I just bought a 1997 Ext Cab. The 1/4 windows and the rear glass have the silvery tinted factory ford glass. I want to put 20% or 5% tint on the front windows and would like to make the rear windows 'black' too...What have other ppl done to make this work? Tint shops keep telling me the dark tint behind the factory 'silver' glass will make it look worse.

Any ideas? Experiences?

thanks,
-josh

 

I did 5% on top of the factory tint. You cant see in my truck during the day. Forget seeing anything inside at night. The only bad thing is you have trouble seeing out also. I can't back up if it's real dark out. I have to roll the windows down and stick my head out to back up! Other than that, it looks sick!

 

I have been looking to do the same thing with my rear windows on my 97. They have a different tint than any other year. I called ford to see what the replacement windows costed for say, a 2000 rear window with the darker tint and they wanted an outrageous amount of money. So I then got an idea to call an auto glass replacement company and it was about 100 dollars per side for a dark tinted window for a 2000 f-150. I belive all 97-03/04 are directly replaceable.

 

Thats one of the ways you can tell a 97 from the 98. I hate mine also....

 

i put 10% on the back windows and 20%(not AS illegal) on the front windows. take a look at my gallery to see. i took the side rear windows off the truck to tint them, it made it a hell of a lot easier and they are not hard at all to take off and put back on. i left the the rear slider window stock so i can easily back up and night without having to roll my windows down like ZaxJax has to

 

on my 200 f150 ext cab i did 5% limo all the way around and 35% on my whole front window and a 8 inch limo strip you guys are talking can see in my windows in the day you cant see in my whole truck

 

I have no idea what you just said

 

Tint is comming in my near future. My truck badly needs it

 

Look in my gallery I have 5% tint all the way around I love it I wouldnt have it any other way

https://www.f150online.com/galleries....cfm?gnum=6323

 

I have no idea what you just said

 

Translation to normal english: Skaterboi put 5% tint on all of his windows (back and all of the sides, front and back), and then put 35% on the front (the big one you see the road out of) windshield. He also put a 8 inch strip on the top part of his front windshield (the one you see the road out of). In other words, his windows are soooooo freaking dark that you cannot see inside the truck during the day, and cannot see out of it at night. Try backing up with windows that dark. He also wants to be pulled over by every cop in the county and get huge window tint tickets, which will then require him to take off the tint to pass an inspection that is usually required. I wouldn't do more than 20% tint on the back and the sides, but that's just me. During the daytime I wish for more tint, but during the night I wish for less. Oh well.

 

I have had my 5% on for 4 years. I drive around in the DC Metro area and have never been pulled over. How many cops are going to pull over and F-150 truck. He'll pull over the rice burner with the system thumping first before he pulls me over!

 

I looked at tinting the windows on my 97 x cab. Decided just to go with it. It looks fine on a sunny day just of overcast days do you get that mirror look on it. I wouldnt suggest tinting the glass on the outside its exposed to the weather too much. I did 20% all the on all the windows just wish I went a shade darker on the rear glass and 1/4 glass.

 

I was abit worried as well when I had the windows on mine tinted a few years back. It's a '97 as well and hs the same 'mirror' look on the back. Once I had it tinted, to me it made the mirror stand out more, but to be honest I grew to like it. I've got a lighter colored truck too, so it doesn't stand out quite as bad as it may on darker ones.

Mabey I'm just loosing my vision in old age, but I have to roll my windows down at night to back up as well... I don't remember what percent it is, but it's at the legal limit for Kentucky (I belive).

 

zaairman thanks for summing that up fpr me got it all right except for the ticket thing i got pulled over just now on the way home doing 65 in a 40 and the pulled up next to me and shined his light in the window i rolled it down he said slow it down and we both left