I'm curious how it works with the HUD. I see quite a few cars with windshield tint here in Florida.

 

Doesn't affect my HUD in Florida at all.

 

Hud displayed on the windshield of my C5 shows up better when it is displayed in a shadow or darker area while driving. So I would say it would help you see the HUD.

 

😏 Ha... Can you imagine looking thru a C5 windshield driving at night with Any kinda tinted crap on it? Goodness sakes that's just dangerous to ones eyes And other human beings on the road... We barely can see thru the shield now with the GM car headlights now! Don't drive a C5 at night!

 

As noted in post #16 I have an 80% tint on my windshield. I drive at night all the time, and this tint doesn't impact low light visibility.

 

Hurry up and upgrade your headlights already. How long are you going to complain without action?

 

It is illegal to tint your windshield in Washington, for GOOD reason. And speaking from a thermodynamic background.........I LOVE how you guys speak of HEAT..........Like it is something, a noun. There is no such thing as HEAT.

If you build a fire in your fireplace, you can heat a room. (verb)
But you are not adding any heat to the room. (noun)

It is silly and dangerous to tint your windshield.

 

You better let the cops know since many squad cars have tinted windshields here in Florida too.

 

We did the windshield on our C8. Probably wouldn’t do it again. Just not worth the extra expense and the optical quality does suffer.

 

That's what worries me since the HUD windshield has a coating on it that others don't to keep it clear.

 

HUD seems fine. Optical quality through the glass is the issue.

 

I have 5% ceramic all around on mine. 0 complaints. However, I also had 35 on the windshield and removed it promptly. Just terrible at night. I was getting headaches driving the car at night from concentrating so much to see out. I would not do it again, but that’s my opinion

 

HUD was ok on mine, but the headaches were not worth it

 

Yeah 35 is way too dark to be useful. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing. lol

 

In my opinion, tinting your windshield greater than 70% is asking for trouble, especially if your night vision has degraded with age like mine. My Tahoe is tinted all around at 20% but for the windshield (nothing) and my C6 is tinted all around at 35% with nothing on the windshield. I wanted to tint the Tahoe windshield and sat in a friend's Silverado with a 50% tinted windshield before I made the appointment. While it did reduce glare, it also reduced overall light transmission and made it such that I was not comfortable driving the truck in low light situations. I live in Colts Neck and we do not have any street lights at all. I could not tell if there were road side deer until I was right on top of them. .

Then there is the legality of it. As the former acting prosecutor for a NNJ urban municipality that is also the county seat, unless you have a doctor's note permitting window tint, I would advise against it.

NJSA. 39:3-74 provides in relevant part that no person shall drive any motor vehicle with any sign, poster, sticker or other non-transparent material upon the front windshield, wings, deflectors, side shields, corner lights adjoining windshield or front side windows of such vehicle other than a certificate or other article required to be so displayed by statute or by regulations of the commissioner.

NJSA 39:3-75 provides in relevant part that no person shall drive any motor vehicle equipped with safety glazing material which causes undue or unsafe distortion of visibility.

NJSA 39:3-75.1. provides thatnotwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the owner or lessee of a motor vehicle that is driven by or is used to regularly transport a person who has a medical condition involving ophthalmic or dermatologic photosensitivity may apply to the director for permission to have the windshield and windows of that vehicle covered by or treated with a product or material that increases its light reflectance or reduces its light transmittance. The application shall be in a form and manner prescribed by the director and shall include, but not be limited to, a written certification by a certified ophthalmologist or a physician with a plenary license to practice medicine and surgery in this State or a bordering state that the person for whom the application is submitted has a medical condition involving ophthalmic or dermatologic photosensitivity. For the purposes of this act, medical conditions involving ophthalmic or dermatologic photosensitivity shall include:
a.polymorphous light eruption;
b.persistent light reactivity;
c.actinic reticuloid;
d.porphyrins;
e.solar urticaria;
f.lupus erythematosus; and
g.such other photosensitive disorders or conditions as the director shall determine.

What does this mean - an annoying fine. In some towns, a tinted window ticket requires a mandatory court appearance so the Judge can direct you to strip the windows, permitting the court to levy enhanced fines for failure to strip if you get another ticket in that town. Then there is the liability that you want to avoid - should you have an accident, you may be assigned responsibility for the event if the investigating officer opines that the tint obscured your vision which was the cause or a contributing factor to the accident. Before people get preachy about this aspect of the discussion, I am a serious car enthusiast (my C6 - a true street car - makes 1674 whpr thanks to ECS) and all of my other cars, the DD included, are heavily modified.

I would not tint the windshield irrespective of the law.