Drassic

Well, I suppose TG got the stock glass measurements with one of the IR/uve  glass readers and such......now that I typed it out and thought more on my reply.
 
 

Forgot to mention; instead of tinting the windshield I chose to put a light color dashmat, which helped tremedously given the dash came in black.

I had a Jeep Compass that metered 30% on the privacy glass. I was in disbelief it was so light.

Original windows with the rear ‘privacy’ glass. Rear is definitely darker than the front and came with some level of tint in the back. In the specs it is privacy glass as mentioned, but maybe it’s different to what you guys have. 
 

That’s interesting. I assume privacy glass is also different in different countries depending on regulations etc
 
Before my car was tinted the rear was definitely visually darker than the front. It measured as darker too with the vlt meter. I think it measured at around 30/40 something (I remember the shop saying it was lighter than usual which is 20-25 maybe?) and the front was 70/80.
 
The legal limit here is 35 front, 20 rear. It used to be 35 all round. That’s why we put 40 on the front and 70 on the rear. 
We also are not allowed to tint the front windshield. 

I would say not a lot for a more normal car and my car is new so it doesn’t need to be inspected for rego. The chance does go up though as it’s a loud car and they get pulled over a lot. If I were to sell the car it would also then get inspected and pulled up on it. 

I look at it from this perspective: Would I rather be legal and comfortable or illegal and risk insurance issues in the event of an accident because of illegality?
 
Even dark spots on my hands as I age irk me and if I keep staring at them, I'll develop a resentment toward them possibly leading to $$ spent to make them go away. If I ignore them, I still have my $$ in my pocket and dark spots everyone my age has. 😆

Thanks. I know in that photo the front looks darker than the rear but i don’t think it actually is. When you look from the outside in you can see the rear is darker. When measuring the VLT it was definitely darker on the machine. Front came in at 37% and rear was high 20s I think. I think it’s partly that the front is a different line and is marketed as being ‘black’ so in certain lights and angles it appears darker. 
 
Have uploaded more photos which hopefully show the rear as darker. Let me know if you still the front is darker. Front is car2 and rear is car3. Car1 is both.