Factory tint on 97 Crew Cab

Strokersace · Jul 11, 2011

I've seen several 96/97 crew cabs that have a "factory" tint on the rear doors and back glass. It's has an ugly mirrored look to it. At least I think it's ugly anyway. Is it a tint film or tinted glass???

AND, for those that have tinted their windows on a truck with this "factory" tint, does the mirror look go away when you do a film tint. Like a "limo" style dark tint???

Questions I had burning a hole in my head so thought I'd ask!:fordoval:

Yodersstrokin96 · Jul 11, 2011

i just got mine dont with 15% its a tinted glass, on some angles you can seee the mirror but i dont mind

davey99ps · Jul 11, 2011

Strokersace said:
I've seen several 96/97 crew cabs that have a "factory" tint on the rear doors and back glass. It's has an ugly mirrored look to it. At least I think it's ugly anyway. Is it a tint film or tinted glass???

AND, for those that have tinted their windows on a truck with this "factory" tint, does the mirror look go away when you do a film tint. Like a "limo" style dark tint???

Questions I had burning a hole in my head so thought I'd ask!:fordoval:

It's been going through my head also. I have it on my truck and I hate it. I hope theres some good info in this thread on how to cover it up

Strokersace · Jul 11, 2011

From what I've found out on another forum is that it's actually tinted/mirrored glass. The only way to truely get rid of it is to replace the windows with clear ones, then tint all to match.

Unless someone's got some other info, guess that's the plan of attack. I'm anal and want them all to be black and match. Plus I hate the mirror look!

Diesel_Brad · Jul 11, 2011

Strokersace said:
From what I've found out on another forum is that it's actually tinted/mirrored glass. The only way to truely get rid of it is to replace the windows with clear ones, then tint all to match.

Unless someone's got some other info, guess that's the plan of attack. I'm anal and want them all to be black and match. Plus I hate the mirror look!

Correct. the ONLY way to get rid of the factory mirror tint is replace the windows for clear ones

davey99ps · Jul 11, 2011

Diesel_Brad said:
Correct. the ONLY way to get rid of the factory mirror tint is replace the windows for clear ones

Do you happen to know where I could get the glass, an roughly how much this would cost?

superduty4x4 · Jul 11, 2011

Are you talking about the tint on that window I "sold" you Ryan?

Strokersace · Jul 11, 2011

superduty4x4 said:
Are you talking about the tint on that window I "sold" you Ryan?

Yeah, as well as the factory window that was in it that I was going to replace. Went to scrape the tint off of the window I got from you over the weekend, to find out that it wasn't a tint film. Then the more I got to looking at it, it looked like the tint was actually in the glass. Looked further at the rear doors and window in the cab to realize they were the same way.

superduty4x4 · Jul 11, 2011

Well ****, if you want I'll take the window back since it's not going to work for you.

Diesel_Brad · Jul 12, 2011

davey99ps said:
Do you happen to know where I could get the glass, an roughly how much this would cost?

Junk yard for used stuff. 87-97 is the same. Or you can buy new from Ford, Safetylite or almost any other automotive glass repair shop

Gootee · Jul 13, 2011

What about the far back glass? It looks like it's not mirrored

Strokersace · Jul 13, 2011

Mine is. Both back doors and the far back glass. Getting a clear back glass from the salvage yard this evening, but the clear back door glass they won't part with because the coors are good and complete.