Window tint

Erik712m · Post by **Erik712m** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:47 pm

How well does the apllied film window tint hold up on sliding windows? I would like to do the side rear windows.

texas pinzgauer · Post by **texas pinzgauer** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:58 am

I was also thinking about doing this so anyone who has done this, please share your results.

Jim LaGuardia · Post by **Jim LaGuardia** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:36 pm

Why waste time with tint that just scratches, fades , and peels?
Just order up a tinted glass kit from Dave Dunn.
High quality D.O.T. labeled glass at very affordable prices

texas pinzgauer · Post by **texas pinzgauer** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:55 pm

I thought Dave's glass business was limited to those mirrored ceiling that you see in the "honeymoon suite" at the Sands Hotel in Vegas! If he sells a product for this application, we need to hear about it!

Jim LaGuardia · Post by **Jim LaGuardia** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:32 pm

I'll remind him to re-post the info in the classifieds.
The glass comes nicely boxed and ships via UPS

Erik712m · Post by **Erik712m** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 7:42 pm

Jim I want to go darker than what he sells. I am almost finished with may storage shelves and I don't want people to be able to look in.

edzz · Post by **edzz** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:20 am

When I don’t want people to see in I just drop my black-out curtains.

Ed

Erik712m · Post by **Erik712m** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 8:28 pm

edzz wrote:When I don’t want people to see in I just drop my black-out curtains.
Ed

I do that at night but the kids like to look out the windows while I drive. And pulling down the curtains every tme I stop would suck after a while.

edzz · Post by **edzz** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 9:40 pm

I’ve thought about tinting mine however am quite hesitant to, especially the front side windows as when slid open the overlapping windows would cause a double tint. I do know the irritation of curious eyes, maybe we could get a group buy on electric glass. http://www.electricglasswall.com/

Just joking about the electric glass.

Ed

krick3tt · Post by **krick3tt** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:51 pm

I have Dave's tinted glass in my pinz. Granted it is not opaque but it does cut down on the sun and that was the intent from the beginning. It helped in the desert. ...but, when the two side glasses are together it makes seeing what is in the mirror more difficult, sort of creates a mirror effect on its own.
I have seen so many vehicles here in CO with glass so dark that I cannot tell if anyone is in the car. Couldn't do that in CA, I think that AZ allows dark glass too. I find it extremely uncomfortable not knowing who is in the car next to me on the road.
I suppose if one doesn't want folks looking in at their stuff dark windows would be the answer.

David Dunn · Post by **David Dunn** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:57 pm

Ok, this is my post on autoglass from 3 years ago.

http://real4x4forums.com/PinzgauerBBS/v ... windshield

After reading that... I "can" have the rear doors and back glass made with other color and shades of glass to the AS3 standards.
In the past, I have made autoglass in bronze and gray glass , Graylite 14 (14% light transmission) and "Solarcool" glass ( mirrored reflective glass).
Mind you, these will cost for being a custom run. But I can get them done, for those with deep pockets.

Erik712m · Post by **Erik712m** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:39 am

Dave, I'm interested, I need to do a little gogling to find out the differences. Do you happen to have any pics? has any of the other pinz owners ordered in the past?

David Dunn · Post by **David Dunn** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:17 pm

Just go look at buildings, most all the different colors can be use....As I had written in that old post, only solex ( blue-green color) is legal for the windshield and front doors. What color is your truck? I can sometime find a color that "blends " in with the body.

krick3tt · Post by **krick3tt** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:36 pm

I'm thinking that solar green with reflective coating would be really cool.
The bronze would be a bit much unless your pinz is desert tan.
At night the reflective coating goes away with lights on the inside and one can see in. At least that is how I have observed it on buildings.
That stuff is not cheap.

Morris

David Dunn · Post by **David Dunn** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:08 pm

Morris
The reflexive glass works on light ratios, the same as two way mirrors. The glass can be installed with the reflexive side to the inside or outside, it changes the effect you get... From an insulating point, the reflexive needs to be out to reflex heat, whereas to the inside, the glas absorbs more heat. Reflexive glass is definately not cheap, especially when it's a special run of a patterned tempered glass.