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Does anyone have any experience of film being fitted to their car windows and is it a recommendation for a 4x4 vehicle?
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Do you mean the stuff to darken the windows ?
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Yes thats right>> Do you mean the stuff to darken the windows ?
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Easy enough to apply once you have removed the glass from the car - though obviously you'll have to do the rear screen in situ since most cars are bonded in now. I have seen the side windows done in situ, but it leaves a clear strip down the sides.
BTW - it's illegal to tint the front side glass heavily enough to drop the light transmission below 70%. Most standard tinted glass transmits at around 80%. Some police forces have equiped their patrol cars with devices which measure the light transmission - they see it as a "boy racer" thing.
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Many cars here have this film, so FWIW....
It needs to be done well - clean windows, clean environment, no air bubbles etc. etc. It does seem to deteriorate over time, and on an opening window the air bubbles wear through first.
Until it does fall apart, if it is done well, it seems to look quite good and be effective.
However, it also looks as if the colouring breaks down in the sun, since they seem to take on a faded red/blue colour after a while;
Its done here for security or for keeping the sun out. I am not sure why you would want it in the UK.
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Its done here for security or for keeping the sun out. I am not sure why you would want it in the UK.
Same reason as illuminated washer jets, metal dust caps - in fact any bolt on Halford's accessory.
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>>in fact any bolt on Halford's accessory
Furry dice
plastic stick-on things for the top of the gear stick
Dangling anti-static straps
sun strips (with or without names)
go-faster stripes
plastic wheel covers
additional lights
lights around the diff under the car
chrome pipes stuck on the end of the silencer
furry seat covers
furry steering wheel covers
wide angle rear-view mirrors
centre consoles
additional spoilers
plastic flared arches
any body kit pieces
long aerials
and so much more.................
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long aerials and so much more.................
You don't own a Capri do you? :o)
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Just a Minute, Mark,
You are guilty of deviation.
Half your list do not bolt on.
Stick on, tie on, clip on, yes.
But not BOLT ON!
;-))
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Visit the tropics or the Gulf and you will find all vehicles have tint. It should last the life of the car without deteriorating if good quality (3M is the standard) and is generally done either at the factory or by the dealer pre-sale (the buyer is usually asked what color/standard of tint he wants when the salesperson writes the spec-sheet for his car). It helps the air-con and keeps out glare (obviously) but a key role is security, i.e. hard to see who or what's inside the vehicle. Therefore I would consider it for use anywhere on this feature alone. You can buy tint which is almost opaque from the outside but easy to see through from within. My US Ford F150 comes with this as standard. Almost black viewed from without, but like wearing just a weak pair of shades from the inside out. No of course not on the windshield, although it's customary to run a strip across the top, say 4" wide as a sunshield. If the law have a problem with this they should get real and go after proper offenders.
For the boy racers, there's tint to match your car, gold, blue etc, obviously that's ego-tripping. Here there are any number of corner shops who make putting tint on look dead easy but I wouldn't like to try it myself.
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