Factory tint percent?

I like to bend the rules helps my interior from fading, cracking, and cooler.

 

Technically, the factory ~20% or so in the rear is illegal in MA. But, because it's OE equipment and virtually every vehicle now has "illegal" tint when rolling off the production line it would never be something they could enforce.

Tint shop near here told me the front windows of almost every new vehicle have some amount of tint. It's small--something like 95%, and primarily for UV protection, but it's there. You can tell if you roll down your window a tiny bit and look at the sky on a bright day.

 

Getting 20% put on my front windows right now. Will post pictures when they get done

 

In NY legal tint is 30% and I got 25%. Do police officers have a way to test it?

 

I know in Va they do, some carry a meter that will test the % right there and will make
you remove it RIGHT THERE on the side of the road if you want to avoid the fine.

 

Yes. They have a meter that they put up against the glass that measures how much light can pass through.

If you're not obviously way over (by eye) and don't give them a reason to nitpick, they would probably never check it.

 

Yes through a tint meter. Will they notice? Hell no, it's only a 5% difference.

 

right, that's why I mention the 70%. I was under the impression that 70 was just a uv blocking

yes, a meter, I don't think 5% is a big deal, but I don't live in NY, all my cars have been illegal. Never had an issue

 

I'm probably going to get 3M tint and paint protection.
I'm not sure on the % yet. It would be nice if someone could put a meter on the stock glass.

Anyway, I found this simulator. 2016s aren't quite in the system; 2015s are.
http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/...utions/Markets-Products/Automotive/Simulator/

 

every tempered automotive window I've seen in 10 years has had a transmission of 70% light

 

This this. Glass is actually stained in the rear. Won't keep rays out. I went with 35 in rear, 20 up front.

 

Where did you get it done?

 

Why would you go darker in the front than the rear?

 

Light from the windshield, plus the rear is a darker shade. So when all is said and done, they look the same.

 

Ok so 35 over whatever it came with from the factory? I'm not sure if they are all the same across the board.

 

I got 20% and it matched the rear pretty closely..

 

back looks darker outside, but front looks darker inside.

 

Looks good. This is probably what I'll end up doing. Where did you get it done? How much?

 

Thats too dark in Cali. I might have to do 30 up front

 

My tint guy used the meter on mine to verify my rear windows 1st and they measured at 28%. I put on 30% in the front (although I'm too dark for MA law) because the factory has 3% on it and it looks like an exact match.