03-13-2020, 05:42 PM | #1 |
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Convertible Owners : Did you Tint?
I am taking delivery of a Carbon Black on Tarufo M850 convertible next week. I am immediately taking it to a shop to Powder Coat the wheels, blackout all the trim, Ceramic Coating, Etc.
Question: Should the windows be tinted? If this was a coupe it would be a no brainer, but I'm torn for the convertible. Curious what you guys did. |
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I took my friend for a ride, and she's the type that always needs sunglasses. It was a sunny day, but even with the top down, she said she didn't need any sunglasses. Most of the time I ride around with top down. If it's just me, the windows are down too. For my wife and baby, the top down but windows up. It's a "fun" car for us as a toy, so we usually have the top down to get some sun. So I don't think I'll tint the windows. But it would look cool. |
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03-13-2020, 07:33 PM | #5 |
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I always tint my windows and my negotiation on the convertible included dealer-paid tinting done by my guy. Full disclosure: We live in sunny North Florida and my eyes are a bit more light sensitive than most. Also, I just think that cars look better with tinted windows.
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03-13-2020, 08:02 PM | #6 |
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I didn't but live in the Northeast where (1) we need all the sunlight we can get and (2) the police crack down on tint aggressively.
I admit that tinting does make the car look good. |
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Got to black out the trim. Not sure if I should make rims all black and get wheels spacers. By the way what size wheel spacers should I get?
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Tinted my car on Day 1
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Edit... just found the law for Massachusetts via the almighty Google Search and it appears 35% of light let in is the requirement all the way around. |
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Tinting is much less common in MA than AZ, FL or CA. We have lots of sunny days but half of them are in the winter when it can be very cold. Thus, it's more for looks than to keep the inside of the car cool. Thus, even though 35% is OK by law, a tinted car sticks out more and gives the police a reason to give you a hard time. I just don't need the hassle.
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Our cops carry a tint o meter that literally measures the tint. It's why I advise all my criminal clients to lower all the windows immediately once pulled over. I'd wager about 10% of my prior case load involved window tint cases. However, the easy fix is to pay a shop $100 to get a receipt to prove it was all removed correctly. http://www.tintcenter.com/laws/VA/ |
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And PPF is a must. Had a couple rock chips just on the drive to the shop to have the PPF installed. It's like the front end it a stone vacuum. Sorry about the bad pic, it's the only one I have that shows the lighter tint. And this is in AZ, and it still does fine keeping the sun out. |
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Tint helps protect your interior from UV light too, I say do it
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Here's a picture of my car outside. Had it ceramic coated.
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Totally agree on the PPF and I completely avoided the 101 between Scottsdale and Tempe/Chandler until the PPF was installed as that stretch of the freeway is littered with landscaping rock thanks to seemingly every landscaping rock delivery truck cruising it daily. In fact every single minor chip I have in the windshield now is from driving that stretch of the 101 after the PPF was installed! |
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Ceramic coating is a must at least in my opinion. So glad I had my detailer do that after the PPF was installed. I'm somewhat surprised too that the Tanzanite blue does not show dirt as much as my dark graphite grey Lexus did. With the ceramic coating just driving in the rain gives the M850i a decent wash with zero water spots given rain water is basically the equivalent to RODI (unless you are in an area with acid rain which is not the case here in AZ).
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Fully agree on avoiding the 101. I had my 1st new windshield at 640 miles. It's really bad. |
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As for the 101, I think any car takes a lot of damage on it. Too my surprise though my wife drives her X5 on it daily down to Chandler and back and so far no rock chips in the windshield. I'm guessing the front-end bumper take the brunt and I had it PPF'd before we picked it up. |
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