Window tint
Instructor
Joined: Apr 2016
Posts: 246
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I just had mine done with 3M 'Crystaline', it blocks heat and UV much better than 'regular' tint. It was 93 yesterday and I noticed a HUGE difference with the amount of heat entering the car, I could actually feel my AC!!!!!
Racer
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 260
Likes: 42
From: Myrtle Beach, SC
After much research, I finally had mine done. Went with 3M ColarStable, 20% on the sides and rear window and 35% on the windshield. Very happy with the results. Haven't been able to get a picture to post.
Advanced
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 99
Likes: 4
From: Montgomery TX
Texas sun and heat was brutal in my C5 which had no tinting, so put tinting on all windows in my C7 except the windshield. Went with legal limit which I think is 30. It made a huge difference on a recent trip to the Black Hills Classic.
Racer
Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 326
Likes: 73
From: Douglasville GA
If you don't mind me asking, what is the percentage tint you have? Did any LEOs give you a hard time because of the windshield tint?
I have an app. to do my tint at the end of August and I want to do a darker tint on the small window and the trunk window but I don't want to get in trouble. We live fairly close.
J.C
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Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2015
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Also, is it dark enough to get noticed by cops? I was planning to do Suntek CXP 25 - 35 all around and leave the windshield untinted. Now rethinking it (merely for heat rejection).
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 911
Likes: 24
From: Spanaway, WA.
Have you had any haze issues with the CXP 80 on the windshield? I keep reading on a whole bunch of forums that it makes the view look slightly hazy when out in the sun whereas the Llumar Air 80 supposedly doesn't.
Also, is it dark enough to get noticed by cops? I was planning to do Suntek CXP 25 - 35 all around and leave the windshield untinted. Now rethinking it (merely for heat rejection).
Also, is it dark enough to get noticed by cops? I was planning to do Suntek CXP 25 - 35 all around and leave the windshield untinted. Now rethinking it (merely for heat rejection).
Suntek CXP windshield @ 80% the tint is so light it's not noticeable. As far as hazing I've haven't had any issues. I mainly went with Suntek CXP to help block UV rays and heat reduction.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 762
Likes: 125
From: Houston TX
Only the 2 side windows. Shop wanted to double the price for the little window (with metallic de-fog strips), & since my convertible top's down most of the time, & I'm in covered parking garage at work all day, no need to tint my small back window...
Instructor
Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 169
Likes: 36
From: Houston Texas
Do you happen to have HUD? I am worried that using the tint, even 80% might affect that. I have read that there is a difference in a HUD windshield as opposed to a non HUD windshield but I don't know what the difference would be.
