Hot Rods window tint for the 40 coupe

going nuts here trying to decide if i should tint the windows on my coupe.. bronze tint, green tint, gray tint etc.. maybe some of you hambers can help with pics or suggestions.. i don't want real dark windows but don't think i want clear glass either

 

Depends. '50s era cars often had green or green-ish tint.

In the '60s lots of gas class cars had many different color windows, blue, gold, yellow, orange. I think that different colors made them faster or something.

I don't remember dope smoker windows before the '70s. But you said that you weren't really interested in that type of tint anyway. I do remember a car with mirror/silver widows when I was a little kid, but it was a show car and I do not know how they did that.

 

When I had my glass cut at a local shop I picked out a darker gray tint. Looks a little darker than it is in this picture, but looks better than clear to me. The glass shop had a clear and about 3 other different tint shades. Dirtcop

 

post pic of your ride - do not go for any shade that will make it too difficult to drive at night

 

Hah! I remember a cop with glasses like that!

 

I agree, it depends on the color of the car. Clear glass is just a lot hotter in the summer.I chose this light green because it complements the light blue imho. What color is your Forty?

Looks much darker against the white paper background.

 

Used gray in my black 40.

 

I like the light gray tint

 

Find the school district's contract glass shop. The shaded, blue/green tint flat bus windshields (if still used in your neck of the woods) that get 1 rock chip have to be replaced, and if the glass guys are rodder friendly, will cut down the salvage for the car folks ....

 

the car is not painted yet but getting close... flat camo brown will be the paint color. i don't want the glass tint to stand out when looking at the car

 

click on the link below for some info on colors. I used this company for my glass. It may be too far west for you but the info contained on this site might be of help to you in making your decision.

http://bobsclassicautoglass.com/glass-colors

 

Me too in Mississippi. And I have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is one place that you never want to be if you are a long hair and that is Jackson, Mississippi on a Saturday night.

If I were going totally '50s I would lean toward green like the window that @The 39 guy posted. But with a tan car I may lean toward a tan or yellow window tint.

I had a red car in '68 that I tinted the widows Rose with that spray on tint that you got from JC Whitney. it looked good to me, and I did get some compliments about it, not all of them were good but that's life I suppose.