I know that.
Because Florida and Texas are hot as hell and you are crazy not to tint it. I live in on Florida and have 18% on my fronts and cops could not care less. They only mess with kids driving fast and furious cars or cars that look like drug dealers.
Got that.
But, he said:
As I get older I do think lighter is better and less ghetto unless you're in FL, TX, etc
So, lighter is better unless you FL, TX? Or, lighter is less ghetto unless you're in FL, TX?
I was just trying to understand what he meant by that.
I think blocking Infrared is a lot more important to keeping cabin heat down than exactly how much visible light gets through. Even in FL or TX, I don't think it makes much difference whether you get 50% or 20%, as long as you get something like a ceramic film that blocks 99% of UV and 80% (or more?) of IR.
If you get 50% all around, the final result is (about) 50% on the front side windows and 9% on the back windows. If you get 20% all around, the final result is (about) 20% on the front side windows and 4% on the back windows. If the films are equal on UV and IR, then I really don't see there being much difference in how hot the cabin gets between those 2 options. Either way is going to be a huge difference from no tint at all, but a very small difference between them.
And lighter seems to me to look less ghetto no matter what state you're in.
Anyway, I guess this horse is dead...