targa tint

Discussion in 'Non Technical' started by 2 Thumb's up, Apr 24, 2010.

  1. 2 Thumb's up

    2 Thumb's up Member

    hey all i am soon to be getting my car tinted 20%. i just want to know can you tint the targa glass. :thumbup:
     
  2. Anti

    Anti 14.7 x 14.7 = 44.1

    isn't the max legal tint 5%?
     
  3. 2 Thumb's up

    2 Thumb's up Member

    hey

    if i go 5% i will not be able to see at night
     
  4. Chrispy

    Chrispy Pretentious Upstart

    35% is the darkest legal. You would barely be able to see out of 5%.

    Not sure about the tinting the targa's, those little dots might stuff it up.
     
  5. quickzx

    quickzx Member

    i dont no if its true or not but i remember somebody asking once a while ago and i dont think you can tint the targa because of something to do with what type of glass it is and if you leave your car out in the sun when it heats up and expands then cools down and shrinks, it might crack coz of the tint..... but dont take my word for it
     
  6. ZxLife

    ZxLife Good things come in pairs

    Can't see why not. Would you want to though? It's so nice having dual sunroofs :p
     
  7. 2 Thumb's up

    2 Thumb's up Member

    hey

    well i might be getting the 2 parts for the frunt and back part of the targa area painted black.
     
  8. ZYTRAM

    ZYTRAM Formerly known as martini_Z

    Why tint them when targa shades exist? :cool:
     
  9. mr zed x

    mr zed x chassis scrubbin..

    my targas were tinted, 15%, looks fantastic.
     
  10. Mclovin

    Mclovin Well-Known Member

    Mine was tinted today, didn't do the targa's they have covers :rolleyes: Done with 3m black cs20 film, looks amazing.
     
  11. aazn

    aazn New Member

    with tinting targas its like tinting your windscreen..

    you doing do it because of what it is made out of... from memory (talking to a few tinters) there is two layers of glass and something in between them to hold them together.

    with window tint, the heat goes through the glass and the tint reflects the heat back out. since its double layer heats up alot more and traps in alot of heat (between the 2nd layer of glass and tint) this could lead to cracking when it cools down or if it get extremely hot (as one sheet of glass will expand more then the other one.)

    something along those lines... i was busy installing an alarm when he was talking to me about it
     
  12. Mclovin

    Mclovin Well-Known Member

    Tinting ftw. :D
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  13. ZXDEVIL

    ZXDEVIL Active Member

    sexual.
     
  14. ryzan

    ryzan Moderator Staff Member

    Don't you mean Zexual? :zlove:

    On that topic, when I went to get the windows in my zed tinted both the tinters I got to quote the job said they wouldn't do the targas because of their exposure to the sun especially for be being in cq where they would be exposed to extreme heat in summer, they can expand and contract at different rates to the tint which can cause them to shatter. One of the tinters actually learnt this the hard way after apparently having a falcon with a sunroof come back after it had cracked/shattered only a few weeks beforehand. I didn't want to risk it so I just use the blockout shades. They do their job perfectly fine for me :zlove:
     
  15. NAztyZ

    NAztyZ New Member

    Totally agree with posts about this, regarding the targas cracking or even shattering. It may not happen, but to be honest a real chance in our climate it will.

    The question you should ask is, are you doing it to cut down the heat coming in? If so, you could always do what has been suggested previously, get one of those shades that go across the windscreen, the ones that are silver on one side and a colour on the other... I have a red zed and so I got a red one. Cut it into two sections, and fit them between the targa shade and the targa.

    If you are doing it just for appearance, then you need to decide whether it is worth the risk, but I do agree it would look good.
     
  16. black baz

    black baz black 'n blue Bazemy

    ... yep, the "frunt" is a real worry ........
     

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