What % tint for SMG?

[shemeld_135]

EDIT Went with 30% what ya think..






]Just made my tint appointment ! I am not sure what % to get 30 or 40?

What are your thoughts ?

[Salazar]

15%!

[Satalite]

It depends on what you want. 30% will be pretty dark and hardly any visibility into the car while 40% will still give you some visibility into the car

Also depends on state laws too. If you get pulled over you could be tagged for tint if the cop feels like citing you for it.

I currently have around 40% on my AW 128i and say its a good amount of tint, however I would personally choose the 30% because I like it darker.

[WishBone33]

i got 20% on my SGM

[SpacE82]

I have 35% on my space gray

[shemeld_135]

Originally Posted by WishBone33

i got 20% on my SGM

Originally Posted by SpacE82

I have 35% on my space gray

You guys post a pic for me!

last time i had 20% on a white ( made is look darker )car i was pulled over a few times..kinda want to stay legal since its already a loud fast car !

[SpacE82]

Here are a few pics. I Did 35% because thats what is legal here now. But I think its perfect. I didnt want something too dark. With the black interior, it makes it look darker at differen positions.

[shemeld_135]

Originally Posted by SpacE82

Here are a few pics. I Did 35% because thats what is legal here now. But I think its perfect. I didnt want something too dark. With the black interior, it makes it look darker at differen positions.

thats looks really good with 35%

[SpacE82]

^Yeah, I'm really happy I went with 35%. IMO its perfect, not too dark and not too light

[///S55]

35%

Just got this picture.
Looks better at night, in the bright day light...it's a little bit to easily seen through.

[tyorll]

Get the darkest legal tint you can. Make sure it is a decent film that blocks UV and heat as well as optic wavelengths. Be cautious of metallic films on rear for radio reception though.

[shemeld_135]

went with 30% looks good !

[Odot1]

Originally Posted by nolim1t

35%

Just got this picture.
Looks better at night, in the bright day light...it's a little bit to easily seen through.

Have just bought 120d and am looking to tint the windows, have you got any more pics of your car from the side view?, not sure if 35% will be dark enough for black.

[b1g1an]

Tint the back windows a fair bit darker and then fronts will look darker than they are but not enough to make plod take any interest, obviously make sure it's the same film/colour, just a lighter tint.

What I usually do is order the factory tints and then just get the front windows filmed at between 50 and 35% depending on the colour.

[Raine]

30-35% is good. Any lower and it'll start to look rice.

[BrokenVert]

Windows what are those, my SGM car doesn't have any

[Odot1]

Originally Posted by b1g1an

Tint the back windows a fair bit darker and then fronts will look darker than they are but not enough to make plod take any interest, obviously make sure it's the same film/colour, just a lighter tint.

What I usually do is order the factory tints and then just get the front windows filmed at between 50 and 35% depending on the colour.

Had 2 different shades of tint on my previous car, I now think just the 1 shade of tint all round will be a bit more classy.

Also im worried about the back windows with the dots around the edge, seen a few pics and dont like it when its visible!

Any reccomendations of car tinting places in North London? Last place i went was in Luton and dont fancy going back up there again!

[b1g1an]

Know what you mean about the dots, that's one of the reasons I go for factory on the back ones. I saw a TT the other week that had the film trimmed just inside the dots and it worked really well but must have been a bitch to do.

If you have the film with the metal particles in (do they do anything else nowadays?) then I think two tints works fine unless you go mad and put really dark on the back but you're right, one does look better but you'll have to settle on a lot lighter overall to getaway with it. I had a Volvo estate done 35 on the back and 50 on the fronts and you wouldn't know they were different unless you looked really hard.

[bogart]

I have 30% on my SGM... legal, and looks great

[Odot1]

Originally Posted by bogart

I have 30% on my SGM... legal, and looks great

Any pics?

[i128]

i'm thinking of going 50% on side (doors and rear) and 35% rear window

anyone with that setup?