I have a friend who does a good job window tinting. He quoted me $300 to tint every glass in the car. $220 to do the sides and rear only and $120 to do the sides only. I just need it because the sun is really glaaaaaring into my car and I'm a little light sensitive. Maybe I'm a vampire, not sure. Which one should I go with?
You should know that tinting the front sides are illegal here in California. But most of the time you can get away with it if its not too dark. $300 seams a bit high..but if he's a professional and gives you a warranty then its worth it. Or you can do what me and my friends do...get it done in mexico for $50 18 months and no problems yet on the last tint job.
I don't mind giving him business, good guy. As for the tint in the front, I'm not trying to make it super dark, just enough to keep me from getting distracted from the glare of the sun in the mornings especially.
I used to sell and install window film. Here in FL, heat control is the biggest issue. I am like you as far as light sensitivity goes, too. There really is diminishing returns with window films ... going a lot darker only cuts out marginally more heat, but does really mess with your ability to see through it. A film rated at 35% light emission is usually pretty good in most cases as far as visibility and heat/light control. A 20% film is almost twice as dark, but only rejects 10% more heat. All that being said ... on my wife's 07 Mustang, we went with 35% on the sides and 20% on the back window, which is practically horizontal ... again heat was the main concern. She feels that it is a bit much. When I am in the car, I like it, but I see in the dark much better than she does. If I had to do it again, I would do the back window in 35% as well. It is a black car, and the 20% almost makes the back window invisible from the outside ... looks a bit odd. I don't have a rear view of the car handy ... in the side view of the windows, they would appear brighter if there was more light coming in through the back window.(if it was 35% instead of 20% film) My Green Comet below has 35% all the way around ... pretty sure the white one was 20% on all windows. The car had no AC and I ran with the side windows down a lot. That car was dark inside with the windows up.
Get you some polarized sunglasses if you are having problems with glare. As a professional driver, I drive in all kinds of weather and sunlight. The polarized lens are the only ones that will cut the glare without making it so dark that it's hard to see. I use the clip on's because I were glasses, and wear them all day, every day, even in the rain. You will be surprised at how much clearer you can see things! Kind of funny, a truck driver giving advice to a M.D. About as funny as Congress telling a M.D. how to do his job!:sorry:
Good one! I don't mean to be a dork here but a lot of sunglasses, especially the one worn over glasses, tend to have a little more damaging effect on the eyes. The reason is your eye sees less glare, so your pupils are more dialted, that allows more UV A and UV B to hit the back of the retina. So ironically, sunglasses that don't fully or mostly wrap around your eyes can actually cause more harm. The worst culprits are those self tinting glasses. But anyway, just a heads up from your fellow MD
Mine are prescription, but I wear the flip up style shades over them. I have never found a pair of wrap arounds that will fit comfortably over my glasses, and it's too much weight. Never seen any wrap around prescription glasses, either. Guess I'm stuck with what I have, been wearing them like that for years, but may bite me in the butt one of these days if Dr Mo is right, and you can't question the Dr.!
$300 is big bucks ... I got a quote on my 2010 Mustang for $200. I'll be going 35% sides and 20% in the back. Keep in mind the factory tint + the aftermarket tint will make the windows darker than the tint rating.
The glasses I'm referring to are pretty much regular glasses that people wear which are prescription glasses. I guess for a little extra these lenses can be self tinting. For most people that may not be a problem but generally these glasses if worn a lot out in the sun light will allow a lot more UV light to get into the eyeball since the pupils become so dilated. But if they aren't worn outside too much and you generally don't have a lot of eye problems you probably are ok.
That describes my prescription glasses exactly ... which I wear all the time inside and outdoors... except that my lenses are more of a full-sized lense. Small glasses look pretty funny on my big melon ... I take a XXL racing helmet. As you are describing it, it is light sneaking around the sides of small glasses that are the problem, right? The lenses themselves have UV protection built in, right? Are really good sunglasses a better alternative? I know I have seen sunglasses rated for UV.
exactly, the lenses have plenty of UV protection. as a matter of fact you can have a lens that's perfectly clear have over 90% UV protection. the tinting effect of the glasses is only meant to be for comfort. Smaller glasses just don't protect your eyes from ambient light getting into the eye.
