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12 | 38.71% |
| Yep, I'm from the ghetto!! |
  
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19 | 61.29% |
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#1
11-12-2009, 06:14 PM
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To Tint or Not to Tint...
I am not sure of I like the aesthetic look of tinted windows on older cars, but agree on its function. Wagons have plenty of windows to generate heat, and interest of would be thieves. I think I would prefer a light smoke tint over a blackout tint. What do you guys think?
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1985 300TD Turbo Diesel Wagon 273,000 miles 
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#2
11-12-2009, 06:24 PM
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Not sure I fit either of the answers you've got listed.
But I will say you have a good base color for tinting. Never really cared for it, but dark cars look nicer with tint than bright ones, in my humble opinion.
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I-------------------------------------1981 300TD, Thistle Green, 140K------------------------------------I
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#3
11-12-2009, 06:26 PM
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It will keep your interior temps way down in the summer too, no more back/butt/leg burning when you get in the car after a short bit in the sun
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TC Current stable: - 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL - 2007 Saturn sky redline - 2004 Explorer...under surgery. Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth
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#4
11-12-2009, 06:49 PM
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Tinting these cars is not something every place will do (I am speaking from experience). The place where I got my 300SD tinted said w126 rear windows are one of the hardest windows to tint of all cars. Something about the angle and curved shape. But I believe your TD would be straightforward to tint. I would do it if I was you...
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Regards, Ian White 1995 E300 Diesel w124 OM606 2014 E550 w212 M278 biturbo 2001 BMW 740i E38 M62 (past) 1981 300SD w126 OM617 (past)
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#5
11-12-2009, 06:54 PM
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Some of the lightest tints on the market still block UV. You don't have to get that ghetto look to retain functionality.
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Allen Kroliczek Oak Grove Autosport | Oak Grove Autosport 01 G500, 82 300TD, quite a few more.....
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#6
11-12-2009, 07:00 PM
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this car got damn hot here in NJ this summer so i'm not entirely against it. I wonder about the rear window as mentioned. with the rear-defrost i fear the bubbling around the heat elements in the window.
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1985 300TD Turbo Diesel Wagon 273,000 miles
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#7
11-12-2009, 07:02 PM
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I've tinted both of my w123 wagons but will not vote in your poll due to your choice of words. Mercedes, especially the w123, should not be described as "ghetto". It's smart to tint in hotter climates- how is that ghetto?
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#8
11-12-2009, 07:28 PM
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Although I'm not going to vote...
I'm going to tint my 300D. It's simply an issue of reducing the interior temperatures (medium red is a little warm...). I don't plan on going very dark, as I dislike the reduction in visibility at night.
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1982 240D, sold 9/17/2008 1987 300D TurboW124.133 - 603.960, 722.317 - Smoke Silver Metallic / Medium Red (702/177), acquired 8/15/2009 262,715 and counting 
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11-12-2009, 07:30 PM
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Current 2006 E320 CDI, 57K bought at 67K "Liesl" 1986 190E 2.3-16, 198K bought at 56K  "Brigitta"1987 300TD (Chuggin Along), 292K "Friedrich" 1995 E320 Wagon, 200K "Louisa" Past 1987 300SDL, (sold) 125K, bought for 1$ "Kurt"
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11-12-2009, 07:35 PM
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1985 300TD Turbo Diesel Wagon 273,000 miles
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11-12-2009, 08:41 PM
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BTW, you can get window films that have zero tint - clear films that still block UV rays. But, if heat reduction is the purpose, get it tinted.
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1984 300D: 275,000 miles (soon to be for sale) In search of my 1987 300D in anything but white.
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#12
11-12-2009, 09:00 PM
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No Ghetto out here!
Ghetto is a poor choice of words, many new cars come with window tint where the sun shines! (I didn't vote in your poll)
I tinted my front side windows with 35%, (also did a 4" strip across the top of the windshield!) and the rear side windows with two layers of 20%, and the back window with 5%, then put on reflective Bible verse! It's your car, go ahead and do what you want! The sun does get to baking the inside of any car without tint here in the desert! I used the tint film that NAPA sells . . . the back window was more of a pain! I just took this picture tonight, so the flash really brings out the reflective of the verse and registration plate! 
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82 240D Manual 277K and still rolling! 02 Volvo S60 AWD For Sale
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#13
11-12-2009, 09:11 PM
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Tint em if ya got em.
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1982 240 D, 308,000 - 321,127 miles (sold) 1982 300 TD,166,500 - 226,000 miles 1998 E 320, 120,000 - 144,000 miles 2005 C 230 K, 26,000 - 77,000 miles (sold)
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#14
11-12-2009, 09:24 PM
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I went with a tint on mine, but it's 40% VST, not ghetto 5%. I went with a good quality ceramic tint. I wanted it a little darker than stock but was mostly worried about UV damage.
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#15
11-12-2009, 10:17 PM
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Where's the option for "The original poster doesn't even know what ghetto means?"
 I don't know who told you that tint is ghetto, but it's not. God forbid you tint your windows and get confused with someone who doesn't live in a gated, master planned community 30 miles outside of town near a brand new Smoothie King and a Cheddar's.
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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later! -German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.
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