Balanced Film

August 31, 2008

I just registered today but been reading here a lot longer.What I know about tint so far I learned here so thanks. I am a consumer and want a film to meet my priorities. At night, I certainly want to see well out the sides when turning and I had a problem before with an Llumastar(?) 35 on a grand Marquis with corner turning lamps. My car is a 1995 Thunderbird ( I know, boo, hiss on the back glass) in like-new condition, color is Champagne Met CC w/ mocha interior (I might go another color when I got money to waste). I plan on keeping the car. TSER is primary goal here in Florida for me. I wish to have enough VLT to be able to see well at night (brighter bulbs?) and with excellent glare reduction especially at night. When driving at night a major annoyance is the side (and rear view) mirrors. Can I have film put on side mirrors so my windows do not need to be overly dark? Suggestions please. So far it seems that I can get a good compromise with LuLu's ATR series but their website shows 2 ATR's, one is an HP metal and the other is called "Stealth" heavy metal. Anyone clarify on the difference? Btw, I did search this FORUM on ATR but this thread really surprised me, http://www.tintdude.com/forum/lofiversion/...php/t11020.html, it seemed that Solargard was the preference of those tinters which seemed in contradiction to most of this site's tinters. I would also like to have film on the windshield as a means to further reduce glare without hindering VLT. I also have a Formula 1 tinter a little further away but I know even less about their product. As you can see I now know only enough to be dangerous. I will spend the necessary money and choose the tinter I feel most confident in. Can you help me sort through based on my preferences? I apologize for the novel.

Thanks,

Lar