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The short answer?
It depends on you and your vehicle.
The long answer?
If you want to get the best car window tint for your vehicle, then there are five factors to consider: quality, performance, installation, use, and appeal. These five factors will help you determine the best tint for your car windows.
In the rest of the article below, we’ll go over the five factors to choose the best car window tint for your vehicle. We’ll also answer five FAQs around the best car window tint.
Once you understand and apply these five factors, you can find the best tint for your car windows.
You may be looking for one of these five factors like tint material quality or tint performance as the “main indicator” of what’s the best on the market, but…
There’s more to car window tint than just material.
Here are the five factors to finding the best tint for your car windows.
#1. Tint Quality
The quality of car window tint will vary between different materials. In prior articles, we ranked materials by quality, but…
You’ll need to determine how much quality you want based on your vehicle, budget, and installation.
#2. Tint Performance
A high performance car window tint can offer you all of these benefits (and more):
How your car window tint performs matters.
#3. Tint Installation
Get your car window tint professionally installed. Do not opt for a “back alley” tint job from your friend, cousin, or someone who knows someone. Sure, you could watch a few YouTube videos and “learn” how to tint your own car windows, but…
You won’t get the comfort or reassurance your tint will last for years (in some cases a decade) if installed correctly.
Choose quality tint material and get it installed professionally.
#4. Tint Use/Environment
The use and environment of your vehicle matters when you get your car windows tinted. A warmer, dryer climate can warrant a different car window tint material than a colder, wetter climate.
This factor is another reason you want a professional to install your tint. Amateurs will install whatever you choose to put on your car. The professional will consult you on what’s best and then ask you to choose from there.
#5. Tint Appeal
The type of car your tinting matters. One of the big reasons people get their car windows tinted is for curb appeal. You wouldn’t use a cheap car window tint material on a Rolls Royce, would you? (Hint: no, you wouldn’t). But…
Whether you’re driving a Toyota Corolla or a Bugatti, you want to get the tint that adds the most curb appeal to your vehicle.
At 50% tint, your tint is effective at keeping out UV rays and heat, as well as increasing privacy while driving (or parked somewhere). But…
Your local and state laws are going to determine how dark you can go with your tint. California (per the publish date of this post) requires:
This means you can add car window tint based on these laws. What’s the best tint percentage for your car? We recommend you go as dark as you want within the local and state law recommendations.
Across the United States, the average legal window tint is 50%, but…
The most popular window tints are between 20-30% darkness. This also means the visibility is between 70-80%.
What’s more, your local and state laws will determine how dark you can go with your car window tints.
Also, your goals with your car window tint matter, too.
Do you want to keep the sun and heat out and/or increase privacy of your vehicle? Maybe you want to improve your car’s curb appeal and get all eyes on you. Or, you want all the benefits. Typically, the better the tint material, the more benefits you will get, but…
This is a great question to ask a professional car window tint installer so they can guide you toward what’s best for you and your vehicle.
Ceramic car window tint utilizes ceramic particles to reject heat, sun glare, and UV rays. This means the materials in your car window tints matter. Choose a window tint material quality that fits your goals.
It’s as simple as giving Jet Black Tint a call and scheduling an appointment.
Make sure you review the five factors to the best car window tint for you and your vehicle. Consider why you want to get your car windows tinted. And then use that information to let us know what you would like to do.
When you call, we’ll answer all your questions, advise you on the material and darkness of the tint.
And then we’ll get your car window tint appointment scheduled with one of our professional installers.
We believe it’s better to get the best quality tint material and highest quality installation so you get your windows tinted right the first time.
