Trav, you need to get on with the times. Now misgendering some weirdo in a dress or using a wrong pronoun is a big problem. We gotta address the real problems.
How do people get away with tinting a windshield?
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You can buy windshield tint film with a 70% VLT up to 90% VLT which is barely perceivable. They are usually ceramic-based film for better heat rejection so your AC doesn't have to work as hard in the summer time.
3M Ceramic IR
3M Crystalline
They used too, not sure about it anymore. I'd imagine a tint strip is less of an issue than say 5% tint or the reflective kind. It is weird though.
I’ve always gotten receipts despite having my windows tinted darker than legal.
Even with the untinted film for windshields I just hate looking through them with polarized lenses. I won't do it.
I do find 20% sides and rear to be more than effective with my climate to keep the car cool. It is ceramic tint which I think is a must if you're going to tint.
I do find 20% sides and rear to be more than effective with my climate to keep the car cool. It is ceramic tint which I think is a must if you're going to tint.
My wife needs the bottom of old coke bottles to see so tinting anything is out of the question in the Tiguan unfortunately.Even with the untinted film for windshields I just hate looking through them with polarized lenses. I won't do it.
I do find 20% sides and rear to be more than effective with my climate to keep the car cool. It is ceramic tint which I think is a must if you're going to tint.
False (or at least doesn't need to be true). It's not illegal to sell really dark tint nor is it illegal to install it. What the shop does is 100% legitimate and legal - customer pays for a product and service and the shop provides it. In states where there's a concern, it's illegal to have tint darker than a certain amount.
My wife's car has 20% tint (I don't like it at night) and the legal limit in Ohio is 35%. I have a receipt from the tint shop from when it was done.
Must be awesome to drive at night on a real dark back road with a black windshield. Atleast they'll never see that huge dee until its in the front seat with them.Or that person walking on the side of a dark road .
I know of a case where the shop said the only way they would do it was cash and no receipt.
I knew a person in the Air Force that had something wrong with her eyes, her eye doctor wrote a prescription for a tinted windshield and so far she's been pulled over once for the windshield tint, showed the prescription from her doc and was let off.
I tinted my windshield 50% and it's not very dark. Blocks the UV Ray's and cuts down heat.
I believe almost all windshield have a small amount of tinting. Pay attention next time you are at a body shop or auto glass shop. Only the most basic cars have no tint at all in the windshield. I suspect most factory glass windshields have 90% - 95% light transmission, but there is some tint there.
My wife doesn't like the heat that comes through the windshield, so I have considered a number of times, getting a high VLT / high solar film on the front windshield. Something that would cut down on the heat without any significant tinting.
My wife doesn't like the heat that comes through the windshield, so I have considered a number of times, getting a high VLT / high solar film on the front windshield. Something that would cut down on the heat without any significant tinting.
Back in the late 70's a friend applied a wide strip of black shelf liner across the top of the windshield of his '68 Z-28. It felt like you were driving a tank.
For me tinted windows are an enabler to stay cooler and privacy would just be a bonus. Too bad I’m too much of a tight ass to get them tinted though. Lol I’ve never had a vehicle done in my life but seriously considering it for my conversion van to help with AC Aand privacy when we use it for camping while traveling.Thousands of articles out there documenting this. Maybe you should write a paper on how tinted windows does not incur of causalities/ fatalities of innocent victims, and how tinted windows is not a enabler for criminal activities. I would love to read your paper.
But if you can't grasp it- I am sure nothing I or anyone may post will impact your bias/ position.
Darkly tinted car windows may look cool, but they pose a danger — in traffic and in your wallet
Plenty of drivers violate California’s vehicle tinting laws, but it’s illegal for several reasons and attorneys can take advantage of scofflaws in court.www.ocregister.com
I’m not getting what 9/11 has to do with Drs signing off on window tint??
Not a car for sure but the EA6B Prowler had the ultimate glass tint. It is real gold and I was told the entire canopy glass costs ~$250K. It shields the four man crew from powerful electronic radiation. That's what the jet mecs told me.
One of those who think just because they don’t like it that makes it dumb huh. I’ve never done it myself but do see why others like it. It does make a car look better in my opinion and also helps with AC.
No it's still dumb, your main avenue to view the outside world for hazards while operating the vehicle. Looks mean nothing, safety is paramount. That's right up there with tinted tail and headlights.
Doctors will still sign off on window tinting four people that really need it for a medical condition, but the states, (at least Pennsylvania) will not grant that exemption anymore after 9/11. That's what 9/11 has to do with it
