Are your windows tinted?

[jimmy_c]

not yet but soon. getting nice dark silver 40pc 3M tint

[uranium_death]

Have tinting. When driving in the sun, the difference is noticeable. Wind the window down and feel the sun on your arms. Wind the window up and feel the effect of the tint. It's fantastic.

Worth it.

[Hyperion]

Got my BF-XR6 tinted last friday.

http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~jef...ures/xr6-2.JPG

[Ryan]

I have thought about, getting windows tinted, but I'm worried it my ruin my car's look.

[PepeLePew]

Originally Posted by blueoval

Hi Matt,

Can you confirm if is 30% here in SA? Im looking to get my car redone as its peeling from the bottom of my passenger front window and I want to get it as darkest legal tint. Also where abouts is a really good place in SA for getting tint done?

Cheers
Shav

35% by recollection when I visited Regency Pk a few weeks ago and they were busy slashing the tint on EVERY interstate car seeking reg since they cant be buggred checking it.....

There is also a reflectivity rating....which is interesting given my new tint is more reflective than dark.

[kyro_02]

i have 35% doors & rear window... my rear tint is blurry and you can hardly see out... so if i get it all redone... i want, atleast 30% on the door windows and 35% on the rear window.

[blownba]

My BA fairmont is black and has 3M tint. Looks awesome, black on black. The only thing with window tinting is that yes it stops uv, glare and all that but the heat that enters the cabin has a harder time getting out because of the film on the inside of the window. I have seen data showing cabin temps in summer and it showed a tinted car took longer to get hot and it was slightly cooler than the non tinted car but as the end of the day came the tinted car stayed like an oven for heaps longer compared to the non tinted car. I don't know how true this is. Has anyone else heard this theory?????
I don't care if it was 20 deg. hotter in summer tint looks the goods and I'll have it everytime

[samftr]

I think that theory would be about right blown ba, but if you wind the windows down before you go and drive with em down for a while the car will cool down fairly quicky anyhoo. I have dark tint (i think its darkest legal?) and I also have a granny sun visor hat thinggo. It might not look fantastic, but these sun hats are great. no sun on the hands when driving and keeps a lot off the face etc. the only time i have a drama is in the evenings driving towards the sun, but apart from that its good. Anybody got a sun hat on their AU - ba? havent seen many but they exist.

[jack_crowley]

just got a fairlane 95 around a month ago, beautiful car!! white with nice original mags now, gonna get it tinted asap, just waiting for the funds to grow. I can't wait!! does it make much difference to glare? I'm in sunnies all the time at the moment

[samftr]

**** yeah, I drove my ef around in the warmer months in brisbane and also had a pending Townsville trip ahead of me, so I bit the bullet and got em done. bought the granny visor in townsville that made a difference, not the coolest mod, but it helps a lot. sunnies are good in the arvo or when driving in towards the sun etc. also a dash mat helps reduce glare as well.

[punkin]

only the mazda has it at the moment, the F6 will get it shortly, still deciding with the ranchero

[DA68ZA]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

Hey. I resemble that remark. One of the few perks of the job

Oh god yes , the things you see /some :sm_drool: /some :


And yes , first thing i do to a car is window tint .

[AC/DC]

Living in Regional Queensland, where 90% of the year it is HOT... Window tinting is a definate yes....

The difference in the temp inside the car before and after is amazing.

AC/DC

[Genghis]

Tinting is a must I think for the Australian climate, just to preserve the interior a little longer.

It also makes the car look a lot better too... :

[GREGXR8]

had them done mainly for the look 20% rear 28% sides.

[JD86]

mine arent tinted

[mutanti]

Every Car I Have had I have Had tinted, except for the BA XR6 - was already done whin I got her

[GXL078]

Window tinting becomes a safety issue when you can't make eye contact with the driver, whether as another driver or a pedestrian. I suppose its useful for ugly people to hide behind. I have it on my bedroom.

[SNB05T]

my xr8 had it done by the previous owner including the sunroof (open it whilst driving and you can blend the arm tan out on the left arm : ) all my cars have had it. you can notice the difference without it :

[SiKoRa_eL_97]

Originally Posted by galaxy xr8

, and it also protect's at night, if you happen to pull up againt's a group of young ****'s at a set of light's, they can not see in and don't know themselves who or how many people are in the vehicle.

damn right it looks scary i no lol

[Sick EB]

got both the eb and ba tinted the same tint. good stuff, good place, no bubbles or anything

[Mickus]

I got my tinting done a month or so ago, 20% on the sides and limo tint on the back window its dark. really. really. dark.

[dave351cid]

Originally Posted by blueoval

Is it illegal to have 2 layers of darkest legal tint on your car?

yes :

[dave351cid]

Originally Posted by blueoval

Hi Matt,

Can you confirm if is 30% here in SA? Im looking to get my car redone as its peeling from the bottom of my passenger front window and I want to get it as darkest legal tint. Also where abouts is a really good place in SA for getting tint done?

Cheers
Shav

unless it has changed very recently

SA tint rules are front windows must let min 70% light throught
rear windows '' '' 35% '' ''

this effectively means no tint film on front doors



all other states are 35% all round

NSW comercial vehicals (van , etc) 35% front doors , no limit behind front doors.

no tinted windscreens exept for a band across the top which does not come lower than the wiper sweep.
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another thing to consider when buying tint is that there are 2 ways of thinking about darkness......

the transport department way , which is simply the % of measured visible light transmitted through the film (--%VLT)

the way most normal people think , which is the appearence when you look at the window.

the appearance can vary hugely and still have the same %VLT rating.
a lot of tint shops will call any 35%VLT film the darkest legal film available. can be very decieving although not technicaly lying.

best bet is to shop around and collect good size samples,( offcuts are only put in bin anyway so if they wont give you a sample ,ask yourself what are they hiding.)
when you have your samples ,lay them together on a piece of white paper to easilly see the darkest appearance.

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i hope that this helps someone

[snypereb]

I want them!

[Bill_R]

Factory tint.
I really hate it when I see old tint that has bubbled. Apparently, there's a lifetime warranty against that with many tints.

[dave351cid]

Originally Posted by Bill_R

Factory tint.
I really hate it when I see old tint that has bubbled. Apparently, there's a lifetime warranty against that with many tints.

any of the better quality tints will have a lifetime warranty which covers product failure for the life of ownership, or in other words- while ever the purchaser owns the car.

there are very few products that you can buy which have that kind of warranty.

if the tint does fail it is not that hard to get off , especialy if you remove it before it gets too bubbly.

allways amuses me when people will spend thouands to repaint without a complaint but winge about spending a couple of hundred to replace old tint that has protected them and their cars interior for the last 10-15 years , proberly saving them 4 grand for a new interior or from having their arm covered in skin cancer.

P.S. i am not having a go at you " Bill-R"

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by dave351cid

any of the better quality tints will have a lifetime warranty which covers product failure for the life of ownership, or in other words- while ever the purchaser owns the car.

Yeah. You have to love the 'Life time' warranties, some only mean that it's guaranteed for the original purchaser.

When you think about it though a lifetime warranty really only means the product is guaranteed to last as long as it lasts

[dave351cid]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

Yeah. You have to love the 'Life time' warranties, some only mean that it's guaranteed for the original purchaser.

When you think about it though a lifetime warranty really only means the product is guaranteed to last as long as it lasts

true.... and it pays to read the warranty card as well because there can be all sorts of fine print there.

some only cover the product and you need to pay the labour for the replacment, some require you to return each year for an inspection, some need to have the original purchace invoice for a claim.
i think that the 3M company have the most complete warranty system.

also there are a lot of cheap tints coming from Korea now that claim to have lifetime warranty. problem i see there is that there is no conection to the manufacturer and the warranties are offered by the importers.....= warranties start rolling in and the importer just closes that company name and start a new one ...= no more warranty.

[DodgeVenom]

There's only one thing that trumps window tint, venetiants!

I've got a VC Valiant with venetiants on the back window, it looks hot.