MK6 Front Tint to match factory 'Dark Tint' option

[chylld]

Very kind words chylld, we are both very excited and busy spending far too much money on baby stuff we could probably get much cheaper! I mean, christ, how much are strollers these days!!?

You're welcome, I'm also expecting to be in the same situation as you in the next couple of years - and I'm also in the lower north shore (north sydney). I've also been looking into strollers, have my eyes on a collapsible maclaren which is a bit pricey, but the golf's boot (esp the R) isn't exactly huge hehe.

Yes... but chylld UV is only a single consideration with tint. Heat rejection is another. Color, tint, reflection, etc are more.

Even from what limited/conflicting information Volkswagen themselves have released about the factory tint, there are MANY far superior tint films available aftermarket from a heat rejection stand point.

I definitely agree on the heat rejection stand point, but again, glass does block a lot of it already. I just think the topic's been way overdone, people have become obsessed with blocking out every bit of the outside world just to maintain a little bit of peace in their mobile bubble. If you read this article on UV/skin cancer etc you'd think it was the end of the world!!

My weather forecast app now tells me the bloody UV index ffs.

When my little ones come along, they will get a hat, a slap of sunscreen, and they're going outside to play. They're going to fall over, get cuts and bruises and scrapes and they're gonna learn naturally to harden the f up. Over-protection just sets you up for a bigger fall down the track.

Anyway back to window tint, do it because you want a cosmetic effect, not because you want to increase a statistic by a meaningless amount.

[langers_sydney]

Wise words fella wise words! If I tint the back windows the missus won't put fugly shades up in the back, that's the deal so that's good enough for me.....

What colours your R, I'm sure I will have seen it around..... Mine is RB with Black 19"s plus the neccessary Watercooled sticker on back windscreen.

[chylld]

Wise words fella wise words! If I tint the back windows the missus won't put fugly shades up in the back, that's the deal so that's good enough for me.....

What colours your R, I'm sure I will have seen it around..... Mine is RB with Black 19"s plus the neccessary Watercooled sticker on back windscreen.

That is an excellent reason let us know how it goes.

Mine's also RB but with silver 19"s. No sunroof or stickers, rego CDK-### (actually can't remember the last 3 digits lol). Say hi if you see me

[langers_sydney]

Right all done. Beautiful day for it. Rob is both professional and thorough. Highly recommended. In the end I went with 52 at the back and sides and 35 in the front. Looks awesome. Dark but not too dark and keeping that nice gradient from back to front. Pics soon.

[Ideo]

That is an excellent reason let us know how it goes.

Mine's also RB but with silver 19"s. No sunroof or stickers, rego CDK-### (actually can't remember the last 3 digits lol). Say hi if you see me

I'm also RB, silver 18s, 2 stickers on the rear window - VWGolf.net.au on the LH side and a weird smiley face on the rh side. BVV ***

In Mosman at the zoo end.

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Right all done. Beautiful day for it. Rob is both professional and thorough. Highly recommended. In the end I went with 52 at the back and sides and 35 in the front. Looks awesome. Dark but not too dark and keeping that nice gradient from back to front. Pics soon.

That's what I'm going to go with I've decided.

Price?

[langers_sydney]

Looks awesome mate, highly recommended. $250 all up and he deserves every cent.

[Ideo]

Looks awesome mate, highly recommended. $250 all up and he deserves every cent.

Sweet. I'll give him a call and book mine in.

[FCBraji]

Hello, did you get the F1 tint on the front and back? Ive have read through this entire thread and still not any closer to finding what tint to choose!
All i want is to have the car tined as dark as legally possible and have the front match the back (well, as close as possible).

Here is mine is daylight. Apologies for not being fully side on, but I didn't take the shot with the intent to show the tint. However, hopefully it'll help some people out.

This is the F1 tint from Tint-a-car:


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[gecko2k]

Has anybody from one of the 'hotter' states (FNQLD, WA, NT) have the 35% front/52% rear on their golf? I am curious if this combo would be sufficient for our long and hot summers?!

I had some lighter tint before on a previous car and my right arm would still get uncomfortably hot or even burnt during the summer month!

The F1 tint looks nice, but would be illegal on our pre-tinted rears right?