Rear Window Tint Question

sbuko213 · Aug 28, 2015

Hey guys, so when my truck gets out of the shop after getting a boo boo at the gas station, I'm planning on finally getting the tints done. I'm planning on taking it down to 10% on the side windows and 50% on the windshield.

Now for the question, should I keep the stock tint darkness on the back window as well or take that down to match the sides as well? Will it look ******** if I don't match it to the sides?

Thanks guys.

Graygoose · Aug 28, 2015

The back is privacy glass, so its in the glass. You cant remove it. Add a light % to rear, then have them match front doors with rear.

adurm · Aug 28, 2015

You are doing the whole windshield to 50% or the strip at the top?

I say match the back to the sides.

sbuko213 · Aug 28, 2015

I'm going full windshield

sbuko213 · Aug 28, 2015

Graygoose said:
The back is privacy glass, so its in the glass. You cant remove it. Add a light % to rear, then have them match front doors with rear.

That's the plan, to have them darken the rears to a 10% equivalent, then do the full 10% on the fronts.

Graygoose · Aug 28, 2015

sbuko213 said:
That's the plan, to have them darken the rears to a 10% equivalent, then do the full 10% on the fronts.

Perfect!

BlownGP · Aug 28, 2015

Graygoose said:
The back is privacy glass, so its in the glass. You cant remove it. Add a light % to rear, then have them match front doors with rear.

That's awesome. I didn't know that. So adding 5% would make it super dark?

jssmith76 · Aug 29, 2015

This here is Limo tint on top of the back privacy glass...

develand · Aug 29, 2015

I did 20 all around (which is the same as the back) and a 5% brow.

As you can see, it is pretty dark.

MoreOvalteenPlz · Aug 30, 2015

50% on the shield is the way to go! Eliminates most glare and is pretty reflective on cloudy days. Love it.

Talon_66 · Aug 30, 2015

I put 20% over my rear windows which are roughly 20%.
Which brought it down to roughly 5%

BlownGP · Aug 31, 2015

jssmith76 said:
This here is Limo tint on top of the back privacy glass...

Looks good. You have any pics directly from the back?

BTW, good choice in color..lol

JasonK94Z · Aug 31, 2015

What would I have to add to get the back to 10% tint level?

QwikKota · Aug 31, 2015

Jokers here in Houston wouldn't even sell me anything less than 35% without a waiver. State law says 25% for Front L/R windows in Texas so that's what I wanted but they told me a plain window plus 35% equals 25%. That I don't get. I had enough of failing inspections on my Dakota over the years so I told them to just do the 35% as it was only $65. When I left I noticed they wedged a manuf decal under the tint down by the corner, ***.

Wrigley17 · Sep 1, 2015

The stock privacy glass is 20% or slightly higher. I had a layer of 30% put over the back three to make it roughly 15%. They put 20% on the front two which are lighter than the rear so I will be going back to have 15% on the front two. Hope this helps.

sbuko213 · Sep 1, 2015

JasonK94Z said:
What would I have to add to get the back to 10% tint level?

Honestly I was just gonna leave that for the shop to figure out lol

MoreOvalteenPlz · Sep 1, 2015

JasonK94Z said:
What would I have to add to get the back to 10% tint level?

Theoretically, adding 50% to the rear three would bring it down to 10%. But as I have 50% on my windshield, I'm not sure how much of a difference it would make putting it over the rear 20%. It's not very dark at all.

Wrigley17 · Sep 1, 2015

That's why I went wiTh 30% over the rear three, took it to roughly 15% and is perfect for what I need

dkmesa · Sep 1, 2015

Wrigley17 said:
That's why I went wiTh 30% over the rear three, took it to roughly 15% and is perfect for what I need

Did you have it metered after? factory is 18-20, so 30% would theoretically bring it down to 6-7%. I was thinking of doing 75% over the rear to bring down to about 14-15% and add heat reduction characteristics of my carbon xp tint.

Wrigley17 · Sep 1, 2015

I have not had it metered. You're right, hypothetically it should be around 6-7. But to my naked eye it doesn't look close to me.

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