Yes a lot of people make assumptions about glass and heat and UV without looking at the facts which are already there.
I personally had my side, rear windows and the small windscreen strip done for heat reduction since the UV protection from factory is already practically as high as possible. Didn't do the roof due to the rumours of it potentially causing glass cracking but do have a sun shade to try if the sun streaming in still feels too hot on my head in summer - I felt that even on a mid-high 20's autumn day test drive so it's a reasonable concern to me.
Yeah tail gate and rear windows are just clear tint, front doors are 35% to get them as close to the rear privacy glass as legal. I think the windscreen strip is also 35% but it could be a little bit lighter, can't remember. All ceramic tint.
How does the 35% look compared to the rear. I’ve seen tint meter readings of 24% for the rear. Also, I might have missed it but who did yours and how much $$$ if you don’t mine me asking.
I couldn’t find any tinting shops in the Eastern suburbs using Xpel tint. Closest was Detail Lab in Roseville. Paying $350 for the two front windows tinted in Prime XR Plus. Tint Haus wanted to charge $495 for the same.
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Do you see any distortion, rainbows, etc in your windscreen tint (especially with polarised glasses)?
Zero distortion. I did use a higher end shop, it came with a lifetime warranty for distortion. Inside my MY there is a softer feel with a light tint on the windshield. Other than that, most people wouldn’t notice it.
Do you know the VLT of your light tint? Assuming it’s 70% VLT (most common light tints are around this) and your windscreen transmits naturally at 70%, you would now be at 49% which would be noticeable. Therefore I’m assuming it would be higher (which we don’t seem to have much of in Australia).
For those who may not know, a larger number is a lighter tint.
Unfortunately I don't have a photo but it's close enough that it doesn't annoy me when I see the car from the outside, I'm fairly OCD and it doesn't annoy me, it's never going to be exactly the same if you want to stay legal.
Mine’s getting tinted today. I wanna stay legal. Noticed the VLT on the front doors already looks about 70%. Looks like I can’t use 35% VLT tint or I’ll be too far under legal limits. Will speak to Detail Lab to see what % tint to put on it to stay legal.
Ok I got convinced that 55% tint was going to look too light especially next to the rear privacy glass. Ended up with 35% (actually 38%) which puts me at 26.6%. Now I’m in defect territory. But at least it’ll look matching
