Don't put film / tint on your front windshield.

[tortillasoup]

I know this thread is not about tint, but I see so many cars with heavy tint on all front windows. In a tunnel once I almost got creamed by one who didn't see me and tried to change into my lane with me there.

The law (along with the loud vehicle law) doesn't seem to be enforced around here.

Where's the logic in any of this? I'm going to impede my view and possibly have an accident for my comfort? People are so self-centered.

purpose of tint is for privacy and for the look of having tint. TINT may not be necessary anymore with some of the films that are coming out. They make some privacy tints that allow in pretty good amount of light yet look like limo tint or just a bit above limo.

 

[mrgotzbe]

Wow, brought this thread back to life.

It's been a long time since I've had this done and now I don't even notice it. 50k+ miles now.

Thanks for this thread! I just had it installed in Arizona on a 2008 tacoma and its sparkly/grainy and has waves if i look at it a certain way with polarized rayban sunglasses. But I have only had it on for a day, so after reading this post I believe once it dries in 110* temps it will hopefully be fine. thanks

 

[mindless1]

It's CLEAR.

There is no possible way I would get a ticket for a clear film.

Sure there is, especially when you've already stated that it impairs your vision in certain circumstances which is quite the point of it being illegal. That something isn't a problem in good conditions, matters not if you're not only driving in those conditions.

This is the kind of thing that many states don't want to leave to the discretion of the individual, deciding "it's okay, no problem, no tint", which is a very subjective thing. Smear butter all over the windshield and you don't have a dark tint but you better believe it makes seeing through it harder. Same for rain without wipers.

Anyone will get all self righteous and declare that anything they do to their vehicle is A-OK, including blinding illegal LED headlight bulb drop-ins and light bars which could make your clear film, all the more dangerous to try to see through at night.

I would call a police officer negligent if s/he didn't ticket for such a modification, but fortunately for you, if it's not a tint then they will have a harder time detecting it, except in the situations where it's dangerous by creating the sparkly effect, so essentially they're observing you doing something dangerous. If you're not doing anything dangerous, then it's just another one of those laws meant to cover every possible worst case instead of letting those fall through a loophole because they tried to use understandable terminology in law, without pages of scientific clarifications.

 

[LamTek]

I got Llumar Air 80 put on my front windshield.

The film has somewhat of a grainy texture to it. It is not noticeable at all on something like side windows, but on the front windshield it wreaks havoc at night because the points of light from all the oncoming cars have a large "spray pattern" due to the texture of the film. It can get pretty distracting at night, especially with lots of cars around.

It's been 5 years and wondering if you still have it on your car? I'm wondering if the orange peel spray pattern is just part of the "cure time" since most most of your responses was over a short time of a few days while it could take a week to fully cure. I'm considering doing this to a new Model 3 and been trying to decide between the 70 3M Crystalline and this Llumar coating. I want nighttime driving to be as clear as possible as well.

 

[WhiteNoise]

I can't comment on his tint but I had 3M clear tint put on my windshield of my last car. I never had any issues. Worked great at keeping UV from entering cabin.

 

[LamTek]

I can't comment on his tint but I had 3M clear tint put on my windshield of my last car. I never had any issues. Worked great at keeping UV from entering cabin.

When you say 3M clear tint are you referring to their 90% crystalline?

 

[WhiteNoise]

@LamTek Yes.

 

[mizzou]

Solar reflectors didn’t need to be improved

You need the clearest vision possible on your windshield! Can you get rid of it? Satisfaction guarantee??

 

[dsfkjfdskj]

If they didn't already block UV, we'd be getting sunburns in the car. I think fuzzy did this in the interest of reducing heat buildup.

I get sunburn from being in the car with the windows up all the time. It is so serious a problem that when going on road trips, I make sure a shirt or towel is available for me to put on my neck and cover my arms and legs. Once on a road trip where I spent several hours driving in the car, with the windows up, I got severe sunburn on my neck where the sun was beating down directly through the side window. I had not gotten out of the vehicle, and had no sunburn when I started driving. I had no outdoor exposure to the sun.

I get a tan or burned on my arms and legs just from being in the car. If my neck is exposed to sunlight, it gets burned too. So does my face. So I keep a blanket in my car to cover up my legs, not because it's cold, but so I don't get sunburn. I keep the sunroof closed.

I do not burn unusually fast, just as much as any pale person. Nothing unusual. The fact remains that websites that say that you can't get burned through glass are WRONG, as I have experience and empirical evidence to prove that you CAN get burned through glass.

One of the major reasons for tinting my car with ceramic is to help prevent getting sunburn through the glass. The other major reason is to keep it cooler and protect the leather interior.

 

[mindless1]

^ Windshields have for many years, blocked most UV, so either your vehicle is VERY old (or very crude, low tech in a 3rd world or cheap chinese/etc), or you are getting the sunburn through the side window rather than the windshield.