Good question, I don't know. Never thought to ask until now, thanks for the heads up.
Window tint
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Good question, I don't know. Never thought to ask until now, thanks for the heads up.
j_shoe99
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I'm in the market for tinting the fronts on my 2012 BLACK SR5. (somewhere between 35% and 50%)
I just called my usual "tint guy". He said it's $70 to do the fronts. Good deal based on what everyone here is claiming the paid. And yes, he does great work.
He did give me a warning, however. He said the stock factory front windows have some sort of "yellowish" hue to them!? And that the tint wont match EXACTLY. Has anyone heard of this before? (I see the above quote mentioned removing 'port'(poor typo?) from the front windows and re-tinting)
He said he tinted another 4runner recently, and he noticed the windows looked a tad yellow, and not 100% "clear". He said the 4R owner said it looked great in the end, but the "tint guy" noticed it. I think it's just because he'd the perfectionist, and the average joe wouldn't even notice.
thoughts?
Jivewalker
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Mine actually had 45% digifilm on the front that was installed at the port. I had him remove it instead of tiniting over it. The rears are factory tint in the glass which can't be removed. My tinter told me that untinted glass actually cuts some light transmission by the nature of it. He said that if you tint over glass you can almost always subtract 7 from the tint percentage to get your actual light transmission level. As far as the yellow, I'm not seeing that at all on mine. Because of the factory smoke on the rear windows, it's almost impossible to get an exact match front to rear.
markuspreppus
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I got pulled over in my 3rd Gen and it was late at night. I turned on my interior lights and rolled the rear window down before I completely stopped and the officer wasn't out of his car. He did say thanks for turning the interior lights on. Got me a warning instead of a ticket for expired tag. But it was only 2 days late and this was a Sunday.....
Skeletor03
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I actually do window tint at a shop over the summer months (teacher rest of the year). The back windows are 22% when measured. However, the tint is incorporated into the window glass compared to being on top of the glass. That is why if you get a standard 20% on the front windows it will look darker then the back. I would rather go to someone that makes good cuts then laser cut because unless you are heating it up it will stretch and wrinkle over time. Just my 2 cents!
Why are you people re-tint the rear and back windows?
Does the tint from Toyota is no good (quality speaking) or what's the point to do that?
I think if you'll do a 25% with the front will be almost the same like the back and rear. I just tint my front windows but I never thought to do also the back and rear windows.
Does the tint from Toyota is no good (quality speaking) or what's the point to do that?
I think if you'll do a 25% with the front will be almost the same like the back and rear. I just tint my front windows but I never thought to do also the back and rear windows.
Jivewalker
Member
I went ahead with tint over the rears purely for the UV and heat blocking. As far as I know the factory smoke tint provides neither, it's purely for privacy/asthetics. The digifilm that toyota put on works fine, I had it all around on my Tacoma with no problems. I had him take it off the runner because it wasn't dark enough for me and the Madico tint I had put on keeps much more heat out. The Digifilm UV blocking is also questionable. Hope that helps.
Bay33saw
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I did the same for me in Las Vegas, the stock tint is purely for privacy and not for keeping out some of the heat.
