. Unfortunately this leaves lots of grey area.
Personally, I thought 40% HO (which looks like 30-35% regular tint according to the HO installer) was perfect…enough to be private and protective…but light enough to let cops see the driver is a tall motherfucker in a suit, rather than a hotbox full of high school students.
^lol I transposed the words when I read it, yeah its percent transmittance
strange law, that grey area sucks.
was yours 40% film or 40% when installed (factoring the oem tint)
Another good measure if they break out the meter, open your sun roof assuming it’s during the day and sunny outside.
It was 40% HO.
I haven’t heard of anyone getting hassled unless they’re really dark…and I don’t think going really dark is a good way to ‘blend in’ so I wouldn’t.
Factory windows are tinted at something like 78%. So a 35% film is letting through 35% of 78. So a 35% film will register as 28% on a tint meter
The merc’s factory tint has a blue hue to it. Anyone looking to tint their merc should remove the OEM film first, it looks odd otherwise.
The blueish windows on Mercedes is not a film. It’s the actual color of the glass. Google “PGW Solextra”
here’s my S4, Huper Optik, final transmittance was 35%
Weird, on my E55 the blue hue did not make it to the absolute edge of the glass on my windows, it had a clear edge where it ended. I also scratched the inside of the driver’s glass with some type of sediment when I opened/closed the window. Tech noticed it at my next visit and fixed it. I assumed they had replaced the film not the glass. The guy I sold the car too tinted the windows the day after he had it and sent me pics. I thought the tint looked strange in color assuming he had tinted over the OEM film.
oh snap…this is the photo that spawned the only good thread on EA
LOL! 17’s and jackx.
What thread is this?
some douche kid made fun of beem for rocking 17" SSR COMPS (ridicilously good, light wheels) saying he couldn’t afford 18s etc.
then a few people DESTROYED the kid. I posted some funny photos of him, 91GL went to town ‘You probably fuck with your legs closed’ etc.
I was a moderator over there so I removed the flaming and fighting from beem’s thread and created a new one with all those posts and named it
17" Black ones vs. Poodle Hair vs. Forum Nerds
It went viral (car forum viral anyway) and was linked all over the place. i.e.
http://www.saabcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=206330
The kid was such a joke. He was talking all tough and gangsta yo. Here’s the pic I posted of him (yes, he was on the way to prom lol).
http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/sakimano/27964147497047742113284.jpg
17" OZ ultraleggera actually lok, from the captain insano B6 RIP
oh that was brilliant…
Oh jacx where are you now LOL.
Theres a fan club on FB too