Factory tinted glass

September 22, 2003

have we talked about this before if we did I don't remember, anyway does anyone have the scoop or information on how much heat or uv rays that this so called tinted glass rejects!? anyone do any testing on their own with any kind of meters?

September 22, 2003

http://www.ppg.com/gls_autoglass/vistagray.asp

http://www.ppg.com/gls_autoglass/solextra.asp

Just a couple examples of what is coming...

Today's privacy is somewhere in the neighborhood of 40% heat & 40-60% UV rejection. Reflective coated glass comes in higher on heat rejection, but I am not sure the numbers there.

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oldtinter · September 22, 2003

Looks like auto tinting is going to be fairly nonexistent soon... :thumb Aren't the film manufacturers a little concerned metint?

September 22, 2003

Looks like auto tinting is going to be fairly nonexistent soon... Aren't the film manufacturers a little concerned metint?

The Vistagrey's graph shows a peculiar dip in a certain part that didn't impress someone more knowledgeable than I.

There will be a need for window film for some time to come, so I am told, however since I see a few makers straying from their primary purpose (film) to other products... one such as you or I can only speculate as to what the big guys really see and know.

Believe metint4u2...I loath politics, too! They're all crooked when power in knowledge is involved.

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Mdog · September 22, 2003

2 front doors only all day long :thumb man what a dream job 100 bucks per pop. do 10 to 20 perday :thumb

September 22, 2003

oldtinter · September 22, 2003

I'll ask the PPG guys tomorrow to see if they know about it, or have it. I see it like the factory privacy glass. Everyone thought it would be an expensive option, not the case, it's pretty much standard equipment now. Hate to be a pessimist, but it seems to me auto tinting is on thin ice. :thumb

September 22, 2003

2 front doors only all day long man what a dream job 100 bucks per pop. do 10 to 20 perday

:thumb I be damn, $200 minimum.

September 23, 2003

yes ot you would think that they would be! if they lost all auto tint I would think that that would put a big damper on profits! were just the end user what do we know!

September 23, 2003

Unless they get the Department of Transportation to change their strict standards, only vans, trucks and suv's come with factory privacy glass. Let's all hope this won't change in the near future. When I got into tinting about 15+ years ago, my brother told me that I would be out of a job when all the cars come out with factory privacy glass. I laughed at him and told him to look around at all the cars out on the road, all the homes and commercial buildings. If it has glass, I CAN TINT IT! Now look who's laughing all the way to the bank. :dunno