Front Glass Tint?

[Techo]

Has anyone got their drivers & passangers front windows tinted to match the back? if so, how much did it cost? what grade tint and how does it look?

[ian]

Has anyone got their drivers & passangers front windows tinted to match the back? if so, how much did it cost? what grade tint and how does it look?

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My understanding is that it is illegal to do that (at least in Vic).

Ian

[AMS]

Also in NSW. Well I think you can tint the front windows, but not as dark

[mass_iv]

lol yeh i do it looks awesome... how ever i dont have the front windscreen tinted, that is illegal... as for the fronts i have been told they are illegal tho i have never had troubles from the cops, despite being defected on numerous occassions they havent noticed the window tints... also mine are 15% which are illegal too i rekon do it coz it looks good

[mass_iv]

oh and mine cost me $100 but thats coz i have a good quality illegal shade tint

[AlexCim]

cant drop the front window below 75%

side windows are allowed to be 35% transmittance

our side windows are 25%, but thats not illegal because it was ADR'ed like that/factory.

[Terminal]

Also they're not tinted, they're smoked glass

[skidkid]

G'day, The day we picked our stagea up from the gold coast we had the front door windows tinted at Tint.a.car, Wurtulla, on sunshine coast. We had them use 'Formula 1', the best UV but second darkest tint. I believe the next darker tint was still legal.

[skidkid]

$110.00 for both.

[Techo]

Got any pics skidkid?

[AlexCim]

Terminal, i knows, but its not smoked, its "UV cut glass"

Could be the same thing though hehe

Thats what i ment by, it came like that factory

I personally like the untinted front windows, make the car look PIMP/VIP, the way i like it

After having my celsior with a blacked out rear window, i will never have a car with illegal tinted rear/front windscreens!

[SAM112]

35% is legal on front door windows. And ofcoarse it is illegal to tint the front windscreen.

On my old Stagea I tinted my front door windows to 20% (illegal, but seriously, what kinda cop is gonna do you for that) (besides apparently with their light tester thingy it comes up as 27% or something anyway, so you can just say it must've had a slight standard tint when you got them done to 35% )

Anyhow, I got my old Stag's fronts done to 20% to match the rears and it matched perfectly, never had any trouble with the law and it cost me $100 at Mastertint (perfect job). Its generally $100 plus or minus a bit depending on the company.

Tinted:

[Ska]

Did you have your rear screen done too sam?

[CruiseLiner]

just abit off topic but does the stageas come with the UV CUT glass on the rear windscreen? mine is mirror tinted as i bought it, and some i see with the uv cut and others with normal lighter glass like the front windows?

cheers

Brad

[Techo]

my S2 is dark

[Ska]

Every other stagea I have seen has the dark side rear and back door glass...............?

[Terminal]

i had to get my rear window tinted. it's the same deal with the rear window as it is the front 2, can't be under 35% (something to do with visability, as you use the rear as much as the sides)

[SAM112]

Did you have your rear screen done too sam?

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I figured it was standard as the rear window is exactly the same tint as the rear side windows...

I just did the front sides

[skidkid]

Techo, Havn't got a pic to post at moment. Can take one if u would like. I see SAM112 posted a pic that looked like it has a matching shade on the front doors, ours doesn't match but I think it is a good shade considering it is legal!.

[Sydneykid]

Our S1 seems to have 3 levels of window colour;

1. The front windscren is clear, although is does have some heat rejection.

2. The front doors and rear screen are slightly tinted.

3. The rear doors and rear sides are heavily tinted.

I am going to cut that down to 2 levels by getting the front doors and rear screen tinted to match the rear doors and rear sides. Based on experience with other cars, even when that is done, the front doors will still appear lighter tint than the rears due to the extra light coming in throught the untinted front screen. This "apparent" difference seems to have been enough to avoid "issues" in the past.

cheers