Winshield Tint - Llumar Air Blue 80

I have Air Blue 80 on my windshield, it's GREAT. Cuts 99% UV some IR, not as much IR as Pinnicle 50, but it sure is better than nothing!!!

 

I just put ceramic 50% all the way around including front windshield and I like it. I was skeptical about the putting the blue on the windshield and black on the sides because of the slight color difference. I personally noticed it on other cars and did not like it because the blue is visible and figured it would bother me being a different hue especially since the the Prius windshield is so angled.

 

Can you even see the blue? The factory glass is tinted green so does it still look green?

 

I see the blue....to me it's annoying.

 

So blue on top of green looks blue overall rather than green?

 

Anybody have any pictures of their windshields?

 

I took a picture with my Blackberry from the inside with 50% on the windshield and 35% on the side doors. The picture is blurry so I won't post it but the 50% was actually 'darker looking' than the 35% on the sides. I went darker on the sides now to 24% but then the windshield looked too dark, so a good compromise would be 70% on the windshield. I may do that later if I think I'll need it this summer.

IMO, if you tint the Prius windshield (due to the rake of windshield angle), I would go 2 shades apart from the front side windows if you want to see a noticable contrast.

 

I have only seen blue tint on cars that have tinted the rest of their windows in the other shades of ceramic or metallic black. In such cases the front is a different color than the sides--it is this contrast in color that is visible and annoying to me.

Now that you mention that it's blue on top of green--and because it is a very light green and a very light blue on top that may create some kind of color effect that just does not sit right with me. I don't know exactly what color the result is but it looks cheap when the front windshield color does not match the rest of the windows. I don't have a problem with different shades of the same color like 50% black and 38% black on different windows on the same car because the color is the same. I don't have a problem with blue all the way around like mercedes does (but blue all the way around like in mercedes is also not my preference). I am really hooked on my 50% front windshield. I will take pictures and post as soon as I can.

 

rstark18, KK6PD and going red baby can tell us if it looks blue, green or some other color effect.

 

Here's a pic taken with no flash with the door open. Right side is through the windshield, left is no window. I think it's showing a bit bluer than it really is due to cloud density/hue, especially the further right you look.

I'm going to take another pic tomorrow when there's no clouds. Maybe I'll put newspaper on the windshield and hold it on the open side.

I have Madico ceramic all around, I think there are only 3 different shades of Madico. I have the darkest on the rear passenger sides and back, medium on front sides and the lightest on the windshield.

Also just thought I'd mention that I don't notice any distortion on oncoming headlights at night. I remember someone posting that they did. I think the only little bit of distortion I have is due to the application, not that the windshield is at too much of a slant. I have yet to take it back for this.

 

It's such a minimal amount, that when the film completly dried on the window, after a couple of days I stopped noticing the excessive brightness coming through the front window, and started enjoying the ride!!!
I was worried about the "Blue Thing" also, well....fuggagidabout it!!!!
It's no big deal!! Going Red's pic pretty much captured the effect!

 

I have airblue on every window of my gen lll, I hardly notice it anymore, except on excessively bright days

 

Can someone tell me more about airblue tint? I would like to tint my upper front windshield where there is no protection from the sun. Is there a link to a web site?

 

I bet he did.

I'm going to have him do a bunch of windows in my house pretty soon. Hopefully that will help with both heat and fading.

I was wondering about doing the sunroof... do you think it was worth it?

For others who are curious, I just took some more pics.

 

Rather than creating a new thread I'll just bump this one....

Did the installer cut around the dot matrix and mirror or did they tint over it?

If possible could you take a closeup picture where the tint meets the dot matrix on the front windshield. Thanks!