Need window tinting advice for new Lunar Silver SI Coupe

[Ninjaneer]

My new LSM SI coupe was built last week and I will be picking up shortly. I am having the windows tinted before taking it home.

I have never had window tinting installed on a car before, and would appreciate any advice on what type and darkness to shoot for. Help me spend some money...

Thanks in advance!

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[repeet]

The amount of tint is usually regulated by state law. Your local window professional will know what that limit is. He will also usually exceed that amount on your instruction, with a warning of liability.

 

[AP2SLOW]

The legal limit here (and in most states I assume) is 35%. I went with 15% myself. I think it looks great, and the law enforcment here is pretty lax when it comes to tint laws.

 

[Blacklude4]

Just to add to the above posts:
Depending on your eyesight a very dark tinted car becomes a black cave at night... something to think about...but I would say at least do your legal %. I have a black prelude with dark charcoal interior with 25%: on dark rainy nights vision out side and rear windows for me is greatly reduced....but the car looks dam good

 

[l15b7allturbo]

35 front 20 rear... that's what I'm doing to mine

 

[dmitri]

40 all around and 70 windshield - hoping that (illegal) 70 won't be as visible as to get a ticket, and more importantly, that it won't reduce forward visibility too much on rainy nights. Installation scheduled next Saturday, going with Suntek/ceramic.

 

[styxrogan]

i am getting 3m crystalline cr 70 on front windshield and cr40 everywhere else...

 

[repeet]

I live in South Carolina and the Dealer tinted it to the allowable 27%. I work in North Carolina which only allows 35%. Sorry NC, I live in SC.

You can look up your State's allowable limit Here.

 

[Lhoy12]

Do it right the first time. I personally wouldn't have the dealer do the tint. Call around to the local tint shops and ask them what brand film they use and request their ceramic tint, it's not cheap, but it will out last your ownership of the car and has superior UV/heat protection. A few top brands are Huper Optik, Formula One Pinnacle, Suntek is decent and a little less expensive. I just had my hatch done with 15% Formula One Pinnacle series on sides and back. I had my windshield done with Llumar Air 80.

 

[Ninjaneer]

Do it right the first time. I personally wouldn't have the dealer do the tint. Call around to the local tint shops and ask them what brand film they use and request their ceramic tint, it's not cheap, but it will out last your ownership of the car and has superior UV/heat protection. A few top brands are Huper Optik, Formula One Pinnacle, Suntek is decent and a little less expensive. I just had my hatch done with 15% Formula One Pinnacle series on sides and back. I had my windshield done with Llumar Air 80.

Do it myself?

 

[dmitri]

Do it myself?

Wouldn't do it myself, personally - really easy to mess it up... Just not the dealer, generally, unless you either know them very closely (have a close friend or relative there) or really checked them out and have faith that they won't just pick the cheapest possible crap out there. 'Cause otherwise that's what they will most likely do.

 

[Lhoy12]

Do it myself?

Let me make this easy for you. Click this link, punch in your zip code, find a Formula One tint dealer near you and get Pinnacle series tint on your windows.

http://www.formulaone.com/en/FindADealer.aspx

 

[lunarsilvercivic]

Heres how lunar silver would look like with 35% all around

 

[CivicSi84]

Let me make this easy for you. Click this link, punch in your zip code, find a Formula One tint dealer near you and get Pinnacle series tint on your windows.

http://www.formulaone.com/en/FindADealer.aspx

LOL the closest one to me is almost 2 hours away....I live in the biggest city in FL....

 

[ne0guri]

Scheduled a tint job for July 14th! The place has 5 star reviews all across the board and seems to be super exclusive. Hope it turns out nice! Still not sure of the % of shade I want to go. Legal tint is 35% in the front and whatever in the back here in Vegas. Think I want to do 20-25% all around though and maybe do a UV protection film on the front windshield. I feel like 35% is not dark enough for me... but I also don't want to deal with tickets. Hopefully, Vegas police are lenient... I mean it is 100+ for the next 2-3 months!

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