Tinted the windshield

[NorthernVandal]

I find it hard to believe at night you have no issues with visibility. My buddy had it on his windshield and he had to put his windows down to see what's coming at night at stop signs. I'll pass!! Wear some sunglasses if your having issues like that. North Carolina troopers would have you pulled over every day regardless of a prescription and the prosecutor in Cabarrus county would probably ask for your medical records to prove the prescription

The beauty of the ceramic tints these days. Honestly, I am nearsighted with an astigmatism, if there was going to be an issue driving at night, I would see it. From the inside, there is no issue at all, it looks much darker from the outside. The benefit being glare reduction, I do not have to wear prescription sunglasses, just the normal glasses. I dig it.

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[SargeDiesel]

Too much hassle for me when I need a new windshield 2-3 times a year. Must be great for nighttime visibility.

Must be great for nighttime visibility.

The type or % of the tint he and others have mentioned for the windshield barely has any darkness to it. It's almost clear. But you can get ceramic in limo/any % as well for the rest of the windows.

The reason for it is two fold, glare and heat. The ceramic properties are amazing for reflecting heat and it also reflects glare very well.

If you haven't been to a tint shop lately, they all usually have a fancy light box with the ability to slide in a pane with the different types of tint they offer.

If you place your hand next to the regular tint, you feel the intense heat immediately, do it with the ceramic and you don't hardly feel anything at all.

I had it on my last vehicle and my eyes are aging, I had no difficulty at all. I had ceramic all the way around, and in the summer my leather seats and overall interior was always cool as a bonus.

 

[dayusmc]

Has anyone done like a clear, antiglare tint on the windshield? Is that even a thing? One that wouldnt darken it but reduce glare? As the others have mentioned, White JT hood glare is a thing ?

Ceramic 70% is clear and cuts down on heat and glare .. that is what I have, you can't tell it is tinted.

 

[wildtaco]

Ceramic 70% is clear and cuts down on heat and glare .. that is what I have, you can't tell it is tinted.

In fact, some Jeeps come with factory windshields tinted at I believe 70%. My build sheet states "TINTED WINDSHIELD GLASS" and has a 70% written on the inside driver corner. It's listed under standard equipment.

 

[starrskream]

I actually just got the tint yesterday to do mine.

Windshield tint in Ohio is legal to 70%

Hopefully it helps with the glare off my white hood.

Get a hood decal covers the center high part. I got one glare went to zero. Gloss black here.

 

[Janster]

Back on topic….
I live in PA and I’m fully understand the laws here. I had a 2016 Canyon windows tinted for 9 years and never got pulled over. With that being said….

The Canyon rear windows were nice (not too dark or not too light). I took it to the shop and asked them to match the front to the rears. I have no clue what the OEM tint was and I have no clue what we ended up with or what they put on.

So, in doing research…. The information is all over the map.
According to my windshield etching on the jeep - the fronts have 30%. The rear doesn’t list any % but i’m guessing its 20% (barely darker than the front).

So… When I go to the shop and (for example) ask them for 30% - How do I know what I’ll end up with? (Since they’re adding it to OEM tint).
I know there’s a formula - but that doesn’t tell me what it actually looks like.

If you visit a shop - Do they have ‘sheets’ of 30% (for example) that they can hold up to your windows so you can see what it’ll actually look like?

I want to make sure I know exactly what I’m getting …..

 

[dayusmc]

To make matters more complicated, each company's tint varies. Some have a greyish color, some have a blueish color and some have a brownish color.

My friend shop does my tint for me. He has a few different brands if tint. On my last Gladiator he put 20% of a Brownish color tint on because it matched the back factory the best. At first he put 20% of his best timt on, but the color didn't match. So he ripped it off and redid it. The Gladiator looked great with all the side windows the same. But it was to dark for me to see out of at night, probably why I didn't see the deer running up from the side behind me and boom, to late I hit a pole and totaled it.

On my Mojave (the replacement for my totaled gladiator) I had him put 50% on the fronts. But from the outside I don't like the way it looks with different tint on the front and back windows. That is why I ordered clear glass windows for the rear doors. I want it to match.... Unfortunately it is taking months for the glass to come in...

 

[jav_eee]

I think people automatically think "dark" when they see the word "tint".

I put clear ceramic tint on a previous vehicle but I couldn't stand the rainbow effect i would see while wearing polarized glasses.

That being said, I've yet to see a tint meter, carried by cops, that can measure the front windshield VLT%

 

[Heavy D]

But they have to pull you over to see that piece of paper. Could be a potential hassle. Some of the small towns around me, they'd pull you over every chance they had.

Agree... A tinted windshield would be a heck of a way to get busted for an open container... or human trafficking.

 

[MaximusTX]

That looks awesome. Same, sitting in side you can't tell. Have you ever done that liquid protectant the tint guys offer to stop cracking? I was considering the treatment for $80 but was not so sure how it worked. Whatever they do on the window, the guy was a friend so I trusted his opinion, but still on the fence with that one.

Thanks, I have not tried the liquid protectant. For me personally I don't think it is necessary. At least in my experience with the last 4 cars I have had with tinted windshields I have not had a single crack or chipped windshield.

 

[MaximusTX]

Hold up pause the argument while I make some popcorn.

Aside from that - I have my door windows tinted and I have to roll them down sometimes at night. I cant imagine having my windshield done - then again, yall prolly have better eyes than me.

Has anyone done like a clear, antiglare tint on the windshield? Is that even a thing? One that wouldnt darken it but reduce glare? As the others have mentioned, White JT hood glare is a thing ?

Mine is 70% which is pretty clear. You can get 100% clear just for UV protection if you want. On mine from outside it looks darker than it is. From inside the car you cannot even tell there is tint on the windshield.

 

[Hallsie11]

I tried to get creative, almost clear ceramic full windshield with a darker top strip. Installer talked me into going an inch lower than I had asked for and I regret that but otherwise it has helped immensely for glare and headaches plus whenever I forget my sunglasses it is much dofferent

 

[Terminus33]

I'm tall so the visors fix any issues with the sun I have except for when It bounces off the hood and I have to hold my hand in front of my face. I don't like the look of the huge hood bandaid to prevent glare so I folded down my windshield and put a strip of tint at the bottom. Problem solved!

From my perspective in the seat, the top of the tint is right in line with the far edge of my hood.

 

[TheSolarWizard]

I have ceramic Llumar 50% on my windshield and 20% on the rest of the glass. its also nearly impossible to see the crack in the passenger side from the outside with the tint so ive left it. been over a year now

it's probably been ten years since Ive owned a vehicle without this setup. I'm too accustomed to the dramatic heat and glare reduction to ever have anything else

 

[jav_eee]

I'm tall so the visors fix any issues with the sun I have except for when It bounces off the hood and I have to hold my hand in front of my face. I don't like the look of the huge hood bandaid to prevent glare so I folded down my windshield and put a strip of tint at the bottom. Problem solved!

From my perspective in the seat, the top of the tint is right in line with the far edge of my hood.

This guys just casually showing off his 21+ MPGs.... LOL

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