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| Buddy Tennison (Buddyten)
Registered Member Username: Buddyten Post Number: 67 Registered: 7-2005 Posted From: 207.68.239.252 Rating: N/A |
We are wanting to tint our side windows on the Eagle to help with temp control inside the coach. What have you guys found to be the most effective tint in this regard. | ||
| FAST FRED (Fast_fred)
Registered Member Username: Fast_fred Post Number: 362 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 208.100.193.196 Rating: |
Reflective , so it looks like the sunglasses of a cop on a southern small town speed trap. FF | ||
| Jack Conrad (Jackconrad)
Registered Member Username: Jackconrad Post Number: 765 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 76.3.173.51  Rating: N/A |
I think the new films that have titanium in them are supposed to me more effecient at blocking UV & IR rays. Ask at a local tinting shop that does both cars and houses. Also check with local police, there are limitations on how dark the tint can be on certain windows. They have arrested several kids around here lately for too dark of a tint. Jack (Message edited by JackConrad on June 03, 2008) (Message edited by JackConrad on June 03, 2008) | ||
| Austin Scott Davis (Zimtok)
Registered Member Username: Zimtok Post Number: 259 Registered: 9-2006 Posted From: 216.37.73.226 Rating: N/A |
I used tinting from Home Depot/Lowes. It was in the window shade section. The reflective is the best for heat control. I went with the "smoked" for the sliding windows on the sides of my bus, and for a front widshield upper/lower tinted area about 6"-8" wide. I then used a lighter tint on the door and drivers side windows. I also cut the tint away where I had to view the mirrors. . | ||
| R.C.Bishop (Chuckllb)
Registered Member Username: Chuckllb Post Number: 299 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 4.240.213.38 Rating: N/A |
Thanx, Fred.....I needed that this morning!  RCB | ||
| Bruce Henderson (Oonrahnjay)
Registered Member Username: Oonrahnjay Post Number: 241 Registered: 8-2004 Posted From: 69.143.48.38  Rating: N/A |
Jack Conrad wrote: "Also check with local police, there are limitations on how dark the tint can be on certain windows. They have arrested several kids around here lately for too dark of a tint. Jack" __. North Carolina has regs covering the windshield for "all vehicles" (i.e. no tint - and the reg says no "strip tint" at the top of a windshield although this is standard on many vehicles). The side and rear tint is restricted - cannot be more than "so dark" -- except for exempted vehicles and a "motorhome" is specifically listed as being exempted. __. So, in NC for buses that qualify as a "motorhome", there are restrictions on tint for the windshield but nowhere else. | ||
| GlennVin (Glennvin)
Registered Member Username: Glennvin Post Number: 33 Registered: 10-2002 Posted From: 75.117.19.213 Rating: N/A |
Here's the 2005 Georgia Law: HOUSE BILL RESTORES GEORGIA’S WINDOW TINT LAW (ATLANTA) - Governor Sonny Perdue has signed House Bill 20 which reinstates Georgia's window tint law on motor vehicles. Colonel Bill Hitchens, commander of the Georgia State Patrol, said the law became effective Monday, May 2, with the signature of Governor Perdue. The Georgia State Patrol will be issuing educational warnings during the month of May. He said troopers will begin issuing citations on June 1. Georgia's window tinting law was struck down as unconstitutional last year because the provisions applied only to vehicles registered in Georgia. "House Bill 20 corrected the language so the law applies to all vehicles, whether registered in Georgia or another state," Colonel Hitchens said. "The window tint law is a safety issue, not only for law enforcement officers as they approach a vehicle during a traffic stop, but also for drivers so they can better see approaching vehicles while they drive." The law allows for the same light transmission standards as the previous law. It is now illegal for window tinting material to be applied to the rear, side and door windows of motor vehicles that does not allow for more than 32 percent of light transmission (plus or minus three percent). It is also illegal for materials to be applied to the windows that increase the level of light reflected to more than 20 percent. Additionally, except for the top six inches of the windshield, no material or glazing can be applied that would reduce the light transmission through the windshield. Among the exemptions to the window tint law are: adjustable sun visors not attached to the glass; signs or stickers displayed in a seven-inch square in the lower corner of the passenger side of the windshield or in a five-inch square in the lower corner of the driver's side of the windshield; law enforcement vehicles; and any federal, state or local sticker or certificate which is required by law to be placed on any windshield or window. Also exempted under the law are the rear windshields and side windows, except the windows to the left and right of the driver, on multipurpose passengers vehicles; school buses and buses used for public transportation; buses and vans owned or leased by any religious or non-profit organization; limousines; and any other vehicle where the windows or windshields have been tinted or darkened before factory delivery or permitted by federal law or regulation. Violation of the law by either driving a vehicle with illegal window tint or installing the illegal material is a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine up to $1,000 and/or up to 12 months imprisonment. Link: http://dps.georgia.gov/00/article/0,2086,5635600_76738471_39267808,00.html Glenn |
