Mirrored window tinting film, anybody used it ?

[Bill 340]

Have been around window work and heat reduction for 20 years now and can honestly tell you do not put any tint on the inside of your windows that has any reflective qualitys, IF you have thermopane, it will cause heat build up between the layers and blow your seals. alowing moisture to be sucked in and fogging your glass,any reflective tint should be placed on the outside, country coach put it outside for a number of years, NEVER heard of it cracking any glass. but could be possible i guess, the heat build up is  immense. putting foil in your windows while parked for an extended time will do the same. in the windshield it will cook your glass and the rubber seals. we actually bubbled the tint in one of our upper h Model windows while we were converting it, Just my expertise, do what you must...............

[garhawk]

My new (to me) Eagle has reflective tinting (gold) on the outside of all windows except the door and drivers side window.  The glass is double paned.  You cannot see in during the day and, there is an appreciable difference in the heat penetration of the windshield and the tinted windows. 

I don't know how much is attributable to the double-paned windows and/or the tinting.  However, if they weren't tinted it would be my next project.

[Dreamscape]

Gary, Do you have any pictures to share, I would like to see how it looks.

[garhawk]

Hi Dreamscape,

The only picture of my bus is the screen-saver on the computer.  Can you tell me how to get that onto this page?

[bottomacher]

When I lived in Florida, mirror tint was illegal on front and rear windows; sides were okay, but were an obvious hazard in some instances.  My son got a ticket from a local yahoo cop who THOUGHT his factory windows were too dark (Alabama). Anyone checked legality lately?

[JohnEd]

In Kalifornia it didn't "used" to be illegal to put mirrored on the windshield.  I cut mine to fit the contour of my hood as seen from the drivers posit.  I then installed one of those mirrored "strips", 5 inch wide and full width, across the top of the windshield.  It looked like one of those Pete Conventionals with the wide sun shield and mirror that you see on the Interstate.  They look like they have a gun slit for a windshield viewing pattern.  Three of my SDPD buddies said I was OK, I knew that I could see as much as I always could even with the windshield bare, and a CHP Officer Alum told me while holding a Night Stick on the seat that I was withing the limit.  Nonetheless I always felt vulnerable on the issue.  Holy Crap what a difference that made to the comfort...it really cooled the interior.  That was a 240Z Car.  The sides had mirror on the top 4 inches on the sides, the rear quarters and rear had sunshades installed and I insulated the car really well.  That car was my daily driver and it DID NOT have AC in Southern Ca.  I did all that work because the car was intolerable in the summer without it.

All states have their own rules but Kalifornia seems very lax to me on many issues. 

John

[Dreamscape]

Gary, PM sent.

[Lin]

Just to add for comparison purposes, we have dark tint on the see-thru windows.  I recently put mirror vinyl on the blocked off windows.  The IR gun show a 30 degree difference between the two in full sun surface temp.