Quote Originally Posted by jut703 View Post
Yes, it's prudent to upgrade your headlamps to somehow mitigate the loss of visibility from dark tint. However, as you can see, mas maliwanag pa rin ang stock headlamps sa light tint.

Walang tint na black sa labas tapos maliwanag sa loob. Lahat nung nagsasabi na maliwanag naman daw yung ultra dark tint nila sa gabi eh hindi ata alam kung gano kalayo pa rin ang visibility compared sa clear/light tint.

The best compromise is magic tint, na reflective ang itsura sa labas.



Ma-glare na nga, wala pang kwenta yung output. Stock projectors yung Mazda nung kinuha namin, tapos yung dating mayari naglagay ng PnP HID. Sobrang layo ng output compared dun sa retrofit. Pag nakahighbeam yung retrofit akala mo umaga eh. Yun nga lang dahil naka-OEM20 tint ako, di ri masyadong maliwanag sa loob.



Ganda ng stock HID ng ASX bro, clear cutoff na, no need for retrofits. [emoji106]





I also had super dark tint on our old car (5% VLT wraparound), which had stock HID. In city driving, kaya naman na hindi maghighbeam.

But the fact still stands that super laking percentage ng lighting output ng kotse mo ang nawawala pag madilim ang tint. Kahit gaano kalakas na HID, mas madilim pa rin kaysa stock halogen sa light tint.

I'm curious though, why super black tint?
Probably just an old habit that don't die. Every since I got my first car. I had dark tint and medium in windshield.

I don't like magic type tint, doesn't look good and lalo na mirror type, kadiri! While no tint or vkoll type na kita ka sa loob paano na ako magkulangot sa traffic eh di makita ng Lahat ng tao. [emoji23]

I have this tradition na 1 week walang tint pag labas ng casa kotse then after full tint na.