Windows getting tinted

***menotakoala*** · 03-28-2008, 02:35 AM

Getting my windows tinted tomorrow. Can't wait for it. So excited. Will post pics as soon as it's done.

I'm thinking about 40% front and 35% rear. Maybe a little darker.

Grimey · 03-28-2008, 12:43 PM

I'm taking mine off tomorrow, just got pulled over for tint (35%)

darkdan · 03-28-2008, 05:58 PM

Ouch, PA sucks! Write your representatives. Let me know if you need some key points to help our your letter.

Be sure to read my guide on picking a good tint shop before you get it done:

How YOU can pick a good tint shop

GregNco · 03-28-2008, 06:00 PM

do you have a 2dr or 4dr ? if you can get away with having 35% in your state i would get that all the way around. getting a darker tint in the back doesnt flow well especially if you have a 4dr. theres a few pics in this thread i started the other day
anyone have 50% tint?

Kronos_32 · 03-28-2008, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Grimey

I'm taking mine off tomorrow, just got pulled over for tint (35%)

Thats ***. the cops where you stay must not have anything better to do. pulled over for 35%??? may as well be clear glass.

darkdan · 03-28-2008, 09:08 PM

In PA they require clear glass.

In CA (like the originator of the post) it's nothing up front and anything in the back. So 40% up front is going to be illegal for him.

In MN, the law is 50% (net!) all around! We get the shaft too.

***menotakoala*** · 03-28-2008, 09:41 PM

Well like I promised here are some pictures. I know I know. Quality of the shots suck but please bare with me.

Now I just gotta wait couple days before I can clean the inside. Now I must go wash give my Si a good clean detailing on the outside.

black07coupe · 03-28-2008, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by menotakoala

Well like I promised here are some pictures. I know I know. Quality of the shots suck but please bare with me.

Now I just gotta wait couple days before I can clean the inside. Now I must go wash give my Si a good clean detailing on the outside.

Damn son, that looks fresh. Is that really 40% in the front?? I have 20% all around and shit looks hot.. only problem is my interior lights reflect off the windows so it's somewhat tough to see my mirrors through the tint at night.

***menotakoala*** · 03-28-2008, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by black07coupe

Damn son, that looks fresh. Is that really 40% in the front?? I have 20% all around and shit looks hot.. only problem is my interior lights reflect off the windows so it's somewhat tough to see my mirrors through the tint at night.

Thanks black07

The film is made by Solar Guard. I used the Solar Gard Supreme: Performance Series. Solar Guard uses a different % number. The ones I got are Supreme 15 for the rear side windows and rear windshield and Supreme 28 on the front side windows and the two small triangle windows. Solar Guard goes by Solar Transmittance (T) (by that meaning how much solar energy is transmitted through the film) front are 23% T and rear are 12% T.

Oh and total cost me $200. I think this is the best 200 I've spent.

GregNco · 03-28-2008, 10:04 PM

^ that looks like 40% maybe. i just got 50% done and its not that much lighter then that.

***menotakoala*** · 03-28-2008, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by GregNco

^ that looks like 40% maybe. i just got 50% done and its not that much lighter then that.

I think you're right. I asked for something close to 40% and that's the one that the shop recommended.

black07coupe · 03-28-2008, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by menotakoala

Thanks black07

The film is made by Solar Guard. I used the Solar Gard Supreme: Performance Series. Solar Guard uses a different % number. The ones I got are Supreme 15 for the rear side windows and rear windshield and Supreme 28 on the front side windows and the two small triangle windows. Solar Guard goes by Solar Transmittance (T) (by that meaning how much solar energy is transmitted through the film) front are 23% T and rear are 12% T.

Oh and total cost me $200. I think this is the best 200 I've spent.

Oh tru.. ya $200 is a solid price.. I didn't get mine done for much cheaper.. and you're right, tints are so necessary to make the car look hot.

darkdan · 03-29-2008, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by menotakoala

Thanks black07

The film is made by Solar Guard. I used the Solar Gard Supreme: Performance Series. Solar Guard uses a different % number. The ones I got are Supreme 15 for the rear side windows and rear windshield and Supreme 28 on the front side windows and the two small triangle windows. Solar Guard goes by Solar Transmittance (T) (by that meaning how much solar energy is transmitted through the film) front are 23% T and rear are 12% T.

Oh and total cost me $200. I think this is the best 200 I've spent.

Whomever fed you that line was blowing smoke in places it doesn't belong.

SolarGard has always just been notorious for naming their films with some strange number. I can take pictures of my spec books, but the % is not solar transmittance. If it was things like 20% would be called 60%!

SG just loves naming something 38 instead of 35, or calling it 13 instead of 15 (even though it's really 16%).

Automotive Films Performance Specifications: Performance Window Tint by Solar Gard Window Films - Auto Window tinting

They no longer publish the specs on their website for ST, but I have it in my books.

deviousin10tion · 03-29-2008, 10:35 AM

Man I love being in TX I have 23% front and 6% rear.

snobdrblinkchik · 03-29-2008, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by menotakoala

I think you're right. I asked for something close to 40% and that's the one that the shop recommended.

are you happy with the way your car looks with the 40% all around? I have a 4 door and live in cali too, which means 0 tint on the front drivers/pass side. so i'm debating on getting a "light" tint all the way around or a dark tint on the back and nothing in the front to keep it "legal".

***menotakoala*** · 03-30-2008, 02:36 AM

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Originally Posted by snobdrblinkchik

are you happy with the way your car looks with the 40% all around? I have a 4 door and live in cali too, which means 0 tint on the front drivers/pass side. so i'm debating on getting a "light" tint all the way around or a dark tint on the back and nothing in the front to keep it "legal".

Actually, the rear half of the car is a shade darker than the front half. But yea I'm loving it. The shade I have for the front is just right for the front and the rear is just right for the rear I think.

Like I said before, it's the best 200 I've spent.

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*menotakoala* A-Team Aficionado Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Unknown (might want to check your backyard) Age: 21 Posts: 302 Joe iTrader: 0 / 0%	Windows getting tinted Getting my windows tinted tomorrow. Can't wait for it. So excited. Will post pics as soon as it's done. I'm thinking about 40% front and 35% rear. Maybe a little darker.

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GregNco Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Western MA Posts: 538 iTrader: 0 / 0%	do you have a 2dr or 4dr ? if you can get away with having 35% in your state i would get that all the way around. getting a darker tint in the back doesnt flow well especially if you have a 4dr. theres a few pics in this thread i started the other day anyone have 50% tint? Last edited by GregNco; 03-28-2008 at 06:03 PM.

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darkdan Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Owatonna, MN Posts: 804 Dan iTrader: 0 / 0%	In PA they require clear glass. In CA (like the originator of the post) it's nothing up front and anything in the back. So 40% up front is going to be illegal for him. In MN, the law is 50% (net!) all around! We get the shaft too.

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*menotakoala* A-Team Aficionado Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Unknown (might want to check your backyard) Age: 21 Posts: 302 Joe iTrader: 0 / 0%	Well like I promised here are some pictures. I know I know. Quality of the shots suck but please bare with me. Now I just gotta wait couple days before I can clean the inside. Now I must go wash give my Si a good clean detailing on the outside.

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GregNco Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Western MA Posts: 538 iTrader: 0 / 0%	^ that looks like 40% maybe. i just got 50% done and its not that much lighter then that.