I have been told that the tint on the very top of ur windsheild makes poor reception as to have ur remote starter transmitter there and even your radar detector.. True? false? Anyone kno please help.. Im thinking bout buying a radar and havn it there so kno one can realli see that i have one including cops and theives!

 

I would say no. I've heard rumors about metalic tint doing this.
Most problems I see is the tinter who installed the tint cut through the radio antenna with his razor blade on the rear windshield while trimming. This would cause poor "radio" reception.

 

i keep my V1 radar detector above the factory tint line on the windshield....and the reception is great.....as for the tint on the side and rear windows, it's never been a prob with anything.....although OnStar personal calling reception really sucks.....though i'm assuming that because of the shitty verizon service everywhere.....?

 

I would also say tint = no problem I think because my E-Zpass is up there and it transmits radio waves fine to the Toll reader

 

i actually do have a problem with my viper. the antenna is on the lil spotted black tinted spot in the middle and i thinnk im gonna get it moved. because sometimes i gotta press and hold the keypad to do anythin and other times i gotta press it once or twice. EVEN when im right next to it...like WTFFF

 

i got the viper remote starter and my shit works fine
the black antena is over my 20 percent windshield tint and i can start it from inside houses and when i am at work

 

you know that makes me wonder because I had tints installed and I get very poor radio reception. Which one of those wires on the back window is the antenna and which are the defroster? Where would I look to see if it had been cut.
Thanks

 

No, its a complete myth and i can vouch for this 'cause my corolla has a metalic tint.

But my Tl is lately having reception problems when i turn on the deICING thing on the rear window.....wierd huh

 

Metallic tint on the rear glass can theoretically interfere with reception of the radio. Many havent had a problem whatsoever, but there have been a few here complaining of iffy reception at times.

As far as the front windshield tint strip is concerned, the original tinting is not metallic, and wont affect your remote start at all. On my TL-S, at work, I started mine from across the street, about a quarter block away, and 7 stories up.