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  1. Join Date
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    Quote Originally Posted by beginnerz View Post
    Sir does this tint have lesser vision during night time? Thanks!
    any tint will diminish vision at night.
    some might counter, as per their experience, that it does not.
    well, that may appear to be under ordinary conditions. but in extraordinary conditions, which, i daresay, we can not predict when they will happen, the diminished ability will make itself known, often with disastrous results.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dr. d View Post
    any tint will diminish vision at night.
    some might counter, as per their experience, that it does not.
    well, that may appear to be under ordinary conditions. but in extraordinary conditions, which, i daresay, we can not predict when they will happen, the diminished ability will make itself known, often with disastrous results.
    That being said, is it the best thing not to use tint on your windshield( or atleast just use tint at the bottom and top portion of it)?

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    In some countries, and for good reason, it is illegal to put tints that are darker than 70% and/or having a VLT lower than 90% below the AS1 line. This line is typically 4-5 inches from the upper edge of the front windshield. Though, it can vary slightly from vehicle to vehicle. You can put a strip of tint of any shade above this line, but only tints specified above are typically allowed below the line.



    There's an optical difference above and below this line. The quality of the optics below this line has better clarity than the part of glass above the line. In contrast, side windows including the rear windshield is only rated AS2 (some are even AS3) which are typically of lower clarity. Hence the importance of the front windshield's AS1 area as this is what any driver use to operate the vehicle 99% of the time.

    More info on windshield markings here: Car Windshield Markings: names, sample images, meaning
    Last edited by oj88; April 22nd, 2014 at 09:51 AM.

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