Chappy

I'm getting ready to have my windows tinted on the CLK55 (metallic sides, non-metallic rear) and am trying to decide what shade of tint I shoud put on.

Legally, the darkest we can go in Georgia is 32%.

I'm debating between 35% and 50%. Is there an offering between these two shades?

AMG BRED

chappy is your car silver?

Chappy

DOH! I should've mentioned that Yes, it's a W208 CLK55 in brilliant silver with charcoal leather.

moa4r

IMO 50% tints are basically useless; if its between 50 and 35, go for 35's handsdown, but if you are willing to risk it, go with 20% all around, I think that would look best... GL

deuce zer0

are you trying to get something lighter than 35%. that tint is pretty light as it is i think.

Chappy

Possibly. Is it available?

I saw recently where "Holson" had put 50% on his black E420. I thought they looked nice in the pics.

deuce zer0

me personally, i would not worry to much about tint ticketing. I havent known anyone to get pulled/ticketed for tint and most everyone i know of got the 5% all around by the same person in my area. Most police dont worry about tint, especially with these cars (IMO). But you may not want to go real dark. In this case...this really doesnt matter.

deuce zer0

the only way i can think of getting something darker than 50 but lighter than 35 is to double the 50 paper on each window. I dont know how dark that will end up being though. It might end up being darker than 35 but less than 20. Which in this case is not what you want. Maybe someone else knows better.

AMG BRED

35% Tint, smoke color, all around in my car, and it looks really really good.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...44346933GFBszl

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...44347691yNHmwx

go with 35% all around..

Chappy

One other thing. I'm planning on having the reverse light area on the tail lights smoked lightly (like on the W210 E55 tails). Do you think that 35% would look nicer with that than say, 50% or 20% or 5% as some others have suggested?

deuce zer0

5% wont give you the smoke look. It will give you the BLACK look. you wont be able to see into the vehicle.

deuce zer0

but my choice of tint would be 5%. its what i have.

Chappy

I looked at a tint shop this afternoon.....anything darker than 35% will be too dark, IMO.....plus may attract unwanted attention

I'll sleep a night or two on it, then decide between the 35% and 50%.

Now........on to the next accessory!

G Unit

I say go 35%.

On ours, the rears are 5% and I think the front is 50%

AMG BRED

always listen to your amg brother :p

Chappy

WOW....this (accessorizing) is fun! I know, my little accessories aren't really *MODS*, but I think I'll be happy with the results when all is said and done.

Now, if I could just get one of you computer gurus to build be a custom sig...

AMG BRED

give me pics of your car and i will try to make you one.

send the pics to tejanp0430@***.net

blackbenzz

My little brother has 20% all around (including windshield) on his M coupe and looks REALLY good, I also had 20% on my 300E and it looked good as well. 35% is too light IMO because you can pretty much see right thorugh it. I am going to get 20% all around on my clk.

AMG Bred: You live in No. VA? Why don't you come to the next MD/VA/DC GTG?

King///AMG

First of all, cops have gotten really lazy about tints. So, dont worry about darkness, if dark is the way you want to go. My CLK55 is Obsidian Black, and they recommended I go 35% all around to maintain a classy look. But, I have fallen in love with the Natural Blue Tinting on the 55's, so im staying put for now...

AMG BRED

I live in va. beach.. southern va.

Micah

Chappy, have you seen this? I wonder if this means limo tint is legal now.

State Supreme Court Rejects Tinted Window Ban
Officials Say Darkened Windows Pose Hazards

POSTED: 11:25 am EDT June 7, 2004

ATLANTA -- The Georgia Supreme Court has tossed out a state law making it illegal for motorists to have heavily tinted windows on their cars.

In an opinion released Monday, the court indicated its problem wasn't so much the idea behind the law but the way the law was applied.

The statute affected cars which were registered in Georgia and which were driven by people who resided in the state. Nonresidents weren't affected by the law, which carried misdemeanor penalties.

The court said it saw no valid reason for the Legislature to draw a distinction between residents and nonresidents, and therefore ruled the law invalid.

"It being self-evident that nonresidents can be as dangerous to police officers as residents, we perceive no rational connection between the residence of the driver of a vehicle and the goal of improving law enforcement officer safety during traffic stops," the court held in a unanimous opinion.

A footnote in the ruling cited the laws of several other states whose window-tinting laws "apply to all persons without regard to residence."

The law made it illegal to apply material to car windows which reduced light transmission to less than 32 percent or which increased light reflectance to more than 20 percent. Tinting applied by a manufacturer prior to delivery was not affected.

The law was challenged by Jessica Ciak, who was stopped in Cobb County by an officer who suspected her windows were tinted beyond the limits of the law.

Her attorneys challenged the law's constitutionality before a trial judge but lost a motion to have it invalidated. The Supreme Court appeal followed.

Cobb County Solicitor General Barry Morgan, whose office prosecuted the case, said the decision exposes law enforcement officers to a potential hazard until the Legislature can meet again and decide whether the law can be fixed.

"A law enforcement officer who's making an approach to a car never knows what he's going to meet," said Morgan, adding that heavily tinted windows simply increase the risk.
Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press.

Chappy

Perhaps? They'll probably move quickly to just change the wording of the law and keep it the same.

BTW, that shop up is Roswell quoted me $309 to do my car. I know of a guy who specializes in Mercedes-Benz and can do over $100 less.

Micah

Really? It was $250 or $260 when I got it done years ago. Is it a different brand of tint? Double metal stuff?

Chappy

Same as what you have, except $20 extra for the rear window done in ceramic tint.

Chappy

It's done! 35% all the way around....looks bad-azz. They guy did a nice job and put moleskin in too.

It'll look great with the partially-smoked tail lights I'm putting on

The illuminated AMG sills came last night too