scj

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here are shots from inside the car with all the windows up and in mid daylight
my car has 35% on the front windshield, 20% on the sides, and 5% on the back glass, and t-tops.

SparkyJJO

iTrader: (11)

Daylight visibility is fine I'm sure. But what about night?

crimson_bird

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^exactlty. daylight visibility has never been an issue with tinting you're windows. its night driving that's the problem. and most people i know of that are "scared" of tint, are more worried about how getting tickets, which will be more likely with it.

personally i dont worry too much about any of that, and i'll be adding windshield tint next time i get mine done.

HoLLo

iTrader: (17)

I would love some super light tint on my front windshield. 35% or even 50%. just something to keep glare and UV out.

scj

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to be honest with you, it's no different than a car without tint on the windshield. No one has ever noticed it being dark from the inside, and at night you have your headlights to light up the road. it's absolutely no problem what so ever.
like i said above, really no noticeable difference.
I've never gotten pulled over for it much less gotten a ticket for it and i've had it for almost 2 years now.

50% would be a waste of time and money in my opinion, it's basically clear.
35% is the winner

Ellsworth

with 15% on the sides and 5% on the hatch, I can't see out the back at night, if you have interior lighting (LEDs) in your car. but it sure looks badass

scj

iTrader: (89)

yeah with my 20% sides and 5% back i cant see out my back glass at night especially with the leds in the int. i open my door and stick my head out.. works every time.

Ellsworth

i'v gotten pulled over and not seen the flashing lights because my foot wells are bright red, and my amp in the hatch area is bright blue ha. and I barely herd the siren over the longtubes and hooker catback ha!

HoLLo

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Yeah if you'll read my post, I stated I wanted to keep glare and UV out. Kthxbai

scj

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haha, yeah my foot wells are bright red too, along with my hu/door handle bezels/ guages/ hvac/ switches/ headlight **** overlay light/ map/ and dome lights.. lol everything is red. and it reflects off the tint at night on my sides and back glass and makes it harder to see out of. but i've never had that kind of a problem.. lol i have stock exhaust with a cutout.
i read it, and stated my opinion. 35% would still be more worth it, and better over all. kthxbai

Super-Bat

iTrader: (38)

But who will install it? It's illegal. What shop will actually let you do it?

HoLLo

iTrader: (17)

Probably the same shops that install the illegal *** double 5% and **** people request.

ec_nova

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I had 5% all the way around on my ranger and 50% on the windshield. It was noticeably darker at night but not too bad. I wouldn't go past 50%. I still had the strip up top so it wouldn't be as obvious to police that it was tinted. In broad daylight you could look into the truck and not see my sitting in the driver's seat.

hlaalu

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if you guys are looking for something to block the heat, they make a ceramic tint that is clear. my tint guy says it blocks out almost the same amount of heat and UV that my 5% blocks. it's expensive, but worth the investment.

ec_nova

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I did mine to block people from seeing my stereo. I had a $600 subwoofer between my seats in the truck... didn't want it to get swiped. This is the only pic of the truck I have... took it when the lower radiator hose cracked. Nice clean coolant haha, but you can see how dark even 50% is. If you look closely you can see my upside-down ford emblem

scj

iTrader: (89)

one of my best friends' dads tints cars for a living. he did it.

In most cases with that kind of stuff, the person either did the double 5% themselves or they knew someone in the tint business. i know for sure that my friends dad won't do double 5% on anyone randoms car. Dark tint is nice though, and alot of people like to go a little over board. To each their own.

yea, but the 5% all the way around was what was making everything look so dark. not the windshield tint. Even know you had lighter tint on your front windshield the extremely dark sides and back glass made it look way darker than it actually was because not that much light was getting inside the car from any other angle than the front.
eh, i personally wouldn't bother with that stuff. tint adds a level of cosmetic improvement, and privacy that i don't think is justified with clear windows.

but seems like this is what HoLLo is looking for.

scj

iTrader: (89)

looks like you ran over someone and drove around dragging them. lol

crimson_bird

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like mentioned above, alot of the tints on side windows are illegal as well, so if the shop will do that, they'll probably do the windshield.

the shop that does my windows will do it all, but you have to pay cash, you get no receipt, and they tell you if you get pulled over for it, not to say you got it done there. you still get lifetime warranty and all, just no paper trace, so they dont get into trouble

*98TransAm*

some shops make you sign a waiver..

Slvr00Bird

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LOL!!!! At least that's what they tell you.. Sucker born every second..


As for finding shops to do it, a lot more than you think will.. I mean, after you get a ticket, who are you going to take it to to get stripped and re-tinted?! .. Durrrr