Exterra

Im about to tint front sides on an exterra, any hidden disasters? Can I match the manufacture tint with 20%?

20% is a bit dark, easy job tho......
Thanks anyway

Should be a close match although metallized films will tend to look a little different from factory, but haven't had too many complaints

Matches much better on jeeps than anything else, chevys are lighter too and brown in color. Unfortunate, even with metal-free colorstable from 3M, it'll leave a nonrflective result, but a few percent too dark.

I roll 'em down quite a bit as the one side exposes iteslf near the bottom. When I first did these, I didn't know that they "rolled out" and had a few issues. Just my 3 cents.

I should've listed that I had the door frames off, Dodge Rams do that too.

I need a match for a 03 X-terra, all I use is the stuff from sungaurd (concord films). AND this guy has those stupid things on the windows that stop the rain from getting in when the are cracked open a little (window skirts).

Anyone have any ideas other than take me off and put them back on?

Oh yeah, what is a match to the factory tint on a 03 X-terra, smoke bronze???anyone know?

charcoal matches

thanx! Better question, what % film does the factory put on the windows?

If its like 30%, then that means I should place a 50% or 60% peice of film on the factory windows to match the 20% I would put on the fronts, yes?

Is that getting to complicated?

the factory glasson the BACK reads around 17-22% give or take a couple %.

if you put 35% on the fronts that should bring it down to around 25% NET, if you put 30% on the fronts then it should be around 20% NET assuming that the front doors read 70% clear.

I see.

But what about the glass already tinted in the back, if you put lets say 60% or 70% on them are you then reducing the 20% that was placed on by the factory to 10% or 7%?

right. to find out what percentage you will end up with all you have to do is mulltiply the percentage of the FILM x How dark the glass is.

so factory colored glass that is 20% x 60% window tint added = 12% technically. it could be 10 or 14 just depending on the film and how true the % is to what its supposed to be, sometimes film is off a couple % from box to box.

just multiplying it like that you can figure out what your gonna end up with pretty closely