Well, finally I got the sport wagon into the tinter. As some of you know finding a Huper Optic installer is a PITA, but I finally located one here in southern MS.
I thought I was going to get 30 in the back and 50 up front, but once I got the shop and started looking it over I decided to go with 40 all around. It was a great comprimise. My main objective to tinting the windows was heat rejection vice privacy, and lastly the look.
As it turns out the 40 was a great comprimse between it all. The 40 will reject 56% of the heat (30 rejects 61%, and 50 rejects 49%). In addition it looks awesome, not too dark and not too light. My wife kept telling me she didn't want it too dark, and it isn't.
You can see from the first photo what the car looked like with no tint. The next photo is about the same angle and time of day with the tint applied, then the rest are a few pics of it. It is very hard to take a picture of the windows and show the result.
Overall, I am very glad I went with the Huper. It keeps the car alot cooler in the mid day sun! It was 95 degrees the other day and I had the A/C on auto and the fan was on the second to the lowest setting to keep it at 69 degrees. How accurate that is, not too sure, however, the fan used to be mid-high in the same conditions. So it works, rejects heat!
I thought I was going to get 30 in the back and 50 up front, but once I got the shop and started looking it over I decided to go with 40 all around. It was a great comprimise. My main objective to tinting the windows was heat rejection vice privacy, and lastly the look.
As it turns out the 40 was a great comprimse between it all. The 40 will reject 56% of the heat (30 rejects 61%, and 50 rejects 49%). In addition it looks awesome, not too dark and not too light. My wife kept telling me she didn't want it too dark, and it isn't.
You can see from the first photo what the car looked like with no tint. The next photo is about the same angle and time of day with the tint applied, then the rest are a few pics of it. It is very hard to take a picture of the windows and show the result.
Overall, I am very glad I went with the Huper. It keeps the car alot cooler in the mid day sun! It was 95 degrees the other day and I had the A/C on auto and the fan was on the second to the lowest setting to keep it at 69 degrees. How accurate that is, not too sure, however, the fan used to be mid-high in the same conditions. So it works, rejects heat!
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