I am planning on tinting the G but i dont know what tint is good like what kinda film to use? which tint do uu guys prefer to use? Any suggestions?

 

uggg...i cant remember the type i just got but it has a life time guarantee. If someone doesnt reply with its name i will post it tomorrow for you. It looks great and sealed perfectly.

-DZ

 

i went with 15% all around, and it looks great in my opinion!! you might think its darker cuz it's on a black car though... and i'm not quite sure what name of the tint i used... all i know it was 15% and cost only $90, lifetime warranty as well.

 

thanks for the reply guys. yeah i remember seeing alot of different kinds of tint. Alot of people chose differnt ones dont know why tho? isnt tint just tint all the same thing

 

Try tintdude.com's message boards. You'll learn more about tint than you'll ever want to know. Diamond tint has a lifetime warranty against scratches (most others is just for material defects) if applied by a Diamond authorized dealer. I have Huper Optik which is ceramic based and offers greater heat rejection but is not as dark as some people like (30% is the lowest they make which is fine by me since it keeps me legal). Huper is very popular in Flroida especially with the Florida G35 Club. Formula One is another premium tint and comes in several levels (Premium, Ultimate and Pinnacle). Premium is metalic based (sputtered), Ultimate is dyed and Pinnacle is ceramic (I think).

Anyway, my point is that not all tint is the same. Some will fade very quickly while others won't ever fade (not discernably anyway) and others have different shading and heat rejection qualities.

Good luck in your hunt

 

another lesson i learned the hard way is that the tints offered by the manufacturers using the visible light transmission percent (e.g. 5%, 15%, 20%, 35%, 50%) is only an estimate.

for example, "madico charcool 20" has an actual VLT of 17% whereas "suntek hp 20" has a VLT of 22%. the result is that suntek's hp 20 is almost 30% lighter than madico's charcool 20. that makes a big difference in the appearance of the car especially in direct sunlight.

the dinger is that if you are unhappy about the shade of your tint, it will cost _more_ to replace it because you will be charged for removing the old tint. so, do your research and when asking a fellow driver what percentage tint he has on his car also ask for the brand so you can accurately determine the VLT of the tint you want.

 

That's not quite right. Pinnacle is the new ceramic based tint. Ultimate and Premier are both metal based. The main difference being Premier is more reflective while the Ultimate is more of a smoked look. There is no "Premium". The Comfort and Classic series are the 2 dye based tints. I have the Ultimate film and I'm very happy with it.

You can get more info here:
http://www.formulaone.com/

 

If the film you're getting isn't Llumar, SolarGard, Huper Optik, Formula One, Madico, 3M or Sun Gard then don't put it on your car. I had MoonRaker tints on my car before I got my tints redone with Llumar. It wasn't the look I really wanted because it was reflective during the day and dark at night. The tints were supposedly 20% but looked much lighter at night time. Llumar looks soooooo much better on my car since it's black/black.

 

I'm pretty sure I had Moonraker on my BMW. It was reflective during the day, dark at night, but it certainly wasn't as dark as I would have expected it to be at 30%. Plus, the installer did a crappy job installing it, and when I brought it back to be fixed a few days later they wanted me to leave my car there all day and PT it back home. I plan on putting Huper Optik on the G in the near future. Llumar and 3M are also top notch.

 

Yeah it's the "stainless steel metallized" tint. The guy who tinted mine did a great job on it except for the fact that he did my rear window in two pieces, but I wasn't too happy with the way it looked on my black G. The LLumar film I have is now a true 20% how it should be. Also it seems like it's a bit thinner than MoonRaker and rejects more heat. The type I got is the ATR series which is dyed/metallized so it's slightly reflective.

BTW if you're going to retint your car, save yourself some money. MoonRaker comes right off... and I mean literally.. I could've saved myself 60 dollars but didn't know until the guy was just peeling it off without much trouble.

Where did you get your tints done and for how much?

 

I got them done at Automotive Toy Store on SI for $200- I thought it was on the expensive side. I don't have the car anymore, it went back on the lease yesterday. The dealership didn't care about the tint, so I left it on. I guess it's their problem now.

 

Amp, thanks for the clarification. I was working from memory. My main point was that Formula One is great stuff and that there are significant differences between each brand and class. I'm very happy with Huper Optik although it takes forever to cure.

 

Huper all the way...