Wanted to ask all of you about car tint. I am looking to retint my car but don't know what i should get. I have heard that Formula 1 tint is the best around but noone knows whats the difference with that and regular tint. Anyone here know the difference with Formula 1 tint. Why does it cost more.

Thanks

 

It's just the name... all tint will fadout after some time, I live in Orlando and i retint my windows every 3 years. I tried all kinds of tint they are all the same to me.

 

I like Madico myself.

I've never heard of formula 1. I've heard of 3m, Madico and Lumar.

All will look good.

AshMan

 

thank god i saw this post, i tint cars for a living... lumas is sh*t, formula 1 is sh*t and so is everything else. The only tint u should even consider is solar guard, best film on the market. doesnt fade.... highest quality. dont u dare put any of those other sh*tty tints on ur mercedes. please dont, solar guard is the only tint u should consider ive worked with it for 3 years... my car looks like i tinted it yesterday... good luck

 

thanks for all the feedback guys, time to call around.

 

I have solar gard on mine and had it done here in Tampa. He only charged 140 bucks and gives a lifetime warranty on his work. The stuff I got was "charcoal medium" whatever that equates to. It's top notch....and yeah he removed the 3rd brakelight for it. always look like **** when people tint around that.

 

i don't think mine looks good with tint

http://img286.echo.cx/my.php?image=one2four0707ch.jpg

 

your right I would keep it stock or get a really light tint so your interior will not suffer so much in the summer. An also you have light colors inside so is not as hot as my black interior.

 

yea, got ideas as to how your going to paint your car? black? charcoal? metallic?

 

????? don't know

 

Actually, I think your car would go good with tint. Just as long as it's nothing too dark. The think would go great with the body panels and bumpers so therefore it wouldn't be awkward to the look.

 

zahkust is that 23%? that looks great, are u saying he cut out around the brake light? or he removed it completely? show a pic if u can, i took my brake light out, tinted the whole window and then i put it back and its behind the tint. But solar guard is the best tint around i recomend it to everyone, my shop just ordered 200g worth of tint from them... big clients.

 

I probably wouldnt be slandering great tint companies like Lumar or Formula one. My last 15 cars have been done with formula one over the last 10 years and come to think of it, i still know a few people who bought cars from me with the same tint and it hasent faded, peeled, discolored, etc. Formula one has a lifetime warranty against the items listed above and they really dont even need to because the stuff works fantastic! Look at your ignorance here..."everything else is ****"??? you call yourself a professional w/ a slanderous post like this...Please. p.s. solar guard which you have ONLY been installing for a whole 3 miniscule years....Cross your fingers and hope for no comebacks.

 

I have no problems witht he madico onmy car. I had it tinted over a year ago, and still looks just as it did the day I had it tinted.

Plus I got lifetime warranty on it, and My guy did it for $100.00 including removing the old tint.

AshMan

 

holy flying jesus! only 100? thats very impressive! how much tint would look good on mine?? maybe 60%??? whats the law for tint in the front? my brother got a ticket for having too dark of a tint in his truck... weird thing was... that it was stock tint on an 01 s-10.....

anyways. can somebody with some free time please photoshop some tint onto my car? just no dark tint. maybe colored tint. like a light silver...

 

before 3 years we used ever other tint on the market... 15 local dealership accounts with 10-15 cars a day i think i know what im talking about, lumar fades and this is in canada think about how much it will fade in cali, i know what im talking about....

 

LnkPrk I went ahead and PIMP Yo Ride!! LOL I don't know about silver tint or color tint on your car but i've seen tan or light brown tint on toyotas and lexus cars.

 

I have 5% Lumar tint all around on my car. It's a Black 400E. I like it very much because my interior was very hot in the winter(black interior). Get whatever you like, but make sure you check your local laws, in my area i get pulled over often. Certain states do have permits, including NY, that you can get. I'll post a pic tomorrow after i wash my car(raining today).

 

lol you should have color matched the rims to my paint.. imagine how ugly that would be??? well thanks.. hmm i don't im gonna go with tint... thats a bad thing about having this paint color

 

that picture really makes me want those wheels on my car.

 

I love my tint on my car, but it is cut around my old TV antenna that I dont use anymore so there is this three pointed thingy in my rear tint

 

Percentage I really don't know which number is refered to as that. The product is HP charcoal 22. He removed the brakelight completely, tinted it out and then put it back. So it was done correctly and good thing in that we found 2 fossilized insects in there. LOL.

 

thx. Yes I got them from tire rack and they really improved the lookz0r. I see a lot of talk of which are real and which are knockoffs...these, got me...it said made in Belgium on the inside of the rim..that's about all I know on these monos.

 

HAHAH nice p'shop YNVDIZW124, even better than MTV's pimp my ride