Smoked plexiglass?

[Shaman]

I have seen modding stores sell plexiglass in several colors, but have never seen 'black' plexiglass that's transparent enough to still let you to see through, like smoked/tinted windows in cars. Is there any store that sells this?

 

[kent]

You could probably pick up some window tint at walmart and do it yourself.

For that smoked-yet-I-can-see-you I'd go for something like 50%. For reference, 25% is legal in my state and that's pretty damn dark. I had 15% on my RSX-S and I had a nasty habit of bumping into things because I couldn't see shit.

 

[Michael Daly]

I've got a 2' by 4' sheet in storage just waiting for the ideal project.

Try looking up plastic suppliers in the yellow pages (or online version) for the nearest big city to you. You might get stuck with a 4'x8' sheet or you might find a smaller leftover bit. Also contact glaziers (window repair/supply) as they might have acrylic or polycarbonate sheet pieces in the right tint. Don't go too dark - you might be surprised how dark "dark" can be.

 

[CLock3]

Like kent said, you can get window tint pretty cheap at some places. And since it won't be sitting in the sun and such like it would on a car, you won't need really high quality tint i wouldn't think. It's not like it will fade or anything when it's on a computer in your house. Either that or I know they sell a spray for lights on cars that gives them a smoked look, but that would probably be more on the expensive side for the amount you'd do with it.

 

[Igthorn]

http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/category.asp?catalog_name=USPlastic&category_name=21314&Page=1

1/4" and 1/8" thick sheets. Grey or bronze are transparent, but they don't have a good picture of them so who knows how it really looks.

 

[Shaman]

Thanks for the answers everyone.

A while ago I found a thread on another forum where many users were saying that using window tint on plexi is not a good idea cause it never ends up looking as good as colored plexi... btw I'm in europe so I guess I'm gonna have a harder time finding what I want, but this post by Igthorn is interesting:

http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/category.asp?catalog_name=USPlastic&category_name=21314&Page=1

1/4" and 1/8" thick sheets. Grey or bronze are transparent, but they don't have a good picture of them so who knows how it really looks.

Looks like they ship worldwide (from the selection of countries on the checkout page), but yeah, don't know how much the shipping will be, or if I'm gonna get away with not paying import taxes, plus they don't have good pics of the grey plexi. If I do go ahead with it, I will literally be ordering it in the 'dark'.

 

[kent]

Like kent said, you can get window tint pretty cheap at some places. And since it won't be sitting in the sun and such like it would on a car, you won't need really high quality tint i wouldn't think. It's not like it will fade or anything when it's on a computer in your house. Either that or I know they sell a spray for lights on cars that gives them a smoked look, but that would probably be more on the expensive side for the amount you'd do with it.

That spray is called VHT Nightshade.

 

[CLock3]

That spray is called VHT Nightshade.

Yeah, that's the stuff I was thinking of. Good call.

 

[Raikiri]

Bought it on eBay

 

[Kornelius74]

I've never bought anything from them, but they have some smoked plexiglass in various thicknesses and sizes.

http://www.estreetplastics.com/Grey_Smoke_Plexiglass_2064_s/80.htm

 

[Ockie]

You could probably pick up some window tint at walmart and do it yourself.

For that smoked-yet-I-can-see-you I'd go for something like 50%. For reference, 25% is legal in my state and that's pretty damn dark. I had 15% on my RSX-S and I had a nasty habit of bumping into things because I couldn't see shit.

Silly you, you are supposed to put the tint on the inside!



Huh?! I had 5% all around no no bumps or anything. Sounds like to me it's a bad driver