best window tint business?

[Candyman]

ps .... To anyone that has added tint to their R

Your car is now illegal

LT meter on mine on front windows prior tint returned a reading of 90% (10% drop). Actually varied up to 85% !

Adding 35% film would drop it to an effective value of 25% or less

So much for numbers eh !

[Corey_R]

That is how ludicrous the 35% LT law is. No basis on any sensible or credible research.

Actually, it's one of the laws which is soley based on scientific research. And much of it isn't whether you can see out of the car or not, but whether other drivers, cyclists, pedestrians etc, can see you, the driver. So yeah, unlike most laws, you can't really argue about this one (well you can, but you'd be wrong). So there is no point even starting to go into this again. If you're interested, do a search (I'm sure that Maverick pasted pages of information in the companion "Tint to match Dark Privacy Tint" thread. But there have been many discussions on the forum already, and the information is freely availabe on many sites on the internet.

Btw, the reason why the "privacy glass" is only on the rear, as many countries (and South Australia) mandate that the front passenger and driver's window needs to be 70% VLT due to the same research. The 35% on the front row is already quite generous.

ps .... To anyone that has added tint to their R

Your car is now illegal

LT meter on mine on front windows prior tint returned a reading of 90% (10% drop). Actually varied up to 85% !

Adding 35% film would drop it to an effective value of 25% or less

So much for numbers eh !

Actually, it doesn't work like that

Firstly the calculation isn't 35-(100-90)=25 (%VLT).
The calculation would be 0.35 * 0.90 = 0.315 (or 31.5% VLT).

BUT that is overlooking the fact that no glass is 100% VLT. Thus, any good quality tint's rating is measured on a pane of glass!
For example, the primary tint that Rob uses is Solar Gard Australia Automotive Tint. As you can see from the chart there it states straight up that it's measured on 3mm clear glass. In other words, 35% VLT tint takes into account that standard glass isn't really 100% VLT and therefore the tint on its own might only be 39% until it's applied to the glass etc.

[Candyman]

Measurement after application disproves your comment (and here I got my number from)

A so-called legal tint was illegal after application

I know you are justifying your 35% tint so I see where you are coming from

Read the so called research you mention

It is flawed

Can't believe how much misiformation there is propagated on forums.

[Corey_R]

So what was your measurement(s)?

If you put a 10% tint on the rear windows (which are about 40% from the factory), your method would mean you end up with -30% - which obviously doesn't happen. But it's not 0 either, as you can still see through. The maths I provided is correct. BUT if you actually looked at the link, you would see that they said variances occur.

As you already claimed in your first post, you measured 90% to 85% on an untinted glass.
So you haven't disproved anything. In fact, you're just propogating this "misinformation" you can't believe is out there...


Edit: In addition to what was your measurements, which specific product did you have installed and to which windows?

[ralp2dam]

Car looks great mate, tint finishes it nicely. Just reassures me to hurry up and book Rob in.

[Candyman]

Car looks great mate, tint finishes it nicely. Just reassures me to hurry up and book Rob in.

This the first time I have ever had a perfect tint job - more than 20 cars

Was lucky to have a warm sunny day after tint was done which cured the film

Will get a chance to test the tint in today's wet weather

Glad we got the level of tint suggested. Looks fantastic in real life and makes the look of the car perfect

Rob is certainly a pro. No trim damaged, no mess.

[Candyman]

2/3rds through our trip away

Tint has been great. Not too dark at all, even on a rainy night.

Reversing not an issue. Has done a great job of cutting glare from headlights from behind.

Looks fantastic on the Candy White and really improves the look of the black trim

With a front sunshield up, parked at a local shopping centre in full sun all day, car was not hot inside at all.

Glad we went with Robs suggestion of tint type and specs.

[Ideo]

Parked on Military Road in Mosman opposite the RSL club on Saturday candyman?

I was parked behind an identical R for about 5 minutes.

[Candyman]

In QLD at the moment mate so unlikely.

[Ideo]

In QLD at the moment mate so unlikely.

Ha, fair enough.

There's a tinted white one getting around my neck of the woods with a similar number plate.

[Candyman]

Mosman ain't my cup of tea mate

One minor thing with the tint though, makes the front side windows reflective so you see the side air vents reflected back at you

Used to it now. Any tint does it.

[Ideo]

You mean cup of organic soy fair trade lapsang souchong?

[Candyman]

I just threw up ....

Have no idea what you just said but it sounds farking nasty

[SilvrFoxX]

2 Has done a great job of cutting glare from headlights from behind.
.

Thats what the autodimmer is for on the rear vision mirror

[Ideo]

Thats what the autodimmer is for on the rear vision mirror

I thought that was a radar detector for us hoons