guys, i am looking for the good tint shop in bayarea for my 03 maxima. please recommend. also, should i get the tint on all side windows or just the back side windows? or should i get different % on front side windows and different % on the back side windows? please recommen as i have no clue.

 

I would not recommend this place in San Jose I went to, I think it was called Extreme Tinting. My friend was happy with the tintjob he got from a place in Santa Clara pretty close to Santa Clara University. The name was "Dragon" something. I'm sorry my memory is terrible. As for tinting itself, I think you should tint all side windows. I have 50% in the front and 20% in the rear. I don't know if it's legal in CA to tint the front windows, but I did want the windows tinted somewhat, thus the difference. I think it looks good.

 

get same tint all around except for the front. u can tint that or not. mine is 18% all around.. and no tint on the front.. it looks good... and haven't gotten pulled over yet..

 

looks like california allows only 70% in the front.
do you think i should go for 70% for front windows and 35% for back windows?

 

go as dark as the law always. the darker the better....always

 

all i know in california you have to let 88% of the light to go through. but who cares i got quantom film all around and looks sweet go check my home page http://www.f150online.com/galleries/....cfm?gnum=1537

later

 

if you really want to play it safe then get the 70% in the front. its just that 70% is really light; i'm not sure whether it'd be worth it to tint it only 70%. how about going 50/35? you should either check out people's rides in person or go to a tint shop and check out jobs they are working on to see what varying degrees of tint really looks like. bottom line is you have to go with what you like.

 

how much % is that on your maxima. it looks good.
what is quantom film?

 

i had 5% on my old car, and 35% on Max. preferably, i'd like 20% but it wasnt legal here in NH. neither are the front windows, but oh well

 

its not really done by % there are levels? quantom is a 100% metal film unlike the others that are dyed. trust me if you have silver or black u need quantom film. i just added 2 new pic so check it out

later

 

Huh - I used the Solar Gard HP Charcoal (same company, also HP metal film like Quantum) and it looks about the same from your pics...? Wonder what the diff is? The specs are about the same...

Amusingly, when I asked about Quantum the guy who did my tint said, "did you hear about that on the web? whenever someone asks about Quantum they heard about it on the web..." Apparently we're the ones who like it.

Anyway, he doesn't stock it, so put the HP on since I wasn't interested enough to wait - the HP (think it's 32% on the sides, 18% on the back) looks great!

 

dood there a very big difference. The HP is 50% metal and 50% dyed. and also most tint does not warrenty agains fading. The installers say it does but ask them to show it on paper? the HP is not warrentied against fading. The quantom film is one of the best tints out there. that guy is stupid if he doent know what quantom is if he carries HP. HP is more of a black color because of the dye but quantom has a silver color to it. reflects more. Trust me in the pic you cant really tell unless u see it in person. ill try to get better pic. but yea quantom is better then HP. even ask solar gaurd.
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Cool, thanks for the info. Don't sweat the pics, I'm happy with the way the HP looks on my car. And if it ever fades, the $150 to get it re-done is unlikely to kill me.

 

cool oh yea HP is a lot cheaper in price. it cost me like 270 for the tint and Hp would have cost me like 180. and i got the moonroof done? did you get yours done????

 

Yes - $150 for everything including moonroof.

So per your note I called the company that makes both Solar Gard HP and Quantum - Bekaert Specialty Film. They said specifically:

Both HP and Quantum are 100% metal, no dye. The only difference is Quantum is more reflective.

Fading and color change are included in the warranty.

Life is good

 

Check out my home page for llumar's metallic tint. This is PP18 the reflective stuff... At night its charcol... very cool

 

Oh yea what kind of HP did u get??? because there are so many different kinds?

 

yea your right thanks for the info. I called them and they told me that HP quantom just has more metal then the other HP films. Thus, being more reflecent. sorry for the wrong info i gave u. I need to call the sales man and tell him that he is wrong.

thanks