confused about tint. difference between tint % and visible light trans %?
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confused about tint. difference between tint % and visible light trans %?
wasnt quite sure where to post this lol but oh well.
I went to a shop and the person said for texas the law was 35%. but i think she was talking about the tint % not the visible light transmission % because in the laws it says it is 25% visible light transfer.
There was a chart up there that that had 2 rows. It looked like this
Tint |5%/20%/35%/50%
VLT |8%/16%/38%/51%
she said that some of the percentages were wrong on the bottom, like the VLT for the 35% tint should read 25% and then i think there was another one messed up as well.
Why is it like this. Some places have 2 pertentages, and the laws only do the VLT %. It makes it really confusing!
Is she right about this? I looked at this sample that had the 35%/20%/5% TINTS(not VLT I think) and the 35% still looked really light compared to the other ones. I think those were the right numbers. Heres a picture from my crappy phone.
Does that look right? I'm thinking about getting about getting the middle one all around. So that would be according to the chart 16% VLT? Is that right? that seems pretty low haha.
Also, If I do illegal tint, what is this about inspection? Like is there a place I can go that won't care about tint?
Thanks
I went to a shop and the person said for texas the law was 35%. but i think she was talking about the tint % not the visible light transmission % because in the laws it says it is 25% visible light transfer.
There was a chart up there that that had 2 rows. It looked like this
Tint |5%/20%/35%/50%
VLT |8%/16%/38%/51%
she said that some of the percentages were wrong on the bottom, like the VLT for the 35% tint should read 25% and then i think there was another one messed up as well.
Why is it like this. Some places have 2 pertentages, and the laws only do the VLT %. It makes it really confusing!
Is she right about this? I looked at this sample that had the 35%/20%/5% TINTS(not VLT I think) and the 35% still looked really light compared to the other ones. I think those were the right numbers. Heres a picture from my crappy phone.
Does that look right? I'm thinking about getting about getting the middle one all around. So that would be according to the chart 16% VLT? Is that right? that seems pretty low haha.
Also, If I do illegal tint, what is this about inspection? Like is there a place I can go that won't care about tint?
Thanks
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Re: confused about tint. difference between tint % and visible light trans %? (strider1)
tint % refers to the amount of VLT which is still allowed to pass through.
5% tint will only allow 5% VLT to pass through the film.
anything darker than 35% looks ghetto imho, and please do yourself a favor and go to a good tint spot that doesn't used DYED film, or you'll have purple windows by next summer.
according to: http://www.tintdude.com/laws.html
you are allowed to use up to a 25% VLT film on any of your side windows, the back windshield is allowed to be any film you want.
5% tint will only allow 5% VLT to pass through the film.
anything darker than 35% looks ghetto imho, and please do yourself a favor and go to a good tint spot that doesn't used DYED film, or you'll have purple windows by next summer.
according to: http://www.tintdude.com/laws.html
you are allowed to use up to a 25% VLT film on any of your side windows, the back windshield is allowed to be any film you want.
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Re: confused about tint. difference between tint % and visible light trans %? (br0nx finest)
thanks
but do you know why some places have both tint% and vlt%? when most people are talking...are they talking about VLT%?
And yeah the place Im going to is use non-metallic Suntek...the lady told me it was better than 3M!
And does that picture look right for tints?(VLT 25%, VLT 16%, VLT 8%)?
Modified by strider1 at 1:39 PM 7/10/2008
but do you know why some places have both tint% and vlt%? when most people are talking...are they talking about VLT%?
And yeah the place Im going to is use non-metallic Suntek...the lady told me it was better than 3M!
And does that picture look right for tints?(VLT 25%, VLT 16%, VLT 8%)?
Modified by strider1 at 1:39 PM 7/10/2008
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Re: confused about tint. difference between tint % and visible light trans %? (strider1)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by strider1 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thanks
but do you know why some places have both tint% and vlt%? when most people are talking...are they talking about VLT%?
And yeah the place Im going to is use non-metallic Suntek...the lady told me it was better than 3M!
And does that picture look right for tints?(VLT 25%, VLT 16%, VLT 8%)?
Modified by strider1 at 1:39 PM 7/10/2008</TD></TR></TABLE>
because tints are rated at a certain percent, but then in real life use they read a little higher than they were rated.
the picture looks correct, go 35% all around. you will be happy!
Modified by br0nx finest at 11:00 AM 7/11/2008
but do you know why some places have both tint% and vlt%? when most people are talking...are they talking about VLT%?
And yeah the place Im going to is use non-metallic Suntek...the lady told me it was better than 3M!
And does that picture look right for tints?(VLT 25%, VLT 16%, VLT 8%)?
Modified by strider1 at 1:39 PM 7/10/2008</TD></TR></TABLE>
because tints are rated at a certain percent, but then in real life use they read a little higher than they were rated.
the picture looks correct, go 35% all around. you will be happy!
Modified by br0nx finest at 11:00 AM 7/11/2008
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