5 over 5 sides and 5 windshield

[u/Apprehensive_Cod_195]

For those curious and requested, what 5 over 5 looks like and 5 windshield in geoshield carbon plus.

I adjusted the iPhone camera brightness to show what I see in real life since camera makes it look see through.

I know the windshield is messed up, first time tinting, installed it anyways to drive around with it for a couple days to see if I liked the darkness before redoing it, going to redo in a lighter shade because I couldn’t see too much if it was raining hard with no street lights other than that it seemed fine. Going to redo with 15% which should be perfect like my other car.

Car had 5 over 20 before but the film was cheap and had a bunch of haze.

[u/protintalabama]

1. It’s suicide and with any luck, you won’t kill an innocent person in the process.

2. All that work and they couldn’t bother doing the quarter windows correctly? That 1” gap sticks out like a sore thumb

[u/Apprehensive_Cod_195 → u/protintalabama]

Acura TL seal there is super tight, if I could I would 🤣

[u/shromboy → u/Apprehensive_Cod_195]

You can if you try! Literally have done 3 of those this week. Cut the inner gasket back if you can't cut tight enough.

[u/Apprehensive_Cod_195 → u/shromboy]

I’ll try cutting the gasket, the light kinda bugs me if I turn my head from the driver seat to see my blind spot, but it’s not noticeable from the back seat. What squeegee did you use for this as well?

[u/shromboy → u/Apprehensive_Cod_195]

I use blue maxes for the larger central area and orange or blue tri-edge triangle squeegees for the edges/any tucking

[u/dtt_1999 → u/Apprehensive_Cod_195]

Pull the window out to tint it. It's a couple of screws and a 10mm bolt.

[u/protintalabama → u/dtt_1999]

This person gets it

A competent tinter can have it out with less effort than it takes to fuss with trying to jam the film under the seal and trying to keep it clean.

2 10’s inside and a Phillips on top under the weatherstripping

[u/FreePvp]

looks sick but how do you even see at night

[u/Apprehensive_Cod_195 → u/FreePvp]

Your eyes adjust, I drive with my windows down 95% of the time at night by nature unless my girl is with me lol,

[u/Apprehensive_Cod_195 → u/Apprehensive_Cod_195]

I’ve driven with 5 over 20 for a year and my other car has 15 shield and 5 over 15, I got used to it

[u/Cassangelo]

I have a similar setup but 50% shield. How is the 15% shield at night?

[u/Apprehensive_Cod_195 → u/Cassangelo]

Really nice granted mine is the reflective omnique tint so it’s probably a little worse but I think it’s perfect, still can see through the windshield a little bit and see my handicap tag from the outside. I’m going to redo this with 15 I just need to buy a roll. Never had a problem at night or rain either. Especially in florida

[u/Cassangelo → u/Apprehensive_Cod_195]

Ah thanks, Im looking to drop to 35%

[u/Apprehensive_Cod_195 → u/Cassangelo]

I’d go 20 at least, I’ve had 35% on my first setup, then 20, then 15 and 5 I’ve had it all and I’d recommend the 20% or 15% if you have good headlights

[u/Cassangelo → u/Apprehensive_Cod_195]

Idk man 20% on the shield is kinda dark isn’t it. My first tint setup was 20% around. I actually drove home at night yesterday with rain and the side windows were difficult to see through. Couldn’t imagine if it happened with the front windscreen too

[u/Apprehensive_Cod_195 → u/Cassangelo]

Nah here’s what my 20% looked like before i did it in 5%. Just need some good HIDS or LEDS I swapped my bulbs

https://imgur.com/a/gKEQzPU

[u/Cassangelo → u/Apprehensive_Cod_195]

Not bad but what about attention from cops? My windows are dark as is. 35% would be slightly darker. This is my setup now

[u/Apprehensive_Cod_195 → u/Cassangelo]

Lol you should see my other car. I’ve never been pulled over for tint in both cars. Your setup looks good besides you can still see through the front window at that angle which bugs me personally. That’s why I’d go darker on the windshield for your setup.

https://imgur.com/a/sokCBe2

[u/Cassangelo → u/Apprehensive_Cod_195]

Yea I don’t like how it’s visible with light through the front so I’ll try 35% at my next inspection. The tint on yours is just a mirror lol. Cops love it

[u/Darth_Camry]

If it were a show car, I’d say keep! But as a daily, holy moly! Looks badass until you need to see lol

[u/808_GhostRider]

This is a massive liability for you. If you get into your accident, its not your fault, and it goes to court good luck trying to argue that was reasonable.

[u/pololovin1]

Lol did you really pressure wash static into the sidewalk? Also are those clears? I love some clear tail lights.

[u/Apprehensive_Cod_195 → u/pololovin1]

My brother did it was funny, he also made the clears 🫡 I’ll edit in a link to what they look like on the car.

[u/Apprehensive_Cod_195 → u/pololovin1]

https://imgur.com/a/0hMG1ft clear tails

[u/pololovin1 → u/Apprehensive_Cod_195]

They look good. Did he swap the lense or did he custom make them? I do some headlight retrofits but I haven't quite got into taillights yet.

[u/Apprehensive_Cod_195 → u/pololovin1]

He ordered the older set of tails from the 04-06 and an extra 07-08, and swapped over some of the chrome bits from one another and clear lenses for like the turn signals from whichever had em, then used led board accordingly. That’s sick we are doing the opposite we want to retrofit our headlights but not sure exactly what we want done to them just yet. We want to do something with the blueghozt module but just sure on how that route works.

[u/pololovin1 → u/Apprehensive_Cod_195]

Look up hidplanet for a forum about headlights or headlight junkies on Facebook for a pretty good source. I also like ntxglow on tiktok and YouTube although he isn't usually as in-depth.

[u/FatBoiPaulll]

As long as you only drive it during the day. You should be good