Butyl or Urethane?

[GoodysGotaCuda]

To add to the snowball, you may consider tinting the glass while it's out. I did a very very light ceramic tint on all of my glass and it's been an awesome upgrade to my car. The ceramic is good for absorbing ~40% infrared red heat and >99% of UV [think protecting seats and dash].

[70 Challenger Lover]

Windshield tint or just the other glass?

[GoodysGotaCuda]

Windshield tint or just the other glass?

All of the above, but front and back windshields are the hardest to get to the edges once installed.

[70 Challenger Lover]

Windshield tint or just the other glass?

All of the above, but front and back windshields are the hardest to get to the edges once installed.

How does it look? Pretty noticeable or light enough that most people couldn't spot it? I'm a fan of tinting for sun and heat protection but it looks out of place on older cars in my opinion.

[djw383]

Windshield tint or just the other glass?

All of the above, but front and back windshields are the hardest to get to the edges once installed.

How does it look? Pretty noticeable or light enough that most people couldn't spot it? I'm a fan of tinting for sun and heat protection but it looks out of place on older cars in my opinion.

Popcorn

[1 Wild R/T]

You can get Ceramic tint with a 75% shade which is super light, it still blocks 99% of IR & UV & they claim a 47% heat rejection...  Darker tints reject more but on the windshield you might want to be conservative.... Here in California it's illegal but I know cops who've had it done with 50% which isn't dark but it is noticeable... Especially on newer cars that have significant tint from the factory...

Video link...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdQi2SY2dWA

[70 Challenger Lover]

Interesting video.

[1 Wild R/T]

Honestly if your selling the car I don't think I'd bother, the ceramic tint costs considerably more than regular tint partly because it just costs more but also it's harder to work with so at times there's more waste so tinters build that into the initial quote...

[70 Challenger Lover]

Honestly if your selling the car I don't think I'd bother, the ceramic tint costs considerably more than regular tint partly because it just costs more but also it's harder to work with so at times there's more waste so tinters build that into the initial quote...

I was just looking it up. A 30" by 10 ft roll is about $50 so not cheap but maybe worth it in the long run when you consider the cost of a dashboard. Two rolls might get all the side windows done too. Maybe.

I do plan to put the RT up for sale but my goal all along has been to not cut any corners along the way in the event I wind up keeping it. So far, I don't think I have. I will be holding out for as much as I can get so this car could remain in my collection for some time which means I'd have to drive it of course...

[1 Wild R/T]

I have a buddy who does tint, when I did the glass for my wagon I was strongly considering doing it myself, I did plenty back in my younger days... My buddy was adamant that the ceramic wasn't something for a hobbyist to be messing with....  Kinda wish I'd tried it anyway but as it turned out he wasn't't able to tint my two rear windows with ceramic because of the curvature... They curve strongly around the back but also slightly top to bottom.. Apparently the ceramic won't stretch ever with heat so double curves are a problem....

[70 Challenger Lover]

I have a buddy who does tint, when I did the glass for my wagon I was strongly considering doing it myself, I did plenty back in my younger days... My buddy was adamant that the ceramic wasn't something for a hobbyist to be messing with....  Kinda wish I'd tried it anyway but as it turned out he wasn't't able to tint my two rear windows with ceramic because of the curvature... They curve strongly around the back but also slightly top to bottom.. Apparently the ceramic won't stretch ever with heat so double curves are a problem....

Good to know. That would suck to put it on a windshield and have adhesion issues later after it's in the car

[1 Wild R/T]

I've been poking around the web & it appears ceramic films are improving & there are films that would probably not have any problem with the double curve... At least for the windshield & back glass I'd probably talk to a pro....

[GoodysGotaCuda]

Windshield tint or just the other glass?

All of the above, but front and back windshields are the hardest to get to the edges once installed.

How does it look? Pretty noticeable or light enough that most people couldn't spot it? I'm a fan of tinting for sun and heat protection but it looks out of place on older cars in my opinion.

Nobody has noticed. It's certainly no darker than a factory tint from the 70s.

Picture is indirect daylight and will show about as dark here as it ever will. The performance of the ceramic tint is very good.

There's not a chance in hell I'd try it myself. $360 to tint all of the installed glass on the car with material is worth my sanity! [emoji51]







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[70 Challenger Lover]

Doing it in the car probably wouldn't be fun but my front and rear glass are out so it can't be that bad as long as the material conforms to the shape of the glass.

[GoodysGotaCuda]

Doing it in the car probably wouldn't be fun but my front and rear glass are out so it can't be that bad as long as the material conforms to the shape of the glass.

My tinter stretched it on the outside of the glass then installed it on the inside. He knew exactly what he needed to do for it to be done well. It hasn't been on for long, but I'm comfortable with it.




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