Tint on front windshield?

TongMan

I understand tinting the front windshield for exotics and show cars as they don't ever see street driving, but doing it on a daily driver is just dangerous for the owner and for other drivers on the roads. Whats worst is for the pedestrians that cross roads at night. I say don't do it, but ultimately its up to the OP, and from what is seems like, he/she is already set on doing it. I just hope nothing bad happens resulting from the "cool" factor of tinting the front windshield.

wat2win

i have not made my decision yet. also im not doing it for "cool" factor. Im thinking of doing it to just reduce the sun+heat.

370Z Purist

A good reflective shield fulfills that purpose. Sunglasses add cool factor without it being permanent, i.e. during nighttime. Although, I've worn sunglasses at night because of headlights...

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370zAL

I would like to apply just "clear" windshield tint. Real and only object of this is to prevent/reduce damage from stone chips that I always seem to get.
I'm in Kali (CA), and I suppose that even clear would be illegal?

Has anyone else used this logic? My previous Honda had many, and all the windscreen chip repairs, would more than cover cost of film.

My Z is lower so it will probably "attract" more stone chips.

Also considering the clear body panel film type kits. Any thoughts on self install of these? The sellers make it look easy!!

Thanks, Alan

PS. First blog entry. Picked up my 370z 7AT base Pearl 2010 yesterday.

370Z Purist

First off, welcome. I suggest posting in the Introduction section and saying hi to everyone.

As far as I know the only things illegal on the front windshield are tints, a clear film over it will not incur any tickets unless specifically mandated (and I don't see why you'd ever ban them).

Many people have had clear bras installed on their Z's fronts to help belay rock chips.

Use the search tool and type in all kinds of things; despite the relatively short life of this forum, you will find much wisdom (and a lot of bad jokes and puns).

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cheshirecat

I've taken some on the way home during the day- I'll take some more tonight and upload them when I'm done.

Don't worry about it, you most likely won't be able to tell it's even tinted. It does make a huge difference in terms of heat, though.

Red__Zed

I ran 50% on my windshield on a bunch of my cars (had light sensitivity issues) and never had any issues at night. I'd probably go with 70% if I did it again, but as long as you don't go really dark it's not actually as bad as most people make it out to be.


Don't underestimate the attention it will get you from police though. Even though my registration noted that it was OK, I still got pulled over all the time, and got tickets despite showing the paperwork for permission. I eventually wound up deciding it was not worth it...