Ram 1500 window tint, job 3, from Yavapai County's 928 Tint
From Jonny's portfolio. His install, his photos.
What went on the glass
- 15% C-IR over rear half privacy windows (2% read)
- 5% front doors (3% read)
- 5% sunstrip
The notes are Jonny's own from the day of the job. Want the same look? See what tint costs and check the Arizona tint law guide before you pick a shade for your front windows.
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The shades on this job
- 5% tint (limo tint)
- The darkest shade most shops carry. Only about 5% of visible light gets through, so from outside the glass reads black and you cannot see in during the day.
- 15% tint (dark)
- Dark, but not blacked out. In daylight you can make out shapes inside if you look for them. From across a parking lot the glass still reads black.
In Arizona the back side windows and rear glass can be any shade. Front side windows have to let more than 33% of light through.
Reading the notes
- Sun strip
- Also called a visor strip or brow: a band of film across the top of the windshield that blocks the low sun a visor misses.
- Over factory privacy glass
- Privacy glass is dyed glass: dark, but weak at stopping heat. Film goes on top of it, which is why the finished glass reads darker than the number on the film.
- Rear half
- Every window behind the front doors, plus the back glass. On a pickup that is the rear doors and the rear window.
- Metered reading
- The light actually getting through the finished glass, measured with a tint meter. It comes in lower than the film's number because the glass itself is not perfectly clear.
- C-IR
- Ceramic infrared film: a ceramic film built to reject the infrared part of sunlight, which is the part you feel as heat.
