Window tinting

[Danny_Ocean]

Originally Posted by carrera32911

Or to hide your rollbar and 6 point belts which aren't technically legal on the street

Must be from Kalifornia...

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by gerrygug

California Highway Patrol will write you up for tinted windows as they are prohibited by State law. The CHP consider it a safety issue for you (visibility) and them (when they approach the car they want a clear view of who is in the vehicle). The officer who stopped my wife said he approaches cars with tinted windows with his hand on his gun. It is sad that these officers have to fear for their lives and I can understand why they want a clear view of the vehicle occupants.

While the law exists, it's total BS. Most new SUV's come with such dark windows stock off the showroom floor that you can't see the car ahead of the SUV. I hate it.

The Carrera I bought came with tinted windows on a black painted car. I wouldn't have done this myself, but I live with it. It's really a bit bling, if you ask me, but you didn't.

[tmsautoart]

Not sure why having tinted windows makes you a "poser"... but I guess I am a total "poser" bigtime! All my cars have tint. Florida is absolutely full of us tinted window posers. Never really had a problem seeing...super human eyesight perhaps? Dave...maybe thats why your "Super Dave" Well...with the exception of the white GTi...its REALLY dark.


Keep it real posers with tinted windows! WERD!!!!!!!!!!!

[ghnat]

afcuk,
More pics please. That is one nice Targa!!!

[MIK911]

My red '86 with tint, my buddy's silver '86 without

[Buckterrier]

If I was a cop and pulled a car over with dark tinted windows I'd come up to the car with my weapon drawn. Thats being said... MIK911, your car with the window tinted looks sharp as hell.

[tmsautoart]

Originally Posted by Buckterrier

If I was a cop and pulled a car over with dark tinted windows I'd come up to the car with my weapon drawn. Thats being said... MIK911, your car with the window tinted looks sharp as hell.

thats why they have tint laws here in Fl that only allow a certain percentage of tint. Trust me...I know. At night w/ a cop shining his spotlight on the back of a legally tinted car...you can see right through it. And if your any kind of respectable law abiding person...you roll down your window when a cop pulls you over.
Just watch an episode of cops.............see it all the time.

[MIK911]

Originally Posted by Buckterrier

If I was a cop and pulled a car over with dark tinted windows I'd come up to the car with my weapon drawn. Thats being said... MIK911, your car with the window tinted looks sharp as hell.

Thanks for the compliment. As a low abiding citizen, I do roll down all windows when pulled over by a cop (rare).

[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by wurls

Hey guys,

Why is it that I rarely see any window tinting done on ay 911's? I always thought higher end cars had that. Kinda new to the whole Porsche thing still, and just asking around.

Where you live its probably optional but futher South its mandatory, especially on the Targa models. I tinted mine and it dropped the temps inside on a hot afternoon by 20 degrees.

One issue is not to get the windows tinted too dark. Looks nice but is a bear to drive at night.

[eR1c]

My '77 930 came stock w/ a slight tint to the windows. It's not a film, looks like it was just a darker glass that was used. It's very subtle, but it's definitely not clear.

[johncarlos2003]

Not legal but i love it. wayyyyy cooler inside and i think way cooler outside too. looking that is . . . to each his/her own.

[3.2 CAB]

I doubt that I will ever have my windows tinted in my 911. It sort of defeats the purpose of it being a Cab. Now, my BMW 750iL, V12, that is a different story, it is tinted, and it looks great! It goes great with the Sterling Silver paint code it is wearing.

[DRACO A5OG]

Back and Rear Quarter are Legal, it is the driver, passanger, front quarters and windshield that is illegal to tint.

Just FYI, trying to be a gangsta by rolling your tinted windows half way down or cracked is a great invite for traffic police to pull you over especialy the moto cops. Ask me how I know

A Doctor's note won't help, because there are clear tints that keep out the UV's so you can't tell the Police you have a note for Limo Tint on front windows.

PO limoed rear and 50% on the sides. Need to re-fresh them.

Originally Posted by johncarlos2003

Not legal but i love it. wayyyyy cooler inside and i think way cooler outside too. looking that is . . . to each his/her own.

[flatsixnut]

I like mine dark. It also helps here in Florida...but it does not really matter because when I drive both of the windows are always down. (except when the wife is in the car).

[Rick Lee]

Can we revive this one? I need to tint my wife's Mini. Who has DIY'ed this and what's the best source for the kit? It's scorching hot in AZ.

[GH85Carrera]

The PO of my car had the windows tinted. It is not real dark but it helps a LOT to keep the heat out. I really do not notice a reduction is visibility at night.

[911st]

If you wear your hat backward, you're a gangster.

If you wear your pants down around your crack so I can see your boxers, you're a gangster.

If you take the muffler off your Harley or Honda-Civic, you're a gangster.

If you tint the windows of you car, you're a gangster.

If you are not a real gangster, and you do one or more of the above, then you are just a punk want to be gangster.

Or, at least others will assume that you are.

[bluesky]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

Can we revive this one? I need to tint my wife's Mini. Who has DIY'ed this and what's the best source for the kit? It's scorching hot in AZ.

Rick, the cost of tint is relatively in-expensive when compared to the quality that you will want with the finished product....I wouldn't hassle with doing this myself.....I'd rather pay a pro $200 and have a great looking job done.

I have 15% on all my vehicles EXCEPT the 911....it has only the factory hint of tint.

[M491driver]

This car was tinted over 20 years ago and held up well until I removed the tinting last spring. Once I hit my mid-50s my night vision was not so good so the tint had to go.

[rusnak]

I have been a porsche driver for over 20 years. I have never had tinted windows, and thought that was for Ferrari drivers and Corvettes.

But last year I went to help one of my buddies who was helping out with a Subaru WRX. Anyway, we were futzing around and another one of his friends stops buy with a 996s that he just bought and had the windows tinted. I was admiring the car and he says the window tint cost him only $100 and they did not have to remove the windows. I looked through the tint from the inside of the car, and whaddaya know, it does NOT obstruct your vision or look too dark.

I agree with Milt. My Chevy K5 Blazer came with dark ghetto boy tint from the factory in 1988. So, I went and got my windows tinted for the first time in my entire life.

Why? Because on Saturday we had honest-to-goodness 110F degree heat. It will get hotter yet. It will probably reach 115F next month. Around here in central California EVERYONE has tinted windows. If I get a ticket, so be it. I'll take the tint off, get the ticket addressed, and then put the tint back on. It is not for the looks, it is for the fact that I am tired of getting blasted by the sun and dealing with the heat. I also stopped caring if people think I'm a wanna be ghetto poser.