Window tint and radio reception - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

dcjes · 06-02-2005, 09:06 PM

I am going to have the windows tinted on our 05 camry. The antenna is in the rear window. Does tint damper the antenna strength at all....will i still get great reception as I do now? Thanks for the help/comments

touringcamry · 06-02-2005, 09:16 PM

I have 5% tint on the window and have had no adverse effects as a result of it

skewe · 06-02-2005, 10:19 PM

as far as I know, gen 4 onwards have antenna in the back windows. i have tints on them and there is no adverse effect.

u will get some glare from headlights when u look in the mirror as the radio antenna and defroster will reflect the headlights from other cars at night and a set of headlights will look like a few. Hard to explain it but u will get used to it.

Super Kaioken · 06-03-2005, 12:37 AM

i would get a 20 or 15% by the way.....

CamNub · 06-03-2005, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by dcjes

I am going to have the windows tinted on our 05 camry. The antenna is in the rear window. Does tint damper the antenna strength at all....will i still get great reception as I do now? Thanks for the help/comments

I don't see how you could think tint would dampen the antenna strength. The antenna is located outside of the car, not inside. Tint, if it did dampen reception, would only dampen stuff within the tint. Not stuff outside of it.

touringcamry · 06-03-2005, 01:39 AM

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The antenna is on the inside of the glass. It is printed on the glass like the defroster lines. It works because the glass is transparent to the EM wave. Metallic film theoretically can attenuate the signal, but I have not read anything real life accounts of that being a problem.

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Originally Posted by Super Kaioken

i would get a 20 or 15% by the way.....

Agreed....I really regret getting 5%, especially on the back windshield. It sucks trying to back up at night in an unlit parking lot.

bigdenis · 06-03-2005, 04:03 AM

I have 20% metallic tint. I have not problems with FM reception, however, on AM, I am able to hear "clicks" whenever I touch my brakes.

Meperezs · 06-03-2005, 04:53 AM

I've never experienced any problems

skewe · 06-03-2005, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by touringcamry

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The antenna is on the inside of the glass. It is printed on the glass like the defroster lines. It works because the glass is transparent to the EM wave. Metallic film theoretically can attenuate the signal, but I have not read anything real life accounts of that being a problem.

Agreed....I really regret getting 5%, especially on the back windshield. It sucks trying to back up at night in an unlit parking lot.

Antenna is inside the car, on the back windscreen for most gen4 and all gen 5.
that is why gen 4 and gen5 does not have a motororized antenna

dcjes · 06-03-2005, 10:12 AM

the reason i was asking is because my father has an 03 chevy impala and he tinted his windows, and he can't pull in AM very well (thats what he mainly listens to), but he also said that it did affect his FM reception....just not as bad...so thats why I was wondering what everyone has esperienced.

And i am thinking about 20% for the tint

touringcamry · 06-03-2005, 01:31 PM

Did your father get metallic tint or just regular tint?

1200mk · 06-03-2005, 05:34 PM

my reception was fine with titanium tint (12%) all around but when i got my alpine head unit...

the reception is alot shittier.

thoughthard · 06-03-2005, 06:10 PM

On my g/f's 03 Civic, with metallic based Johnson brand 30% tint, no radio reception problems, on FM at least. Never listen to AM. One thing I did notice it that the garage door remote range was greatly reduced