Advice please on Window shade for my "R"

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Monday 11th January 2016, 18:41
BigGreg

Advice please on Window shade for my "R"

It's gonna be a busy week. Private plate going on tonight, new drilled disks, brembo pads, xenon and Led bulbs tomorrow and on Thursday it goes in to get the windows tinted.
Question is how dark do you think I should go? Main reasons I want to tint is to save the kids from bright sunlight when riding in the back and to obscure the load bay. The bloke says he does a graduated thing where it gets darker the further you go back, but not sure if I have ever seen this look before. He has an interactive thing here to show how dark etc. http://www.magmaautotint.com/window-tints.html
Was thinking doing 35% on rear door and 20% on the boot windows. What do you think????
He is charging £175
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Monday 11th January 2016, 18:45
BigGreg

Also got some winter matts in this weekend. Edged in tan, much better for the weather we are having in Scotland.
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Tuesday 12th January 2016, 04:37
LeeT5

Mine is a medium smoke.

I wouldn't advise on a graduated...IMH, it will look shi te. Leave the, glass forward of the 'B' pillar stock.

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On cloudy days, you have to get really close up to see through the glass into the cabin. Blocks 95%UV.
At night, it's not so dark that you can't see out.

One more thing. You'll need to lose the 'Thornwood' sticker from the back window.
Tuesday 12th January 2016, 08:57
BigGreg

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeeT5

Mine is a medium smoke.

I wouldn't advise on a graduated...IMH, it will look shi te. Leave the, glass forward of the 'B' pillar stock.

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e1...psobuyqegd.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ps79632315.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ps0ca20ac5.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e1...psa2dc5264.jpg

On cloudy days, you have to get really close up to see through the glass into the cabin. Blocks 95%UV.
At night, it's not so dark that you can't see out.

One more thing. You'll need to lose the 'Thornwood' sticker from the back window.

The sticker will be off, was going to let bloke deal with that as the fecker is welded on. I like your thinking on shade Lee.
Tuesday 12th January 2016, 12:55
LeeT5

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Originally Posted by BigGreg

The sticker will be off, was going to let bloke deal with that as the fecker is welded on. I like your thinking on shade Lee.

Yes, it's something that folks don't consider....how it will differ in bright sunlight and cloudy murky days.
Having had Limo black tints on my Laser Blue, I found it was too dark at night and was difficult seeing out sometimes in poor weather conditions. So when I got my P2, I was able to make a better informed decision on the "grade" of tint.
My P1 was also tinted forward of the B pillar, a medium smoke tint, but it attracted the attention of the boys in blue and made the car look.....too long!
Having the tint after the B pillar will break up the length a little and also look closer to stock.
Mine is a high grade tint from the USA, allows a 35% light transmission and blocks 95% U.V. You really notice the difference in the summer hot weather. The car won't struggle to reduce the cabin temperature and the Climate control won't have to work so hard, therefore, saving fuel and the fans quickly slow to a less noisy speed. :wink:
I also, don't have a gap between the top of the tint and the top of the glass...something that rogue traders are not able to replicate easily.
Tuesday 12th January 2016, 14:20
Jimmie

Never had a problem with limo black that iv had on any vehicle including commercials.
Tuesday 12th January 2016, 14:53
BigGreg

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeeT5

Yes, it's something that folks don't consider....how it will differ in bright sunlight and cloudy murky days.
Having had Limo black tints on my Laser Blue, I found it was too dark at night and was difficult seeing out sometimes in poor weather conditions. So when I got my P2, I was able to make a better informed decision on the "grade" of tint.
My P1 was also tinted forward of the B pillar, a medium smoke tint, but it attracted the attention of the boys in blue and made the car look.....too long!
Having the tint after the B pillar will break up the length a little and also look closer to stock.
Mine is a high grade tint from the USA, allows a 35% light transmission and blocks 95% U.V. You really notice the difference in the summer hot weather. The car won't struggle to reduce the cabin temperature and the Climate control won't have to work so hard, therefore, saving fuel and the fans quickly slow to a less noisy speed. :wink:
I also, don't have a gap between the top of the tint and the top of the glass...something that rogue traders are not able to replicate easily.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimmie

Never had a problem with limo black that iv had on any vehicle including commercials.

I defected to Ford for a while and had a Mondeo Estate (Don't scoff) with the trusty five cylinder petrol turbo it was a great car, but looked ££££. Anyway, it had after market rear tints, Limo black. At night reversing was a joke, you could see nothing out of the back. Then some scroat tried to break in by levering off the rear window (A bit dim round here) as it sits proud and seems to float on the window rubbers. End result window is cracked to hell and he legs it when alarm goes off. But when ordering the glass from Auto glass, "Is is a factory black tint" he asks on the phone "Yes" says I. New window fitted, jet black, but could see out of it no problem at night. The difference was amazing. Not sure why I launched in to that other than to say, I won't go limo black, and will leave the front windows alone.
Fitting Disks and pads now with my mate, just popped in for a cuppa. So far so good.
Tuesday 12th January 2016, 19:38
The Flying Moose

Medium smoke definately, dark cars dont suit mega dark tints I dont think just makes them look like a panel van.

On another note, lovely car by the way!
Friday 15th January 2016, 17:27
V70-R-T5

Nice "R". One of Hugh K's finest I see.

Looking forward to seeing how the tints look as I'm going to have mine done soon.
Saturday 16th January 2016, 22:43
BigGreg

Happy how tints turned out. Look limo black in these pics but far from it, you can see through it when up close, think it's perfect.
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Saturday 16th January 2016, 23:25
Harvey

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigGreg

Happy how tints turned out. Look limo black in these pics but far from it, you can see through it when up close, think it's perfect.
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Looks nice ,BUT your parking is score A+ for a volvo driver...:B_thumb:
Sunday 17th January 2016, 23:07
BigGreg

I knew the parking would be mentioned. Whole carpark to myself, coupled to the worst steering lock of any car ever produced, sprinkle in a lazy lad like me and you get this style of parking.