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Got my back window tinted today. Pics included
I went with a high quality ceramic window tint made by Forumula One, called Pinnacle. It's 35%, meaning that it lets in 35% of light. I could have gone with 15%, but wanted to maintain a more classic look to the truck, and thought that might help.
This ceramic stuff is cool. It really blocks out a lot of the heat, regardless of how dark or light it is. They had a cool display in the store with a heated light, and you could tell a big difference. Anyway, the cost was $90. I'll probably do my side windows before too long in 50% (which is the darkest I can go in this state on the side anyway). I wanted to see how I liked this rear window before doing the entire truck Here are some pictures. I'm pleased with the way it looks and feels inside and out, and I'm glad to have something that'll help keep my newly restored interior cooler and looking good longer ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posted via Mobile Device |
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Re: Got my back window tinted today. Pics included
Looks great, btw - nice truck with a great patina and digging the stock height and Steelies, well done.
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Re: Got my back window tinted today. Pics included
I really like my tinted back window lots better than the slider I used to have in the truck.
Posted via Mobile Device Yours looks really good in your truck.
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Re: Got my back window tinted today. Pics included
Mister-B,
Looking good and coming along great. Ray
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Re: Got my back window tinted today. Pics included
Looks good, going to do my back window with 5% and the sides with 35% and get the brow done with 5% hopefully in about 2 weeks. Also getting my other truck done as well with 35% on the side and 5% on the brow.
Tint will save the interior parts from fading as well as keeping it cooler. Posted via Mobile Device |
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So, you're going 5% on the rear? That's dark man lol. May as well put on tin foil Posted via Mobile Device |
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Re: Got my back window tinted today. Pics included
looks great! love that truck!!!
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Its not to bad my Nova has 5% on all the windows but the front and is only bad at night. But I think the darker tint will look good with my dark blue and plus my truck is no where near having a stock look to it.
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Re: Got my back window tinted today. Pics included
Looks great Mister B. I love your truck, you've done a great job with it!
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Re: Got my back window tinted today. Pics included
Looks great. Your neck will thank you this summer and I absolutely love your truck. Great job.
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Yeah, my new black interior looks cool, but as we all know, black absorbs more sunlight. The last thing I want, is to bake inside there and also wear out the interior Posted via Mobile Device |
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Re: Got my back window tinted today. Pics included
I have been through the process of tinting windows on my vehicles numerous times. I must be getting older, because I find the really dark stuff makes me feel that I am in a cave looking out to a sunny place. I like the 35% tint, because it is enough to take the UV rays off of my interior and control the heat, but it does not leave me trying to see out in the dark, when I am backing out from a curb or parking place. I like a windshield with a darker tint at the top, but the tinted material put up there tends to be too dark and I don't like that look that well. It is just too square and defined form my taste. I will go and purchase a tinted windshield with a dark top before I get the tint put on the front.
The state of Kansas highway patrol has a real dislike for the dark tinted windows. It seems they like to be able to see the person in the vehicle, as they walk up to it. They WILL stop people that have dark tint and make them pull the tint right there or ticket them with a fixit ticket, os you have to remove it and pay the fine. The noce thing is that they do this on a cycle of about every two years and then they don't bother for awhile. That time is coming again. The state law is very definite in it's allowance of tint.
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I have been pulled over a number of times with never having to strip my tint, also only have been pulled over once because of tint and tint was legal. Only the driver side and passenger side front windows have to be legal 35% the rear windows can be painted for that matter.
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The back window on a truck is not covered in tint laws,as it should be. Other states my vary,but if they don't allow it,that's ridiculous. A truck can haul a load that blocks rear vision. Special truck bodies block rear visions. Vans could come with no back windows at all. I tint the side windows by what the law allows...and there's a sticker there that states the % to prove it. I've had officers pull me over for it,I tell them to shine their light on the sticker,and that ends that. My '91 Suburban has privacy tint on the rear doors,2nd side doors,and 1/4 glass from factory and you can not see through that stuff. I worked out of it and never worried about all my tools in there. You'd never know.
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Re: Got my back window tinted today. Pics included
Nice choice in tint. I really like the look. Makes me think about some tint for my 68. It has a slider in the back (which I don't like).
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Re: Got my back window tinted today. Pics included
The state of Kansas highway patrol has a real dislike for the dark tinted windows. It seems they like to be able to see the person in the vehicle, as they walk up to it. They WILL stop people that have dark tint and make them pull the tint right there or ticket them with a fixit ticket, os you have to remove it and pay the fine. The noce thing is that they do this on a cycle of about every two years and then they don't bother for awhile. That time is coming again. The state law is very definite in it's allowance of tint.[/QUOTE]
whats screwed up about this is that the some police cars and most if not all the unmarked cars have there windows tinted pretty dark ![]() oh by the way looks great there mr b
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Re: Got my back window tinted today. Pics included
Mister B. That looks perfect to me. I took notes, and thats what Im going to put on mine too. Ive been trying to figure this out, so Thank You for posting the info anf pictures.
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Looks Great, Just a word of advice that you may already know, clean the inside with only paper wipes made for windows. Even paper towel can over time scuff the tint surface and it will start to get faint lines in it. I work at a dealership and have ruined tint a few times by not knowing it was aftermarket when I first started, and I was using normal window rags. If you cant find paper ones, microfibers work, but leave more streaks because they are less absorbant.
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Looks good!!!!
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