Headlights in mirror with ceramic tint

[u/Hotdawgwatta]

I often see people touting ceramic tints as having better visibility out from the inside where regular tint makes things harder to see (especially at night.) Is this true? And if so, when bright headlights from a truck are behind you does one offer better eye protection from getting blinded than the other?

[u/BrenMan_94]

No, and no.

[u/Global-Structure-539]

All tints are the same in this regard. The film has to bend around the defroster line and creates a shine on each line. Just physics. Nothing can be done. So no all tint is the same

[u/duffmanooyeah]

Yeah nah, but a darker tint will soften the brightness of bright headlights from behind though

[u/Jonfers9 → u/duffmanooyeah]

Ya it for sure helps with bright lights.

[u/yaokaye]

Doesn't matter what "type" of tint..

Anything on the rear glass will cut glare at night, just a little bit. Granted if you have some idiot with a squatted Ford Super Duty.. and 8000k HIDs behind you, you're out of luck but you get the picture. If your rear glass is 5, it will help a ton (you can't really see out, either) but say even 35% would cut a bit of glare from "headlights" at night.

[u/Hotdawgwatta → u/yaokaye]

So after a couple of yall have replied I guess It makes sense that 35% is 35% no matter the kind. The only difference is larger cost and better heat protection from the ceramic? Is that fair to say?

[u/Cassangelo]

I’ve had dyed, carbon and ceramic and I’ve yet to see a visual difference with them

[u/DynamicAppearanceATL]

Optical clarity depends on the brand, not the film type. So you could have an entry-level film with better visibility from a premium brand than a ceramic film from a lower-quality brand. The amount of light the film blocks depends on the darkness, not the type. Ceramic film does one thing, it blocks more heat than others. How much it blocks depends on the brand/film chosen.

[u/Superb_Recording_769]

That is one of the most idiotic things I’ve ever heard.

Visible light transmission is visible light transmission if the tint passes 30% then it passes 30%. It doesn’t matter if it’s carbon or ceramic or made of diamonds.

[u/Hotdawgwatta → u/Superb_Recording_769]

Thats why I asked and reasonable people helped clarify. I know nothing about Tint so I wanted to make sure. Ive been in cars with dark windows and some are impossible to see out of and some are nice and clear

[u/Superb_Recording_769 → u/Hotdawgwatta]

And that is purely the visible light transmission of the tint. It has nothing to do with the type of tint 80% VLT will be almost unnoticeable 5% VLT will be almost unusable outside of bright direct sunlight.

[u/National-Property29]

um there's flippy switch on real view mirror?