Nyteryder

Here is my 98 gs 400 with 35% on all the way around.


And here is my 95 sc 400 with 5% all the way around.

DASHOCKER

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I have Huper Optik Ceramic tint film. 35% all around

PushinLEX

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Tint: 20% all the way around, excluding front windshield
Film: 3M

kit cat

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15% on sides and rear.



and I wanted a pic like this before I tinted so I hope this will help someone.

15% is perfect. Dark enough yet bright enough to drive at night.

sorry for the crappy pics.

LiLS

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thats 15 percent all around?

doesnt look like it...nvm i think it was the angle...i think ima go 15 percent too

Chin

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DASHOCKER, your ride is looking nice... I have a long 2 part question for you and anyone else with ceramic tint experience...

I was ready to get my 2003 GS3 tinted last week and luckily, the tinter was nice enough to put a large piece of film on one of my windows just so I could get the idea of how it would look. I was in shock! The ceramic tint (Huper Optik) had a nasty purpleish color to it as soon as he put it on the window???!!! It looked exactly like when cheap dyed tint goes bad after a few years and turns that purpleish/blue color. WTF???!!! How is one of the the most expensive & supposedly best tints on the market going to give off such a nasty effect? Was it just my car? My type of glass? My interior? I then went to another reputable tinter (probably the oldest and best in Atlanta) and he was a Formula One dealer... he applied a piece to my glass as well and it gave off the same effect? Does anyone else with Huper or any other ceramic tint have this problem? Or maybe you guys don't see it as a problem?

The other problem I have is that when I was at the Formula One dealer, he asked me why I wanted ceramic in the first place. I said for the superior heat rejection. He said that ceramic having superior heat rejection is a BIG misconception. He actually tried to talk me out of getting the ceramic (400.00) and just to get regular tint (250.00) because I would only be wasting my money? The only benefit I would really get from the ceramic is that my AM stations would not be affected. He said that is why ceramic was introduced to the market in the first place for, when newer cars started to put the radio antennas on the glass - regular mettalic tint would interfere with AM signals. He said it was not brought to the market for superior heat rejection. I have no use for AM. He showed me the specs on the regular Formula One tint and the specs on the Formula One Ceramic and they were very close... (UV protection and heat rejection...) He then told me that good tint is good tint, whether ceramic or metallic... that why all the Formula One specs are so close...

Was Huper blwing smoke up my A$$ this entire time? I went to the Huper website and watched the demo with the meter measuring the heat rejection on the glass. They had me sold off of that!

So I am a little confused....

The regular metallic looks good. I just want a nice flat smoke look, none of that reflective business for me... help.

DASHOCKER

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Purple Hue? What % did the tint person place on your glass? Are you sure it was Huper Optik film? I did not notice a purple bluish color with mine. True ceramic film has a reflective property to it. When I had mine done, I noticed the film had a silver/bronze hue to it. On the car, you do not see this bronze/ silver hue. I went with this film because my cousin (who did my tint in 2000) told me that this was the best film on the market. The leather in my car is crack free, and still smells like leather after all these years. The film must really spare the interior from harmful u.v. rays, or its just me taking good care of my car. I wanted to go with a film that stands out from the rest, and considered the best. Huper Optik..

Here is Huper Optik on a BMW M5. You can see the reflective properties in the film. I believe this is Huper Optik's 30% film










http://www.m-powered.com/041001-tinting2.html

DASHOCKER

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Don't get ceramic film confused with those mirror films that you see on some cars. That is not ceramic film. The reflective properties on the Huper Optik film are not as obvious as mirror tint.

Chin

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It was definitely Huper Optik, the grade was definitely in the 30's, I know it has a slight reflective property, but not like mirror... but it was purple and reflective... oh well... If you have any closer up shots of you car, let me know... What color is you interior?

LuxOut003

35% all around except from windshield.

excluesive

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180 for all 6 windows, getting done 2morrow night

TruPlaya26

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$169 for 5% back windshield and rear windows, 20% front windows, leaving windshield alone.

LEXUS_KID

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$200 for all four

TonyO

I dont know what percentage dark but I just got raped for $450 on mine. I had one layer of limo on all back windows plus another layer of solar guard for heat and UVA, UVB, and UVC protection for my interior. I need it in this hot AZ sun

Scott1258

I have GPS in my 2000 GS does it matter what tint is used?

I've read that metallic will interfer with the GPS system and it won't work - but is this true? Anyone with any real experience with this not just someone said that someone said that someone said ... that it wouldn't work.

If it can interfer with the GPS - what tint can be used so that there is not a problem here - please post. Thanks!

Scott