3 Advantages of Tinting Your Car Windows

1. Reduce Exposure to Ultraviolet Rays

The biggest advantage of tinting your car windows is reducing your exposure to harmful ultraviolet radiation. People spend a lot of time in their cars, often when the sun is shining. Indeed, according to the  Bureau of Transportations Statistics , on average Americans spend 55 minutes a day in the car.

Well, while windshields protect them somewhat from UV rays, side windows do not. As such, drivers' left sides are far more likely to experience the negative effects of UV radiation. Exposure to the left arm is five times greater than the right, and exposure to the left side of the face is 20 times greater.

Exposure to UV radiation leads to an increase in sun-related damage. This damage includes cosmetic issues, such as wrinkles, age spots, and skin leathering. It also includes health issues, specifically skin cancer. Indeed, skin cancer is far more common on the left side than the right side because of this exposure.

If you have your car windows tinted, choose UV-protection films. In fact, some films can block up to 99% of the UV rays. Once you've had the films applied, do keep your windows closed in the daytime so the films can do their job blocking the UV rays. Let your air conditioner, not an open window, provide cool air.

2. Keep Interior of the Car Cooler

In fact, tinted windows can help that objective, too.

UV rays aren't the only ones that enter your car through the windows. So, too, do infrared rays, and these are the ones responsible for heating up the interior of your car. In fact, not only do the heat-producing waves enter the car cabin, they become trapped inside.

This situation arises because the rays entering the car are short-wave, so they have more energy. While passing through the glass of your windows, some of the radiation is deflected, and some is absorbed by the glass itself. The remaining passes through to the interior. Both the absorbed and transmitted radiation contributes to the interior temperature of your car.

Without any window tinting, the interior of your car can reach temperatures of  140 degrees . Tinting your car windows can reduce this number drastically. The tint rejects more of the infrared radiation, which means less penetrates or enters your car's cabin. As such, the interior remains much cooler.

3. Increase Privacy and Security

Naturally, your car's windows aren't penetrated just by invisible radiation. Visible light also penetrates the glass. Called variable light transmission, the volume of light that can pass through the glass affects how you can see out the window and how much people can see while peering in.

Tinting your car windows is a little like putting sun glasses on your face. The tinting protects your eyesight from sun glare. They also keep people from seeing your eyes — or, in the case of window tinting, you. State laws vary related to how dark tinting may be, but you should be able to at least obscure your form while driving with window tinting.

Tinting isn't just about privacy. Obscuring or hiding your form can be a security measure if you're a woman driving alone or with children. What's more, thieves are more likely to break into a car if they see something they want — window tinting prevents them from seeing much of anything.

Finally, the film itself can become a protective layer. All car glass is tempered, meaning it shatters into rounded pebbles instead of sharp shards. In the event of an accident, the film will hold the little pebbles together so they don't fly into the cabin.

Protect your safety and your health with car window tints. Consult with  Solar Tint Inc. about the best films for your car.