[timlowden771]

I need your help please. I have been thinking about tinting my windows on my MINI ONE but am not sure. Some people have said it will look cool and other have said that it will look naff. I have attached a picture of my car and would be most pleased if people could give there view on this. Any views will be greatfully recieved Thanks

[KenL]

I think your car looks fine & dandy as it is. Not particularly a fan of tints myself especially if they're too dark.

[MiniOne_Menace]

i really love the look of your car - cause it looks like my ONE i've been thinking about tints after seeing pic's on here and think it looks smart and can increase the overall style and look of the car .

However it's GOT to be done right - or your have right touble !

Mini Cruiser has added tints and I think her's look really ace !! and i love the look on her ONE.

How much £££ will it cost ?

[ianB]

Looks great as it is. Wouldn't bother with tints unless you're a celeb

[Dom]

stick tints on it... who wants to look at the back seats??

Dom

[Mini Cruiser]

Hi ya, i think tints r brill, as Ken said, to dark can look abit cheap thou.

Mine r lightly tinted....

[Mini Cruiser]

I think u should have them done, they would look nice on red

But dont have um 2 dark

[monsta]

Tim, if you get tints you should get black bonnet stripes on your MINI as it would be more red/black then

[smiffy]

Tints seem to be back in fashion all of a sudden

Tim, is that Megane in the back-ground your company car

[crunchie]

I think they would look great on your car, but agree with mini cruiser don't get them too dark.

[timlowden771]

Thanks eveyone for all our replys. It looks like most people think I should have it done but don't go too mad. What I think I will is go over to my mates car company and see what he has got. I will let you all know how I get on.

Mini Cruiser if you don't mind me asking how much did yours cost?

Smiffy yes that is my company New Megane in the background. I think its great (not as good as the Mini though!!)

[Mini Cruiser]

Mine were 350 quid

[timlowden771]

Quote:

Originally posted by Mini Cruiser
Mine were 350 quid

Thanks for that Mc, Your a star

[m1les]

I agree with monsta, not with the white stripes.

[lightbody]

I nearly had it done, then realised that it would actually drastically alter the "image" of the car.

All my friends expressed shock at the mere suggestion of tinting the windows, and said I was about 12 years too old for that (I'm 30) and the car wasn't a Corsa/Nova/Civic...

Have a look at the people with tints in their car (if you can see in) and see what they mean...

[timlowden771]

Well I am going to take all of your views into account (Thanks again for your help ) I am going over to my mates company R-Tec tommorow and he is going to show me some samples of the tinting and he can also show me on a computer what it will look like on my car. I will let you know what I think and how I get on

[Ginger]

Tim,
Just my 2ps worth, I'd take a look at Neils car - I think it looks excellent with the tints. Not sure how it'd work with the red paint though!
P.S I've got a Vel Satis on loan from Renault at the moment - different!!!???

All the best.

[RedBackFur]

I love all the interesting replies on this Thread. However, it appears that two of the main reasons for getting tinted windows, other than for appearance are totally lost here!

I am going to have mine tinted very soon. I live in California. The sun gets hot. I have a Profile Black leather interior.

Window tinting will do 3 things for me.

1. Preserve the Leather much better. The sun may be nice on the cows and bulls, but once their skin covers my car seats, the sun ages and cracks the leather. The Tinting will greatly reduce this problem.

2. Keep the interior cooler in the summer. Once I had my Volvo windows tinted, I found I needed the Climate Control set at a warmer temperature in the summer. Made a great difference.

3. The Useless Visors for morning & afternoon driving: I drive across a 9 mile bridge to & from work every day. The sun is usually in the position that burns a hole in the side of my head, and the visors are too short to do anything about it. I usually catch a hankerchief in the window to block this sun, but that is a tacky solution.

Tinting the Driver & Passenger windows in California is not legal, but many people seem to do this. I will attempt to compromise the law and have a 4 inch strip across the top of the driver & passenger window in a DARK tint (to match the rear and back windows) instead. This should help with the blinding sun for me for my commutes.

All functional things for the car. Albiet, my Cooper is BRG, so it is dark to start out with, so the dark windows will not look strange in the first place.

[dreamslikethese]

I like the slightly silver tint, it looks good with the chrome. not the cheap kind, but the more expensive tint jobs with a slight metallic looks rad. The also have the slight silver tint which is almost perfectly clear. Doesn't most glass in cars come with a uv block built in? I use uv glass all the time to frame art in. Seems to me that'd incorporate that into the automotive industry. I like my car without tint, however now I'm thinking about it... hmm...

[Neil Curtis]

Tint it. You've seen my car, looks fantastic. I can give you the number of a bloke in Chelmsford who did mine for £250 all in.

Over here we dont have enough sunshine to warrent tints for interior preservation reasons, it just looks great especially on a black car.

One point though. Essex police and probably others are trialling (so i'm told) roadside light meters (probably southend police!) that can test light penetration. I'm not entirely sure how dark you can go on the fronts but i think it's about 35%.

nc