Multi % Tint

**Polyal** · 24-02-2014, 10:05 PM

Just wondering if anyone here has different shades of tint on the same car?

Sounds odd, but I am sure Ive seen many Territories with a darker shade of tint on the rear passenger and back windscreens. I understand that the front driver and passenger side should be a particular legal limit, and nothing on the front screen, but what about the rest?

Thinking of mainly extra protection for the kids in the back.

The Monty · 24-02-2014, 10:07 PM

I used to have T35 front and T20 on the rear. Mainly for the kids in the back.

RANGEREST · 24-02-2014, 10:43 PM

On my old Territory I had 20 on the cargo area 30 on the back passanger doors and 35 on the front doors, very few people noticed even after I told them.

Neale · 25-02-2014, 12:32 AM

Commercial vehicles are allowed to have up to 20% on the rear windows but most passenger vehicles are limited to 35%.

The Focus RS came out of the factory with a privacy tint on the rear windows that would be about 20% or a little darker & would be illegal to put the same on the front windows so it can look odd like you can see in this pic

**Polyal** · 25-02-2014, 07:30 AM

Ha shameless focus opportunity. Very nice.

But thats pretty much it, I asked a tint place about it yesterday and they said it was illegal?

I dont want limo style tint, and 35 on the front is good, but the rest I wasnt sure.

Ben73 · 25-02-2014, 07:56 AM

My old car had privacy glass on the rear. I reckon it would of been 20-25%
Don't know how they get away with it.

RANGEREST · 25-02-2014, 08:19 AM

Territory titanium, privacy on all rear windows and none on the front doors, (mine has legal tint on fronts) still looks ok.

MAGPIE · 25-02-2014, 09:02 AM

Subaru has been doing privacy tint from the B pillar back for years and now a lot have followed suit including the Territory. I tinted the front side windows on my Subaru so have two different tints with the factory privacy tint on all rear windows.

2011G6E · 25-02-2014, 09:02 AM

Our 2011 Triton GLX-R twin cab has factory fitted "privacy glass" on the rear driver and passenger side doors, and also on the rear window. I don't know the percentage, but it looks a lot like that Focus up there in the picture. It's very very dark.
I had a cop question it, but when I pointed out to him it was factory, he said "the factory got it wrong" (coincidentally almost the very same comment
I received from a cop about the "lane change" three-flash indicator feature on our last car, the G6E

), but there wasn't much he could do about it.

As far as I am aware, the regs state you can have glass as dark as you like on windows behind the driver, but to the side and forwards of the driver the darkest is 35%. That's why you see vans and delivery vehicles with rear side and rear windows painted over or with advertising plastered over them.

Kable72 · 25-02-2014, 08:14 PM

I have 20% on my front windows, 15% on the little quarters and about 8% on the back.

05_ENFORCER · 25-02-2014, 08:31 PM

Not different shades but 15% all round............and YES, it is illegal........

Same on the Territory

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tickin · 26-02-2014, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by 05_ENFORCER

Not different shades but 15% all round............and YES, it is illegal........

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Same on the Territory

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thats a good shot to compare the % tints.... anyone got similar shot with 20%???
im still deciding n 35% or 20% but just not sure on how dark its gunna be at 20% at night looking out or in underground carparks.
i have 35% on my wifes car and its not very tinted at all.. would like to go the 1 shade darker

**Polyal** · 25-02-2014, 09:39 PM

Gee they both look good. I might just chicken out and keep the fronts 35 and the rear 20.

Mainlube · 26-02-2014, 10:22 AM

Did the same with the GMC

Darkest legal on the front windows,

Rest you can see out but not in.

Seems OK but would've liked a little darker on the fronts. (sun can still burn me)

Cheers

Steve

Kable72 · 26-02-2014, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by mainlube

did the same with the gmc

darkest legal on the front windows,

rest you can see out but not in.

Seems ok but would've liked a little darker on the fronts. (sun can still burn me)

cheers

steve

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**DJM83** · 26-02-2014, 04:11 PM

Correct me if im wrong but privacy tint isnt actually a film. Its embedded in the glass. It doesnt work as a tint either ie reflect/absorb sunlight. Its there purely for the privacy aspect.

Mercury 8 · 27-02-2014, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by DJM83

Correct me if im wrong but privacy tint isnt actually a film. Its embedded in the glass. It doesnt work as a tint either ie reflect/absorb sunlight. Its there purely for the privacy aspect.

This is correct,privacy glass offers no UV protection.You can have a clear film applied which does offer UV protection and works well.

MAGPIE · 27-02-2014, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Mercury 8

This is correct,privacy glass offers no UV protection.You can have a clear film applied which does offer UV protection and works well.

Did a aftermarket tinter tell you that

Load of rubbish.

Mainlube · 27-02-2014, 09:08 AM

Yes when I did the GMC I said to whip the old tint off and apply the new, (without even looking)

he came back with "not likely" the tint is in the glass,

so we put film over top to get darker,

So I have tinted glass and film tint and still get sunburnt.

Cheers

Steve

**GasoLane** · 27-02-2014, 10:37 AM

I don't know if this will be of any help but this is a before and after with 20%.

On a lighter coloured car the tint percentage might make it stand out more. Although you can still see the background through the glass in the first pic.
(Sorry about the second pic, bad light, bad camera

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Mercury 8 · 27-02-2014, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by MAGPIE

Did a aftermarket tinter tell you that

Load of rubbish.

What part is a load of rubbish?Please tell.

MAGPIE · 27-02-2014, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Mercury 8

What part is a load of rubbish?Please tell.

I would have thought it was obvious but since you ask...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mercury 8

privacy glass offers no UV protection

nothin suss · 27-02-2014, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by DJM83

Correct me if im wrong but privacy tint isnt actually a film. Its embedded in the glass. It doesnt work as a tint either ie reflect/absorb sunlight. Its there purely for the privacy aspect.

In that case I'll have to take my RayBan sunnies down to the local window tinter and get some film applied. I don't want my eyes ruined!

I've got 18% all round. Excellent during the day. Can be a little dark in dim lit streets. I often put my front windows down at night when I'm unsure of a turn or area.

brad1126 · 27-02-2014, 08:56 AM

I got 15% on front and back windows and 18% on the rear because the reception goes from there, but there is no difference.

XR 59 WA · 27-02-2014, 09:03 AM

I know in WA the regs changed July 1st last year, any vehicle with external rear facing mirrors can legally have 20% tint on windows behind the 'B' pillar, and 35% on the driver and passenger windows. We have 20% all round on our G6ET though. Has been stickered once for it though, wasnt a hard task to remove, refit etc

**Polyal** · 27-02-2014, 01:25 PM

No our Citroen is black, and its a bloody glass house. 20% looks good but I might chicken out going 20 all around.

Thanks for the input guys.

AU1XLS · 28-02-2014, 10:59 AM

Knock off the insults or thread is going to closed and warnings given

2011G6E · 28-02-2014, 12:01 PM

Not sure how people get on driving cars in the real world with 15 and 20% tint fitted illegally.

When we owned an old Rodeo ute, I bought a roll of tint, accidentally picking up 15% stuff instead of 35%. I fitted it on a bright sunny day under a carport, and thought "Hmm...that's fairly dark", but it was only later I noticed it was only 15%. I left it on.

Two days later, I tore it all off. Driving around at night was hopeless...you couldn't see out safely, and only on a bright sunny day was it reasonable. Not a good idea to have tint that dark unless you never drive your car at night or in the rain. It's kind of a good safety feature to be able to see what's going on outside...

MAGPIE · 28-02-2014, 03:09 PM

Re-posting as somebody may actually be interested in factual information. (sourced from an automotive glass manufacturer)

columns are visible light transfer/solar transfer/UV transfer

2011G6E · 28-02-2014, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by MAGPIE

Re-posting as somebody may actually be interested in factual information. (sourced from an automotive glass manufacturer)

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columns are visible light transfer/solar transfer/UV transfer

Thanks for that table!
I can assure you that the rear seats are much cooler places than the front drivers and passenger seats in our Triton dual cab because of the privacy glass on the rear side windows (and rear window, but that doesn't count as there's a canopy right behind it). It really cuts down the heat, which it should being so dark.