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Old Nov 27, 2002 | 02:17 PM
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Does anyone have metallic tint on a Pure Silver MCS? How does it look? Can you e-mail or steer me to any photos in the Gallery? Greatly appreciate the help.



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Old Nov 27, 2002 | 02:25 PM
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I've been curious how this would look also. Actually, I've never been fond of the metallic until I saw a progressive metallic that was extremely cool. I don't know if that's what it's actually called, but it was metallic at the bottom and faded into a smoke tint at the top. It had a very cool effect.

I almost *know* it would look great on any other color that has a lot of chrome, but I'm not sure about the Pure Silver.
 
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Old Nov 27, 2002 | 02:33 PM
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Old Nov 27, 2002 | 02:57 PM
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I'm extremely interested in.....tinting my PS MCS
I believe the factory tint is 20 or 30% (I could be wrong though)....
In NY..ALL tinting is illegal,but most police ..look the other way...as the law is not really enforced.
Does anyone now what a realistic ....% is....to make it dark enough so...I can look out...but you really can't see in????

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Old Nov 27, 2002 | 07:30 PM
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I went with 20% on the rears and 35% on the driver and passenger windows.
70% is legal in New York on the side windows. I used a charcoal color metallic tint.
Photos of my tinted Pepper White are on page 61 of the Members Gallery. I'm really happy with the look and it would be a simular look on the Pure Silver
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Old Nov 27, 2002 | 10:17 PM
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I went with 35% on all windows from the windshield back.I think it looks great and I no longer bake in the sun
 
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Old Nov 27, 2002 | 11:00 PM
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I did the same as Jimbo. 35% on the doors and 20% sides/rear and top of the windscreen. I LOVE it, kinda stealth like, hard to see in, interior temps dropped a bunch and I can still see out just fine day or night.
 
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