Window Tint and heat rejection
05-26-14, 11:53 AM
#34
No tint on the car yet. just got it 2 months ago and now the rear sunshade stopped working and is stuck in the up position . I need to fix that and then I can go get the windows tinted. I'm thinking I might do the windshield too , gonna be a long hot summer 
05-26-14, 04:34 PM
#35
On the windshield, I used Carbon XP 80, I won't do it again. It did a good job keeping the heat down but I wasn't happy with visibility. I'd like to try something different for the windshield.
05-26-14, 05:45 PM
#36
My main concern is visibility at night. The street lighting here in Florida is not that great to begin with and I'm an old timer so my vision is already not great. I was planning on going with 35 all around but am considering whether I should do 50 for the front driver and passenger and 35 for the rear and back windows. I'll have nothing on the front windshield.
05-27-14, 08:59 AM
#38
Air 80 blue is what you want. $600 is high though. I paid $420 for everything. I see some folks saying that $100 conventional is all the same. I would like them to get a 78% conventional tint and then sit behind my tint. I don't like the look of tint so this is perfect for me and safer since I can see better at night. Yes my car gets hot during hot day. No tint is going to stop that, it's a big chunk of metal so of course it's going to get hot. My car cools much quicker with this tint though and I can run my ac on low once it cools down. I probably wouldn't pay $600 for tint, but really I wouldn't trade this tint for anything else out there.
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Last edited by tiger4life; 05-27-14 at 09:10 AM.
05-27-14, 07:51 PM
#41
My main concern is visibility at night. The street lighting here in Florida is not that great to begin with and I'm an old timer so my vision is already not great. I was planning on going with 35 all around but am considering whether I should do 50 for the front driver and passenger and 35 for the rear and back windows. I'll have nothing on the front windshield.
One thing you can do if you're really sensitive to is dim the interior illumination of your car at night. That's usually what causes issues when people have a lot of brightness inside the car.
I think you'll be unhappy with 50, it's just a very light tint.
05-27-14, 10:58 PM
#42
35 is not that dark, I can't see you having any issues, but you're the best judge of your own eye sight. I have one step darker (25?) and also have poorly lit streets and it hasn't been a problem.
One thing you can do if you're really sensitive to is dim the interior illumination of your car at night. That's usually what causes issues when people have a lot of brightness inside the car.
I think you'll be unhappy with 50, it's just a very light tint.
One thing you can do if you're really sensitive to is dim the interior illumination of your car at night. That's usually what causes issues when people have a lot of brightness inside the car.
I think you'll be unhappy with 50, it's just a very light tint.
05-28-14, 01:35 PM
#44
05-28-14, 06:28 PM
#45
Driver School Candidate
i just scheduled my installation of huper optik for my ls430 for next wednesday. the black on black greenhouse is getting old driving during the day.
who here has actually had huper optik installed in one of their cars? im going with 30 all round with 70 on the front and will be adding a 4 inch black vinyl strip as well, which this is the state minimums in colorado.
who here has actually had huper optik installed in one of their cars? im going with 30 all round with 70 on the front and will be adding a 4 inch black vinyl strip as well, which this is the state minimums in colorado.