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      04-25-2022, 05:57 AM   #1
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Sunshade rear side options

I have stock tint on rear/back, but it's not enough for summer sunny days.
Any good suggestions? All I can find is for F30/31 or bad shaped after market stuff.
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I've never come across anything.
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I got some super cheap stretchy, suction cup ones to fit the odd shape for the kids. They work ok and are the only thing I found i could make fit. Ill see if i can dig up a link. They arent pretty though.

EDIT: https://www.amazon.com/Little-Chicks...s%2C91&sr=8-53

This style, the flexibilty allows you to make it fit the window opening.

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Perhaps things are different from the factory where you are but in the US windows do not come tinted except for the sunroof. Even at that, don't mistake dark shade (Visible Light Transmittance) with UV protection (Solar Heat Gain Coefficient). You can get dark tint that blocks very little UV and clear tint that blocks significant UV.

The best option is to have the windows tinted with ceramic film. The level of darkness is a personal choice for privacy and look and has very little effect on UV protection.
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I got some super cheap stretchy, suction cup ones to fit the odd shape for the kids. They work ok and are the only thing I found i could make fit. Ill see if i can dig up a link. They arent pretty though.

EDIT: https://www.amazon.com/Little-Chicks...s%2C91&sr=8-53

This style, the flexibilty allows you to make it fit the window opening.
I was thinking about this kind of thing, but with one suction in the center (so window can be opened). But it doesn't look aesthetically ha-ha.
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The best option is to have the windows tinted with ceramic film. The level of darkness is a personal choice for privacy and look and has very little effect on UV protection.
Hm, not sure how easy to untint stock one to apply ceramic, or it can be 'double' tinted on top of existing?
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Perhaps things are different from the factory where you are but in the US windows do not come tinted except for the sunroof..
The windows in US cars are tinted, at 70%. In some states, New York being one, 70% is the maximum allowable.
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Hm, not sure how easy to untint stock one to apply ceramic, or it can be 'double' tinted on top of existing?
I put 50% ceramic tint over my stock tint (which cannot be removed), giving a net 35%, the legal limit in my state for rear windows. As is the case with most states mine does not allow anything beyond factory on the front.
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