Ok here's chapter two of my conversion thread. Now it's painted. Enjoy....

http://www.rtek.org/images/painted1.jpg
http://www.rtek.org/images/painted2.jpg
http://www.rtek.org/images/painted3.jpg

Is your front windshield tinted??

yeah. 6% windows, 32% windsheild.

CLEANNNNN! Looks good dude.

nice

noice!

Very nice!

what the hell? how do you not get busted for that windshield?

very clean and not only busted how do you see outta it?
its hot though!

very clean and not only busted how do you see outta it?
its hot though!

You can't get busted for a windsheild tint because they can't test it. If you've ever been checked for illegal tint (which I have), you've seen the machine they use to test it. It only works on your side windows that roll up and down.

It's a little bit harder to see at night, but it just takes getting used to.

how do you not get busted for your other windows then? i see you have it tinted also on your side windows. very clean though man, i love it.

You can't get busted for a windsheild tint because they can't test it. If you've ever been checked for illegal tint (which I have), you've seen the machine they use to test it. It only works on your side windows that roll up and down.


That's not entirely true. Along the l/r edges of the windshield, there are tiny markers that indicate how far down tint can go. If you go below the markers, then you can get nailed by the cops, who don't need any machine, a simple visual inspection will suffice. At least that's the case here in Chicago; maybe you're city/state is more lenient than it is here (ya lucky sob :biggrin: ) In Chicago it's also illegal for the driver's and passenger side windows to have any tint at all, but unless a cop has nothing better than do, 99% of them let it slide.

Very Nice!!! I Love!!!

Very nice...but where did u find someone that would tint your windsheild? unless u did it yourself...everyone ive been to wont even touch the windsheild

any place around me will tint whatever you tell them to. they are just required to tell you that tinting the windshield and front driver and passenger windows is against state law

I had mine done by a friend of mine who works at a tint shop. He does side-jobs at his house for extra $$$. He charged me 200$ to strip the entire car and re-tint everything.

I had mine done by a friend of mine who works at a tint shop. He does side-jobs at his house for extra $$$. He charged me 200$ to strip the entire car and re-tint everything.

I gather from this statement you had previous tint on it. Which windows and what % tint?

old tint was 35% all-around

new tint is 6% all-around with 32% windsheild

Looks good. I guess Atlanta is much cooler about the tint laws than New York. I wouldn't get two blocks with tint like that.
That's a really kick-ass feature, because it's so rare. I'll spare you the speech about safety, because chances are we'll never be on the same roads so go for it!

old tint was 35% all-around

new tint is 6% all-around with 32% windsheild

Well it looks good, not exactly sure about seeing at night with all that tint, but it looks good. I know when they remove the tint from the back window, sometimes the windsheild de-frost lines come up with it, thereby making it so they don't all work. Was this the case, or are all the windsheild defrost lines intact?

Anyways, good luck keeping it all for awhile. I know in alot of areas polce would nail you for all that, but especially the windsheild.

Well it looks good, not exactly sure about seeing at night with all that tint, but it looks good. I know when they remove the tint from the back window, sometimes the windsheild de-frost lines come up with it, thereby making it so they don't all work. Was this the case, or are all the windsheild defrost lines intact?

I had the same thing happen on my previous car. I could only defrost a few lines on my rear window when it would get fogged up. Can you give us the goods, or is it a 'trade secret' that your friend won't share?

I think this is because I've been away for a while, but what conversion did you do? Front end conversion? I thought your car was a 99-00? I'm so confizzled...

nice car. how much did you lower it. and what engine does the car have

I think this is because I've been away for a while, but what conversion did you do? Front end conversion? I thought your car was a 99-00? I'm so confizzled...

emerge has a 1997 Honda Civic, and he did a 99-00 front end conversion on it.

nice car. how much did you lower it. and what engine does the car have

3" lowered on 205/40/17's with a 2 degree camber kit.

engine is still the stock d16y8 but I'm saving up for the b18b right now...

3 inch. thats a big drop doesnt seem like that much. i have 17s on my ej and i wana know how much i should drop and urs looks like what i want but 3" is alot. cant wait to see the swap. ever consider turbo instead of swap. jw

3 inch. thats a big drop doesnt seem like that much. i have 17s on my ej and i wana know how much i should drop and urs looks like what i want but 3" is alot. cant wait to see the swap. ever consider turbo instead of swap. jw

You've got a 5th gen, 2" or so should be what your after.

Well you have to remember I have a camber kit. That picks the car up about an inch higher (because the tires sit perpindicular to the ground)

Well you have to remember I have a camber kit. That picks the car up about an inch higher (because the tires sit perpindicular to the ground)

I forgot to mention that too him, opps. Yeah, I have a 5th gen with a 1.75" drop with front and rear camber correction kits. 3" is prettylow, but espeically on a 5th gen. I'd say 2" or so would be up his ally...and oh course a cmaber kit is a good idea unless he likes going though tires like they're a bad style, lol.

very nice!

emerge has a 1997 Honda Civic, and he did a 99-00 front end conversion on it.
I guess that's what happens when you get on when you're tired. I could have sworn he always had 99-00 front...

i like!!!how much did ur camber kit cost

camber kit was close to 400$ with installation.

GS, here's my 97 front end:

http://www.rtek.org/images/profiles/stephen1.jpg
http://www.rtek.org/images/profiles/stephen4.jpg

aw shit, i see now...I always thought you had 99-00 front end, but I see the difference in the headlights now lol. you should stick that lip back on there, looks killer.

with the windshield tint to make it legal just go to an optimologist (eye doctor) and they can give you a letter saying your eyes are super sensitive to sunlight. Just pretend at the appointment that you're eye's are sensitive as hell. (0:<

with the windshield tint to make it legal just go to an optimologist (eye doctor) and they can give you a letter saying your eyes are super sensitive to sunlight. Just pretend at the appointment that you're eye's are sensitive as hell. (0:<

Good luck with that (though i think you may have been joking). The tint is still illegal, whether you're sensitive to sunlight or not. The cop/judge will just tell you to wear some shades, or not drive during daylight.

i'm serious. My dad's friends with a whole mess of cops up here and they told him that. I mean it may still be illegal but that's what the coppers told him.