Maybe a crazy question...
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Maybe a crazy question...
I'm getting my 2018 F-150 Supercrew Cab tinted this weekend. I asked that he do all the windows, but I was reading on a thread here that the back door windows are already somewhere between the 18 and 20% VLT. Tennessee only allows down to 35% on the front windows. So, if the installer uses 35% on the rear windows... does it change the VLT any? Seems that at 20%, adding another level of tint at a greater VLT isn't going to do anything. Guess I could do them in 5% for the back doors, and maybe 10% for the rear window.
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I'm getting my 2018 F-150 Supercrew Cab tinted this weekend. I asked that he do all the windows, but I was reading on a thread here that the back door windows are already somewhere between the 18 and 20% VLT. Tennessee only allows down to 35% on the front windows. So, if the installer uses 35% on the rear windows... does it change the VLT any? Seems that at 20%, adding another level of tint at a greater VLT isn't going to do anything. Guess I could do them in 5% for the back doors, and maybe 10% for the rear window.
The factory tinted/smoked glass on the back windows is pretty dark by itself. Adding more on top would make it darker.
I’ve done legal 35% on my front door windows with my last 2 trucks and have been happy. 20% or more was too dark to back a trailer at night.
I’ve done legal 35% on my front door windows with my last 2 trucks and have been happy. 20% or more was too dark to back a trailer at night.
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Adding 35% to the back windows will darken it to approximately 7%... if you add 5% to the back doors you’ll be at about 1% and 10% on the rear window will be about 3.5%. skinnyb is right, that will be really dark. That being said, I’m having mine wrapped at 20% front and back, which will make the rear doors and window about 4-5% or limo-tint. We have similar laws in Kentucky, but they are only really enforced if you’re driving like a jackwagon...
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Adding 35% to the back windows will darken it to approximately 7%... if you add 5% to the back doors you’ll be at about 1% and 10% on the rear window will be about 3.5%. skinnyb is right, that will be really dark. That being said, I’m having mine wrapped at 20% front and back, which will make the rear doors and window about 4-5% or limo-tint. We have similar laws in Kentucky, but they are only really enforced if you’re driving like a jackwagon...
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My 2012 is 15% on the back and the 2019 is 19% on the back ( I tested it myself with a calibrated Laser Labs tester). Now even with this it can still be off, but they are both pretty close. I tinted the fronts at 22% pretty close in looks. I had told them legal which is 25% here but...
It looks good, and I haven't been stopped yet. KOW.
It looks good, and I haven't been stopped yet. KOW.
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I put 35% on the front and left the rear and it looks great to me. The front is a little lighter but thats fine.
If you need the heat blocking the guys that did my Windows showed me a ceramic heat blocking film that looked clear to me. Said they do a lot of back and rear windows with it and even sunrooms. If I lived South I would probably have that done.
If you need the heat blocking the guys that did my Windows showed me a ceramic heat blocking film that looked clear to me. Said they do a lot of back and rear windows with it and even sunrooms. If I lived South I would probably have that done.
