window tint...got em done today, mite have a prob
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Originally Posted by jethro_b
Umm, the rear windows are colored glass not tint. The amount of color is around 28%
As always, I could be wrong.
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Originally Posted by outtaMYbox
I had mine done in Atlanta for about 65 bucks the guy put 20 percent on the front two it matches perfect. I also did another coat on the back window just to darken it up a bit more.
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Originally Posted by cherryBox
I can't say for sure about the stationary glass in the rear doors, or the side glass right behind the door, but I do know for sure that the rear door retractable glass and the rear hatch glass definitely have tint film on them. I've looked very close at the four questionable pieces of glass, and I have concluded that the only way to tell for sure would be to take an xacto knife to a small area, and test.
That being said, the light transmission is exactly te same thru the ones that are tinted, and the ones that I don't know for sure. I have a friend who's a cop, and we used his tint tester gun. Considering this, I am led to believe that they are all using the same tint film, as it would be very difficult imo to exactly match a tint film to smoked glass.
As always, I could be wrong.
That being said, the light transmission is exactly te same thru the ones that are tinted, and the ones that I don't know for sure. I have a friend who's a cop, and we used his tint tester gun. Considering this, I am led to believe that they are all using the same tint film, as it would be very difficult imo to exactly match a tint film to smoked glass.
As always, I could be wrong.
It's smoked glass, not tint. My rear window was broken once. It's smoked glass.
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Originally Posted by chunk13
Originally Posted by outtaMYbox
I had mine done in Atlanta for about 65 bucks the guy put 20 percent on the front two it matches perfect. I also did another coat on the back window just to darken it up a bit more.
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Originally Posted by cherryBox
I can't say for sure about the stationary glass in the rear doors, or the side glass right behind the door, but I do know for sure that the rear door retractable glass and the rear hatch glass definitely have tint film on them. I've looked very close at the four questionable pieces of glass, and I have concluded that the only way to tell for sure would be to take an xacto knife to a small area, and test.
That being said, the light transmission is exactly te same thru the ones that are tinted, and the ones that I don't know for sure. I have a friend who's a cop, and we used his tint tester gun. Considering this, I am led to believe that they are all using the same tint film, as it would be very difficult imo to exactly match a tint film to smoked glass.
As always, I could be wrong.
That being said, the light transmission is exactly te same thru the ones that are tinted, and the ones that I don't know for sure. I have a friend who's a cop, and we used his tint tester gun. Considering this, I am led to believe that they are all using the same tint film, as it would be very difficult imo to exactly match a tint film to smoked glass.
As always, I could be wrong.
It's smoked glass, not tint. My rear window was broken once. It's smoked glass.
Max, are all seven pieces of rear glass smoked, as far as you know?
This is actually encouraging, because the only thing stopping me from going limo was the cost of removing the film that *i thought* was there...
PS: I realize this was a bit of a threadjack, and I am sorry.
I was refering to the colored glass or tinted part 
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Originally Posted by cherryBox
Max, are all seven pieces of rear glass smoked, as far as you know?
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Originally Posted by Desnudate883
i have an xA and the local tint shop in Philly wants to charge 200 + tax for the rear and 4 drs. is this too much
Oh, and no one has mentioned it so I guess I should. DO NOT USE WINDOW CLEANER WITH AMONIA IN IT (Windex) ON TINT FILM. This is what causes all that funky light purple looking tint out there.
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I thought purple film was becuase the shop used the cheaper inked colored film and not the higher priced metal films. Always made sense to me, inks fade in the sun, metals don't. Now I do know that you're not supposed to use anything with ammonia on the car AT ALL. The ammonia attacks the surface of the plastic, which is everything in a car, not just tints.