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CX-SV

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2013 CX-5 GT AWD w/tech (Mar'12-Jul'14)

• Aug 27, 2013

• #41

ourlee said:

Hello,

So if you would be so kind, show us your tint. Please include all details: % and $. I'd also like to know if you over did it and struggle at night.

Thanks,

Rick

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Just a reminder to mention tint brand/type/%/price and post up pic(s) if available.

 

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LaRazaUnida

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'14 CX5, Touring, Tech&Bose Package

• Sep 5, 2013

• #42

Have an appointment to get our baby tinted tomorrow! Will be going 50% windshield and 35% on the sides, price is $160. Will post brand and pictures after it is done!

 

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Ausgti

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• Sep 5, 2013

• #43

MATR6 said:

3M ceramic tint all around 32% on front 2 windows, clear on windshield & back 7 windows. $500 & installer came to my house to install.
The ceramic tint keeps most of the heat out. I don't use a sun shade on the windshield & interior parts are not hot to touch in the summer.

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Looks sharp, and exactly the package and colour I want!!!

 

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BoneKrusher

• Sep 15, 2013

• #44

SolarGard Quantum 37 all around.

 

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LaRazaUnida

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'14 CX5, Touring, Tech&Bose Package

• Sep 17, 2013

• #45

3M 20% fronts to match factory tint and 50% windshield. $160

 

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dawhoo

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CX 5 Touring

• Sep 21, 2013

• #46

Llumar CTX 15%

 

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CX-SV

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2013 CX-5 GT AWD w/tech (Mar'12-Jul'14)

• Sep 21, 2013

• #47

dawhoo - looks great, like a Touring/GT at first glance.

 

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dawhoo

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CX 5 Touring

• Sep 22, 2013

• #48

Well thank you. I attribute the look to 303 Aerospace - that stuff really works. My first non-white car. I am liking it.

 

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Rumble79

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• Sep 23, 2013

• #49

Got the front sides tinted 20% to try and match the rears, but the front is just a tad darker and a grey shade looking from inside compared to the rears with a more brown-ish shade from inside looking out.

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2013 CX-5 GT AWD w/tech (Mar'12-Jul'14)

• Sep 23, 2013

• #50

Rumble79 said:

Got the front sides tinted 20% to try and match the rears, but the front is just a tad darker and a grey shade looking from inside compared to the rears with a more brown-ish shade from inside looking out.

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A member here (rideandslide of CO) posted on 8/6/13 that his installer used meter on the factory rear tint and it measured 25%.

What brand and type of 20% tint did you go with^?

 

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Rumble79

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• Sep 24, 2013

• #51

The installer used Solar Guard - "Smoke" line.

 

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Tom95134

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Mazda CX-5 GT with Technology Package

• Oct 19, 2013

• #52

Does anyone have a Specifications Sheet or Data Sheet for the factory Privacy Glass tint? E.G. UV, IR, Visible Light, etc.?

I'm having my front windows done today using 3M Crystalline (probably 30% which should keep me legal). The CX-5 has a lot of glass and if the Privacy Glass doesn't do a good job on IR then I may get a 90% done in the future.

Thanks.

 

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aelaan

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Mazda CX5 GS 2014 - NAV

• Oct 19, 2013

• #53

Thanks for pointing that out Dahwoo, I was getting a tad worried myself with the gallons of Armor All I was using... I will grab that and see how it goes.

dawhoo said:

Well thank you. I attribute the look to 303 Aerospace - that stuff really works. My first non-white car. I am liking it.

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aelaan

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Mazda CX5 GS 2014 - NAV

• Oct 19, 2013

• #54

Is this still legal in Canada? That is something I want to take a look at next. I got a little hesitant when I read someone was pulled off the road because the window tint was too dark. The dealership doesn't put it on, they can refer me. How big of a task is this?

Rumble79 said:

Got the front sides tinted 20% to try and match the rears, but the front is just a tad darker and a grey shade looking from inside compared to the rears with a more brown-ish shade from inside looking out.

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bluefan

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• Oct 20, 2013

• #55

50% is the max for driver and passenger side in Manitoba. You can have it as dark as you want at the back though. There's a give and take about 5% due to different devices that tests that tint.

 

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Rumble79

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• Oct 22, 2013

• #56

aelaan > The 2 front window's legal limit in Ontario is 35%. It will look nice and will be lighter than the standard rear tints we get, but I have been going darker with 20% on my recent cars. It's a risk with the police, but I've been okay so far with 3 cars at 20% tint.

 

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CaptainFurious

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2014 Mazda CX 5 GT AWD Aluminum Metallic Mica

• Oct 23, 2013

• #57

Here are some pictures of my tint. The tint guy said they were 45% but I think they might be darker.
He also told me the back windows were at 27%.
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• Oct 23, 2013

• #58

^ CaptainFurious - Looks good. Those fronts look closer to 37%, but it's always hard to tell via pictures and with variations in background lighting.

 

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HelloMello

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CX-5 T

• Oct 23, 2013

• #59

MATR6 said:

Yes, my cousin bought a Touring, came with back windows tinted & my GT also.
I put 32% tint on the front 2 windows.

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Who makes a 32% tint? It seems to be the best match that I have seen yet.

 

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MATR6

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'15 WRX

• Oct 23, 2013

• #60

HelloMello said:

Who makes a 32% tint? It seems to be the best match that I have seen yet.

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I'm pretty sure they used 3M Crystaline, the ceramic based tint.