I’ve read the front driver and passenger side windows come with some “factory tint” and the VLT is something like 72%, and in Texas I can go down to 25%, so is it accurate that I can use 45% tint and still be legal? 72 - 45 = 27 ? Seems like a high tint to have to use to be legal, Texas isnt one of the stingier states I think, and if the most you can use is 45, well it seems like most everybody here is using darker tint?
Most people don't do the math. Neither does law enforcement. Just blend in with others and you'll not have issues.
No. Number means how many percentage of light can go through. So lower percentage means darker tint. If darkest tint that can be used is 25% and there already is 72% tint darkest film that you can use is calculated 25%/72%=34.7% Easy way to understand why it works like this is to think two 50% tint films one on top of other. That's not 100%-50%-50%=0%. That would be non see though! That's 50%*50%=25%. So if your window is 72% tint and you use 35% tint film you get 72%*35%=25.2% tint. But do you really need something that's that dark? Wouldn't that make it hard to see at night?
I dont *think* 25 is THAT dark is it? Im pretty sure my other vehicle has 25 and it doesnt seem that dark to me.
That's an opinion anyways. Here it's illegal to tint front side windows so I don't really have much experience on how it effects driving. I think the one that I've installed were 15% and 5% but I've only used them on back windows. How to do the math correctly was really the main point of my post anyways.
