To answer your question, no - the tint will not affect your auto-dimming mirror. A light sensor in the mirror compares the amount of light reflected around it / the mirror to the rest of the light in the cabin. It then uses an electrochromic gel to darken/lighten the mirror's reflection to better match the rest of the ambient light around you. So if you have a tint on your rear window, it will simply let less light in. This in turn will not do anything bad to your auto-dimming mirror, it will just dim less because less light is passing through the rear window and meeting the sensor.
Good to know, and I def need to get this car tinted. The paint job almost demands that the windows be tinted. Red overlays on the rear lights would look nice too. Thanks for the reassurance!
the rims and wide body style always makes me feel like a re re when I bought my 10, but I still love her and hey it's just looks right....RIGHT??!?! damn I wish I had those stock rims...
Congrats on the purchase! Did you buy the car with the exhaust & finishers, or put them on yourself? When I ordered mine, I couldn't get the finishers and SPT exhaust together.
You may want to consider other boost gauge options, as the SPT is pricey.
Thanks to all and believe me, you guys are going to help me with mod questions and stuff. Its great to see so many supportive people who don't even know me.
Congrats on the new ride and excellent color choice as well. I had mine tinted at 15% and it didn't mess up my auto dimmer. Red tail covers would look nice. I did lamin-x tail covers in gunsmoke on my car and it looks pretty sweet. Anyways, best of luck and enjoy!
mmkay broseph, now you're making my decision harder. Smoked rear lights does look great with a tint and that color. I might just photoshop a photo of our cars and change a few colors to see what it looks like.
The SPT catback is a nice balance between being loud and a nice dull hum on the highway. It has a nice sound when accelerating but doesn't rattle the car when its droning like the Nvidia Qseries exhausts. The exhaust tip finisher is purely aesthetic of course. I think is goes great with all the chrome-ish like trim from the badges to the exhaust.
Dayum! I like that a lot! I want the Hella's but will have to wait a bit since I ordered the Rally Armor mudflaps and Kartboy short shift kit today. Don't want the wife killing me.
So today is my Bday (happy birfday to meee!), GF got me mudflaps. I almost crapped myself this morning. Best gift evarrr. I feel as if some threads don't have enough pictures. I really hope I'm not one of those. So here goes!
Installed AP tuner with a 91 oct stage 1 tune. Best upgrade to date. The throttle responds smoother, the car sounds different somehow, and the powerband is not as steep. The turbo seems to kick in much sooner on lower rpms and pulls much harder on higher gears. Worth every penny. Cobb had them on sale 10% off somehow. Video coming soon. Tell me what you guys think.
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