Aftermarket Tinting

[pill]

Considering putting the darkest legal tint in my vt, my old tint is peeling.

Does anyone know what the percentage light transmission is the darkest legal for WA?

Also, i have access to discount at super cheap and repco, do you reckon i should try to do it myself? or get one of those tinting places to do it? Is the money worth the hassle?

Also, does anyone with dark tinting reckon it keeps the car cooler?

Thanks

[1991_Vn2nV]

Maximum legal is 35% all round (except for windscreen of course). Maximum 10% reflection, so mirror tint is illegal also.

Get them to do it as your current tint needs to be removed first and that is tricky on the rear window because of the demisters.

And yes it will help keep the car a little cooler.

[Ozzie]

May I also add... Ive heard stories of people getting a metal film tint and not being able to use their central locking unless they press the remote from the windscreen end.
I dont know if this is true or not but its something to keep in mind

[1991_Vn2nV]

May I also add... Ive heard stories of people getting a metal film tint and not being able to use their central locking unless they press the remote from the windscreen end.
I dont know if this is true or not but its something to keep in mind

95% of tint used these days is metallic tint, except for the odd $100 special. It's 10x better than the dyed tint which fades and turns random shades of purple etc.

[SAV_117]

defff get the tiniting place to do it u dont want the head ****

[VT SERIES II]

is that the reflecty one that fades up?

[nick3110]

yer u definitely don't wanna do it yourself.. cause it is very easy to stuff up.. leave it to the professionals..

and yes it makes a considerable difference to the temperature of ur car.. and plus it makes the entire car look better

[Ozzie]

Believe it or not but most tint companys encourage people to DIY.
Its really not as hard as it looks. The only hard part is getting the old tint off.
These days they supply full instructions with DIY kits aswell as phone support.

When I first started professional tinting 9 years ago we never had any instructions lol, but it was still simple stuff.

[nick3110]

lol so it would seem.. but in my case my luck is **** and i'd get air bubbles haha

[FadeToBlack]

Well I got mine done by someone who used to own a tint a car franchise, he said it was hard to find people skilled at tinting.. I reckon take it to a professional (that means no tint professor) at least you will get a quality job and if anything is wrong you can get it fixed. Also darkest legal is pretty light, a lot of people get slightly darker. Up to you but you can ask whoever your getting it done by to get their opinion as well.

[evil_monkey]

midnight express has metal film i had this in both my vs's and my vt just noticed that i needed to be closer for it to lock/unlock.

get a pro to do it way too much hassel it's a real bastard just to get the old tint off i attempted this on my landcruiser eventually got most of it off but when i get it retinted they will have to do another decent clean, and if you have the cash go for 3m tint

you can ussually get darkest legal for around $300 - 350 including strip. i had the dealer do 3m tint on my berlina it was around the $500 - $600 mark but it was heaps darker.
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vt with midnight express
vy with 3m tint

ps. dark tint makes a huge difference to keeping the car cooler i would never have a car without tint again even if it was a ****box

[don0xer]

the tint professors $265 tint isnt too bad, not sure what % it is but its higher than my work vehicle's and thats tint'a'car's 18% which is real dark like midnight expess at around $80/window i think iirc