What is the best percentage for tint? I like the look a a real dark tint, but don't want to have a lot of trouble at night. Is there a particular brand of tint or color/ percentage that you'd recommend?


Chad

 

I think 35% all around is fairly good. Don't make the mistake that I did by having the driver's/passenger windows a lighter tint and the back ones very dark. Not only is it difficult to see out at night but the automatic day/night mirror doesn't work.

 

I have 20%tint/20% mirror. It's very nice for prying eyes, and I see out of it just peachy fine at nite, no real difference. I have the metal based tint, not a dye based tint. Doesn't bug the mirror at all, but does keep it much cooler and keeps people from snooping. And is illegal in Georgia at 20%, 32% is legal here.

 

I don't think using different levels of tint front to back looks good, unless you want your TL to look like a minivan or sport ute. They usually have those really dark rear windows.

I think the same level all the way around looks best and going too dark in the rear is bad at night time. There are a lot of good films out there that block the heat and aren't that dark.

 

You can legally have a maximum of 35% Net tint in Massachusetts. According to this site: http://www.pcisys.net/~bpc/auto_law/tint/

 

can u post pics of ur 20% mirror 20% tint....i'd like to see how it looks on ur TL. And how much did u pay?

 

thanks for the responses. I think I might go with what is legal in MA, only so that I won't have any trouble at all. I ordered my TL with the Black interior so maybe that might help keep it a little dark inside.

Are there any brand names that you guys know of? Or is it just the luck of the draw when going to a window tinting company?

Up here in MA, we have a company called Tint King. I guess it does such a good job that they are booked up for weeks in advance. Anyone know of another good place in MA?

 

i got mine 35% in houston, texas, dealer did the tint for free with warranty....include that in the deal that u will make when u buy the car with the dealership

 

A lot of the dealers are throwing in tint that is non-metalized (ie, dye tint). I live in Texas and the better the heat rejection, the more I like it, so I went with the metalized tint. I found out who does the tint for one of the local dealers and went to them to get my tint done - about $70 cheaper from what I recall.

I think I got something like 15% or 20% in the back and I can see fine out of it at night. The side 4 windows were 35% I believe. Make sure the %age is legal in your state.

I was going to go with Huper Optik for the film, but that would've cost me at least $400+tax for slightly more heat rejection. I decided to go with Llumar Centaur tint. It cost me about $220.

Some good name brands you film you can use : Madico, Llumar, and Huper Optik.

BTW, my car is black/ebony and I live in Dallas, so I'll be cooking.

 

And one disadvantage of a dye based tint over a metallic is the dyebased can turn the horrible purple, just a warning.

The first pic is looking out the other side so you can see it's not that dark from the inside-out. I'll post one of the outside in next

 

you can barely see the shifter, and it's like 99% UV blocking and I think 90% heat-rejecting.. it's by Infinity, got it done at Jazzy Tint in Morrow Georgia.

 

And this is what it looks like from a distance.

 

Nice pics




Chad

 

What ever happened to the Titanium films?

 

i wish we had these options in CA. Front side tint is just asking for a ticket here in CA

 

Actually maybe you are better off, 4 of my 4 (yes redundent) windows had developed 1 verticle scratch on each window, very fine and only visible when looked from within into direct sunlight, but this could be the signs of trouble on a 1 month old tint job!

Good luck to other tinters! examine closely and you may see the same, this was reported a while back by one poster that thier tint place refused to tint the windows as they would scratch?