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9 hours ago, TxTruckMan said:

Looks great! I also went with ceramic all the way around including the front windshield and the results are amazing. A must have for here in Texas. 

 

Had my windshield done as well. What a difference in interior heat. WOW! 3M ceramic but high transmittance. Don't remember the exact number, like 80%, legal here, but it didn't darken the windshield very much. Just blocked the infrared and UV. Took me a few weeks to get used to it at night. I helped that with brighter low beam bulbs.  The 5% 6-inch visor took some getting used to as did the side glass at night which is also at legal limits for my state. I think I would lighten the side curtains about 10% if I did it again. But blocking ceramic tint or films are the cat's meow. 

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The installer mentioned the windshield, I declined for now......

But, he did say they can install windshield ceramic tinting and it won't appear any darker at all but will block UV and heat. 

Might get it done in the future.....

 

Just wondering how it might affect the HUD display on my High Country??

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9 hours ago, dieselfan1 said:

How is it at night?

 

I don't drive much at night, but was out the other evening, it is a tad darker but I noticed it also cut down on headlight glare which was very nice. 

No issue IMHO......

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3 hours ago, BigMick2023 said:

The installer mentioned the windshield, I declined for now......

But, he did say they can install windshield ceramic tinting and it won't appear any darker at all but will block UV and heat. 

Might get it done in the future.....

 

Just wondering how it might affect the HUD display on my High Country??

No impact to the HUD at all. Definitely worth it to prevent the heat coming in while driving. I’ve been amazed at the difference. 

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39 minutes ago, TxTruckMan said:

No impact to the HUD at all. Definitely worth it to prevent the heat coming in while driving. I’ve been amazed at the difference. 

 

You're convincing me to spend more money......  $$. 😆

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OK, you can all laugh now.......I went back and had the windshield done also. 

70% which is only slightly darker than OEM but went with ceramic which will block all the heat. 

The job they do is amazing, looks so good. 

Love it.......

 

 

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4banger Enthusiast

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I've had too many tickets in my part of world doing light on the front doors plus like to hunt/fish and see things better while in bush etc. so I leave fronts alone now. I do however like to add the window vent visors which do help a bunch around top of windows like wearing a ball cap keeping sun off your eyes a lot of the day and also allowing you to park and leave all your door windows cracked 3/4" to vent built up solar heat and if a thunderstorm comes through it doesn't matter.

 

As for the back windows, I used to add another layer of medium to back to make limo to keep sun off the kids/dog when little and prying eyes from seeing whatever was in the back (out of sight out of mind) but now that kids older and also hunt etc. I no longer add tint to the back so they can see the bush and animals etc. better and be part of the spotting crew. They can't see their screens as well as when it was a cave back there but that's actually a good thing imo. 

 

So there are two things I do to help darken things up to make less easy to see in. I add a layer of dark to the back window and a I do a pretty good strip along the top of the windshield. That's it. People that get in my truck love the windshield strip. They probably can't tell the back window but it really does darken the back part of the cab when light isn't coming through the back window, enhancing visibility out the door windows and also overall making it hard to see in cab from all angles. You can't see from behind me if anyone is in truck, same with from front looking at cab. Like having a topper on your truck without the toppers. 

 

When younger I limo or double limo lots of stuff, have always been a tint hoe and now in my more senior age...this is as far as I go. 😉

 

If I ran a topper then the only thing I would do is windshield strip and the vent visors. I don't run topper so I add dark layer (not medium) to the back window to make as limo or bit darker. I can still see out back through day and headlights/street lights at night no prob in rearview. I used to add medium to back end and then medium to light on front end to get the limo rear and try to dodge tickets front end.

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