Vince at Ωmega Tintwerks in Pleasanton, CA just did my tints today. I went with carbon Llumar to minimize any interference with radar and other electronics. He did a great job putting 50 in the front sides, 35 in the rear sides, 20 on the rear windshield, and 20 on the sunroof. Now I can just leave the sunshade on the sunroof open without my head baking! He also pointed out that my windows already have some faint scratches, because they become more pronouced once the tint is on. It looks great, but now it's late at night so no pics yet. I'll get some pics after my ski day tomorrow...no not bringing the G35S up to the snow.

He put a bright green sticker of the window controls "DO NOT ROLL UP OR DOWN FOR 3 to 5 DAYS." You should also make sure your lockout for the passengers is set your passengers don't move the windows.

He wants me to send a reminder out to this forum that he is now 1.5 weeks booked and that may go to 4 weeks during the summer. Get your tints now or you'll sweat during a long wait in the summertime.

 

I got my Hupers from there 30% all around very good guy and great work. If you want to get dark tint just go for the other brands that go darker. I mean i live in cupertino and and i drove to fremont to go to this guy hes good.

 

^^^ Yup. I drove from Fairfield to Fremont for Sid to do my Hupers too.
Went with 40 on fronts, 30's on rear sides and back.
It was well worth the drive.

 

I am thinking of tinting my G35 too. My exterior color is liquid platinum (Silver) with a black interior.

I have a couple questions:
What is the best type of film to use for my car?
What percentages should I go for front, rear sides & back?

Thanks in advance

 

^^^The best type of film is a hard question to answer. They're all good these days.
Really depends I suppose to the UV and Infrared (heat) retention of the film if that's the most important thing to you. Was for me.
Heard metallic types can/could interfer with FM/SAT and NAVI reception, so I stayed away from those.
Plus metallic types have that reflective mirror look, which is really nice, but can attract more attention with the law, imo more so than dark tints.
Don't know much about the carbon types as mentioned before. Those metallic? IDK.

Not trying to sell you Huper Optiks, but that's the one I chose due to it's excellent UV and heat retention qualities, ceramic base and no reception interference.
Plus it's retention characteristics were close if not better than the very dark (20 - 5% limo) types.
But, it is more expensive than other films and costs more to install due to it being a thicker film and harder to mold the curvature of our back windows, etc.

What looks good is a personal choice.
Dark tints looks really nice, but many factors to consider like obviously illegal looking (on front windows only) and hard to see through at night, etc, but looks hella cool.
There is no restrictions on % in California for rear sides and back window %'s. Only on fronts (70%) which is basically oem.
Mine were 73-75% on fronts with a meter before tints. Just an FYI

My best advice would be look at other ppl's rides and decide what you like and then ask them what kind and % they have.

 

I have some pics of my tint from Vince at Omega Tintwerks on my thread...

Tinted Lakeshore Slate 2007 G35S Sedan

 

I had mine done by Premiere in Fremont - www.premiermobilegroup.com and I left able to roll the windows down right away. There also was no gap on the top edge of my glass, which was another plus. great guys to work with!

 

Oh and I got their newest line of ceramics. Big thumbs up on blocking the sun's heat!

 

What is Vince @ Omega Tintwerks charging for the tinting for the sedan?

 

don't know about now, but when i got mine done i think it was 200 or 220. mention g35driver

 

Sucks! He raised his prices on me. He charged me $200 a few years back too. Now, he wants $250. The fact that he's about 30-40 mins away, I think I'm going to have to find some place closer. It's hard to justify driving farther AND paying more or about the same that I can get near me. He's a nice guy and does great work, but he's a bit far.

 

$250 for the whole car windows is not that bad price, IMO.

 

^^^+1...250 is not bad...and also you have to figure in inflation and increases in costs of living...cpi

 

don't get me wrong....i think it's a decent price. but, as stated, he's quite aways from me--roughly a 40 min. drive. and considering there are also reputable places right next to me that are offering the same price, it's hard to justify going that far away and paying the same price. however, i think vince does great work and is a very nice guy.

 

^^^where are you located?