Florida limits, by window
Florida measures the glass and film together. For sedans: front side windows must let in at least 28% of light, rear side windows and the back glass at least 15%. For SUVs, trucks and vans: front sides at least 28%, rear sides and back glass at least 6%. The windshield allows a strip above the AS-1 line only. There is a medical exemption process for darker front windows.
What the numbers look like
- 50% — barely visible, cuts glare, legal everywhere.
- 35% — the classic factory-plus look, legal on front sides in Florida with factory glass.
- 20% — clearly dark, legal on rear windows.
- 5% — limo, legal only on rear windows of SUVs and vans.
VLT is not heat rejection
This is the part most people miss. Darkness and heat are two different numbers. A cheap 5% dyed film can let more heat in than a 70% ceramic film, because ceramic film blocks infrared, which is where the heat is, without blocking visible light. If your goal is a cooler car, ask for the total solar energy rejected, not the VLT.
How we cut it
Every window on the car is measured and the film is chosen per window to stay legal where it needs to and go dark where it can. Ceramic film, computer-cut to the glass, installed in our bay.
