Window Tint
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From: Cinci, Ohio, USA
Window Tint
What tint matches the factory rear window tint in a screw?
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'01 Screw
5.4 4X4
17" wheels
LineX, fiberglass tonneau
bug deflector
GTS headlight covers
ventshades
Future
window tint
superchip
K&N
stereo
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'01 Screw
5.4 4X4
17" wheels
LineX, fiberglass tonneau
bug deflector
GTS headlight covers
ventshades
Future
window tint
superchip
K&N
stereo
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From: Austin, TX
There are several brands that come very close. I eventually went to my local custom shop after checking around and the person that specialize in tint said there wasn't any that matched perfectly. Something to do about Ford using Titanium color tint. He installed 35% smoke colored Solar Guard (I think) film on my front two windows. They are slightly lighter than the rear windows, but very hard to tell. As for matching, they look very close to factory. At a distance you cannot even tell. I'll try to get some decent pictures of it once I wash my truck. The only downside is that I have to wait 2 to 3 days for the film to cure to roll my front windows down. So much for the drive thru's this weekend. 
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F-150 SuperCrew, XLT, 4X4, 4.6L, Ox. White, Med. Graphite 60/40, Towing Pkg, Offroad Pkg, 17" ORP rims, Moonroof, 3.55 L/S
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F-150 SuperCrew, XLT, 4X4, 4.6L, Ox. White, Med. Graphite 60/40, Towing Pkg, Offroad Pkg, 17" ORP rims, Moonroof, 3.55 L/S
My website
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From: West Virginia
Go with 5% that matched up perfect with my back window and my rear side windows
JJ
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97 4x4 Off Road Package 4.6l, Flareside S/C Dark Toreador Red
>17’wheels Bridgestone Dueler A/T’s
>True Dual Exhaust w/ 5’ tips
>Uniden XL510 CB
>Rear Blackouts
>Westin Stepbars (black)
>Lund Wiper Cowel
>Side Window Louvers
>K&N Filter
>Tinted Windows (5%)
>Ventshades
>Dual Antennas
>NEW!!Flowmaster Delta Flow Mufflers
www.f150world.com/southernthunder
'Better a sister in a ***** house than a brother in a CHEVY'
JJ
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97 4x4 Off Road Package 4.6l, Flareside S/C Dark Toreador Red
>17’wheels Bridgestone Dueler A/T’s
>True Dual Exhaust w/ 5’ tips
>Uniden XL510 CB
>Rear Blackouts
>Westin Stepbars (black)
>Lund Wiper Cowel
>Side Window Louvers
>K&N Filter
>Tinted Windows (5%)
>Ventshades
>Dual Antennas
>NEW!!Flowmaster Delta Flow Mufflers
www.f150world.com/southernthunder
'Better a sister in a ***** house than a brother in a CHEVY'
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Posts: 548
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From: Charlotte, NC
A local tint shop......one of the best in my area......uses Johnson brand tint. He took one look at my SCrew and said "It's 20%".
In NC, that's illegal. But I live in SC, where it's OK so I had the job done.
It matches perfectly. And I mean DEAD ON perfect.
ChuckTX has a point, tho'. Different brands may vary slightly. I'd check a couple different shops in your area who have different brands. And stay away from Pep Boys over-the-counter stuff. It's crap. Ya get what you pay for.
In NC, that's illegal. But I live in SC, where it's OK so I had the job done.
It matches perfectly. And I mean DEAD ON perfect.
ChuckTX has a point, tho'. Different brands may vary slightly. I'd check a couple different shops in your area who have different brands. And stay away from Pep Boys over-the-counter stuff. It's crap. Ya get what you pay for.
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From: East Coast
Sundog,
In SC, if your truck had some factory tinting on side window and you added 20%, your illegal. The max. tint for sides are 27%. In my truck with the tinting in the factory window and 35%, it registered 27% on the meter. Front can be 5% from AS1 line up. Truck rear and ext cab windows can be 5% as well. Car rear 35%.
SECTION 56-5-5015. Sunscreen devices.
(A) No person may operate a motor vehicle that is required to be registered in this State on any public highway, road, or street that has a sunscreen device on the windshield, the front side wings, and side windows adjacent to the right and left of the driver and windows to the rear of the driver that do not meet the requirements of this section. If no after-factory installed sunscreen device has been added to the window surface, the provisions of this section regarding light transmittance do not apply.
(B) A sunscreening device must be nonreflective and may not be red, yellow, or amber in color. A sunscreening device may be used only along the top of the windshield and may not extend downward beyond the AS1 line. If the AS1 line is not visible, no sunscreening device may be applied to the windshield.
(C) A single sunscreening device may be installed on the side wings or side windows, or both, located at the immediate right and left of the driver and the side windows behind the driver. The sunscreening device must be nonreflective and the combined light transmission of the sunscreening device with the factory or manufacturer installed sunscreening material must not be less than twenty-seven percent.
(D)(1) A sunscreening device to be applied to the rear-most window must be nonreflective and have a light transmission of not less than twenty percent. If a sunscreening device is used on the rear-most window, one right and one left outside rearview mirror is required.
(2) Beginning January 1, 1993, a single sunscreening device to be applied to the rear-most window must be nonreflective and the combined light transmission of the sunscreening device with the factory or manufacturer installed sunscreening material must not be less than twenty-seven percent. If a sunscreening device is used on the rear-most window, one right and one left outside rearview mirror is required.
(3) A motor vehicle with a sunscreening device which complied with the requirements of item (1) at the time of installation is not considered to be in violation of this section on January 1, 1993, so long as the original sunscreen device is in place.
(E) Each vehicle equipped with an after-factory sunscreening device, whether installed by a consumer or professional window tinter, at all times must bear a certificate of compliance. The certificate of compliance must be of a size and form prescribed by the department. Each certificate of compliance must be properly attached to the vehicle on the inside and lower right hand corner of each window containing an after-factory installed sunscreen device and must contain the following information:
(1) the percentage of light transmission allowed by the sunscreening device;
(2) the identity of the installer by name, address, and telephone number; and
(3) date of installation.
(F) Sunscreening devices offered for sale or use in South Carolina must include instructions with the product or material for proper installation. The manufacturer of the sunscreen device offered for sale or use in South Carolina must provide the certificate of compliance specified in subsection (E) and instructions for affixing it to the sunscreen device.
(G) No person may:
(1) offer for sale or for use any sunscreening product or material for motor vehicle use not in compliance with this section;
(2) install any sunscreening product or material on vehicles titled for use on public roads without permanently affixing the certificate of compliance specified in this section.
A professional window tinter who violates the provisions of subsections (E) or (G) is guilty of a misdemeanor triable in magistrate's court and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both, for each offense. A consumer who violates the provisions of subsection (E) or (G) is guilty of a misdemeanor triable in magistrate's court and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days for each offense.
(H) The provisions of this section do not apply to a motor vehicle registered in this State in the name of a person, or the person's legal guardian, who has an affidavit signed by a physician or an optometrist licensed to practice in this State that states that the person has a physical condition that makes it necessary to equip the motor vehicle with sunscreening material which would be of a light transmittance or luminous reflectance in violation of this section. The affidavit must be in the vehicle at all times during its operation and must be produced at the request of a law enforcement officer. The affidavit must be updated every two years.
(I) The light transmittance requirement of this section applies to windows behind the driver on pickup trucks, but does not apply to windows behind the driver on other trucks, buses, trailers, mobile homes, multipurpose passenger vehicles, and recreational vehicles.
To many rules!
HR
In SC, if your truck had some factory tinting on side window and you added 20%, your illegal. The max. tint for sides are 27%. In my truck with the tinting in the factory window and 35%, it registered 27% on the meter. Front can be 5% from AS1 line up. Truck rear and ext cab windows can be 5% as well. Car rear 35%.
SECTION 56-5-5015. Sunscreen devices.
(A) No person may operate a motor vehicle that is required to be registered in this State on any public highway, road, or street that has a sunscreen device on the windshield, the front side wings, and side windows adjacent to the right and left of the driver and windows to the rear of the driver that do not meet the requirements of this section. If no after-factory installed sunscreen device has been added to the window surface, the provisions of this section regarding light transmittance do not apply.
(B) A sunscreening device must be nonreflective and may not be red, yellow, or amber in color. A sunscreening device may be used only along the top of the windshield and may not extend downward beyond the AS1 line. If the AS1 line is not visible, no sunscreening device may be applied to the windshield.
(C) A single sunscreening device may be installed on the side wings or side windows, or both, located at the immediate right and left of the driver and the side windows behind the driver. The sunscreening device must be nonreflective and the combined light transmission of the sunscreening device with the factory or manufacturer installed sunscreening material must not be less than twenty-seven percent.
(D)(1) A sunscreening device to be applied to the rear-most window must be nonreflective and have a light transmission of not less than twenty percent. If a sunscreening device is used on the rear-most window, one right and one left outside rearview mirror is required.
(2) Beginning January 1, 1993, a single sunscreening device to be applied to the rear-most window must be nonreflective and the combined light transmission of the sunscreening device with the factory or manufacturer installed sunscreening material must not be less than twenty-seven percent. If a sunscreening device is used on the rear-most window, one right and one left outside rearview mirror is required.
(3) A motor vehicle with a sunscreening device which complied with the requirements of item (1) at the time of installation is not considered to be in violation of this section on January 1, 1993, so long as the original sunscreen device is in place.
(E) Each vehicle equipped with an after-factory sunscreening device, whether installed by a consumer or professional window tinter, at all times must bear a certificate of compliance. The certificate of compliance must be of a size and form prescribed by the department. Each certificate of compliance must be properly attached to the vehicle on the inside and lower right hand corner of each window containing an after-factory installed sunscreen device and must contain the following information:
(1) the percentage of light transmission allowed by the sunscreening device;
(2) the identity of the installer by name, address, and telephone number; and
(3) date of installation.
(F) Sunscreening devices offered for sale or use in South Carolina must include instructions with the product or material for proper installation. The manufacturer of the sunscreen device offered for sale or use in South Carolina must provide the certificate of compliance specified in subsection (E) and instructions for affixing it to the sunscreen device.
(G) No person may:
(1) offer for sale or for use any sunscreening product or material for motor vehicle use not in compliance with this section;
(2) install any sunscreening product or material on vehicles titled for use on public roads without permanently affixing the certificate of compliance specified in this section.
A professional window tinter who violates the provisions of subsections (E) or (G) is guilty of a misdemeanor triable in magistrate's court and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both, for each offense. A consumer who violates the provisions of subsection (E) or (G) is guilty of a misdemeanor triable in magistrate's court and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days for each offense.
(H) The provisions of this section do not apply to a motor vehicle registered in this State in the name of a person, or the person's legal guardian, who has an affidavit signed by a physician or an optometrist licensed to practice in this State that states that the person has a physical condition that makes it necessary to equip the motor vehicle with sunscreening material which would be of a light transmittance or luminous reflectance in violation of this section. The affidavit must be in the vehicle at all times during its operation and must be produced at the request of a law enforcement officer. The affidavit must be updated every two years.
(I) The light transmittance requirement of this section applies to windows behind the driver on pickup trucks, but does not apply to windows behind the driver on other trucks, buses, trailers, mobile homes, multipurpose passenger vehicles, and recreational vehicles.
To many rules!
HR
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From: New Orleans,LA
I do not like to sun at all! 
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97 f-150 XL 4.2L V6 standerd cab short bed 5 speed
-3 1/2 fabtech lift kit
-3 inch fabtech spindles
-Rancho RS9000 shocks
-Heckethorn Rough Country Steering Stabilizer
-16X9 centerline trigons
-285/75R16 BFG's A/Ts
-Betterbuilt Black nerf bars
-GSP Black brush Guard
-Stockland tonneau cover
-Line-X Bedliner
-Bedrug Carpet Bed liner
-Euro corners
-Euro taillights
-Shaved tailgate
-Upper and lower billet grilles with a 4X4 bumper
-Doulbe limo tint and 20% on windsheild
-Eclipse 5504 HU with Audio control 4.1 EQ PPI power class 4100 amp and MB quart seperates
-One 12 Eclipse 88120 aliumium subwoofer
-spilt 60/40 seat(came with a bench seat)
-Carpet(came with vinyl)
-Leather Wraped Steering wheel(from a junked F-150 lariet)
-Superchip
-K&N filter
-0ptima yellow top battery
-Steeda front sway bar
-Stinger terminals wire etc.
-PIAA 520 Ion fog lights
-PIAA super white blubs
-4 KC 100 watt lights
-Straight Exhaust with gibson stanless tip
-Billet dash trim
-Billet antenna
-Billet pedels
-Billet door stills
-Billet mirror
-Billet shift ****
-Royal Purple oil,trans,rear end and coolant
-Auidovox APS750 Alarm with keyless entry.
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97 f-150 XL 4.2L V6 standerd cab short bed 5 speed
-3 1/2 fabtech lift kit
-3 inch fabtech spindles
-Rancho RS9000 shocks
-Heckethorn Rough Country Steering Stabilizer
-16X9 centerline trigons
-285/75R16 BFG's A/Ts
-Betterbuilt Black nerf bars
-GSP Black brush Guard
-Stockland tonneau cover
-Line-X Bedliner
-Bedrug Carpet Bed liner
-Euro corners
-Euro taillights
-Shaved tailgate
-Upper and lower billet grilles with a 4X4 bumper
-Doulbe limo tint and 20% on windsheild
-Eclipse 5504 HU with Audio control 4.1 EQ PPI power class 4100 amp and MB quart seperates
-One 12 Eclipse 88120 aliumium subwoofer
-spilt 60/40 seat(came with a bench seat)
-Carpet(came with vinyl)
-Leather Wraped Steering wheel(from a junked F-150 lariet)
-Superchip
-K&N filter
-0ptima yellow top battery
-Steeda front sway bar
-Stinger terminals wire etc.
-PIAA 520 Ion fog lights
-PIAA super white blubs
-4 KC 100 watt lights
-Straight Exhaust with gibson stanless tip
-Billet dash trim
-Billet antenna
-Billet pedels
-Billet door stills
-Billet mirror
-Billet shift ****
-Royal Purple oil,trans,rear end and coolant
-Auidovox APS750 Alarm with keyless entry.
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Joined: Feb 2000
Posts: 196
Likes: 0
From: New Orleans,LA
let me try it again..
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97 f-150 XL 4.2L V6 standerd cab short bed 5 speed
-3 1/2 fabtech lift kit
-3 inch fabtech spindles
-Rancho RS9000 shocks
-Heckethorn Rough Country Steering Stabilizer
-16X9 centerline trigons
-285/75R16 BFG's A/Ts
-Betterbuilt Black nerf bars
-GSP Black brush Guard
-Stockland tonneau cover
-Line-X Bedliner
-Bedrug Carpet Bed liner
-Euro corners
-Euro taillights
-Shaved tailgate
-Upper and lower billet grilles with a 4X4 bumper
-Doulbe limo tint and 20% on windsheild
-Eclipse 5504 HU with Audio control 4.1 EQ PPI power class 4100 amp and MB quart seperates
-One 12 Eclipse 88120 aliumium subwoofer
-spilt 60/40 seat(came with a bench seat)
-Carpet(came with vinyl)
-Leather Wraped Steering wheel(from a junked F-150 lariet)
-Superchip
-K&N filter
-0ptima yellow top battery
-Steeda front sway bar
-Stinger terminals wire etc.
-PIAA 520 Ion fog lights
-PIAA super white blubs
-4 KC 100 watt lights
-Straight Exhaust with gibson stanless tip
-Billet dash trim
-Billet antenna
-Billet pedels
-Billet door stills
-Billet mirror
-Billet shift ****
-Royal Purple oil,trans,rear end and coolant
-Auidovox APS750 Alarm with keyless entry.
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97 f-150 XL 4.2L V6 standerd cab short bed 5 speed
-3 1/2 fabtech lift kit
-3 inch fabtech spindles
-Rancho RS9000 shocks
-Heckethorn Rough Country Steering Stabilizer
-16X9 centerline trigons
-285/75R16 BFG's A/Ts
-Betterbuilt Black nerf bars
-GSP Black brush Guard
-Stockland tonneau cover
-Line-X Bedliner
-Bedrug Carpet Bed liner
-Euro corners
-Euro taillights
-Shaved tailgate
-Upper and lower billet grilles with a 4X4 bumper
-Doulbe limo tint and 20% on windsheild
-Eclipse 5504 HU with Audio control 4.1 EQ PPI power class 4100 amp and MB quart seperates
-One 12 Eclipse 88120 aliumium subwoofer
-spilt 60/40 seat(came with a bench seat)
-Carpet(came with vinyl)
-Leather Wraped Steering wheel(from a junked F-150 lariet)
-Superchip
-K&N filter
-0ptima yellow top battery
-Steeda front sway bar
-Stinger terminals wire etc.
-PIAA 520 Ion fog lights
-PIAA super white blubs
-4 KC 100 watt lights
-Straight Exhaust with gibson stanless tip
-Billet dash trim
-Billet antenna
-Billet pedels
-Billet door stills
-Billet mirror
-Billet shift ****
-Royal Purple oil,trans,rear end and coolant
-Auidovox APS750 Alarm with keyless entry.
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Posts: 196
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From: New Orleans,LA
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97 f-150 XL 4.2L V6 standerd cab short bed 5 speed
-3 1/2 fabtech lift kit
-3 inch fabtech spindles
-Rancho RS9000 shocks
-Heckethorn Rough Country Steering Stabilizer
-16X9 centerline trigons
-285/75R16 BFG's A/Ts
-Betterbuilt Black nerf bars
-GSP Black brush Guard
-Stockland tonneau cover
-Line-X Bedliner
-Bedrug Carpet Bed liner
-Euro corners
-Euro taillights
-Shaved tailgate
-Upper and lower billet grilles with a 4X4 bumper
-Doulbe limo tint and 20% on windsheild
-Eclipse 5504 HU with Audio control 4.1 EQ PPI power class 4100 amp and MB quart seperates
-One 12 Eclipse 88120 aliumium subwoofer
-spilt 60/40 seat(came with a bench seat)
-Carpet(came with vinyl)
-Leather Wraped Steering wheel(from a junked F-150 lariet)
-Superchip
-K&N filter
-0ptima yellow top battery
-Steeda front sway bar
-Stinger terminals wire etc.
-PIAA 520 Ion fog lights
-PIAA super white blubs
-4 KC 100 watt lights
-Straight Exhaust with gibson stanless tip
-Billet dash trim
-Billet antenna
-Billet pedels
-Billet door stills
-Billet mirror
-Billet shift ****
-Royal Purple oil,trans,rear end and coolant
-Auidovox APS750 Alarm with keyless entry.