Do you like ‘privacy glass’ tints?
Discussion
Rewe said:
gizlaroc said:
A1VDY said:
What's this thing with 'privacy', you're seen when you get in and out of the car. As for dogs and children, both will survive both dogs and little snowflakes.
Few cars in the rest of Europe have dark glass, it's a UK fashion thing, a lemming thing.
Making your car look like a van is not 'cool' it's purely sinkhole council.
Its a Nerdy, goofy, beardy, jesus boot wearing Timothy option..
Haha, you seem very upset about it? Few cars in the rest of Europe have dark glass, it's a UK fashion thing, a lemming thing.
Making your car look like a van is not 'cool' it's purely sinkhole council.
Its a Nerdy, goofy, beardy, jesus boot wearing Timothy option..
Do I recognise that username? Is it a numberplate? Seen around Norwich?
I will keep an eye out for you, try not to park too close.
He just seemed very angry about tints, best to keep away! Angry Andy!!
A1VDY said:
What's this thing with 'privacy', you're seen when you get in and out of the car. As for dogs and children, both will survive both dogs and little snowflakes.
Few cars in the rest of Europe have dark glass, it's a UK fashion thing, a lemming thing.
Making your car look like a van is not 'cool' it's purely sinkhole council.
Its a Nerdy, goofy, beardy, jesus boot wearing Timothy option..
Few cars in the rest of Europe have privacy glass? Based on what evidence?Few cars in the rest of Europe have dark glass, it's a UK fashion thing, a lemming thing.
Making your car look like a van is not 'cool' it's purely sinkhole council.
Its a Nerdy, goofy, beardy, jesus boot wearing Timothy option..
Most of the cars where my parents live (Greece have dark windows) Every other car on the roads here has dark windows, Same applies to Germany, Spain, Maybe not so much Belgium and NL but the majority of Europe gets pretty hot in the summer and darkened glass does an excellent job of keeping the car cool.
Currently looking at used Cayennes on mobile.de and at least 80% of them have dark glass. Bloody German chavs driving around in German built cars with dark windows.
Not just Europe but Australia too love their tints.
2 out of 4 in our fleet have privacy glass (unless you count the motorhome with its brown tinted plastic windows)
You'll find that during a 40c summer getting into a car with clear windows and leather seats is a very painful experience.
Hmm
Some cars do suit tints and of course others don’t.
I think without tints my car wouldn’t look right.
Merc C350 amg sports coupe with a panoramic roof. The tints aren’t even black, very dark green.
My other half’s X1 just wouldn’t look the same without smoked tint on it to be honest.
I think it all depends on the degree the tint is done.
Mine from above
Some cars do suit tints and of course others don’t.
I think without tints my car wouldn’t look right.
Merc C350 amg sports coupe with a panoramic roof. The tints aren’t even black, very dark green.
My other half’s X1 just wouldn’t look the same without smoked tint on it to be honest.
I think it all depends on the degree the tint is done.
Mine from above
I personally choose models with them as factory standard, would never go for the film.
It's hugely due to work commitments, tools, laptops etc. At present got a white Ford Focus Active X estate and I think it suits it, I've seen a titanium model in white without tints and it looked blan.
Again it's one of them things, certain cars look good in certain colours, same with the black plastic cladding or tinted windows.
Strangely enough if I saw a BMW or Alpine
3 series touring I'd say it didn't need dark tints.
It's hugely due to work commitments, tools, laptops etc. At present got a white Ford Focus Active X estate and I think it suits it, I've seen a titanium model in white without tints and it looked blan.
Again it's one of them things, certain cars look good in certain colours, same with the black plastic cladding or tinted windows.
Strangely enough if I saw a BMW or Alpine
3 series touring I'd say it didn't need dark tints.
Edited by PisstNBroke on Saturday 22 February 10:39
Baldchap said:
Shaoxter said:
Pretty much essential when you've got kids in the back. Of course some people do it to look all gangsta but they do serve a purpose.
Stop tailgating then.
My thoughts exactly. james_gt3rs said:
Thorburn said:
They frustrate me when the car in-front has them, as it reduces your view down the road when you can't look through the car ahead to some extent.
Not that it matters so much when I'm in a sports car or hatchback and everything else is a massive SUV now.
This, it's like following a van everywhere now.Not that it matters so much when I'm in a sports car or hatchback and everything else is a massive SUV now.
This thread is PH in a microcosm:
1: Never experienced the thing but don't like it.
Or
2: Experienced the thing and it's great.
Secondly, our Octavia vRS has the standard factory tints, I agree they have benefits for baby + dog in the car, but as a driver in a following car they irritate me. I don't care about the benefits you're receiving.
Edited by Thorburn on Saturday 29th February 23:59
No, don't like them
Makes many cars very dark inside, especially with a black interior, and can reduce visibilty under certain conditions. Where they might be useful, ie in much sunnier/hotter climates, I hardly see any. In reality, bit of a 'lifestyle' (whatever that is) option for many, although manufacturers are cashing in on it by including it as standard, with no 'delete' option.
Makes many cars very dark inside, especially with a black interior, and can reduce visibilty under certain conditions. Where they might be useful, ie in much sunnier/hotter climates, I hardly see any. In reality, bit of a 'lifestyle' (whatever that is) option for many, although manufacturers are cashing in on it by including it as standard, with no 'delete' option.
I bought mine with tints on, was going to peel them off but found that they help in the terms that you can drive at the speed limit and people will not tail gate you as they don't know who is in the car.
Also it's funny when they try to look in next to you traffic lights then realise your looking back them but they can't make out what type of person is in the car so they look away quickly.
Also it's funny when they try to look in next to you traffic lights then realise your looking back them but they can't make out what type of person is in the car so they look away quickly.
I'm not a fan of them and I think their benefits are significantly overstated.
My Cayenne has the factory privacy glass. It is the typical tint where it is very dark but by no means the proper privacy glass that a couple of others are talking about for hiding expensive tools in their estates etc.
For virtually all the 'privacy glass' I see on cars, it's not dark enough to help with security (OK from a distance but you can see in when putting your face to the glass), it does not make a difference to sun shining on my young kids (still had to buy proper blackout blinds to stick on the windows for long journeys), my kids don't like the dark glass because they can't be seen from the outside (e.g. waving good-bye after a visit to friends) and it is too dark inside the rear of the cabin at nighttime.
The one benefit that can be real is reducing heat build-up in the cabin, especially when parked in the sun. I believe that depends on having tints specifically for that purpose and that just dark glass will not necessarily do that job very well. Even though I use the car for long car trips to Europe in summer I do not want privacy glass on my car just for that small part of a year. Even with privacy glass, on a hot summer day and returning to the car parked in the sun we still have to do the usual thing of opening all the doors and getting the aircon going for a bit before setting off.
My Cayenne has the factory privacy glass. It is the typical tint where it is very dark but by no means the proper privacy glass that a couple of others are talking about for hiding expensive tools in their estates etc.
For virtually all the 'privacy glass' I see on cars, it's not dark enough to help with security (OK from a distance but you can see in when putting your face to the glass), it does not make a difference to sun shining on my young kids (still had to buy proper blackout blinds to stick on the windows for long journeys), my kids don't like the dark glass because they can't be seen from the outside (e.g. waving good-bye after a visit to friends) and it is too dark inside the rear of the cabin at nighttime.
The one benefit that can be real is reducing heat build-up in the cabin, especially when parked in the sun. I believe that depends on having tints specifically for that purpose and that just dark glass will not necessarily do that job very well. Even though I use the car for long car trips to Europe in summer I do not want privacy glass on my car just for that small part of a year. Even with privacy glass, on a hot summer day and returning to the car parked in the sun we still have to do the usual thing of opening all the doors and getting the aircon going for a bit before setting off.
Spec'd privacy on a car when the kids were cute and loved me and we had a Halfords DVD system hung on the front seat head restraints
Tints were great for watching DVDs and sleeping
Now theyre teenagers neither of the above apply
However my Volvo V90 has retractable sunblinds as standard which they feel are invaluable if they have a hangover or see a bloke/girl they'd rather avoid
Cheers
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