The answer to the "can you tint over tint" question
11-13-11, 07:52 AM
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The answer to the "can you tint over tint" question
When i bought my 2gs it had a very slight metallic tint on it. After getting a no seat belt ticket, 
, it was time to figure it out. (at least no seatbelt in Oklahoma is only 20 bucks) Called a buddy who has been doing tint for 20 years and talked to him. You can put tint over tint on a 2GS, 3GS you cannot. So since i had metallic tint, he advised me that ceramic would work best. So here is a picture....front window "original" metallic tint only, back window has ceramic laid over it to take it to the legal limit in Oklahoma. I love the look, it retained that metallic sheen and added a deep dark look. I love the metallic but when you go that dark on it, it gets real "silvery". Best of both worlds...what do you guys think. He also told me of a new Ray Ban tint, not cheap, that will go 100% clear at night and then go as dark as you want during the day, fyi for anyone wanting to put on tint, i thought i would have been cool but could not do it over existing tint.
, it was time to figure it out. (at least no seatbelt in Oklahoma is only 20 bucks) Called a buddy who has been doing tint for 20 years and talked to him. You can put tint over tint on a 2GS, 3GS you cannot. So since i had metallic tint, he advised me that ceramic would work best. So here is a picture....front window "original" metallic tint only, back window has ceramic laid over it to take it to the legal limit in Oklahoma. I love the look, it retained that metallic sheen and added a deep dark look. I love the metallic but when you go that dark on it, it gets real "silvery". Best of both worlds...what do you guys think. He also told me of a new Ray Ban tint, not cheap, that will go 100% clear at night and then go as dark as you want during the day, fyi for anyone wanting to put on tint, i thought i would have been cool but could not do it over existing tint.
11-13-11, 03:35 PM
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Two layers of tint is common to achieve various shades or reflectiveness.
It's done often to try to match up suvs, vans, and trucks that have factory tinted glass on all the rear/side windows and nothing on the front roll-ups, the factory tints sometimes are varying levels of bronze, mirror, grey, black, etc.. So by combining say 50% bronze with 70% grey mirror you may more closely match a factory tint than just using a 35% bronze mirror tint would.
I've seen quite a few combos that gave some nice colors and effects over the years done by combining two types of tint together.
It's done often to try to match up suvs, vans, and trucks that have factory tinted glass on all the rear/side windows and nothing on the front roll-ups, the factory tints sometimes are varying levels of bronze, mirror, grey, black, etc.. So by combining say 50% bronze with 70% grey mirror you may more closely match a factory tint than just using a 35% bronze mirror tint would.
I've seen quite a few combos that gave some nice colors and effects over the years done by combining two types of tint together.
11-14-11, 03:11 PM
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Putting tint over tint seems like a half a** way of doing things. Do it right the first time and peel the old stuff off. More than likely your original tint has scratches, marks and may even be loosing it's color.
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When i bought my 2gs it had a very slight metallic tint on it. After getting a no seat belt ticket, , it was time to figure it out. (at least no seatbelt in Oklahoma is only 20 bucks) Called a buddy who has been doing tint for 20 years and talked to him. You can put tint over tint on a 2GS, 3GS you cannot. So since i had metallic tint, he advised me that ceramic would work best. So here is a picture....front window "original" metallic tint only, back window has ceramic laid over it to take it to the legal limit in Oklahoma. I love the look, it retained that metallic sheen and added a deep dark look. I love the metallic but when you go that dark on it, it gets real "silvery". Best of both worlds...what do you guys think. He also told me of a new Ray Ban tint, not cheap, that will go 100% clear at night and then go as dark as you want during the day, fyi for anyone wanting to put on tint, i thought i would have been cool but could not do it over existing tint.
, it was time to figure it out. (at least no seatbelt in Oklahoma is only 20 bucks) Called a buddy who has been doing tint for 20 years and talked to him. You can put tint over tint on a 2GS, 3GS you cannot. So since i had metallic tint, he advised me that ceramic would work best. So here is a picture....front window "original" metallic tint only, back window has ceramic laid over it to take it to the legal limit in Oklahoma. I love the look, it retained that metallic sheen and added a deep dark look. I love the metallic but when you go that dark on it, it gets real "silvery". Best of both worlds...what do you guys think. He also told me of a new Ray Ban tint, not cheap, that will go 100% clear at night and then go as dark as you want during the day, fyi for anyone wanting to put on tint, i thought i would have been cool but could not do it over existing tint.Yes you can I put tint over my stock tint on my Cayenne limo tint
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When i bought my 2gs it had a very slight metallic tint on it. After getting a no seat belt ticket, , it was time to figure it out. (at least no seatbelt in Oklahoma is only 20 bucks) Called a buddy who has been doing tint for 20 years and talked to him. You can put tint over tint on a 2GS, 3GS you cannot. So since i had metallic tint, he advised me that ceramic would work best. So here is a picture....front window "original" metallic tint only, back window has ceramic laid over it to take it to the legal limit in Oklahoma. I love the look, it retained that metallic sheen and added a deep dark look. I love the metallic but when you go that dark on it, it gets real "silvery". Best of both worlds...what do you guys think. He also told me of a new Ray Ban tint, not cheap, that will go 100% clear at night and then go as dark as you want during the day, fyi for anyone wanting to put on tint, i thought i would have been cool but could not do it over existing tint.
, it was time to figure it out. (at least no seatbelt in Oklahoma is only 20 bucks) Called a buddy who has been doing tint for 20 years and talked to him. You can put tint over tint on a 2GS, 3GS you cannot. So since i had metallic tint, he advised me that ceramic would work best. So here is a picture....front window "original" metallic tint only, back window has ceramic laid over it to take it to the legal limit in Oklahoma. I love the look, it retained that metallic sheen and added a deep dark look. I love the metallic but when you go that dark on it, it gets real "silvery". Best of both worlds...what do you guys think. He also told me of a new Ray Ban tint, not cheap, that will go 100% clear at night and then go as dark as you want during the day, fyi for anyone wanting to put on tint, i thought i would have been cool but could not do it over existing tint.Yes you can I put tint over my stock tint on my Cayenne limo tint on top of factory and limo in front so the backs was 2% Sunlight & 5% in front . It came out sweet I can send you a pic if you like... No one can see you no matter how sunny it is😃😃😃😃😜😜😜
11-15-11, 09:24 AM
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Two layers of tint is common to achieve various shades or reflectiveness.
It's done often to try to match up suvs, vans, and trucks that have factory tinted glass on all the rear/side windows and nothing on the front roll-ups, the factory tints sometimes are varying levels of bronze, mirror, grey, black, etc.. So by combining say 50% bronze with 70% grey mirror you may more closely match a factory tint than just using a 35% bronze mirror tint would.
I've seen quite a few combos that gave some nice colors and effects over the years done by combining two types of tint together.
It's done often to try to match up suvs, vans, and trucks that have factory tinted glass on all the rear/side windows and nothing on the front roll-ups, the factory tints sometimes are varying levels of bronze, mirror, grey, black, etc.. So by combining say 50% bronze with 70% grey mirror you may more closely match a factory tint than just using a 35% bronze mirror tint would.
I've seen quite a few combos that gave some nice colors and effects over the years done by combining two types of tint together.
11-15-11, 02:07 PM
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Now like you say if the first layer of tint is not has bubbles, scratches, etc then yes it would be ghetto to slap some more on it... I'm talking about perfect work with perfect materials.
