hey caa,

just thought i would pick your brains on this one,

Im having a bit of a hard time deciding what window tint to purchase for my baby

is a darker tint do just as gooder job as that "unbreakable"(well stronger) tint better for a de-treant as george has fitted a autowatch alarm system, with mircowave senors, so window tint would be so they cant have a look and see my deck etc...

oh and if anyone knows the price different between prices of a darker tint vs the unbreakable stuff please say would be interested to hear.

cheers,
Benjy

Keep in mind that the 3m style armor film, is illegal.
Dont get me wrong, i'd get it in a snap except....

It makes it harder for EVERYONE to get in your car. That includes emergency services, when your cars on the roof.

Just a thought.

didnt think about emergency services, thats a great thought

I might just get a daker legal tint then

the darkest LEGAL tint is quite frankly, not very f***ing dark.
15% on the front driver/passenger windows, 0% on the front windscreen, i think 30% on the rear windscreen, and unlimited on all other (pillar windows, rear passenger etc).

Tint is easily removed, and people are hardly ever pinged for it (unless your an import owner, with a huge bodykit, driving like a tossbag).

just go something reasonably dark, not black, and you should be fine.

yer i dont want some limo tint, just a fraction darker

Liquidity, I think you should rephrase that. Tint is graded as to how much light it passes.
I feel sorry for you bastards in SA. Here we can have 30% on our front side windows.
My old Testar had 20% and that was great as far as privacy is concerned. I'm going to redo the windows in the BA one of these days. Just careful going too dark as at night, the reflection on your windows from the light inside your car tends to be more noticable and can get annoying. Oh and night time driving can suck when there are no lights on around you. IE parking.

I use tint-a-car formula 1 on the Honda. It's not unbreakable, but a lot thicker than regular film.

Other features:-

- lifetime warranty - the tint will last longer than the car at this rate
- UV SPF 50+ protection
- metallised
- colourfast (does not contain a dye so will not turn purple with age)

Was expensive but worth it

just out of intertes how much was the formula 1?

For a medium sized sedan it was ~$400 for the whole car

bob^ : rephrase which part?
ikerr : metallic tint can cause problems with microwave sensors

Ever seen a late bimmer or Renault windscreen?? It has some hue to it, i'm guessing it has some sort of tint to it.

most windows on cars have some sort of tint to it (yes, i do mean windscreens) but they also pass all ADR's to.

Actually, welcome to the wonderful world of adr's.

Plenty of cars come out too low, too loud, with clear indicators, etc etc...all of which is technically illegal.

Should have heard about the kawasaki fiasco. People were driving the bikes off the floor, down the street, and getting done for noise pollution. from a stock bike. legally.

i didnt know there was a tint that caused probelms with mircowave sensors.

what isnt ilegal these days?

metallic tint can also cause problems with antenna's (tracking alarms, "on glass" antennas (bmw style)) etc.

Liquidity, what I ment was the % figures you have given. Tint is usually graded in % of light it lets through. You have stated the % it blocks which could potentially confuse someone. Just pointing it out.

They can also cause problems with E-TAG transponders.

I would of never thought tint could play such a big role in harming your tracking systems/security systems

well you learn something new ever day