DSG, show me your window tint - 2003-04 Mach 1 Registry Owners Club

DSGdmb · 08-20-2012, 11:06 PM

I haven't decided if I want to keep the stock tint on my car, would like to see some other DSG's with tint. So post your pics, and remember to say was % please

DSG2003Mach1 · 08-20-2012, 11:18 PM

20% all around

20% is what I put on everything now, to me its perfect...dark enough to make it difficult for prying eyes but you can still see even at night in darker areas

DSGdmb · 08-22-2012, 02:56 PM

Anyone with higher post up! I could never go 20%, the limit in my state is 70%

DSG2003Mach1 · 08-22-2012, 03:24 PM

hmmm...I would be willing to bet that in tint rating that means you can go 30% (you have to distinguish between if youre talking how much light is blocked or how much is passing through!). ~30% is legal here but I havent been hassled so far

JPJNTX · 08-22-2012, 10:41 PM

35% on the door windows, 20% on the rest. Only pic since the windows were tinted.

DSGdmb · 08-22-2012, 10:43 PM

No, its 70% has to be passing through. I don't like dark tint anyways, which is why I am hoping to see someone with 60% or 70% or maybe even 80% (I don't know what the stock tint is?)..but I wanna see one a little darker than stock to get an idea.

ASH302 · 08-23-2012, 01:16 AM

i go darker, i'm planning on going darker sometime down the road

ASh

gvervoren · 08-23-2012, 09:07 PM

Stock tint allows around 90% through. If you have 70% shine through, you would barely notice tint on there. My car has 45% tint on the doors so with the tint, it shines 35% of light through and it's not very dark. The back window and side quarter windows have 35% on it so roughly 25% shines through. In my opinion, if 70% is the darkest you can go, I wouldn't waste the money to do it.

JPJNTX · 08-23-2012, 10:20 PM

Sounds to me like they might be using opposite numbers from what the manufacturers use. With 35 on the windows and the slight bit of tint that is already in the glass, a tint meter will read about 28%. 35 is the lightest I know of. The 28% came from the meter a DPS officer I know used when we checked a burglar's car for a reason to put him in jail. (Retired cop)

JPJNTX · 08-23-2012, 10:24 PM

I was wrong, I looked it up and he's right. However, look at this:

Medical Exemption
Because there may be some conditions that would require a person to be protected from the sun's harsh rays, §375 (12-a)(c) provides a medical exemption. An owner of a motor vehicle, or someone who is a frequent passenger in another person's vehicle, can apply for the exemption with the N.Y. State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles

Read more: New York State Window Tint Laws | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_5262688_ne...#ixzz24QV3iysW

Your doc may deem it unsafe for you to have to much exposure to the sun, I.E., someone like me with a history of skin cancer.

DSGdmb · 08-23-2012, 11:35 PM

Whoa this is getting confusing. Idk why some people like to reverse it, but I thought you always say the % of light that shines through (ie. say 10% = pretty **** dark)

Quote:

Originally Posted by gvervoren

Stock tint allows around 90% through. If you have 70% shine through, you would barely notice tint on there. My car has 45% tint on the doors so with the tint, it shines 35% of light through and it's not very dark. The back window and side quarter windows have 35% on it so roughly 25% shines through. In my opinion, if 70% is the darkest you can go, I wouldn't waste the money to do it.

Stock is definitely 90%? Because I think it is pretty noticeable, although obviously a huge difference from people with aftermarket tint. Like you said, its probably not worth the money for me to get it only a little bit darker, I was just curious what it would look like a tad darker. I am not a fan of the tint on the pics you posted at all..I guess I'm just a person who prefers the look how they came..I think it looks great.

Quote:

Originally Posted by JPJNTX

I was wrong, I looked it up and he's right. However, look at this:

Medical Exemption
Because there may be some conditions that would require a person to be protected from the sun's harsh rays, §375 (12-a)(c) provides a medical exemption. An owner of a motor vehicle, or someone who is a frequent passenger in another person's vehicle, can apply for the exemption with the N.Y. State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles

Read more: New York State Window Tint Laws | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_5262688_ne...#ixzz24QV3iysW

Your doc may deem it unsafe for you to have to much exposure to the sun, I.E., someone like me with a history of skin cancer.

Yea man, this is true, I know someone who has doctor connections, he got himself a prescription and then 0% tint.

TRbetngu · 08-24-2012, 01:08 PM

Yes the doctor perscription thing works! I have a buddy that did that and he has 5% tint all the way around. I on the other hand went with 5% on the back window and quarter windows and the 20% on the door windows plus the 6" eyebrow. I thought the lightest tint they even did was like 45%...

gvervoren · 08-24-2012, 09:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DSGdmb

Whoa this is getting confusing. Idk why some people like to reverse it, but I thought you always say the % of light that shines through (ie. say 10% = pretty **** dark)

Stock is definitely 90%? Because I think it is pretty noticeable, although obviously a huge difference from people with aftermarket tint. Like you said, its probably not worth the money for me to get it only a little bit darker, I was just curious what it would look like a tad darker. I am not a fan of the tint on the pics you posted at all..I guess I'm just a person who prefers the look how they came..I think it looks great.

Yea man, this is true, I know someone who has doctor connections, he got himself a prescription and then 0% tint.

You said you were not a fan at all of the pics I posted. Is that because they are too dark for your liking? I know around where I live the lightest tint they sell that I have seen is 50%. They may sell lighter tint in your area but to have it professionally installed, you maybe looking at around $200 if you tint all the way around.

Mach 1 · 08-25-2012, 08:00 AM

Lol, I just read this thread... and now I have an ice cream headache.

DSG2003Mach1 · 08-25-2012, 08:18 AM

i double checked and NY tint laws blow nuts. 70% I wouldnt even bother

Mach828 · 08-25-2012, 10:36 AM

I have a headache now too.

Just install the tint you want, and run the risk of getting a ticket for it, just like we do with exhaust and other things. I'm sure the cops in NY aren't going to come up to every tinted car, who is obeying the law, and ask if they have the medical exemption or not.

Anything over 35% is a waste of time.

gvervoren · 08-25-2012, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by DSG2003Mach1

i double checked and NY tint laws blow nuts. 70% I wouldnt even bother

I agree!! I have 45% on my doors and I wish I would have gone a little darker. Mine are little darker then legal for Wisconsinbut it's been about 8 1/2 years now and no cop ever bothered me.

94-95-04stangs · 08-26-2012, 10:54 PM

I got a 2004 dsg Mach with 5% which is very dark pm me for pics my iPhone wont let me put pics up for some reason

04Mach1Blurr · 08-31-2012, 12:10 AM

20% tint all around except for the windshield, might go back to SVTOrange for 35% on the windshield again. Also new plates.

JPJNTX · 08-31-2012, 02:44 PM

Love the rims on your car!

04Mach1Blurr · 09-04-2012, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by JPJNTX

Love the rims on your car!

Appreciate it thank you!

08-20-2012, 11:06 PM	#1
DSGdmb Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: New York, NY Posts: 67	DSG, show me your window tint I haven't decided if I want to keep the stock tint on my car, would like to see some other DSG's with tint. So post your pics, and remember to say was % please

08-20-2012, 11:18 PM	#2
DSG2003Mach1 700 HP Mach Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 8,384	Re: DSG, show me your window tint 20% all around 20% is what I put on everything now, to me its perfect...dark enough to make it difficult for prying eyes but you can still see even at night in darker areas __________________ 03 dsg mach1 - MPR built 9.5:1 motor, D1, cams, ported intake, full exhaust, magnum t56, built rear, E85 etc... '12 F150 FX2 Supercrew with Ecoboost daily beater

08-22-2012, 02:56 PM	#3
DSGdmb Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: New York, NY Posts: 67	Re: DSG, show me your window tint Anyone with higher post up! I could never go 20%, the limit in my state is 70%

08-22-2012, 03:24 PM	#4
DSG2003Mach1 700 HP Mach Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 8,384	Re: DSG, show me your window tint hmmm...I would be willing to bet that in tint rating that means you can go 30% (you have to distinguish between if youre talking how much light is blocked or how much is passing through!). ~30% is legal here but I havent been hassled so far __________________ 03 dsg mach1 - MPR built 9.5:1 motor, D1, cams, ported intake, full exhaust, magnum t56, built rear, E85 etc... '12 F150 FX2 Supercrew with Ecoboost daily beater

08-22-2012, 10:41 PM	#5
JPJNTX Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Houston, Tx Posts: 210	Re: DSG, show me your window tint 35% on the door windows, 20% on the rest. Only pic since the windows were tinted.

08-22-2012, 10:43 PM	#6
DSGdmb Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: New York, NY Posts: 67	Re: DSG, show me your window tint No, its 70% has to be passing through. I don't like dark tint anyways, which is why I am hoping to see someone with 60% or 70% or maybe even 80% (I don't know what the stock tint is?)..but I wanna see one a little darker than stock to get an idea.

08-23-2012, 01:16 AM	#7
ASH302 Soldier for Christ Join Date: May 2009 Location: Willis, TX at The Daddy ASh Ranch Posts: 30,596	Re: DSG, show me your window tint i go darker, i'm planning on going darker sometime down the road ASh __________________ 2001 lazer red v6 Mustang coupe sold in Aug 2006 2004 screaming yellow 5.0 sc Mach 1 sold in Oct 2012 2013 grey 6 speed coupe GT Mustang Sold in Feb 2014 2013 RED Dodge Charger R/T Sold Nov 2014 2002 custom Blue 02 Auto Trans AM Sold June 2015 1998 Cobra Black Sold summer 2016 Current 2009 Ford F350 FX4 March 2017 (work truck) 2003 OW 5.0 Mach 1 Aug 2020 ASh

08-23-2012, 09:07 PM	#8
gvervoren Garry Vervoren Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Green Bay Wisconsin Posts: 2,878	Re: DSG, show me your window tint Stock tint allows around 90% through. If you have 70% shine through, you would barely notice tint on there. My car has 45% tint on the doors so with the tint, it shines 35% of light through and it's not very dark. The back window and side quarter windows have 35% on it so roughly 25% shines through. In my opinion, if 70% is the darkest you can go, I wouldn't waste the money to do it. __________________ >>>Garry Vervoren<<< 2004 Dark Shadow Grey ORIGINAL OWNER!!!! *I USED TO THINK BEING LAZY WAS BAD FOR ME SO I GAVE UP THINKING.* *HOOFBEATS ARE LOUDER THAN HEARTBEATS* 5 Speed, IUP, Tinted windows, 3rd brake light decal, Sequential Tail Lights, Smoked Tail Lights, Black Stainless Steel Bumper Inserts, Anthracite 18" staggard FR500 Build Date 10/08/2003 #567 of a build of 7182 Last edited by gvervoren; 08-23-2012 at 09:25 PM.

08-23-2012, 10:20 PM	#9
JPJNTX Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Houston, Tx Posts: 210	Re: DSG, show me your window tint Sounds to me like they might be using opposite numbers from what the manufacturers use. With 35 on the windows and the slight bit of tint that is already in the glass, a tint meter will read about 28%. 35 is the lightest I know of. The 28% came from the meter a DPS officer I know used when we checked a burglar's car for a reason to put him in jail. (Retired cop)

08-23-2012, 10:24 PM	#10
JPJNTX Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Houston, Tx Posts: 210	Re: DSG, show me your window tint I was wrong, I looked it up and he's right. However, look at this: Medical Exemption Because there may be some conditions that would require a person to be protected from the sun's harsh rays, §375 (12-a)(c) provides a medical exemption. An owner of a motor vehicle, or someone who is a frequent passenger in another person's vehicle, can apply for the exemption with the N.Y. State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles Read more: New York State Window Tint Laws \| eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_5262688_ne...#ixzz24QV3iysW Your doc may deem it unsafe for you to have to much exposure to the sun, I.E., someone like me with a history of skin cancer.

08-24-2012, 01:08 PM	#12
TRbetngu Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 1,070	Re: DSG, show me your window tint Yes the doctor perscription thing works! I have a buddy that did that and he has 5% tint all the way around. I on the other hand went with 5% on the back window and quarter windows and the 20% on the door windows plus the 6" eyebrow. I thought the lightest tint they even did was like 45%... __________________ 2003 AB Mach 1 Build date: June 19, 2003 -P1-SC kit -Magnaflow Catted X w/ Borla Stingers -MGW Shifter -H&R SS springs -18" AFS reps -Treated better than my wife

08-25-2012, 08:00 AM	#14
Mach 1 DSG guarded by a GSD Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: No. Easton, MA Posts: 2,332	Re: DSG, show me your window tint Lol, I just read this thread... and now I have an ice cream headache. __________________ Procharged P-1SC Intercooled, 9 psi, 42 lb injectors, 80 mm Lightning MAF w/MAF.ia, 255 lph GT pump, NGK TR-6 plugs, Water/Methanol injection, SCT X cal 2 tuned by DEZ Racing, 10.5" AFS Rear wheels w/Nitto DR's, AutoMeter fuel/boost guages, MGW orange handle shifter, Sequential taillights, Raptor shift light, Visus louvers, Magnaflow catted x-pipe w/Magnapacks, 4" rolled tips. Canton tank and a little bit of chrome and powder coating. 429 rwhp, 365 rwtq Dyno pic Engine bay pic

08-25-2012, 08:18 AM	#15
DSG2003Mach1 700 HP Mach Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 8,384	Re: DSG, show me your window tint i double checked and NY tint laws blow nuts. 70% I wouldnt even bother __________________ 03 dsg mach1 - MPR built 9.5:1 motor, D1, cams, ported intake, full exhaust, magnum t56, built rear, E85 etc... '12 F150 FX2 Supercrew with Ecoboost daily beater

08-25-2012, 10:36 AM	#16
Mach828 Dark Knight Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 5,759	Re: DSG, show me your window tint I have a headache now too. Just install the tint you want, and run the risk of getting a ticket for it, just like we do with exhaust and other things. I'm sure the cops in NY aren't going to come up to every tinted car, who is obeying the law, and ask if they have the medical exemption or not. Anything over 35% is a waste of time. __________________ Vortech V2 S-trim, E85, A2A Treadstone, Comp cams, built engine, full exhaust, built rear, built 4r70, more mods. Tuned by me with SCT Advantage

08-26-2012, 10:54 PM	#18
94-95-04stangs Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: muscadine,ala Posts: 150	Re: DSG, show me your window tint I got a 2004 dsg Mach with 5% which is very dark pm me for pics my iPhone wont let me put pics up for some reason

08-31-2012, 12:10 AM	#19
04Mach1Blurr Machinator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Leesburg, VA Posts: 2,294	Re: DSG, show me your window tint 20% tint all around except for the windshield, might go back to SVTOrange for 35% on the windshield again. Also new plates. __________________ 2004 D.S.G. Mach 1 Mustang I.U.P.(01/22/2004)-04 Cobra Longblock- Posi Ported M122 GT500 Blower - BF 2.93 Upper - 4lb Lower -MGW STS-Bassani cattless X pipe- Borla Stinger Catback-Steeda Bump Steer kit-MM CCs- MM Coilovers 350lb spring- LFP Heat-exchanger- 1inch Shaker Spacer-03 Cobra IRS with FTBR's Full Bushings kit-BF Diff Brace-3:55 gears -T56 Tranzilla- cut 04 coupe rear springs-Viper Remote Start/Alarm system-Ipod Auxilary-SLP LL-Tune coming soon

08-31-2012, 02:44 PM	#20
JPJNTX Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Houston, Tx Posts: 210	Re: DSG, show me your window tint Love the rims on your car!

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