MK6 Front Tint to match factory 'Dark Tint' option

[dave_r]

The normally tell you this by crying / screaming, which annoys the crap out mummy / daddy who are probably already sleep deprived.

LOL fair enough then

[Super]

On my GTI I opted for no tints at all from the factory, with a view to getting the dealer to organise for the whole car to be tinted once it arrives at the dealership. They've offered Street Legal tinting, but said they offer only one shade of darkness (which seemed pretty light in the grand scheme of things).. and want to charge me $595 for it.

Presumably an aftermarket tinting place could do a 5dr Golf for less than $600? I'll be making some phone calls this week to find out for sure, but can anyone give me a rough idea about how much doing 5 windows might cost??

[Corey_R]

You'd be best to check the other tint thread.... http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/f112...ess-40510.html

[diop]

Hi guys, thought this little bit of info would be of interest to many of you/relevant to this thread...

I happened to come across a PDF file of New Zealand's specs & options for MY10 VW Golfs/GTI's and noticed that the rear window & rear side window privacy glass is a $650 option on all models of TSI/TDI/GTI. The file seems to have been around prior to release of the R, so it would be reasonable to assume it is also an option on the R.

Here is the link: http://www.ausmotive.com/downloads/V...I-NZ-specs.pdf

Hmmmm.......

[Corey_R]

Specs have been availabe for the Golf R in Australia for a long time now. We already know that rear window & rear side window tint is standard on the R, an option on the GTI/GTD, and as part of the "Sports Package" on the Comfortline and not available on the Trendline models.

I'm not sure what the point of posting irrelevent specs from other countries is....

[diop]

Yeah sorry coreying, I didn't make myself clear, the comment about the R was just an aside...my main point is that you (as well as many others on the forums) have voiced complaints about the privacy glass being standard (with sports pack) instead in of being optional, as far as the trouble people seem to be having in regards to finding a matching tint for front & rear windows are concerned (seems to be much more difficult with the privacy glass than without). Also, it seems to be 'compulsory' in Aus with the sports pack, but not in NZ. Do you catch my drift now?...

[Corey_R]

I kinda catch your drift. Are you saying that if it is optional in NZ that we should be able to "unoption" it here?
That'd be nice - but unfortunately each country has their own spec, and for Australia we cannot unoption it on the R or unbundle it from the Sports Pack.

[diop]

That is exactly what I'm saying ...it would be very nice!
I understand that each country has their own specs, but it is very frustrating nonetheless....particularly with Aus & NZ you would think our specs would be very similar due to our geographical proximity.

(By the way, my initial post was in reference to all models TSI/TDI/GTI/R, not singling any one of them out)

[Pepe]

Just posted my recommendation in the Window Tint Business thread, but to the OP of this thread :

I won't quote the % involved publically (PM me if you want the details of what I got), but on my car, he did a tint that was +22% more on the front than the back (just using one % value compared to another). Whilst I could tell slightly by looking at it that the back had the privacy glass, after it dries out in about a week, it's going to be a near perfect match. Guy that did my tint measured afterwards, and the light passthrough was consistent all around. And yes, it's not so dark all around that you can't see through from one side to the other, even on the back with the privacy glass. My main concern around the darker front stuff was a lack of optical clarity, but he showed me some fitted to his truck and it was very good.

Got a very slight tint added to the sunroof because I wanted the UV protection.

Will post up some pics in about a week after I clean the car and the tint has dried out and settled. Needless to say, the RB with black wheels/lights and tint all around looks awesome

[Pepe]

Okay, took some photos today... car is filthy and it was just with the camera phone, but it was a sunny day, so I figured why not. Didn't take a shot right behind the car with the sun in front as I didn't want to get run over on the Pacific Highway, but you can still see the general effect.

Also, I was driving for about 90 mins last night ferrying the wife around and I can say there's no issues with visibility at night. It is of course a little darker than just the privacy glass, but at no point was I left without a more than comfortable level of visibility.

[REXman]

So yep, now that I have seen some nice quality photos of the RB with black, definitely wish I went the bllack rims.

GF, friends and fellow posters, along with crap photos elsewhere, made me think the silvers were the "better" idea.

Im cut about it now and yeah that looks awesome.

Black rims FTW.

[Flighter]

They've offered Street Legal tinting, but said they offer only one shade of darkness (which seemed pretty light in the grand scheme of things).. and want to charge me $595 for it.

I had my car tinted by the dealer, but as they knew absolutely nothing about the product range (other than "this is what 98% of people buy"), I eventually got details of who does it on their behalf and spoke with them about the specific properties of each. What might be of interest is that the "street legal" tint they offered is not street legal at all, being 27% (if I remember correctly) and not 35% as required. They also showed me how they get access to the bottom of the side windows; they simply pull the tops out by a couple of inches by clawing in between the glass and the trim with their fingers, and push them back in when they are done.

[dave_r]

Okay, took some photos today... car is filthy and it was just with the camera phone, but it was a sunny day, so I figured why not.

Looks good mate.

GF, friends and fellow posters, along with crap photos elsewhere, made me think the silvers were the "better" idea.

Haha you poor bastard but I still think silver is the better choice on RB.

[ravun]

Looks awesome Pepe. The dark tint, with the black rims and black head lights ties in very well.

I am liking the black rims alot. Thinking I might have to look into getting black Oz Racing Ultraleggeras now :O

[Corey_R]

Okay, took some photos today... car is filthy and it was just with the camera phone, but it was a sunny day, so I figured why not. Didn't take a shot right behind the car with the sun in front as I didn't want to get run over on the Pacific Highway, but you can still see the general effect.

Also, I was driving for about 90 mins last night ferrying the wife around and I can say there's no issues with visibility at night. It is of course a little darker than just the privacy glass, but at no point was I left without a more than comfortable level of visibility.

This looks great man.
The Solar Gard HP Supreme looks to be a fantastic match. I've got a Solar Gard tint on all my apartment windows, and it's made a big difference to both the cooling AND heating costs of my house (because tint also has an "Emissivity (E) which indicates the ability to retain heat - important for winter).

I particularly like the fact that at least from these photos the front and rear "color" of the tint appears to match perfectly (particularly the last one where we look through both left windows then out the front windscreen). I'll definitely be looking at the Solar Gard HP Supreme when it's time to tint my car. Cheers.