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Old 05-14-2003, 08:22 PM
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Default I need window tinting advice, did a bunch of searches and heres what I've come up with...

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Personally, I think a clean car with no tint looks the best, however its getting hot in So. Ca and it's only matter of time before I need to tint my windows. I've used Solar Guard in the past and the results were decent, but seems like Llumar/Formula One is the higher end stuff that everyone recommands, so I'm going to give them a try. After searching the forums many times, I'm seeing a bunch of different shades of Llumar tints and a bunch of different darkness%. Some of you have very nice looking tint, but I can't find the darkness % on the Llumar official website. Either you guys got your % wrong or Llumar makes a lot more shades then they list on their website? Also, Llumar makes 3 different "range" of tint- Premium, Titanium, and Platinum. My car is brilliant black, and I'm not too sure if the metalic look will go with a brilliant black cars. I've seen it on silver and it matches the car nicely, but I personally think it looks a bit tacky when its too reflective on black. I'm going for a more charcoal look and this is what they said they offer on the website, so my question is what's the difference between the Premium line compared to the Titanium line? Both line offer Medium Charcoal at 37-38%, which one should I go with? And another tint that interest me is the Titanium mdeium BLUE 32%, is that the one that looks like the Mercedes Benz AMG windows? The bluish look? If you have LLumar or Formula One, please show it off, and please include which line of tint you used (premium, titanium, or platinum). THNX!

Here is their Product line from their website:

Premium range

Film Description Visible Light Transmission
AT05GR SR HPR Very dark grey 5%
AT15GR SR HPR Dark grey 18%
AT20CH SR HPR Dark charcoal 22%
AT35CH SR HPR Medium charcoal 37%
AT35GR SR HPR Medium grey 34%
AT50CH SR HPR Light charcoal 53%
AT50GR SR HPR Light grey 53%
AT70GR SR HPR Very light grey 73%

Titanium range

Film Description Visible Light Transmission
ATR05CH SR HPR Very dark charcoal 5%
ATR20BR SR HPR Dark bronze 18%
ATR20CH SR HPR Dark charcoal 21%
ATR35BR SR HPR Medium bronze 35%
ATR35CH SR HPR Medium charcoal 38%
ATR50CH SR HPR Light charcoal 55%
DL30GN SR HPR Medium green 32%
DL25BL SR HPR Medium blue 32%

Platinum range

Film Description Visible Light Transmission
PP20LU SR HPR Dark neutral 24%
PP35LU SR HPR Medium neutral 36%
PP50LU SR HPR Light neutral 49%
PP58LU SR HPR Very light neutral 59%
Old 05-14-2003, 08:51 PM
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OMG...you are the search king. Nice research!
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But ofcourse...=) But Seriously, I want a nice tint, the wrong tint can kill the look of a car.
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Default My baby gets hit with 50% charcoal tomorow at 8:30 am !

I dont want it too dark and I want a silvery finish to it not a pitch black color. But my ride is silver, black cars need black tint !
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LLumar tint? Post some pix when you get it done pls. I wanna see how it turns out.
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Default 27 percent Llumar performance tint :-)

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Pics please...curious to see 50% all around...I'm not sure you can even call 50% tint...
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Default When it says metallic, it doesn't mean reflective

I would definatly get metallic if you live in SoCal. I can notice a BIG difference when it is hot out with the metallic tint
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