What did they charge your for this in SoCal? (I'm in Austin. Just looking for some general costs without being chased by a sales rep...)
I got a quote in socal was about $900 for Stratos for this amount of coverage.
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What did they charge your for this in SoCal? (I'm in Austin. Just looking for some general costs without being chased by a sales rep...)
How do you deal with these awful self dimming mirrors at night. I can't see out the back at all through the mirror with 15% on the back?I went with F1 Stratos as I prefer dark black tint with excellent heat rejection. Installed yesterday:
Sides: 15%
Back: 15% one piece
Windshield: 70%
Sunroof: 70%
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How do you deal with these awful self dimming mirrors at night. I can't see out the back at all through the mirror with 15% on the back?
Yea on my other car I have no issues. This one due to the terrible mirrors is not working out.I got used to it driving my wife’s X for the last 2.5 years. She has 18% all around.
Yea on my other car I have no issues. This one due to the terrible mirrors is not working out.
Was the back roof done in one piece? Do you have any concerns about tinting the back roof? I have read a bunch of people say thee were concerns about it which i cant really understand. Thank you! I need help figuring out what to do with my back roof, my tint shop recommended just doing the lower portion which I didn't really think would look great.Here you go. first pic is looking up and back towards the rear seats, second is looking directly up from driver seat. These were taken at 5:37pm. Sorry about the glare. Hope this helps.
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Was the back roof done in one piece? Do you have any concerns about tinting the back roof? I have read a bunch of people say thee were concerns about it which i cant really understand. Thank you! I need help figuring out what to do with my back roof, my tint shop recommended just doing the lower portion which I didn't really think would look great.
I think you made a good decision. I could have saved a couple hundred dollars and gone with Stratos instead of Photosync. I ended up with photosync for the extra heat reduction, but it's really diminishing returns at that level I think. I also think the color of the Stratos looked great. It's a thinner film too, and I wonder if it would cause less deflections from the defrost grid on the rear window than photo-sync does.
The guy at the shop I took my car to had tint on his car and guess what, it was Stratos, not photosync
I think Crystalline has more of a brownish tint, for better or worse. The Stratos I looked at was a nice gray color. Funny though, I prefer my brown tinted Maui Jim sunglasses over my gray ones, except maybe for when I'm driving.
View attachment 363238 View attachment 363240 I use the Stratos on my Model 3 this spring.
70% front
40% sides
Nothing on the back (I was going to do 50% but they couldn’t get the film big enough to do it right away, then after waiting for them to get the film in, I realized it doesn’t need it. The non-tinted part on the back window is really small.). I probably would do 70% if I ever go back and do it.
Chrome delete, powder coated rims satin black, painted calipers red, Tesla “T”’s in red as well.
P.s. this photo is before I had them redo the chrome delete - they did a crap job on the side mirrors, when they folded you could still see the chrome. I took it to someone else to fix the first installer’s crap chrome delete work. Make sure your installer knows what the heck they are doing and look at their work on other cars before you pick someone. I learned the hard way and had to have it redone by someone who knew what they were doing.
Hi Leeclanual,I’m having them install Formula One Pinnacle 50%... $420 out the door. Color match is perfect for existing roof tint.
they are both premium films, the photosync rejects more heat if you measure with a meter, I'm not sure you can tell 10-15% difference without a tool though. Unfortunately we found a scratch on the rear window when they were timing so i have one window untinted until i get ahold of the service center. Hopefully warranty will cover it since no one has really ridden in the back...Thanks Glamisduner! I haven't bought it yet but I did a side by side comparison. Although 3M has better IR heat rejection, I think I like the Stratos. I probably will pick it.
Hi Leeclanual,
$420 for all four doors only? Or does it include more ?