BTW, if you saw my other post in Interior/Exterior then this is a double-post, but since you are all VA people, I figured some of you may have experience in this area!
The guy at FilmSource is suggesting I just do 45 ceramic tint all around (sides, rear, top) but I think he's suggesting that so he only has to use a single material during install. While 45 was what i wanted to do on the front side windows anyway, do you think that's too light on the rear? and is 45 too dark on the top sunroof portion?
Technically, in VA 50 is the max on front side windows, 35 rear side and rear. But he said if I went 55/35 on the sides it would be an obvious visual difference (There is no "50" for that tint) and you can easily get away with 45 on the front windows and 45 on the sides to match. No reason to match the rear window though... should I drop that down to 35 I am wondering, and should I drop the rear sides to 35 as well or keep them at 45 to match the fronts. I've never done aftermarket tinting before, which is hard to believe even for me!
Since I am not having it done for weeks yet, I have time to pick out what I want so I want to make sure I choose wisely
I think 45 for top/back is fine, but I’d personally do around 20-25 on the sides. From my experience, 35 is way too light. I have 20ish on my Vette and haven’t ran into any problems. Some counties will measure the tint during inspections but Stafford doesn’t and I don’t think Prince William does either, but I’d check that.
Go with darker tint, even mine seems kind of light but I’m happy with it. I had 5 percent on my Cobra and still didn’t run into any issues. Also no issues seeing out from the inside.
