I have an 05 that i bought about a month ago in the midwest. I have since moved to the mojave in southern california, and i think the heat has caused the window tint on the drivers front door to delaminate. It is starting to catch in the front lower edge of the window...just wondering if it was factory tinted, and if it was is it a warranty for life like some after market tints? If it was not factory, then i think i'll have to foot the bill...dont know who or what brand it is...

 

the answer is NO. no factory tint

 

All of the windows are tinted except the windsheild from the factory. If you are referring to a heavier tint than "normal" factory glass then that would have been an after-market installation.

 

Correct - at least the way you mean it.

Incorrect - at least the way you mean it.

All cars come with some sort of reduction in VLT but that visual light transmission is reduced by tinting the plastic layer inside the laminated glass. There is no external factory applied tint.

If it is peeling then it has to be aftermarket and clearly not covered by the Acura warranty.

 

Seems like an installer did a crummy job. But the good news is that you can take the tint off yourself if you have a steamer available.

 

What are tints?

A dealer may or may not apply tint before delivery, so the answer is, "none left the factory tinted, but some left the lot tinted". In any case, even if teh dealer did do it, they won't cover it. You can get a quality tint job for ~$200 and up.

 

What is teh? Tints are aka window tint, tints would be plural! IDiOt!

 

No.

I have tint on my window. I have tint on my windows. I see all different kinds of tint everyday. There is no such thing as tints. Don't be a tool. All the deers and mooses are laughing at you.

Only a would ask what "teh" is.

 

Per Hondanews.com

2005 Acura RL Interior Features:

Heat-rejecting green-tinted glass

http://www.honda.com/newsandviews/ar...ura&id=2095-en

As stated above, any film applied tint to the glass is not a factory / OEM installation. It was either dealer installed or aftermarket.

 

The document that you refer to was dated 2004 and I have never seen a 2nd Gen RL with green tint. My 05 has ND tint.

 

The OP states a 2005 RL. That Hondanews.com link is to the 2005 RL. The 2005 RL was released in 2004.....hence a 2004 dated features list.

The green tinted side glass appears on every MY of the 2nd Generation RL.

From the 2012 features list in the Exterior Features Section:

Heat-rejecting green-tinted side glass

http://hondanews.com/channels/corpor...tinted+windows

 

I understand the documents' theory but I do not see any GREEN tint in my windows whatsoever, I see only ND.

 

It's my understanding that no factory glass is 100% transparent. This is what my connections in the big 3 tell me, and what Toyota tells me. I work in fuels so I know less about factory automotive glass. So yes, you do have a small amount of shading, or tint, or whatever you want to call it.