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Kremmit:

When I had the plastics shop make the windows for my Jeep hardtop (Lexan), they had little sample chips of the different tints available- I just pointed at the one I wanted.  And yes, you can go too dark on your arcade machine.. I just picked up an old Crystal Castles cab, I originally thought the monitor was dim.. until I took off the overly-dark glass.  (The dark glass is what Crystal Castles came with originally, I believe.. but the game's been converted to Sky Soldiers, and the brighter display is better, IMHO.)  How dark is too dark?  Well, the glass on that Crystal Castles was so dark, I didn't even know there was a bezel/artwork under there until I got it into some direct sunlight.  Mabye try bringing something (like a bezel or instruction card) with you to the plastic/glass shop that you can read through the tint you're gonna buy.

big_garryb:

i was also wondering about the tint levels having not bought the glass yet...... when i got my mk3 golf cabrio windows tinted, i had to pick the tint - they started at 15% - 95%. apparently the 95% was comparable to limo rear windows...... so i picked 70%, sounded ok. the first time i drove at night i had to put the windows down, all i could see was the reflection of the dash board!!!!

erm... i seem to have got side-tracked... heyho
garry

Pasqualz:

Aggiez, I'm in the same boat as you. After research, I decided that glass was better because it doesn't scratch as easily as lexan/acrylic, It doesn't change color like some plastics can. I just made some calls today to a few local glass shops and I got the following info:

- gray tinted glass is a specail order item, requires about 2-3 weeks for delivery.
- Apparently, this glass only comes in two tints, 43% light transmission and 14% light transmission. Light transmission literally means what percentage of light passes through the glass.
- Average cost for a 26" x 26" piece of this glass was $60.

Obviously, the 43% tint is the only serious choice, but I'm wondering if that is too dark! Hopefully, someone else who has even more research/experience with this can help us out!!!!

AGGIEZ:


--- Quote from: Pasqualz on June 16, 2004, 12:02:30 am ---Aggiez, I'm in the same boat as you. After research, I decided that glass was better because it doesn't scratch as easily as lexan/acrylic, It doesn't change color like some plastics can. I just made some calls today to a few local glass shops and I got the following info:

- gray tinted glass is a specail order item, requires about 2-3 weeks for delivery.
- Apparently, this glass only comes in two tints, 43% light transmission and 14% light transmission. Light transmission literally means what percentage of light passes through the glass.
- Average cost for a 26" x 26" piece of this glass was $60.

Obviously, the 43% tint is the only serious choice, but I'm wondering if that is too dark! Hopefully, someone else who has even more research/experience with this can help us out!!!!

--- End quote ---

Pasqualz - thanks for the info! I need a piece that is about 24" x 21", so thanks for the price. That will give me an idea of what to expect.

big_garryb:

im in the uk - phoned around some glass companies also:

and ordering the glass up only takes 2-3 days.
price for 26" x 26" was

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