It's been over a year & no problems. I think a good installer will be the key. The guy I used was very good. No dust pockets & he extracted most of the water. I got it done in March of last year when it was still below 40 deg here.
Show us your Tint...
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Why would you do the rears since they're already tinted about 25%?
I paid $500 to get 3M Crystaline on all the CX-5s windows. 32% on front 2 & clear(I guess 90%) on the rest to block off the heat. He even came to my house & did it in my garage.
I live in Chicago, where tinted cars are less common, so I'd think prices are higher than in California, where I see most of the cars have aftermarket tinted windows.
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oldspicejet
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SayNoToPistons
Wheels, not rims...
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Doesn't work like that. You have to upload it and attach it into Mazda247's horrible picture management system.
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Touring 2015. 69% 3M windshield, 33% front sides, rest stock.
Iceman04503
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I didn't know that tinting the windshield was legal.
It's not in California and neither is the tint on 2 fronts (not that enforcement is stringent). But that's just a technicality.
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This is the first car that I had tint (90% Crystalline) put on the front. I am having really tough time with the front window fogging on the CX-5 each morning and sometimes through the day. Not sure if the tint was some of the issue so I did a general Google search and did not really see anything related to window tint and fogging.
Our conditions in Georgia for early morning has been warm and humid. I have tried the air conditioner. I have tried rolling all the windows down. I have tried turning on heated defrost with the windows down, which seems to work the best for getting it clear faster so that I can drive. I have tried other combinations of temperature and air circulation in the car. Just about my entire commute to work in the morning is dealing with the issue. When I do get it clear it just fogs up again just as bad. I have used Fog-X in the past on other cars and it never seemed to help.
If it is related to the window tint I am okay with it. The benefit of getting into a cooler car in our hot southern daytime temps is worth a few minutes of trying to get the window clear in the early morning's. But this is the first vehicle I have had with this much trouble on front window fogging.
Any thoughts or recommendations to better manage this situation would be greatly appreciated.
Our conditions in Georgia for early morning has been warm and humid. I have tried the air conditioner. I have tried rolling all the windows down. I have tried turning on heated defrost with the windows down, which seems to work the best for getting it clear faster so that I can drive. I have tried other combinations of temperature and air circulation in the car. Just about my entire commute to work in the morning is dealing with the issue. When I do get it clear it just fogs up again just as bad. I have used Fog-X in the past on other cars and it never seemed to help.
If it is related to the window tint I am okay with it. The benefit of getting into a cooler car in our hot southern daytime temps is worth a few minutes of trying to get the window clear in the early morning's. But this is the first vehicle I have had with this much trouble on front window fogging.
Any thoughts or recommendations to better manage this situation would be greatly appreciated.
