Tints - who what where when why?

[ssb]

Paid $280 for a 35% tint at Oztint in Five Dock. Very happy and their second Stang.

Is that the one on Queen St?

Metallic? Good job?

I went to that place just further up in Haberfield on Parramatta road once, and it was a crap job - all the "corners" of the windows were poorly cut - looked ok when the window was up in the socket, but wind it down half way and it looked crap.

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[peambros]

Queens street indeed.
Peter

 

[peambros]

Black Ice Carbon from SunTek films. Apparently better than 3M the installer felt.

 

[64-DNA]

Had my GT done at Tint Professor in Nunawading in eastern Melbourne.
$330 for their 60% Premium Elite tint (which included a loan car).
Good job all round. They looked after the car well.
I removed the rear parcel shelf to make things easier for them. That was a easy job.

 

[MC]

Just a word on tints. I've never had a heavily tinted car and just bought a 3-year-old one as a daily driver with a REALLY (at least to me) dark window tint. From the side, it looks as black as the car itself. Looks great, of course, but I park the car in a dark basement area that's quite poorly lit and it's pretty disconcerting to not be able to see out of it very well. I'll get use to it, but I don't think I'll go that dark for the Mustang. Just one of those things you don't think about when buying a car!!!! Neighbour has a Race Red GT (yes, I see the very same car I ordered EVERY DAY), but it's tint seems more moderate than I've got on the Falcon and I think I'll go along with what he got done. Not too dark, but dark enough.

 

[Built4Speed]

^^YEAH, my last car had very dark tint on the front sides and it was very hard to see out at night and dangerous I might add. I'm very happy with 30% on my fronts now

 

[MC]

^^YEAH, my last car had very dark tint on the front sides and it was very hard to see out at night and dangerous I might add. I'm very happy with 30% on my fronts now

Shit! I haven't even driven it at night yet :doh:. I've never had a car with aftermarket window tint before (I messaged the previous owner, who moved from the XR6T to the new XR8, after the purchase, and he said it was aftermarket). I guess it must be legal as just recently got a safety certificate from the Ford dealer were it was serviced (rear bushes replaced and a minor leak at back of gearbox fixed), but I'd say it would be pushing it.

Didn't think of these things when I bought it. Was too concerned with mechanical issues and bodywork. I am obsessed about not having door marks/dents on cars.

 

[ssb]

Had a darkest legal tint car - just wound down the windows if it was too dark...

 

[HybridGT]

There's this weird sandblasted bullshit on all windows/glass on the car.

I know for sure there's something on these factory windows because my polarized sunglasses can always see a color shift in any glass that has stuff stuck on it.

Maybe there's some truth to that guy on whirlpool saying he's got a factory tint. No matter how light... it's still gonna change the total end result VLT on aftermarket installed tint.

 

[MC]

Had a darkest legal tint car - just wound down the windows if it was too dark...

Yep. Wound down the driver's side window when I was parking. Could do the rest too I suppose.

 

[HybridGT]

Confirmed through some digging. It's 70%* from the factory (the glass itself is embedded with it, not a film).

So to stay "legal", any "darkest legal" 35% tint is basically gonna drop you well below the darkest legal. Unless of course you don't care lol...

Disclaimer *Not entirely sure on the percentage, but it is definitely tinted to some extent.

 

[mwizz]

Good info thanks

 

[Deano]

Got my car tinted at Kustom Window Tinting in Ferntree Gully today. Top job, great service.

 

[hao_xuee]

Got my car tinted at Kustom Window Tinting in Ferntree Gully today. Top job, great service.

How much ? Thank you


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[Deano]

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$250 for there Solar Guard Galaxy tint.

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