Rtint headlight blackout review

pittsey · Mar 7, 2011

Ayo, my Rtint blackout tint came today so I decided I might as well post a small review as I already took pictures.

First impressions: Its a tint, what else is there to say? Rtint will refund a rebate of the purchase price if you include 4 high res pics of the product installed. So what the hey, installed it and took some pics and hopefully Ill get the rebate, so this is free! Shipping was fine, nothing absurdly fast, nor slow.

Upon installation, everything seemed to go smoothly until I remembered the cruze has that awkward bump on its headlights. But, after all I own a graphics shop I knew I could make it happen. Got out the blow drier, and sure enough installation was a breeze. The tint wrapped around the awkward bump and just had a few air bubbles to squeegee out.

How does it look?
Pretty baller if I do say myself

Now the best part of the headlight blackout tint has to be, that its static and can be removed at any time. That was a huge selling point for me

shawn672 · Mar 7, 2011

Well I love the look, however how will this effect light output?

70AARCUDA · Mar 7, 2011

...some states have "light output" statutes which require a minimum light intensity at a specified distance.

...I'm guessing the stock OEM lamps would now be below those minimums.

...of course, switching to higher output HID lamps obviously offsets that problem.

pittsey · Mar 7, 2011

shawn672 said:
Well I love the look, however how will this effect light output?

I turned on the lights and they seem fine, albeit a little bit dimmer and an odd shade of purple. Like 70AAR said, a higher intensity bulb would help.

But, I hardly drive at night, and like I said, these are removable/re apply able with a install time of like 20 minutes; so if worse comes to worst I can just peel em off

osiris10012 · Mar 7, 2011

pittsey said:
I turned on the lights and they seem fine, albeit a little bit dimmer and an odd shade of purple. Like 70AAR said, a higher intensity bulb would help.

But, I hardly drive at night, and like I said, these are removable/re apply able with a install time of like 20 minutes; so if worse comes to worst I can just peel em off

wow that looks awesome. now all you need is a set of ddm tuning hids. i have the 35w 6000k's in my gsxr and love them. i get highbeamed everywhere i go. lol. if you get them i suggest the ddm's plus checked for my cruze and there only $60 for the set for everything.

GMMillwright · Mar 7, 2011

Looks sweet.

pittsey · Mar 7, 2011

osiris10012 said:
wow that looks awesome. now all you need is a set of ddm tuning hids. i have the 35w 6000k's in my gsxr and love them. i get highbeamed everywhere i go. lol. if you get them i suggest the ddm's plus checked for my cruze and there only $60 for the set for everything.

Thanks for the heads up, ill definitely be looking into some brighter lamps

osiris10012 · Mar 7, 2011

pittsey said:
Thanks for the heads up, ill definitely be looking into some brighter lamps

here's a link ours are the h13/9008 hi/lo

HID Kits, BMW Aftermarket Bumpers & Lighting, DEPO - DDM Tuning

this is my bike with the high beam hids and the halogen low beam for a rough comparison. just to give you an idea. there alot brighter in person sorry for the bad pic i couldn't get straight on with the camera due to them being way to bright for the camera to focus

Ddaydesai · Aug 2, 2011

Where did you get the tints?

Ddaydesai · Aug 2, 2011

I figured it out and are assuming you got it from Rvynils. Did you get the static black or the dark smoke?

... because I have the gray cruze and am considering trying the dark smoke because it will hopefully look better and not affect my lights too much

Crewz · Aug 2, 2011

Looks good. If only you had fog lights I wouldn't think it would be as much of a problem.

LucyCruze · Aug 2, 2011

Daytime running lamps are probably not visible anymore, are they...?

70x7 · Aug 3, 2011

Im on the fence with this one.
I think the install looks very clean and matches the car well, but I am concerned with all the rock chips and scratches that might occur from the road. After a while the light would shine through and make it look strange at night.

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