lightfytr

Both ceramic, i had a 12 hour road trip and never put my sunglasses on and never saw any rainbow effect...

thefisch

I am certainly looking forward to that myself. The rainbow effect is supposedly with polarized lenses so you would only notice it with certain sunglasses on. The little of it I've seen when looking at other cars is very mild and would not be distracting.

aeroconfigs

I got mine done yesterday. 35 all around, no roof or front windshield. It looks bad ***. So cool with the black on black. I should've done it sooner! It is metallic global brand. Highly recommended by my guy and he did a great job. Cost about 150. It does make some cars and windows look crazy when wearing polarized shades! Cool effect IMO though

thefisch

please post a picture when you get a chance.

UnderCoverNinja

Just had mine done the other day 15% all around except the windshield.

aeroconfigs

Here she is. I also have a rear quarter view but need to edit to remove my plates.

thefisch

looks good. I like the same look all the way around to.

thefisch

let's see it!

2006lj

I was totally unaware that tinting the front window was possible. Any regrets when driving at night?

thenew3

Check your local state/city laws. Some states don't allow any tint or anything else for that matter on the front windshield. There are some nearly clear tint that will do a good job blocking 99% UV and 30 or 40% heat and can usually get away from getting a ticket by the local law enforcement

thefisch

Just got mine done last week. Llumar CTX 30 all around ($250) plus Llumar Air 80 on the windshield ($80). Here is a pic.

Considered 3M Crystalline (quoted $800) and Huber Optik (quoted $900) but I've used Llumar before and was happy with the results and it was cheaper. Car was done in less than two hours and install looks clean with no issues (so far).

You can hardly see anything on the windshield. But you definitely feel the difference when the sun is on you - much cooler than before. Glad I did that. Polarized sunglasses are an issue though - there is a rainbow effect that doesn't bother me but I could see how it might bother some. If you have polarized glasses, I would look at a sample first so you know what to expect - or get different sunglasses.

I still use a sunshade while parking outside at work (front and back) because you can never block enough heat out.

xxGenericSNxx

Looking at getting Crystalline 70 or 90 for the windshield since that's pretty much clear and it has really good heat rejection. And then looking at 3M Color Stable for the side and rear windows.

My tint shop doesn't recommend Ceramics due to their ghosting effects and swears by the Color Stable for darker tints and Crystalline for maximum heat and sun reflection without going dark.

thefisch

haven't noticed any ghosting effects but maybe I don't know what I am supposed to be looking for...

xxGenericSNxx

Ghosting: https://www.google.com/search?q=cera...w=1366&bih=643

It occurs when the installer heats the tint to conform to curves and edges.

thefisch

Thanks for the photos of ghosting. Thankfully I haven't noticed that, but now I know what to look for.