Thread: Window Tinting - Good Idea or Not?

With 3 kids in back I would always want tint. There is a difference and the whole car seems to be cooler . Aircon debatable but I would not hesitate again. It's the sun bite ( uv extreme ) which you notice on your drivers door arm compared to a car with no tint. Be careful of dark tint on tinted glass and insurance.

I was just informed by the dealer today that the Privacy Glass is not UV filtered at all. Here I was thinking that if I got privacy glass, I wouldn't have to apply any window film!

If I don't want my kids to look like little Yoda's by the age of 10 then I will have to apply a clear UV filter to the glass!

The privacy glass by virtue of it being so dark just about filters everything out including visible light.

UV, ultraviolet radiation is relatively easy/cheap to filter so most "clear" car glass filters UV as it costs the car manufacturers virtually nothing.

UV rays are the ones that fade colours.

IR, infra red rays are the ones that heat up your arm, steering wheel, dash and whatever else. It costs money to filter IR so it is only done as a norm on American manufactured vehicles so smaller air conditioners can be installed and the fuel numbers made to look better.

The link below, (even though it appears otherwise), is to a clear film, Llumar brand, that I installed on my front side windows that does a pretty good job of filtering IR, hence my arm does not get cooked when the sun is coming thru the side glass.

DISCO3.CO.UK Photo Gallery - LR3 miscellaneous/Trolley Jack Adapter

The new model Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland which comes standard with very dark privacy glass, according to the dealers I have spoken to does not protect from UV light.

Most brand new Overlands I saw advertised when I was looking already had aftermarket tinted film on them done by the dealer so they offered UV protection.

So it would appear just because its dark doesn't mean your always protected.


cheers,
Terry

At work they nicknamed my car the "Popemobile" because with the light leather interior and alpine roof it was like all inside where on show!

Could not wait to get the glass tinted!

I'll bet car dealers just have no idea about UV light. Pretty much any glass or plastic cuts out UV light.
Here in NZ we've got a sunburn time on a clear day of about 7 minutes. Yet I've never managed to be burnt through any glass.
Years back the local chemist shop had a UV and visible light tester to help sell their sun-glasses. All the glasses I tried it on showed 100% UV block.

The most telling effect of tinted windows was a sunny trip in the back of a factory tinted prado (B pillar back). I was freezing in the back, but in the front they were struggling to keep cool with the sun through the un-tinted fronts.
This is why I'm quite interested in the clear IR blocking film mentioned earlier.

I'm trying to get all my vehicles tinted (35% visible transmission, B pillar back) for heat and privacy. But the problem is I live in the wops and the guy nearby who does it is snowed under. I'm still waiting for the back window on my first work car to be done.
I tried it myself about 5 years back. Looked good initially but wrinkled as it dried and faded to clear after 3 years.

The strange thing about the laws are that this is totally legalImageUploadedByTapatalk1359258592.390321.jpg.
It's a cut up window shade.

Is it legal if there are 3rd row passengers? I suspect not.