illegal window tint
Mountain Pass
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From: Texas
I wouldn't want to give the dot boys any extra stuff to "find" if I was driving commercially.
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Mountain Pass
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50% isn’t dark at all in my opinion....but that’s coming from someone with dark tint.....my truck has 20% on windshield and looks dark from outside but not inside.
More Turbo
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From: New Jersey
I agree on the 50% ^^
Speaking front side windows only:
I'm in NJ and in a town where police are particularly hard on tint. I had 55% 2 vehicles ago, and no one bothered me for 5 years with it. On my last F150 I put 70% carbon tint on the side windows to tone it down as I felt like I was getting too old for tint. You couldn't even tell the side windows were tinted regardless of conditions, it felt like a waste to me after I had it done. Anecdotally, I felt like I could still feel the sun beat in and heat up my arm too, I didnt feel that way with the 55. When I do the F250 I think I am going back to 55 on the side windows.
It is interesting to me when people tint over the factory glass in the rear, I would love to see a test with quantitative results to see if it actually makes a difference.
Speaking front side windows only:
I'm in NJ and in a town where police are particularly hard on tint. I had 55% 2 vehicles ago, and no one bothered me for 5 years with it. On my last F150 I put 70% carbon tint on the side windows to tone it down as I felt like I was getting too old for tint. You couldn't even tell the side windows were tinted regardless of conditions, it felt like a waste to me after I had it done. Anecdotally, I felt like I could still feel the sun beat in and heat up my arm too, I didnt feel that way with the 55. When I do the F250 I think I am going back to 55 on the side windows.
It is interesting to me when people tint over the factory glass in the rear, I would love to see a test with quantitative results to see if it actually makes a difference.
Fleet Mechanic
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From: Missouri
Tinting your front windows that dark can be dangerous. Tinting your windshield at all is very negligent. Modifications to a vehicle should increase performance/usability. Purposely decreasing visibility is putting everyone else on the road at risk.
I too have a doctor's note for photophobia. Light gives me headaches and I pretty much wear sunglasses in every type of weather. The only time I wish I had window tint is when I'm driving 1+ hour on a sunny day with snow on the ground, so like twice a year.
Lower your tint and buy good sunglasses before you commit vehicular manslaughter. You're not going to convince a jury you needed triple limo black on your windshield.
I too have a doctor's note for photophobia. Light gives me headaches and I pretty much wear sunglasses in every type of weather. The only time I wish I had window tint is when I'm driving 1+ hour on a sunny day with snow on the ground, so like twice a year.
Lower your tint and buy good sunglasses before you commit vehicular manslaughter. You're not going to convince a jury you needed triple limo black on your windshield.
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Mountain Pass
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Tinting your front windows that dark can be dangerous. Tinting your windshield at all is very negligent. Modifications to a vehicle should increase performance/usability. Purposely decreasing visibility is putting everyone else on the road at risk.
I too have a doctor's note for photophobia. Light gives me headaches and I pretty much wear sunglasses in every type of weather. The only time I wish I had window tint is when I'm driving 1+ hour on a sunny day with snow on the ground, so like twice a year.
Lower your tint and buy good sunglasses before you commit vehicular manslaughter. You're not going to convince a jury you needed triple limo black on your windshield.
I too have a doctor's note for photophobia. Light gives me headaches and I pretty much wear sunglasses in every type of weather. The only time I wish I had window tint is when I'm driving 1+ hour on a sunny day with snow on the ground, so like twice a year.
Lower your tint and buy good sunglasses before you commit vehicular manslaughter. You're not going to convince a jury you needed triple limo black on your windshield.
who has “triple limo black on windshield” ? It’s been working for me just fine, like I said I have a an actual medical condition and this helps tremendously.
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More Turbo
Joined: Dec 2020
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From: New Jersey
Ive only seen this statement from entities that sell tint.
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I've seen the same statement said from various sources, although where it originates is sometimes unknown. Heres what Wikipedia says. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_tint
I dont have any links to share but imagine there has to be YouTube videos using various measuring devices to demonstrate the difference between factory glass and window film.
I dont have any links to share but imagine there has to be YouTube videos using various measuring devices to demonstrate the difference between factory glass and window film.
More Turbo
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From: New Jersey
It’s the internet. We can hear all kinds of things. Doesn’t mean any of them are correct.
tidbit on google from Carlite for the 2009+ Ford F-150's factory privacy glass:
VLT: 18%
UV Light Transmittance: ~ 7% (i.e. 93% of all incident UV is blocked)
Total Solar Energy Rejection: 61%
By contrast, the front door windows have the following:
Visible light transmittance: 72%
UV light transmittance: 36% (64% blocked)
Total Solar rejection: 40%
VLT: 18%
UV Light Transmittance: ~ 7% (i.e. 93% of all incident UV is blocked)
Total Solar Energy Rejection: 61%
By contrast, the front door windows have the following:
Visible light transmittance: 72%
UV light transmittance: 36% (64% blocked)
Total Solar rejection: 40%
