Just got the windows tinted in my Y, 25% 3M Ceramic. I noticed at home against a white wall that they're quite a bit more blue than the stock rear windows. Has anyone used 3M ceramic all the way around and found that they got a more consistent color tone? I'm wondering if I should switch to Crystalline (warmer tone) or just add some light tint to the rear windows to match the color tone... or just live with it (if my OCD will let me).
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I went with Xpel XR Prime over 3M because the tinter said it was the best match for factory
70% All around and 35% Front Sides
Glad to hear the heat rejection is as good as I've heard it is on the Llumar Air 80!
When you are not wearing polarized sunglasses can you perceive any visible distortion through the windshield at all?
How is the visibility at night? I have equivalent of 15% on all windows and 50% on windshield and I am thinking of redoing the windows down to 5%.
pittsy
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Every car I’ve had has been 5% all around with 35-50% full windshield. I’ve never had any issues at night and haven’t gotten pulled over in FL either. Not sure what I’m going to do this time around.
I was originally going to do 25% all around. My installer suggested that I do 25% front and 35% rears. He suggested this because of the factory tint and allowing it to blend more vs being darker than the front. It is still sort of noticable, but I'm glad that I went the way I did.
My recommendation to you would be to do 25% front and 35% where the factory tint is.
MYLR
Front/Rear: 3M Ceramic IR 70%
Side Windows: 3M Ceramic IR 50%
Overall, it doesn't look too far off from stock. I wanted the heat rejection and looks was secondary. I compared this against 3M Crystalline and didn't love the brown'ish hue when it started to get under 50%, and the extra cost wasn't worth it to me.
Front/Rear: 3M Ceramic IR 70%
Side Windows: 3M Ceramic IR 50%
Overall, it doesn't look too far off from stock. I wanted the heat rejection and looks was secondary. I compared this against 3M Crystalline and didn't love the brown'ish hue when it started to get under 50%, and the extra cost wasn't worth it to me.
everydaychris
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I cant wear polarized sunglasses anymore haha. But no waviness only at weird angles
I'm probably going to go with Llumar Air 80 on the windshield, but I want to get a tint strip for the top 5 inches as well. Probably 20%.
I put up a temporary tint strip with the cheap 10 dollar static cling stuff from Advance Auto Parts and found it to be amazingly helpful. Tried 3", then increased to 5" and I think it is good. Might go 6" at most.
I put up a temporary tint strip with the cheap 10 dollar static cling stuff from Advance Auto Parts and found it to be amazingly helpful. Tried 3", then increased to 5" and I think it is good. Might go 6" at most.
I'm not OCD about the color matching perfectly, but here's a helpful pic that compares 3M Ceramic IR ("CIR") vs 3M Crystalline ("CR") next to each other. I tried to watch a ton of Youtube videos of Ceramic vs Crystalline (was hard to find comparisons right next to each other) to see the difference, but this really shows it easily (blue vs brown hues). Apologies for the pic as it's not a perfect apples-apples comparison, but you get the idea.
Zer0Her0
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Sounds like you went to Rodz Tint Shop because that's exactly the percentages they recommended, and that's what I did to mine, but I tinted the roof at 50%.Llumar IRX 15% Fronts, 30% Rears + Sunroof, Air 80 Windshield. White / White Interior so I had to go darker in the fronts.
I didn't take any photos of mine but the tint shop I did it with did and posted it.
Rodz Tint Shop on Instagram: "2021 Tesla Model Y II LLumar IRX Nano Ceramic 15% Fronts, 30% Rears + Sunroof II LLumar Air 80 Windshield II White / White Interior ———————————————————————————————#tesla #teslamodely #teslamodelyperformance #tesla2021"
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