MK6 Front Tint to match factory 'Dark Tint' option

[Schnapp]

Quick update for those who are interested.

Had the car tinted at Tint A Car (Albion, Brisbane - Fantastic service! only took half an hour for 2 windows.) with the Formula One tint. Looks pretty good. The tint has a slight green tinge which does match the privacy glass nicely. The privacy glass is just a very slight shade darker.

Overall im happy with the outcome

[glennbot]

What did Tint-A-Car charge for the 2x front windows?

Did they suggest any other options?

[mtj007]

Quick update for those who are interested.

Had the car tinted at Tint A Car (Albion, Brisbane - Fantastic service! only took half an hour for 2 windows.) with the Formula One tint. Looks pretty good. The tint has a slight green tinge which does match the privacy glass nicely. The privacy glass is just a very slight shade darker.

Overall im happy with the outcome

Would you mind posting some pictures? I'm thinking of getting my Golf done with Tint-a-Car Formula 1 (not that it has rear privacy glass but I'd like to see what your front windows look like so I can get an idea of what all my windows will be like). Thanks if you can.

[Schnapp]

What did Tint-A-Car charge for the 2x front windows?

Did they suggest any other options?

It was $154 to do the two front windows. Quite a good price I think.

Initially I asked about the midnight express, but they suggested the formula one tint as they said they had a few new golfs come through and they found the formula one tint to be the best match for the privacy glass.

Would you mind posting some pictures? I'm thinking of getting my Golf done with Tint-a-Car Formula 1 (not that it has rear privacy glass but I'd like to see what your front windows look like so I can get an idea of what all my windows will be like). Thanks if you can.

Dont have access to a decent camera atm, but when I do ill post some pics.

[mtj007]

Dont have access to a decent camera atm, but when I do ill post some pics.

No worries - my Golf's booked in to get Formula 1 on Monday. I saw it on a Magna they'd just done and I'm happy enough with it.

[glennbot]

MTJ007 - Don't forget to post some pics of the finished job

[mtj007]

Dad's (dirty) untinted Mk VI:


My MK V:


Sorry for the crappy phone pics in the garage.. Just a quick comparison - I'm a bit busy at the moment but I'll have some whole car shots up this weekend after I detail it.

It looks darker when the car is out in the sun, I'm pretty pleased with it overall. My car didn't have rear privacy tint (and neither does dad's) so I don't know how well it matches up with that but hopefully that picture will give an idea.

[Zano]

Does Privacy glass tint give UV (A&B) protection?

My new golf has the sports pack which has the dark privacy tint on the rear windows. I am looking to tint the front windows with either 3M or Tintacar's Formula 1, depending on which matches best. In talking with Tintacar they said that the factory privacy tint on the rear windows offers zero UV protection and suggested that I should have a clear UV protection tint fitted over them.

I have Googled that the window glass in cars already provide UV B protection, but this was in general and an old article. Does anyone know what level of UVA and UVB protection is provided with the sports pack tint?

[Poe]

It could be wrong but I was told by my dealer that privacy glass provides no UV protection as well so I got tint put on. This was however on my rex... dont know if its different for the VW.

[Schnapp]

http://www2.pajeroclub.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=4442

Not VW but pajero with privacy glass. VW shouldnt be any different...

All glass in a car should have UV protection.

Sounds like some extra $$profit for the dealer

[Yevvy]

uv doesn't go through the glass

[roy]

in golf6's spec, it said
Sport package Dark tinted rear side windows and rear window, 65% light absorbing

from my understanding, it absorbs 65% uv......

[cwcarruthers]

uv doesn't go through the glass

Ordinary glass will probably not block any useful amount of UV radiation:

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uv:

• 98.7% of the ultraviolet radiation that reaches the Earth's surface is UVA.
• UVA wavelength: 400 nm–315 nm
• Ordinary glass is partially transparent to UVA.
• Ordinary window glass passes about 90% of the light above 350 nm.

Obviously this is for ordinary window glass, and auto glass may be different. Does anyone have any stats on auto window glass standards?

[Corey_R]

in golf6's spec, it said
Sport package Dark tinted rear side windows and rear window, 65% light absorbing

from my understanding, it absorbs 65% uv......

I know more about non-automotive Window Tint than automotive window tint, but UV and visible light is different. You should have to look at the tint specs from a place like Solar Gard that basically all window tint blocks 99% of UV, whether it only allows 10% or 35% or more light through. There are also differences in reflectivity for visible light, solar energy etc

[Maverick]

in golf6's spec, it said
Sport package Dark tinted rear side windows and rear window, 65% light absorbing

from my understanding, it absorbs 65% uv......

There's no correlation between light absorption and UV absorption.

Most UVB is blocked but most UVA passes through glass. You can still get burnt but it takes a lot longer and you can suffer damage long term. It's like going outside with mid range sunscreen applied.