Tint %'s

[Guest Southernmudslinger]

Back when I tinted my rear window, I ordered Solargard HP Quantum 14% tint, but when I got it, it wasnt very dark, it looked more like 35%, which is why I put 2 layers on...........anyways, I wanted to know if thats how solargard hp quantum tint is? are they not as dark as non metalic and hybrid films? or is it posible that they just made a mistake and gave me the wrong %? The reason im asking, is I might do my side windows myself, and I want it as dark as I can get it legally.

[Guest darkdan]

VLT is VLT is VLT.

They might have given you the wrong stuff, or maybe you just don't know what 14% should look like.

Hard to know without seeing it in real life.

[big money]

It depends on what you consider dark. We use SG's products, and Q-14 is fairly dark, and very reflective looking. Two layers would probably look like mirror tint. How did you buy it? From a local dealer?

[Guest darkdan]

Also since it's a regular cab without the other windows tinted there's a lot of light on both sides of the window.

[Guest Southernmudslinger]

it really wasn't dark, you could hold it up infront of you, and there wasn't much darker. And yes, the 2 layers is pretty reflective.

[big money]

Sounds like you might have gotten some Q-28 instead. Two layers of that will still look shinny. Like Dan said, its hard to tell without looking at it. If you know someone at a local shop, see if they have a light meter and can check a piece you have left, and or check your back glass for the vlt.

[Mdog]

When you put window film on a truck back window it usually looks a shade lighter than you think it should. That is because the window is straight up and down adn lots of light comes through.

I know when I put 35% on the sides and 15 on thebackglass they look almost identical.

[big money]

When you put window film on a truck back window it usually looks a shade lighter than you think it should. That is because the window is straight up and down adn lots of light comes through.

I know when I put 35% on the sides and 15 on thebackglass they look almost identical.

I see your first point, but on the second, put that avatar of you beside your truck up again with the 35% change, looks allot darker to me. Is your qtr's and rear factory privacy, or clear?

[Mdog]

my truck has limo over the factory 20% on the back, so yeah the back is quite a bit darker.

[big money]

it really wasn't dark, you could hold it up infront of you, and there wasn't much darker. And yes, the 2 layers is pretty reflective.

Was it installed on the truck in your avatar/ If so, why Q-14 on that dark truck, were you trying to get the shinny mirror look, or as some of my customers say, platinum tint?

my truck has limo over the factory 20% on the back, so yeah the back is quite a bit darker.

It that TT dark limo. Or

I knew we discussed trucks before with the 15 you had. I remembered you truck, and knew you could tell a drastic diffrence between the front and rear. If SMS has two coats of Q-14, it ought to be dark as hell, regardless of the sides. But that will still depend on the angle and direction of the light, not to prevoke VC here.