The optimal window tint %

[cobra]

After all these years I'm finally going to tint my JB/black M3. Summers just get so damn hot and I want to keep the interior from getting further damaged from the sun.

I want to go with the same % on all windows. Nothing too dark because I live in CA and technically front tint is not allowed. Also I don't like tint that is too dark at night. Thinking 40% ceramic.

Thoughts on putting an ultra light tint on the windshield? (like clear or 80% to block UV/IR?)

Pics welcome

[Icecream]

After all these years I'm finally going to tint my JB/black M3. Summers just get so damn hot and I want to keep the interior from getting further damaged from the sun.

I want to go with the same % on all windows. Nothing too dark because I live in CA and technically front tint is not allowed. Also I don't like tint that is too dark at night. Thinking 40% ceramic.

Thoughts on putting an ultra light tint on the windshield? (like clear or 80% to block UV/IR?)

Pics welcome

I sit in alot of traffic and value privacy /sunblock so I did 20%. I live in CA also and no issues, then again I'm not the kind to flip police off either so ymmv lol. Id personally do the front with ceramic in the lightest tint available. It will be a hazard at night otherwise but really cuts down on heat, should have done mine.

[Inizes]

I have no tint on the m3, but I have 35% ceramic on my daily and I think it’s perfect. Never gets too hot sitting in the sun with the AC on, can still see plenty while driving at night.

[Obioban]

another vote for 35%.

[Mystic3]

Ditto on the 35%

[BMWE46M3]

Check your state inspection laws. I bought my car from Texas with tint already installed and it failed inspection in North Carolina. It was measure at 18% but state law is 35%. So I have to pay to have it removed and then reinstalled. Suck... I'm attaching a photo of what it looks like with 18% (note - there is none on the windshield but all the other windows). After doing some research I intent to go with Llumar ceramic which seems to be the best. Hope this helps...

[antknee]

35% was too dark for me (getting old lol).

switched it up to 55% ceramic, and it’s the perfect balance of fishbowl and showing off the imola interior

[Toby22]

No darker than 35%. Dark tints on old looking cars tend to look cheap

[MTiz]

I've got 35% on the front windows and 20% on the rear windows

[Tbonem3]

Zero

[repoman89]

Clear for me (80% just for a bit of interior protection). I wouldn’t go too dark on black especially because the lines of the car disappear, turns into a blob

[usdmej]

70% ceramic for me, not a fan of the tint look but appreciate the heat reduction

all glass done except the windshield, tint fades and blurs over time and the front is too vision critical to mess around with

[jet_dogg]

Zero

Thought I was the only one, tint feels antithetical on sports cars to me.

[Tbonem3]

Just looks ghetto to me. I always had it, living in Socal. And when you're young, it's cool. But after a while.... I'm talking about dark tint, 5% - 20%. 35% looks better for sure.

Only thing I'll say is it did preserve my interior very well over the years since my car was only garaged about half the time.

I see the allure of getting clear ceramic tint, if the car is outside often enough.

[MTiz]

Just looks ghetto to me. I always had it, living in Socal. And when you're young, it's cool. But after a while.... I'm talking about dark tint, 5% - 20%. 35% looks better for sure.

Only thing I'll say is it did preserve my interior very well over the years since my car was only garaged about half the time.

I see the allure of getting clear ceramic tint, if the car is outside often enough.

I absolutely hate the fishbowl look-- don't like people being able to look inside my car or directly into my eyes. At the same time too dark of tint also looks bad, messes up visibility (I have bad eyes as it is lol), and is a straight-up cop magnet. 35% is perfect imo.

I have a friend with 10% all around on his daily including the front windshield. I'm literally afraid to ride in that car at night cause I can't see a thing out of it.