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Nice!Blacked out my 2022 CX5 chrome window trims, i picked up this past Saturday.
Did you pay a shop or do the wrap yourself? How much did it cost?
Nice!Blacked out my 2022 CX5 chrome window trims, i picked up this past Saturday.
I installed them myself, It's not wrapped, it's stainless steel coated in lacquer piano black paint covering the original trim with 3m tape. Perfect fit. I bought the 6pc kit just to cover the chrome parts since the top are already black.. It was at the time 80 bucks shipped.Nice!
Did you pay a shop or do the wrap yourself? How much did it cost?
Thats's great. Thanks for sharing. See they have 3 options for carbon fiber, bright black and the matching black. Did you get shipped to Europe or America?I installed them myself, It's not wrapped, it's stainless steel coated in lacquer piano black paint covering the original trim with 3m tape. Perfect fit. I bought the 6pc kit just to cover the chrome parts since the top are already black.. It was at the time 80 bucks shipped.
To USA, took 10 days.Thats's great. Thanks for sharing. See they have 3 options for carbon fiber, bright black and the matching black. Did you get shipped to Europe or America?
Where did you get the dock from and how did you install?Installed wireless charging dock and wireless Android Auto as well.
That empty cigarette lighter void is now more useful.
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Thanks to this little gem, The Motorola MA1, I can now do Android Auto in wireless mode no longer needing that stupid USB cable running inside the main console storage to run it. Clean setup.
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It plugs into the cigarette lighter and just sit the rest on top, there are 3M tape on the sides of the product to keep it in place, i did not do that it's pretty snug once you sit it properly, that's all you have to do. Bought it from here took 10 days to get it to the U.S. 65.24C$ 30% OFF|For Mazda Cx-5 Car Wireless Charging Board 2017-2021 Mobile Phone Qi Wireless Charger Cigarette Lighter Modification - Battery Charging Units - AliExpress Also it works and fits in the 2022 Model which is the photos in the last post.Where did you get the dock from and how did you install?
You can most definitely tint the sunroof and I highly recommend it. Use a quality ceramic film for maximum heat rejection. Your choice of preference for how much light comes through. I used Llumar CTX 50% ceramic on my sunroof and front side windows and their Air80 product on the front windshield. Great heat rejection.... And I don't know if this is possible, but potentially the sunroof. I can't use the sunroof when it's sunny because it does more harm than good...
Thanks for the reply. I called a tint shop that didn't really want to do the sunroof, saying it "will be too black". They use SunGard.You can most definitely tint the sunroof and I highly recommend it. Use a quality ceramic film for maximum heat rejection. Your choice of preference for how much light comes through. I used Llumar CTX 50% ceramic on my sunroof and front side windows and their Air80 product on the front windshield. Great heat rejection.
I have done six of my family fleet vehicles with AIR80 windshield, 50% CTX all other glass and sunroof with great results. If you use quality ceramic films, they all have great UV and IR/heat rejection regardless of how dark it is (darker is slightly better but even the clear products block UV / IR well). The tint shade is more about legality / privacy / appearance preference than performance of the film.So the front windows, I'm thinking of going as dark as legally possible (70% of the light has to pass through). For the sunroof, do you find 50% to be too dark?
Thanks for the reply! I am getting the front windows (35%) and the sunroof (50%) tinted tomorrow. 35% for front windows is technically illegal but apparently "tolerated." Not as dark as the rear windows, and you can still see the interior of the car from the outside. I don't really care about how dark the tint is, but I do want to match the rear windows without being too illegal.I have done six of my family fleet vehicles with AIR80 windshield, 50% CTX all other glass and sunroof with great results. If you use quality ceramic films, they all have great UV and IR/heat rejection regardless of how dark it is (darker is slightly better but even the clear products block UV / IR well). The tint shade is more about legality / privacy / appearance preference than performance of the film.
I think you would be very happy with 50% on your sunroof. It's just the right amount of light coming through.
For your windshield, also consider driving at night. That Llumar AIR80 product I use spec is 77% IIRC, which works well. I would think anything above 70% should be fine.
The older vehicles I had done in 2015 (when they were new) have 7 years service on them now and no issues with peeling/fading/flaking etc. 100% performance. 100% satisfaction.
Iām convinced. Getting the windshield done too.@mrplt if you are looking for heat /uv rejection, definitely get the windshield done. It's probably the most import window to do. It's no problem seeing through it at night.
How much?Iām convinced. Getting the windshield done too.
Fresh out of the shop: 70% windshield, 35% front sides, 50% sunroof XPEL Prime XR
Thanks again @HyFlyer
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