Hey, I went by the tint place the other day - I was going to do 43%
SolarGard (sputtered metal tint: never fades) in Charcoal - The owner really
felt that 43% would be too light - that theres a lot of light bouncing
around the vanagon and that 30% in a Vanagon would look like 43% in a
car.... So is your 30% light enough that you have no problem driving around
at night, backing up ect - and is it light enough that per the SF Urban
Camping thread you aren't giving thieves too good of a hiding spot when
they're robbing your possessions in your Vanagon.

And has any one out there tinted their front windshield in a light tint? The
tint shop said that the elderly do this a lot and they don't care if a cop
pulls them over because they want to protect their skin -

He also said that it was cops and kids who most often tinted their front
side windows dark (its illegal here in CA to tint your side windows unless
its a clear security tint - which by the way they do make... - good for
detering smash and grab - and in general tints would make illegal entry into
your vanagon via the windows that much harder... ). But I don't know that
many cops drive Vanagons, probably too slow for them.

>.... all total about $1000, ouch! I went with R-12 after reading
>lots of info on R-12, 134a, Freeze 12 and others. Fortunately now the
> >system works great!

It works great, but your windows are tinted - big difference - so your
system is cheating (not a bad thing to do if you don't like to sweat)

>I also had the windows tinted for about $300 with metalized film and I'm
>quite pleased with the results. I went with 30% film, not too dark. It's
>not
>as hot when parked or driving in the sun.
>
>Jeff Hammerstrom
>'90 Westie
>'86 BMW 535i
>'71 Fiat 124 Spider
>'86 Subaru 4x4

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