Window Tinting
I spent over 5 years as a contortionist, keeping my left arm out of the sun when heading S in the A.M. & N in the P.M., along w/ slipping a manila envelope under my pant leg (whilst wearing shorts, of course) to keep upper leg from getting sun overexposure.
Then it hit me; window tinting!!! So I decided I'd splurge with my new truck, and get the two side windows done & an 8.5" strip across top of windshield. Problem is, the green safety book specifies no less than 70% of light can go through commercial vehicle window tinting. Question: Is a 30% reduction enough to be effective? Anyone try 70% on their truck? Thanks for your help! |
Each state also has their own requirements that you have to follow. I see some pretty dark tint on some trucks, matter of time before they get caught. I know Maryland will check cars and trucks, a friend of my wife's has removed her tint twice after being pulled over. She then goes back and gets it put on just as dark.
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I had the "Window Tint Lady" at the Wildwood Truck Stops do mine. She put 50% on the sides and a chrome strip across the windshield (IH onepiece) for $100. If you didnt know, the IH 9000 series have the largest windshields and largest side windows, almost about the size of a fricking house window LOL.
I drove the truck in all 48 and never once got stopped or asked about it in 3yrs I had it. You honestly could not even tell the window was tinted from looking in, but sitting in the truck, it made a world of difference, especially on the heat aspect, I never got "hot arm" again. Only problem I had was the windows fog easily and also if your wearing polarized lenses in your sunglasses, it makes a rainbow effect when looking thru it. I just put 35% on my side windows yesterday as a matter of fact in the FLD because that S. Texas sun is killing me and I look half hispanic (left arm) and half ghost (right arm) LOL. You can tell they are tinted but in Indiana, state law is 32% or higher, but that doesn't mean crap in IL, MO, AR, LA, and TX (my route) |
Thanks, SHC! I go by Wildwood sometimes several times a week & often fuel at the Pilot there. R U talking about the chrome shop? Or a separate booth nearby?
I can't imagine a bigger side window than the Volvo trucks have. I'll have to keep my eyes peeled for IH windows. |
you can get around the tint law by using a CLEAR UV block film. blocks out 99% of the uv and still 90% clear
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where can u find such tint..
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I got a tint ticket at Kansas I-35 NB coop once. 35%. He says next time roll down the window. Now I always roll 'em down.
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I think the tint at Walmart is a lot cheaper. Even when you include the price of the beer to consume while applying the tint.
TINT CLEANING TIP: Do NOT use Windex or anything else with ammonia. Ammonia very bad for tint film. I just use a smidgeon of dish detergent in water and a squeegee and it will last at least a decade if you don't scratch it. |
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