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On the other hand, I read a thread somewhere where someone wanted to do 30% on their front windshield. That would be dangerous for all of us. To update one point of my post, I could not get the turnpike pass to work so now I have a black one attached to my front grille and I prefer that over one attached to my windshield.
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Sorry for the thread hijack, but because side window tint (driver/passenger) is illegal here...I'm just looking to add a smoked look, although I wish I could go with the Sunshade 35 as shown above...looks awesome. Anyone done this, I assume it'd be like a 50% smoke?
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I have a 2016 X5 40e, with privacy glass in the back whatever that means. When we measured the back windows they were at 15% and the front was 76% so I got a 20% 3M color stabilizer in the front and it is a perfect match from the outside. From the inside, the rear windows are clearer with brown color and the fronts are a little less clear with grayish color, I guess that is expected and as a driver I will not be looking through the back and front windows at the same time. Thanks for the advice. |
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Went with 3m 35% front windows meter read 20-25% rear perfect colour match. Wish I went a shade darker. I was more concern about the wife not being able to see out at night so played it safe.
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I think I'll go with 3M Color Stable for best color match with factory rears.
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Installsplus, that looks darn good! I still need to do mine at some point. Looks great on a MW M Sport.
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Installsplus, that tint match looks good.
Every time I see a nice match, I wish I didn't go the bare minimum.
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Thanks guys. At first I thought I could have gone a shade darker but after seeing it again today I made the right choice. Here are some more pics
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Reviving this thread because I just had my fronts (and sunroof) tinted with 3M color stable 20% as that sounded like the perfect match. It looks great both inside out and out - good color and darkness match. The problem is that the front windows look very hazy when the sun hits them directly. Like they have a layer of dust over them and it's pretty annoying. It's been 2 weeks since install so it should be totally dry.
For those that have 3M color stable tint do you find your windows to be crystal clear, or is there a haziness? If this is expected for this film I'll need to try something else, despite it being an excellent match otherwise. Here's a picture where the sun was hitting just one corner of the window. You can see how it's perfectly clear in shade but totally hazy where the sun is hitting. |
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Just had suntek ceramic to match on the fronts and windshield. 20% fronts seem to match pretty darn good. It's gonna look a bit lighter cuz of the windshield so it's hard to gauge. And I got the highest on the windshield at 60 which is a bit darker than I wanted but so far love it and can't tell.
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Their ceramic up front and on windshield was an immdediate life saver. 99 here the last 3 days and the difference before and after is monumental!
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