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Old Oct 2, 2006 | 06:04 PM
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Default Titanium/mirror tints on silver scion tc..

Anybody here have a picture of them? i'm planning to get tints for my silver tc but im wondering if it'll match more with the titanium/mirror tints or just the regular black limo tints.
Old Oct 2, 2006 | 06:11 PM
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go with black, hands down. the titanium/mirror tint will just clash with CSM/SSM and it'll look very ricey


edit: one more point to the fact: we have an all glass roof, imagine how bad that would look with that. Black for the win.
Old Oct 2, 2006 | 06:19 PM
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yea but before i make my decision i just want to see what it'll actually look like. I never saw a tc with the mirror tints before.
Old Oct 2, 2006 | 06:35 PM
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mirror tints interfere with radio reception..
Old Oct 2, 2006 | 08:08 PM
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but my antenna is is outside wired inside to my radio... how is it gonna interefere? if my antenna was inside my car i would understand...
Old Oct 2, 2006 | 10:51 PM
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Personally, I think that mirror finish looks very cheap and, excuse the overused term, "ricey". I never see nice looking cars with that type of tint; always little pocket-rockets with bumpers that are held on with duct tape and bungy cords.

But it's your call. Get what you want.
Old Oct 2, 2006 | 10:58 PM
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I just wanted to see what it would look like before I get it. Anybody have any pictures at all? I'm pretty sure at leaset one person has done it before me.
Old Oct 2, 2006 | 11:04 PM
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You guys are lucky, man in california it's so illegal to have mirror tint.
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^^ well so is regular tint on the driver and passenger doors.. but people still do it =/
Old Oct 2, 2006 | 11:28 PM
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im in california... i didn't know it was illegal to have mirror tints? I thought that was only driver and passenger seats that were illegal. I heard any tint to the back windows are fine.
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I would just love to be a cop walking up to a car that I can't see into.
Old Oct 2, 2006 | 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Sniffs
mirror tints interfere with radio reception..
lol where the hell did u hear that?
Old Oct 2, 2006 | 11:34 PM
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They actually do. The lead(?) in the tint actually scrambles signals.
Old Oct 2, 2006 | 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Sniffs
mirror tints interfere with radio reception..


mirror tints give u about a 20hp gain at the wheels aswell.....i say go for it!.....lmao....
YUKKKKK
Old Oct 2, 2006 | 11:54 PM
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lol.. but seriously all jokes aside... i really want to see a picture of it. LOL anybody?
Old Oct 3, 2006 | 12:10 AM
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I think its illegal here in Florida, too, unless you got it before they made the law

but yea, seriously, if you do get it, you'll probably want to stop by the store and grab a bag of Uncle Ben's as well
Old Oct 3, 2006 | 12:31 AM
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it is illegal in California if you cannot see inside the car from the exterior of it...so yes, mirror tint is illegal in cali
Old Oct 3, 2006 | 12:36 AM
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your gonna hve to check cardomain... no one here i think would have the ***** to post there's if they did... as you can see, not a big fan of that "style" here.. it is very not TC style IMO... plus, i think the mirror keeps the micro-waves in and you'll just bake in the sun...
Old Oct 3, 2006 | 03:13 AM
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Radio or not, Mirrored tint is going to make your windows look smaller. There's a lot of space on our glass that isn't transparent, and the mirrored tint will show all of that off.

Personally, I agree that it looks cheap, most of the time. Very few cars can pull that off.

I say save the bright silver metallic for parts on the car that are... Metalllic.
Old Oct 3, 2006 | 05:20 AM
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Originally Posted by eLpReSiDeNtE
Originally Posted by Sniffs
mirror tints interfere with radio reception..


mirror tints give u about a 20hp gain at the wheels aswell.....i say go for it!.....lmao....
YUKKKKK

lol lol lol that was funnier then ****. but hey all go on the mirror tint



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