I've seen window tint that "goes on with static electricity."
I'm thinking it's a good idea so when someone comes up too close in a car with HID's I won't have to adjust my driving position to where their headlights are lighting up my face.

I don't think it'd be a good idea to do the passenger side because it's more of a blind spot, plus headlights don't usually light that mirror up anyways.

I'm thinking maybe 35% tint might be nice. 20% if it's not dark enough...
Will this kind of tint stick to my mirror?

 

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I don't recommend it. If you get into an accident that is their fault, it could become yours because a safety devise has been modified.

If the HID or highbeam is blinding you, turn your head a bit so it won't angle into your eyes. If he is riding your bumper, that guys is an a$$$, and just wait to make your move.

To answer your question. It will be too dark. A mirror reflect light (image). A window tint filters light. To filter the light off a reflective image will be very dark. And you will surely loose the ability to see distance at night.

 

I'd also be interested to see how well it would stand up to the elements. Tint is applied to the inside of the window in most cases and I don't know how you could do that for a side view mirror.

 

you should get that blue tint that you see on all the european cars

 

 

I suppose I should find out if there are any local laws and insurance regarding this.
However, it is only the driver-side that I'm talking about, and if I can't see out my driver-side mirror, I can still turn my head to see.
(can't do that on the passenger side)

*There are also no laws (that I'm aware of) regarding keeping your side mirrors clean,
and many people here drive with disgustingly-dirty side mirrors.
I usually don't let them get more than a few water spots on them before I clean them.

Turn my head a bit?
I tried, didn't work. I had to lean my whole upper body inwards about a foot so that I could still see the road clearly on a highway at night in a rural area. (zero streetlights, only light for 5+ miles came from other cars)

If you all are familiar with HID's, you'll know that they make CRISP lines where the top of the beam ends.
I had plenty of time to see why this BMW sedan was bothering me so much. At 200 feet, this crisp upper beam line made a 150 degree arc, going 5-6 feet above the road and still -3-4 feet above the ground towards the shoulders.

This guy's beams were so bright and so high that when I was 10 seconds ahead of him travelling 75 mph, it was still far to bright for me to sit in my regular driving position. I slowed down 2-7 mph for five minutes to see if he would pass because there were miles of empty road; this jerk slowed down and matched my newer, slower speed! So, I sped up to 84-87 mph (I was freaked about the idea of seeing deer, fortunately there were none) on a 70 mph road just to make sure that I would be at least 2 miles ahead. (either so I couldn't see the BMW, or that they were a full minute behind and I'd only see them as they pass over a hill)

I went to Walmart and took a look at some of the tint samples.
The 35% tint is so light it would be far too light to be used as sunglasses. (off topic, but just as an example) The 20% tint looked like weak sunglasses and the 5% looked like dark sunglasses.

 

Do you want to tint your windows instead? Maybe that would help some.

 

No, I do not.
I like the sun warming my car in the winter. :p
I also like how bright it is inside, and I also appreciate the view;
it's more comfortable visually at night, with the exception of all cars behind me are annoying,
though most are tolerable, HID's are usually a little too harsh, and that other guy's BMW was insane.

Some states have laws where they will ticket even out-of-state cars for tint on the front windows.

Where I live many people "get away with" 35% on their front windows,
(laws here are vague, but if you can read a driver's licence through the windshield it is not too dark)
but then I would lose that pleasant night-driving view
(especially pleasant when I'm the only one there)

If there is a "liability issue" with me making a subtle tint to my mirror, then I'll be pissed.
Why should I suffer when I like to have my side mirrors spotless but with some tint vs. most drivers prefering regular but dirty side mirrors?

*Before anyone responded to my thread, I thought it was a smart idea, since most people don't notice the appearance of side mirrors; extremely unlikely that any officer would notice as long as I kept the tint subtle.

 

Found this regarding Ontario mirror laws:
*Taken from a website where someone was experimenting with fuel economy on a Geo by removing and folding the mirrors back, also in Ontario.