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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 02:22 AM
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well i finally got around to getting the tint job. me and 2 other friends went to cartronix off of I45 in houston. They gave us a great price of $100 including tax for each car! however i would not recommend them to anybody because they have some bad service. the guy tracked mud into my car! MUD!! and he was standing on the door sill while tryin to do the eybrow. i was like wtf?! get a chair!! they were doin my car right before they closed up shop and it seemed like a rushed job because they left a mess in my car and some scrap pieces of tint was still on the windows. they did an ok job on the tint..a few bubbles just came up today but i have the lifetime warranty to fix that. well here are some pics. i think it look great! 20% all around and 5% eyebrow.
*EDIT* i jus noticed this but in the first pic u can see wut i drove as my first car! lol





Here's an inside pic of the 20%, 5% eybrow, and the windshield
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 02:24 AM
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Looks nice... I'd love to get mine done, but it's just another thing on my list.
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 02:45 AM
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lookin slick man
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 02:59 AM
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Looks good! I love my 5%, but boy do I hate driving at night sometimes
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 03:59 AM
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damn u hav 5% all around?! thats crazy! 20% is already buggin me i cant even imagine 5% at nite..and guess wut i just found out..the tinting place jacked my sunglasses! wtf?!
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 05:32 AM
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Looks great! I need to get mine done soon. How far down does the eyebrow come - about 6"? Sorry about your sunglasses, you'd better go back tomorrow and see about getting them back.
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 05:40 PM
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yeh i think the eyebrow is 6"..bought an inch below the rear view mirror..its a lil too low for my taste tho..i shoulda got 5"
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 06:47 PM
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Good luck passing inspections in TX. You know that the shops use light meters to see if a tint job is illegal right?
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 06:53 PM
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Like the Red brake light looks good!!!
Old Aug 13, 2005 | 12:49 AM
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^^thnx i like em too! yeh i noe passing inspection is gonna be difficult, but then again there are plenty of shops out there that dont check that hard. my friend with 5% on his celica just rolled down the windows when he went
Old Aug 13, 2005 | 11:00 PM
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if you were in CA you would get pulled over in no time... looks really good, i wish i could do that too.
Old Aug 14, 2005 | 01:15 AM
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looks great!!!! just what the car needed!
Old Aug 14, 2005 | 05:37 AM
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^^couldnt agree more! except for a drop from trd..i have the shocks and springs sitting in my closet waiting for install but i got no money for the install and alignment yet!
Old Aug 15, 2005 | 04:09 PM
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nice tint. i have 20 all the way around. should have told you to go to stereo fx. they do it for 80 bucks or so. but its in the northside
Old Aug 15, 2005 | 11:19 PM
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damn $80?! wut brand tint? i was considering stereo fx but cartronix was like down the street from me
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