GrayFox

Hi,

I am haggling with some tinters ( and waiting for the weather to
warm a bit).

One of the tint shops said that they did not like to tint the sunroof because
they had seen some shatter in the past from the heat and the tint made
the glass hot enough to damage the window seals.

I have had tinted sunroofs for the last 14 years and have not had any
problems.

Has anyone heard any tales of sunroof failure before?

Jerry

Yoda117

uhm... isn't the sunroof already tinted?

Slinks

Just curious.. I know a couple of people have tinted their sunroof....

Why do you want to do so (a serious question)?

The sunroof is already tinted and whats the point of a sunroof if the light is blocked?

GrayFox

I like to keep the sun shade open, when the sun is overhead it lets in
more light than I like.

I also want a bit more UV protection.

Jerry

ChucksCL-S

Had mine done on my '00 TL in 2000, no problems. Glare is just right.

chusteveb

I tinted my TL using the Huber Optik tint and after seeing how much heat it blocked, I went back and added it to the sun roof. No problems here, and now I don't have to close my sun shade when I park to try and keep the heat out.

RhythmAddict

I had alwaysa thought sunroof = tinted, moonroof = not tinted?

Now granted, I never actually read this anywhere.

RSA_Secure

I was kinda confused myself too.....so here is what I got from Wikipedia

A sunroof is a cutout in a car's (or truck's) roof that can be opened to provide fresh air and sun to the people inside. A sunroof can be made of the same metal as the rest of the roof, or it can be made of plastic and transparent (usually tinted), in which case it customarily referred to as a moonroof. Moonroofs have a sliding shade in the interior that can be retracted, and were invented by the American Sunroof Company.

Sunroofs can be manual or electric. Manual sunroofs usually work by flipping up to create a small opening around the edges, or being removed completely. Electric sunroofs either flip up and slide back on top of the roof, or down and into the roof. An electric sunroof will have access to close it manually if the motor or control circuitry fails.

dtakai

Tint it. It's cooler, literally, if you're in a hot and sunny area. I've not had any problems with my lumar tint there.

J RIDE 81

I've had this done on my previous 2 cars except this time for the TL.

pettydw

I tinted my Civic Si moonroof with dark tint film from Walmart and it was still fine 4 years later. The TL's factory moonroof tinting is much better than the Civics, so no need add tint in northern USA. Folks in the south probably feel otherwise.

Tinting is easy to do yourself, especially on relatively flat surfaces such as a sunroof. I would think there are instructions on the web. I watched an expert in FL do my first car tinting, then did the next one myself.

92NSX

this is actually the first time i have ever heard of anyone tinting a sunroof