[DavyNM]

yes, I know this is a dumb question because it probably is.


I got my new BMW two years ago.(early 2023) I didn't get it tinted until August 2024. the tint that I got was the xpel "xr plus" with 35% all around except the windshield. I also had the panoramic glass roof tinted with same 35% tint. The windshield just has a 5% strip on the top, also xpel xr plus.

This week was the first really cold winter experience since then. I'm trying to figure out if it's my imagination that the car feels colder even under full bright sunlight? outside temperature was about 32 degrees. The seats felt really cold when I got inside. Before I had any tint, the car felt somewhat warm when parked outside under the same conditions. Is the tint just basically doing what it's supposed to be doing by blocking out the sun's heat, even in the middle of winter?

[e92tincan]

must be some pretty good tints, but yeah tints help keep the inner temps low

[BMWbiker]

Originally Posted by DavyNM

yes, I know this is a dumb question because it probably is.


I got my new BMW two years ago.(early 2023) I didn't get it tinted until August 2024. the tint that I got was the xpel "xr plus" with 35% all around except the windshield. I also had the panoramic glass roof tinted with same 35% tint. The windshield just has a 5% strip on the top, also xpel xr plus.

This week was the first really cold winter experience since then. I'm trying to figure out if it's my imagination that the car feels colder even under full bright sunlight? outside temperature was about 32 degrees. The seats felt really cold when I got inside. Before I had any tint, the car felt somewhat warm when parked outside under the same conditions. Is the tint just basically doing what it's supposed to be doing by blocking out the sun's heat, even in the middle of winter?

Yes.

[tturedraider]

Originally Posted by DavyNM

yes, I know this is a dumb question because it probably is.


I got my new BMW two years ago.(early 2023) I didn't get it tinted until August 2024. the tint that I got was the xpel "xr plus" with 35% all around except the windshield. I also had the panoramic glass roof tinted with same 35% tint. The windshield just has a 5% strip on the top, also xpel xr plus.

This week was the first really cold winter experience since then. I'm trying to figure out if it's my imagination that the car feels colder even under full bright sunlight? outside temperature was about 32 degrees. The seats felt really cold when I got inside. Before I had any tint, the car felt somewhat warm when parked outside under the same conditions. Is the tint just basically doing what it's supposed to be doing by blocking out the sun's heat, even in the middle of winter?

That’s how tint works. Did you think the inanimate tint was going to somehow know what the season was and work a different way? I don’t normally say things like this, but your initial assessment of your question is correct.

[shawnhayes]

This is why tint exits. Reducing transfer of solar energy into the car reduces brightness in your eyes, and damage to the interior of the car from the energy.

Not really a dumb question, but tint would be useless if it didn't do this.

Unless somebody only wanted it to reduce visible light and not UV and went out of their way to make a tint that didn't do that.

Shawn

[thebmw]

I recently put oil in my car and the engine runs soother, even when idling. Is this a coincidence?

Sorry OP, I had to. Tints not only reduce UV, they reduce heat transmission. That is actually their primary purpose. The fact that they look better is a nice side benefit.