Had mine done by GLJ - Mobile Windown Tinting in West Australia.

Did a great job and didn't cost too much..

 

yea does anyone know what % the privacy glass is in the 09's?

im wanting to get my windows tinted and no idea how to match them!

i think one tint guy said they were 20% they don't seem that dark i didn't think.

 

Its not only the VLT percentage of tint that you need to match (I can't find any official numbers from Subaru, and the dealership I rang couldn't help me either), you need to match the colour also!

The rear windows are pre-tinted in a blue/green tint.. I remember the first time I tinted the fronts I got a "yellow" tint It looked awful!!

So I got a guy from solar tint, Robert Salvia from Hunters Hill Tinting in Sydney. He is mobile and comes to you, very competitive and best of all the windows matched very close.

You can get it done by a guy near you though, it is a solar tint product called HP Supreme.

Here is a link to the product

http://www.solargard.com.au/Auto/HP_Supreme

Has that greenish/blue tint in it so it matches up very well!

 

Further, apparently the rear factory tint does not protect from all types of light like proper aftermarket tint does, so some people even put a clear UV tint over the factory rear tinted windows.

Probably something to think about if you have young kids/baby in the back!

 

Mine is 35% Front 25% Rear (closer to 28% rear)

 

My rear window and front door windows are not tinted but all the rest are!

I need to do something about that, it looks horrible (caused by the hail!)

I know a guy at Tint-a-car in cannington that does an awesome job, might have to hit him up ;D

 

Don't know about Perth, but we are copping some serious heat in Sydney!!

35 degrees today so it's a great time for tints!

 

If you park next to a Impreza R you will find that the front windows on the Impreza RS, WRX and STI are tinted but not the the same degree as the back windows. Might be different for different year models

 

Not sure if its the same across most manufacturers.. but I think the rear windows have a tint in the glass. It cant be removed and is PITA to colour match perfectly. the front windows are just a slightly coloured glass. They also dont have any significant protection qualities in removing UV etc.

One good way to colour match them is to use the same colour tinted film on the fronts, that is the darkness your after, and then use a clear-to-very-slightly tinted film on the rear (even though they have a tint already).

Its pretty annoying as most car manufacturers do this now..

 

Mine were done before delivery from the dealer in Warrnambool and they did a spot on match. Street legal darkest.

 

SLD All the way around it would have been? You need to look outwards from the inside against a white wall to see if its perfect.. It will be close - but not perfect. Unless you got the rear windows installed from a standard impreza (that came non-tinted from factory).

Also depends how fussy you are I guess! I cant stand how the front and back is lsightly different - but im a lunatic with these things..

 

No probably not "perfect" but pretty damned close, and I'm satisfied with the result. I'd hate not having it for sure!

 

Yeah fair enough merexy,

thats as close as you can get it. First time I did it - I didnt even get pretty close, so Im sure you are happy with the result.