getting windows tinted need suggestions

5% all around and brow strip 5%. Medical exemption in TX = No issues for traffic stops or inspections...

 

5% strip on front and 20% on all others. It was a cloudy day when I took the pict. The front is not as dark as it looks in that picture.

 

90%windshield, 80% front 45% rear and back. Anything darker in the back and it's hard to see out the window at night.

 

Why would the sunroof explode due to being tinted?

 

It does fade....just takes longer to

 

Heat build up

 

I've never seen ceramic fade. The Pinnacle Series that I've used for years has a lifetime warranty against fading.

Dye film, however? Even the best eventually fade....turning purple as the dye breaks down under UV radiation

 

The glass used in sunroofs and moonroofs are not always the same as side windows and windshields. Some tints compress as they adhere to the glass which causes stress. Sometimes it shatters early and sometimes minor changes in temp or pressure push it over the edge and it blows.

 

Apparently partially true.......

https://www.teamacme.com/tints/can-tinting-your-sunroof-cause-the-glass-to-crack/

 

....so I might have spoke too soon, I saw this thread:
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/shark-fin-antennas-on-third-gen.492795/page-3#post-15237222

specifically:
Navigation antenna is in the dash.

From the FSM:

 

I don't know, mine came like this. It had 15,000 miles on it only driven across the desert on Saturday afternoon so I jumped on the deal.

 

so ceramic is ok on windshield? i was warned not to do windshield with that....I had 35% windshield and front glass and lighter all around rear.....the front with polarized sun glasses is too dark for me..change glasses to lighter color and ok now....but living in Irvine, Ca, orange county, i keep dodging CHP Windshield is illegal

 

Don’t know. This is what I was told from SolarGard and I’m going to listen to them. I have had a sunroof shatter on me before as well traveling down hwy 119 dropping about 3000 feet in elevation.

 

But it doesn’t change anything affecting th GPS or day/night sensor (for auto lights) right?

 

We brought in Llumar Pinnacle films in our store right when they came out and I tinted my BMW with it. After about two years it started blurring so when I removed it you could tell where it had faded. I would've never noticed it if I hadn't removed it. Pretty much anything you apply to a surface that sits in the sun everyday will fade. Especially here in Louisiana

 

I won't argue with a pro. But the ceramic is much more stable than any dye or metalized film I've seen.

 

I have 50% ceramic tint on my windshield, plus an 8.5 inch 5% strip, and the GPS along with the light sensor work perfect for me. Also have 15% on front windows, and 3% on rears.

 

True

 

Just got mine done. 5% on front side windows, 5 over stock dyed rear windows, 30% windshield. Madico film.

 

Just an update from my post 14 here.
Just to show people of the 35% front ceramic tints in different lightings. Top picture is in the late evening and bottom picture is early afternoon. Looks totally different. Just a heads up of anyone who went this route.