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Everything is looking up for me. I've not even been at this new job a year and I've been given a pay rise already. :cool: Not to toot a trumpet but that's £10k a year over what my old job was paying. I can enjoy my Mustang (when it arrives) and not worry about money anymore. :headbang:

So I went wheel shopping again, and I think I'll absolutely be going with the wheels I wanted to buy for my original 2015; The Axe EX19 in Matte Grey.

I did a quick Photoshop to see how they'd look, and I'm smitted with them.
Nice Ben, and congrats on the pay rise!

That’s my fave style of aftermarket wheels - the 5x2 spoke design. So matte grey rather than black? Nice but i would have thought you’d go black all round!
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Nice Ben, and congrats on the pay rise!

That’s my fave style of aftermarket wheels - the 5x2 spoke design. So matte grey rather than black? Nice but i would have thought you’d go black all round!
Ta very much! :cheers:

I've always liked matte wheels on black cars. The subtle contrast pleases me. (Insert Graphic-Designer laugh track here)

You never know, I may go for a gloss black design when/if it comes to buy. The EX19 also come in gloss with a silver trim, black with a polished face, and matte silver.


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The mass of parts that's been accumulating finally fitted!

US spec lower front grill
Gloss black front pony badge
LED DRLs
Steeda bonnet struts
GT350R strut brace
Barton Hybrid 3 shifter (body mounted!) with uprated pull up collar
Gloss black wheel nuts & lockers
MP concepts plain rear decklid
GT350 track pack spoiler

First service and she's nearly there! Few more bits left, but it's not been a bad year so far.
 

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Looks darker than it is... as looking from the outside in , Fronts are 35% so border on legal too.. :headbang:

Paint the engine covers next..:D and maybe a header tank ;)
Factory is 12, so you're now tinted 47%. :thumbsup: #Illegal.

But it's fine, you're in Essex, just say you're hiding your glistening whitened teeth from the world or your luminescent fake tan :lol::lol:
 

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The mass of parts that's been accumulating finally fitted!

US spec lower front grill
Gloss black front pony badge
LED DRLs
Steeda bonnet struts
GT350R strut brace
Barton Hybrid 3 shifter (body mounted!) with uprated pull up collar
Gloss black wheel nuts & lockers
MP concepts plain rear decklid
GT350 track pack spoiler

First service and she's nearly there! Few more bits left, but it's not been a bad year so far.

Some nice parts there - would love to see a pic as several are on my possible list!
Also, what LED DRLs did you go for?
 

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Replaced Brembo logos, and 4 new pilot sports...

Those 305’s look brilliant on the rear

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Im sure you know that's not how it works!
If factory had privacy glass which blocked out 35% of light and you whacked 35% tint on it'd make it a 70% light blocked out.

same as adding 35% tint ontop of a 12% factory?
 

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If factory had privacy glass which blocked out 35% of light and you whacked 35% tint on it'd make it a 70% light blocked out.

same as adding 35% tint ontop of a 12% factory?
You can't mix methods of measurement. 35 aftermarket means 35% gets thru. If the factory blocks out 12% it means 88% gets thru. Then it wouldn't be additive any more than a 50% discount after a previous 50% discount equals a 100% discount. So.... 88% of 35 (or 35% of 88) = 30.8% of light gets thru.
 

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When you see a window tint being referred to as a percentage, this is the Visible Light Transmission (the percentage of light that the film allows to pass through), e.g. 45% film has a VLT of 45%.


To calculate the actual Visible Light Transmission of the glass plus film, you need to mutiply the VLT of the film by the VLT of the glass. so if applying a 45% film to the factory glass with (lets assume) 88% tint to it, you would multiply 45% x 88% = (0.45×0.88)x100 = 40%. So the glass and window tint would have a combined VLT of 40%. (which is below the legal limit of 70%)
 

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Learn something new everyday!!!!

so at 12% standard tint, what is the MAXIMUM I can put onto the car?
 

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Learn something new everyday!!!!

so at 12% standard tint, what is the MAXIMUM I can put onto the car?
If by 12% tint you mean "lets 88% through" then you could add a tint that "lets 80% through" and stay above 70%.

EDIT: too slow Smith... ;)
 

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Some nice parts there - would love to see a pic as several are on my possible list!
Also, what LED DRLs did you go for?
Sorry meant to add LED bulbs for the DRL/fogs.
Oddly that's the one part I can't immediately find in my inbox. From memory it came from the Netherlands!

Pics, will be once I've given the car a good clean. The downside to living in a property with no outside tap. Not so easy to give it the once over. :(
 

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Are you sure that it's only 12% from factory?
Does it mean that I can have windshield tinted as well?
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