MK6 Front Tint to match factory 'Dark Tint' option

[Corey_R]

Yes, I was just passing on the specs given to me by the tint rep. My dealer has an in-house tint company since they are so large. He said the factory tinted glass was 17%, which they can't match with film for legal reasons. Not sure where his figures come from.

Ooh. Just saw this. Yeah, thanks mate. I thought that was the case. Hopefully some day Volkswagen will expand on the specifications for us, and provide at least the basic figures that you can get on other glass and film products!

[DracZ]

Currently have an MK6 118TSI w/ sports pack, went to Tint a Car a week ago to get a tint done, guy used Midnight Express 17% for the fronts. The % tint might have been a match, but the color was certainly completely off. I went down there again today and got my money back. I had a look at the 35% Formula One and it does not have a green tinge either.

Following up with what MurphyTheElf mentioned earlier, I noticed in the back room of Tint a Car that a lot of the boxes had the Llumar brand on it. A quick chat with the owner revealed that the distributor for Llumar, mepfilms, also owns Tint a Car and Motor One.

According to the threads supplied in the same post and numerous ones linked to it - it seems nothing thats currently off the rack will match the color perfectly bar Llumar's AT 35 Green (AT35GN), which some Touareg owners over in the US have had great success with.

After the easter break I'll be calling up Motor One / Tint a Car branches to see which one of them stocks this particular film, or is willing to order it in etc. Will keep you guys posted!

[chilliman]

Better late than never my car with formula one tint done a tint-a-car. Went for maximum legal tint on the front and darker on the rears in line with the privacy glass option ... very happy with results!!

[mycl]

Dealer tells me that the Street Wise Blue/Black Tint (Solaire) most closely resembles the factory privacy glass. Here is the NSW RTA guidelines for the window tinting:

http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/registration/downloads/vsi/vsi03_rev3.pdf

Most glass window manufacturers state that their glass prevents up to 98% of harmful UV rays.

Max legal for NSW is 35% VLT.

Cheers.
WJ

Just to let you know, I had the solaire 35% from ARMA installed for the fronts to match the 'privacy' rear tinted glass, and it isnt as green or as dark as the rears .... at least when directly comparing it against a whitish coloured wall in a lit garage. Maybe in daylight it would look better.

[G-rig]

A quick search for these details gave me this forum, that details a product called Llumar AT 35 Green. Whether or not it still has the same name, I can't be sure.

The factory privacy glass is a 17% so they can't legally match it, but this looks pretty damn close to me.

Hope this helps someone.

Has anyone found this stuff yet?

I have Solartint BPIR 45 which matches well but not sure if 45 is right, sound too light? Wouldn't mind something darker and would be good to get an exact match whether it's legal or not. The tint on the front has a kind of washed out look from inside the car but looks good from the outside.

Still considering whether to tint the rear windows with clear UV protection, can feel the heat a bit through all windows.

Edit: Apparently the stuff we want is Llumar AT 35 GN SR HPR. I've emailed Llumar Australia to see if anyone stocks it or if it can be ordered.

[G-rig]

Update: I called MEP Films by Llumar and mentioned the film people were using in the states AT 35 GN SR HPR. They have never had it over here but are going to mail me an A4 sample of something called 'Deco Green' which is ~30%.

Will see how close it looks to the factory glass when I get hold of it.

Also found this data sheet:

http://www.llumar.com/pdf/en/LLumarParameterSheetGlobal.pdf

[irossiter]

Only after questioning a few dealers did I find out the what the story is with the factory glass. The rear side and back glass has NO UV protection built into it. The glass is actually coloured dark and does not have a film on it. If you want any UV filtering in these windows you must have a clear film applied to it (and at an extra cost of course of $100). When I was quoted for my new GTI, every dealer added in the "Factory tint" rear glass as an option, even though I did not ask for it. $300 plus for something I did not ask them about! It was not standard but "everyone gets it," I was told! I decided to specifically refuse to have the factory rear coloured glass built into my car and have all 5 windows tinted (not the windscreen obviously) by the dealer. The windows will then match and have the UV protection. VW Geelong are charging me $30 more to have all 5 windows tinted instead of having the extra cost option rear factory privacy glass and UV film over the top of that. I would then have to pay for the fronts to be tinted as well. And of course they would not match the factory glass anyway. Looks rather poxy I think when the fronts don't match.

[Corey_R]

Yeah, I personally wish the privacy glass wasn't standard (on cars like the R) or bundled into these packages. I mean, if they did give competitive heat rejection and uv blockage and also did (the legal limit on) the driver and passenger windows then it'd be fine - but they're only doing a half arsed job of it, so it's more of a pain than anything else.

[G-rig]

It's freakin useless not having any UV protection & annoying having to pay to get it covered in clear as well as $400 as an option. Not sure if the glass is any thinner, appears to be. A layer of clear would help the glass together if it was smashed.

Pretty hard to match the front windows as well and i'd rather pay $395 elsewhere to do the whole car with good film (such as the Sungard Eclipse I had which was rad). I can feel the heat when the sun is on me compared to my old tint.

If the car didn't pop up for immediately delivery there's no way i would have ordered it but better than waiting 6 months.

[emuexport]

It comes by default with the sports pack on the 118TSI.

Oh well will have to see how we go.

[Maverick]

The rear side and back glass has NO UV protection built into it. The glass is actually coloured dark and does not have a film on it. If you want any UV filtering in these windows you must have a clear film applied to it (and at an extra cost of course of $100).

BS, the rear side glass and the hatch glass do have UV protection. They don't however have the same level of protection as some of the tint films you can install and the UV protection is similar to the front untinted glass. It was discussed earlier back on this thread IIRC.

[DracZ]

It comes by default with the sports pack on the 118TSI.

Oh well will have to see how we go.

Considering how bloody impossible it is to find green colored tint that matches it perfectly, I would've prefered it come without the privacy glass at all.

[manol]

I just emailed Tint-A-Car Ferntree Gully for a price on their Formula 1 tint, and they quoted $385 for my MKV. That seems a little high doesn't it =\?

[Maverick]

I just emailed Tint-A-Car Ferntree Gully for a price on their Formula 1 tint, and they quoted $385 for my MKV. That seems a little high doesn't it =\?

Who was the company that did BY's R32? That company was highly recommended IIRC and had done many cars for forum members and did them for a good price (under $300??). I know they had the issue with the trims but that was all fixed up so might be worth checking out?

[G-rig]

Re: MK6 Front Tint to match factory 'Dark Tint' option

Who was the company that did BY's R32? That company was highly recommended IIRC and had done many cars for forum members and did them for a good price (under $300??). I know they had the issue with the trims but that was all fixed up so might be worth checking out?

That was sungard, but they stuffed up another car up here in BNE as it changes owners sometime after I had mine done.