2004 Pontiac Grand Am SE 2.2L 2.5% Tint

[JonWeichel]

2004 Pontiac Grand Am SE 2.2L 2.5% Tint

[Silver 4 door]

tint looks killer!!! Wish I could do that here, cut the cops hate it.

[mushroom]

Wow i wish i could do that the shops barely are letting me get 35% because its illegal

[JonWeichel]

Yah my friend i went to college with is opening up a shop on Firday for car audio and tinting windows, hes pro at it and its like his 3rd time tinting...i was impressed, but yah ill give it a couple days till cops are pulling me over, it was kind of a waste of time cuz i kno ill have to take it off, but ill c how long i can go;)

[GregFarz78]

Damn dude I had 5% on the rear of my GA and it was hard to see at night

2.5% shit might as well use spray paint lol

[Silversmok3]

2004 Pontiac Grand Am SE 2.2L 2.5% Tint

Nice tint, and may you never have to parallel park at night !:eek:

[g4mbl3]

ok dude, how the *** are you able to see anything? haha, looks good though? how about a distance shot?

[JonWeichel]

Yah at night...not guna lie, gets pretty effin dark in my car...i have 9 inches down on the windshield too, ill get a body shot on there tomorrow tho...

[Meathead]

9" must get... annoying. 2-3" is plenty.

[JonWeichel]

haha 2-3"??? thats borderline nothing.....

[Meathead]

Well 3-4". I'm not a big fan of tinted winshields. imo it's stupid to have it any lower than 4" Call me crazy but I like to see where I'm going clearly out of all parts of my windshield.

[JonWeichel]

Here are some more pics...shes dirty tho lol....This thursday im gettin a silver rear window eyebrow, prolly have it go about 10 inches down....and im puttin a black Rockford Fosgate Sticker on the eyebrow....then on the front tint...putting a silver rockford fosgate decal...idk ill throw some pics on when its done...hopefully it looks ok

[Gagt518]

2.5%?? I thought 5% was the darkest you could go :lol:

[JonWeichel]

Well 3-4". I'm not a big fan of tinted winshields. imo it's stupid to have it any lower than 4" Call me crazy but I like to see where I'm going clearly out of all parts of my windshield.

Well if you measure 9" down front he top of your windshield...you'll find that not alot of the windshield is covered from the drivers view...so unless you like watching the clouds go by while your driving, theres not much of a view ur missing....not to mention...you can see out of tint;)

[Meathead]

2.5% tint? Not very well.

[JonWeichel]

2.5% tint? Not very well.

Actually, 2.5% tint isnt that drastic of a change from 5%....its about the same, and i kno ur guna say even 5% is dark...which it is, but still, you can see out of it....

[Shadow-D]

Not bad, def need to clean it though :lol:

[Shadow-D]

I will admit it looks good but as far as safety goes I say no way. Some people know how I feel about that subject and I'm not going to get into it with you.

[JonWeichel]

...lol Saftey???? u kno, u can see thru tint...no hazard whatsoever in my opinion, and im the one with the tint on my car;) lol iiiiidk....

[[ChaosweaveR]]

Looks like a holocaust of bugs on your front bumper.
http://www.gaownersclub.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=31936&d=1211601428
Then again, I have seen worse.

[JonWeichel]

;1188047']Looks like a holocaust of bugs on your front bumper.
http://www.gaownersclub.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=31936&d=1211601428
Then again, I have seen worse.

ohh yah, that was washed the day before that too...it pisses me off, i go for a drive and it looks like that....its ridiculous...but whatev

[Mein_GT]

Love the tint, don't listen to people who say its too dark lol I have 5's all around and just got 9inch vinyl on the front windshield although so you all know presidential tint is the darkest, its designed so you can't see in if you put your face against the window, hence the presidential but yea, car looks good

[Y2KGAGT]

Wow.

I have 20% all around and I have a tough time seeing through at night, I mean I can see, but not well. At 2.5% I hope for pedestrians and other vehicles/buildings that you don't drive at night that often.

[Jibo]

Love the tint, don't listen to people who say its too dark lol I have 5's all around and just got 9inch vinyl on the front windshield although so you all know presidential tint is the darkest, its designed so you can't see in if you put your face against the window, hence the presidential but yea, car looks good
Sure it looks great, probably looks pretty dumb if you can't see well at night.

[JonWeichel]

Wow.

I have 20% all around and I have a tough time seeing through at night, I mean I can see, but not well. At 2.5% I hope for pedestrians and other vehicles/buildings that you don't drive at night that often.

Oh i drive at night all the time....nooo proooblem, didnt tint my whole windshield buddy....and why would pedestrians have to watch out????? i dont get when ppl say its dangerous and that im guna hit something...i dunno how u ppl do it where ur from, but where im from...we DONT drive down the road in reverse, i look out my windshield when i drive (WHICH IS NOT TINTED)...lol ppl are so funny....if u have tint on ur ride and ur complaining its hard to see.....take it off and stop whining lol, its not hard for me to see, so im keepin mine on;)

[TA^Guy]

Oh i drive at night all the time....nooo proooblem, didnt tint my whole windshield buddy....and why would pedestrians have to watch out????? i dont get when ppl say its dangerous and that im guna hit something...i dunno how u ppl do it where ur from, but where im from...we DONT drive down the road in reverse, i look out my windshield when i drive (WHICH IS NOT TINTED)...lol ppl are so funny....if u have tint on ur ride and ur complaining its hard to see.....take it off and stop whining lol, its not hard for me to see, so im keepin mine on;)
:roll: Here we go, another one of those... I guess you never back up at night. :roll:

Because when the windows are up and you take a turn/corner at night your visability is greatly reduced. If it's a not a well lit area very good chance you may not see something in your path at all. Not to mention, say backing into or out of parking spaces at night, or other area where objects dont just come from the front of your car.

It's common sense genius, reduce the amount of light passing through the glass and reduce visability. Not take a dark night and incress the reduction greater.

Wow.

I have 20% all around and I have a tough time seeing through at night, I mean I can see, but not well. At 2.5% I hope for pedestrians and other vehicles/buildings that you don't drive at night that often.
Yeah, obvious from the reply they only drive in a straight line and never has to back up.

Didnt the last 'know it all' who didn't have a problem with it end up totalling his car and then late admitted that he was wrong? lmao Some people will only learn by failure alone.

[Y2KGAGT]

Well "Buddy" IMO 2.5% poses a danger to everyone. We've had these tint discussions time and time again, yeah it looks good but I'm not the only one who thinks you are a hazard on the road having almost completely blacked out windows.

I'm not complaining about my car, just saying how sometimes it can be difficult to see when parking or driving down a dark road.

[Jibo]

Here are some more pics...shes dirty tho lol....This thursday im gettin a silver rear window eyebrow, prolly have it go about 10 inches down....and im puttin a black Rockford Fosgate Sticker on the eyebrow....then on the front tint...putting a silver rockford fosgate decal...idk ill throw some pics on when its done...hopefully it looks ok
Which might as well just say STEAL ME instead, advertises what you have inside, people will break in to see and take it.

[JonWeichel]

I dont live in the city, lol and everywhere i drive pretty much IS in a straight line...i see where ur comin from tho, when i am in town, everything is lit up and i can see, i dont usually back up into parking spots unless its day time, and when i do have a problem seeing (very rarely) all i gotta do is roll my window down....lol its thaaat easy....iiidk obviously our opinions are different, lol either way, my tints stayin on so idk why were even arguing... and for the "STEAL ME" reply....dont matter...somebody could steal my car too but thats not guna stop me from driving it....plus im about 25 minutes from the city....i guess u could say i live in a rural area...not as likely to happen, but your right, it could happen...idk im not so worried about it where i live, i guess ill learn when it happens...

[TA^Guy]

No one was arguing or telling you to remove it, all she said was it must be hard to see out of it at night, you were the one that got defensive and jumped down her throat. In fact it was YOU who told her to remove the tint from her car.
yeah it looks good but I'm not the only one who thinks you are a hazard on the road.
To be honest I don't even care for dark tint. I prefer the glass to be shaded, not pitched black.

Ever go to National car shows and see full out show cars with pitch black windows? Nope, I didn't think so. I if weren't painting my truck black, I'd replace all the glass with stock clear glass and have 50% added to it.

[JonWeichel]

...ok.....?

[Silversmok3]

...ok.....?

You don't know what we mean until you visit a friends place at 2AM and HAVE to parallel park. Then youll remember this thread as you cant see out of your 2.5% tint well enough to not hit the car behind you.

No doubt, it looks cool, but not a good idea long-term.

[Shadow-D]

:iagree:

[JonWeichel]

You don't know what we mean until you visit a friends place at 2AM and HAVE to parallel park. Then youll remember this thread as you cant see out of your 2.5% tint well enough to not hit the car behind you.

No doubt, it looks cool, but not a good idea long-term.

Like i said, i live in a RURAL area, and the city we have is small....the only time ive ever parallel parked was in my drivers test....

[Silversmok3]

Like i said, i live in a RURAL area, and the city we have is small....the only time ive ever parallel parked was in my drivers test....

Guess where I bought my car? Thats right, rural not-even-on-your-GPS Belleville,IL (Near my college of SIUE).

And guess what, I didn't stay there.I then left rural SIU Edwardsville ( please,map it) to live in Chicago, which DEFINITELY wasn't my idea.

All that's to say, your life and where you live can change on the drop of a hat.Unless youre selling the car tomorrow, its safe to say that in the next few years youre gonna be moving someplace that either :

A) Has enough of a police budget to make your life suck W/tint citations
B) requires you to park/drive frequently at night.

BTW, ever done a lane change in congestion at night on the interstate ?With 20% tint its no fun.Id only imagine if it were 2.5%

The cliff notes version:
I don't know where you live, but in Chicago, you'd be taking that off, real f-in quick. For a lot of reasons.Unless you sell your car before you move, that 2.5% ain't gonna last in a majority of urban places.

BTW: Im not knocking the tint itself, its just that you'll probably end up removing it if you move pretty much anywhere .

[JonWeichel]

Guess where I bought my car? Thats right, rural not-even-on-your-GPS Belleville,IL (Near my college of SIUE).

And guess what, I didn't stay there.I then left rural SIU Edwardsville ( please,map it) to live in Chicago, which DEFINITELY wasn't my idea.

All that's to say, your life and where you live can change on the drop of a hat.Unless youre selling the car tomorrow, its safe to say that in the next few years youre gonna be moving someplace that either :

A) Has enough of a police budget to make your life suck W/tint citations
B) requires you to park/drive frequently at night.

BTW, ever done a lane change in congestion at night on the interstate ?With 20% tint its no fun.Id only imagine if it were 2.5%

The cliff notes version:
I don't know where you live, but in Chicago, you'd be taking that off, real f-in quick. For a lot of reasons.Unless you sell your car before you move, that 2.5% ain't gonna last in a majority of urban places.

BTW: Im not knocking the tint itself, its just that you'll probably end up removing it if you move pretty much anywhere .



LMAO, its funny that u say that, i just got a ticket prolly 3 hours ago...no warning, no fix-it ticket, i gotta call tomorrow to see how much it is...i just took the tint off prolly 20 minutes ago....i still have my rear window and two side (backseat) windows...i had to take the windhsield and driver/passenger sides off....so go ahead, call me retarted and lets hear all the replys i get from ppl that dont have time to do nething else but nag on cars with dark tint:) keep'em comin;)

[Silversmok3]

LMAO, its funny that u say that, i just got a ticket prolly 3 hours ago...no warning, no fix-it ticket, i gotta call tomorrow to see how much it is...i just took the tint off prolly 20 minutes ago....i still have my rear window and two side (backseat) windows...i had to take the windhsield and driver/passenger sides off....so go ahead, call me retarted and lets hear all the replys i get from ppl that dont have time to do nething else but nag on cars with dark tint:) keep'em comin;)

How much was the damage?Most citiations will have no problem informing you of how much lower your bank account's gonna be.

Sorry to see that option A panned out.

[JonWeichel]

How much was the damage?Most citiations will have no problem informing you of how much lower your bank account's gonna be.

Sorry to see that option A panned out.

No clue how much the tickets for...i even asked the cop for a rough estimate and hes like you'll have to call the number i gave you to see how much it is...

[Jibo]

That sucks taht you got ticketed for it, but you were warned...

[GregFarz78]

LMAO, its funny that u say that, i just got a ticket prolly 3 hours ago...no warning, no fix-it ticket, i gotta call tomorrow to see how much it is...i just took the tint off prolly 20 minutes ago....i still have my rear window and two side (backseat) windows...i had to take the windhsield and driver/passenger sides off....so go ahead, call me retarted and lets hear all the replys i get from ppl that dont have time to do nething else but nag on cars with dark tint:) keep'em comin;)

LOL

[GrandAmSE90]

i thought about doing 2.5% but i stuck with 5% and the first time driving with that at night was so funny with my friends because i was in the country( no city lights) and i couldnt see a thing and i can only picture what 2.5 is like. but your car still looks reallly nice with it...good luck with the cops just put your windows down right away when you see them lol

[Y2KGAGT]

Yeah seems lately tint tickets are just that lately - TICKETS, no fix-its, however, seeing as you took it off try taking it to the city your were cited in and show them you took it off within 24hrs, ask if they would fill out the form saying to removed it. Turn the ticket into a fix-it ticket and when you go to court show them you removed it asap. You might get off with an easier fine. my car was ticketed for tint a couple months ago and it ended up being $60. I paid it and went on my merry way.

Good luck :)

[Bouchie11982]

i'll just bite my tongue along with Darrin.....
car looks good, but what erked me was that just because he tinted 3 other cars doesnt mean he's a pro.........:lol:

[JonWeichel]

yah i was talkin to one of my friends that gotta ticket, he said he paid $65, not bad, but still its money....owell...

[Bouchie11982]

65 isnt bad AT ALL!!!! i got 250 for mine being 29%

[JonWeichel]

65 isnt bad AT ALL!!!! i got 250 for mine being 29%

lmao 250???? shoulda fought that, u either musta had like 3 tickets before that, or u pulled a gun on him lol

[Bouchie11982]

umm no. that was my first ticket. i got pulled over by a state trooper. and the laws here are WAY different then they are where ever you are.and i did fight it and i won. the cop hates people who modifies their cars(long story short) and a medical waiver helps

[Vampyrate]

okay, i have a few things after wasting my time with this thread:

1. I don't know how hold you are, but you sound like the typical 17 yr old in my area that complains way too much and tries to back up everything since you know it all (I was once that way, then I went to college and got a rude awakening).

2. I've been warned for my tint, but since I got the legal 50% on the front windows, I got away with 15% on the rear windows and cops have said nothing to me but compliments.

3. 15 is hard enough for me to see out of at school when I have night class and it's mostly parallel parking, the eyebrow on the back doesn't help much either.

[Mein_GT]

65 isnt bad AT ALL!!!! i got 250 for mine being 29%

Yea but around here its $55 per window no matter what the tint is but sometimes they just give you $55 for whatever like they did for my friend who had it all 20% so the cop just gave him 1 $55 ticket but here if you get them removed then the ticket goes away... hasn't happened to me yet "knocks on wood" with 5% being mostly so hopefully it stays good lol

I guess in the end its just preference on the tint but its true it does take some getting used to!


Also in NY now there trying to pass a law for the inspection on a car, if you have illegal tints then you have to get them removed or else you don't pass inspection unless you "know" someone :) lol

[Bouchie11982]

Yea but around here its $55 per window no matter what the tint is but sometimes they just give you $55 for whatever like they did for my friend who had it all 20% so the cop just gave him 1 $55 ticket but here if you get them removed then the ticket goes away... hasn't happened to me yet "knocks on wood" with 5% being mostly so hopefully it stays good lol

I guess in the end its just preference on the tint but its true it does take some getting used to!


Also in NY now there trying to pass a law for the inspection on a car, if you have illegal tints then you have to get them removed or else you don't pass inspection unless you "know" someone :) lol
:roll2:
it depends on the officer and where you live.

[JonWeichel]

okay, i have a few things after wasting my time with this thread:

1. I don't know how hold you are, but you sound like the typical 17 yr old in my area that complains way too much and tries to back up everything since you know it all (I was once that way, then I went to college and got a rude awakening).

2. I've been warned for my tint, but since I got the legal 50% on the front windows, I got away with 15% on the rear windows and cops have said nothing to me but compliments.

3. 15 is hard enough for me to see out of at school when I have night class and it's mostly parallel parking, the eyebrow on the back doesn't help much either.

haha if u havent read the thread (which obviously u havent) its basically made up of replys saying "its hard to see" so im not quite sure u wanted to repeat that....and can u put a post a pic under this thread of what 50% looks like? ive never seen 50%...isnt that like borderline plane glass? and am just curious of what it looks like, maybe ill put that on mine...i want some kind of a tint if its possible, but i dont want to get pulled over again...idk maybe tint just isnt guna be possible in my future lol...

[Silversmok3]

i want some kind of a tint if its possible, but i dont want to get pulled over again...idk maybe tint just isnt guna be possible in my future lol...

Welcome to everyone's dream. What tint WONT get me busted ;).

Truth is, there is none.If its illegal, it can be prosecuted as such.

Now that said, here's the good news :

You can lessen the odds of getting nailed. For example, check your state laws, and tint accordingly. IL tint law says zero tint on the front two windows, and just about whatever on the rear two and rear window.

So, I tinted 20% in the rear parts, and went with 35% on the front two windows. It has the effect of 'matching' while also having a contrast difference.At a passing glance theres enough difference to look legit.

Not that this will mean jack in terms of whether you'll get stopped a lot or not, but the only ticket ive had is a $25 one I got at 5:30 AM , which is prolly b/c the sunrise gave me away.
In all likelihood a GA with the same tint and color of mine on the other side of Chicago is prolly gettin' slammed with tickets.Its just too unpredictable to say for sure.

Only you know your area and police enforcement well enough to know what will fly, and what won't.

[Vampyrate]

haha if u havent read the thread (which obviously u havent) its basically made up of replys saying "its hard to see" so im not quite sure u wanted to repeat that....and can u put a post a pic under this thread of what 50% looks like? ive never seen 50%...isnt that like borderline plane glass? and am just curious of what it looks like, maybe ill put that on mine...i want some kind of a tint if its possible, but i dont want to get pulled over again...idk maybe tint just isnt guna be possible in my future lol...

trust me, i wasted the 5 mins to read the repetitive hard to see posts... got old.

and yes, 50 is just like looking through very lightly smoked glass, but it keeps the cops away
in the uploaded pic, my window is rolled up on the passenger side and you can see that in the back

[JonWeichel]

trust me, i wasted the 5 mins to read the repetitive hard to see posts... got old.

and yes, 50 is just like looking through very lightly smoked glass, but it keeps the cops away
in the uploaded pic, my window is rolled up on the passenger side and you can see that in the back

Just looks like glass, not really noticable at all....actualy seems like a waste of time to put on....actually isnt it a lot easier to put on if you have a higher %?? or is it lower....idk im just guessin, i kno one of the two are harder than the other...

[Vampyrate]

in all honesty, i have no clue... i just wanted to go legal with the front windows because i know that cops are a real pita where my parents live.