What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

I haven't installed one.

 

I’m leaning towards 5% on all 5 windows and then 50% on the windshield. Yeah 35% looks good but it’s sketchy at night. Even worse at night in the rain. At that point you are guessing what’s infront of you.

 

I would check with local municipal and state laws regarding tint.
Here in Ontario there are set limits to darkness.

 

It amazes me that OEMs can object to making changes that can only increase longevity rather than hurt it.

 

I usually go as dark as legally allowed. I don't get putting tint on the windshield though. Maybe I don't need to get it.

 

heat reflectivity.

 

Plausible... But I'm already having a hard enough time seeing traffic lights and overhead signage with the big sensor pod over the rearview mirror and the low roofline (I'm also tall). Everywhere else I'm all about tinting as much as legally allowed but that one is one mod I think I'll pass on, right up there with Pro Grille's and Raptor lights. Just not my thing.

 

same here...I need to do my driver and passenger side front doors, but would never do the windshield...

but there are things needed before the tinting as well...tonneau cover, new shoes, molle panels to quell the OCD/organizational thing....better fog lights...

 

There is one more reason as well....Ear cancer. The tint can stop the UV rays from causing ear cancer. Personally, I do not like heavily tinted windows either but when I heard that the left ear of older folks get ear cancer due to driving with the sun beating down on their left ear the tint doesn't seem that objectionable now to me.

 

I can vouch for this.

 

That's the door windows, not the windshield. The windshield already has a coating that blocks UV while the side and rear windows don't.

 

live in Phoenix for a couple summers, you'll get it. If nothing else, it helps with the UV rays coming through your windshield. The summer sun and heat can ruin anything in just under two years. Your dash stands no chance if you park outside regularly.

 

Possibly. I was thinking Russian hackers...

 

I drove to work in the morning East for nearly 16 years so I always had the top 4" tinted on every vehicle I owned. Now I drive West every morning so I don t need it.

 

Eh, I just use the visors and shades. That works too.

 

Blocks out more light and heat. Think about it, you tint all 5 windows but the front windshield will still be bringing in a lot of the light so people can still see inside your vehicle.

 

The windshield UV tint is clear. Doesn't darken the visible light. My 2018 had it, (I actually needed to look really hard to conform it was there). Does not hinder visibility at all.
I didn't do it on my 2021 Tacoma because I want to suction cup things to my windshield. ( Temporary Cameras, GPS, etc....)
Also I didn't really think it decreased the in-cab temp all that much. (but you can actually feel the difference in the UV heat/radiation on your skin)

Not saying you should; or shouldn't get it.

Just adding some information to clarify visibility with the clear UV tint.

 

Yeah, pretty much every windshield now has a UV blocking coating applied. For some reason side and rear windows haven't gotten the same love and I can't understand why. The point of my comments though is that it makes no sense to tint the windshield for UV reasons. Light and Thermal are perfectly good reasons though. The side and rear windows are a completely different story since they do not usually come from the factory with a UV coating.

 

Do you know the part number or have a link for the "specialized mount for Toyota". Could not find it on the Pelican site.

Found it via google search. The Pelican search is not so good.
https://www.pelican.com/us/en/accessory/cases/cross-bed-mount--toyota-deck-rail-/xbedmt001b