What's The Difference?? No Tint VS Light Smoke VS Dark Smoke Headlight Tint

[@TheRealElectrofox]

7:20 - "You should not be driving at night time if you can't see right now." Words to live by, Thank you for that.

[@sethbowling]

People are saying the camera settings are the flaw of this test, but I think the real flaw is the distance from the wall. There is not a difference in the comparisons because the headlights are too close to the wall. At a farther distance, there would be a noticeable difference. Great video though. I appreciate the time that you took out of your day to upload.

[@GoneDeathMode]

Its both, coz the brightness could be affected by setting such as exposure and white balance. On top of that, a light output test against a wall thats 3 meters away is nowhere near relative to what the lights would be used for. So all in all, this really was a senseless test that should have been done with the wall being more than 20ft away from the car as that would be where it would matter most.

[@thormjolnir2017]

One major problem with all these perspectives and side line analyses is that he is telling you what he is seeing with his own eyes. Unless you're openly calling him a liar I think he can judge pretty well. Bro looks pretty fit, don't think his eyes are likely to be fudged🤑. Beyond that, do you all really think he hasn't, given what he does for a living, driven tinted hl down the road. Trust is always an issue but if Bro lies he will lose rep and therefore business, which he won't do. Great vid as always. Keep em coming👍👍🤑

[@rweakley]

The problem with this is that the camera sensor can change its sensitivity to compensate for different light levels. The real way to do this would be with a light meter to get a lux reading. The only exception is the one shot where he has one dark and one light at the same time.

[@romanjohnston]

Yep. As a photographer your exactly correct.

[@oldschoolchartist]

If the camera settings were all set to manual and the non-tinted image was not clipping then this comparison WOULD work. But with a camera set to any auto mode (T/A/ISO) then the comparison fails. Side by side of the WALL would be very helpful. I am thinking about a light smoke tint for a Daytona Gray RS5... undecided.

[@sizzlacalunji]

And even with the light and dark tint, you can see that the light output is reduced. Told me all I needed to know.

[@centerpinfishingaddicts4897]

If he used a real camera and locked all settings that would be a fair comparison.. Set the setting based on no tint, the use the same settings for all 3

[@andrewjaxe399]

I'm pretty sure his camera is adjusting the exposure to make all of them look identical in light output. Need to set camera to manual settings for fair test.

[@iWeasel410]

Agreed!

[@BKRedline]

vr6- hit-licks agreed the darkest tint actually looked brighter

[@AndrewLeet92]

Pretty sure? I am freaking certain.

[@billyshelton8090]

I would like to see the light output measured with a tint meter. I think there would be a difference.

[@andysgaragetherapy]

Looks really good, thank you Christian!👍🏼👍🏼

[@KingPimpinThe3rd]

Wow this video is perfect! I wanted to tint my Camaro Headlights but heard about some people having a brown hugh to it. Between that an diminished visibility, I was pushed away from the idea until now. You completely debunked both fears. Thank you!

[@bankyankinlive]

Did you tint yours?

[@omarspost]

Thanks for making the vid. Much appreciated. LUX meter would help quantify light output. Even with manual exposure, its pretty difficult to show realistic brightness changes through a camera. Most aren't aware that human eyes dont see brightness in a linear fashion. When it comes to concentrated light, for our eyes to perceive double the brightness, the light output needs to quadruple.

[@aranykai]

Sorry Christian, but you need to repeat this test with locked exposure on your camera. You can clearly see less light is being reflected back onto the cars in the head-on shots, but the light-wall shots look identical because the camera is adjusting itself.

[@Nguyen2fold]

I have the light smoke hex rt now and it definitely makes a difference. It's darker at night.

[@salthenerd3682]

Reason why I removed the Vvivid hex light wrap. Well I live in l.a and cops are looking for any excuse to pull you over.

[@billybritt5334]

Hoang you should not be driving at night,get that.lol

[@kenimhoff6475]

Best video on headlight tint. I am at this point to decide what to use and you have nailed it on the head.

[@kaizenyashin]

Video was very informative. I learned something new. I think the light output would have a clearer example if the light was shown on a road at night. That way we could see how far out it projects.

[@destrict6]

OMG so glad someone took the pain and time to do this. I always wondered and now I know. Thank you so much. Love from India

[@DavePianist]

Hey Chris. I found your channel by accident and I'm so glad that you're from Vaughan. Many of your videos are so informative and you're very confident and knowledgeable in what you're doing. I just got my 2019 Civic hatchback sport touring and I'll definitely hire you to wrap my car!

[@tonyrocco9831]

Installed the dark smoke on my ram 1500...tell you right now. I can barely see the light when driving. Love the look. But this video mislead me. I ordered light smoke to replace the headlights tints. Hope this helps someone.

[@brianrobillard494]

So many of you out there seem to think you need the brightest lights possible out at night, thinking the brightest led lights are safe and cool but all you’re doing is blinding the rest of us on the road! This VVIVID LIGHT SMOKE TINT IS NOT UNSAFE, I have it installed it on my Dodge Avenger headlights and DARK SMOKE on the tail lights and yes you loose a little light but not an unsafe amount and not enough to draw police attention, it’s an amazing product and fairly easy to use (tail lights have 2 round bubbles which is tricky but learn by mistakes I say) but I also don’t blind oncoming traffic like the led spotlights people are replacing theirs with or the ones the manufacturers are using these days, and my car looks way way cooler! So those saying they instantly removed it, grow a pair and stop blinding everyone else around you, even county driving is not unsafe as I do it often, and to those still using VVIVID PRODUCTS...........KEEP ON WRAPPIN!

[@NoDrAmA357Hk]

Tinting doesn’t matter when you have camera eyes 👍🏽

[@mantis_toboggan_md]

Robot ears?

[@TheLancephillipslive]

I wrapped our 2021 Mazda 3 headlights with dark smoke and it's a drastic difference in light output. Dark smoke is too dark to safely drive at night. It looks awesome, but safety has to be first.

[@VQ_Rides]

I have these on my tail lights right now and light output seems to be just fine. I was actually surprised as to how well light is transmitted through the lens and tint. Im sure for head lights it would be just fine. Best way is to buy some slap it on the car and find out for your selves.

[@coachb.8565]

Which tint do you have...dark or smoke?

[@rwatts1350]

What I got from the video is that maybe it won't blind oncoming traffic with the light smoked. But the lights still work properly enough to see as a driver. I'll try the light smoke. Thanks for the video

[@mrfixit____3651]

I had dark smoke matte and the difference in light output was quite significant . I had to take it off for fear of plowing through a deer that I could not see coming

[@Subi_doo]

Hell yeah huge difference. Took my shit off. Going to try yellow. Kind of just like it to protect my headlamp since the lamps expensive and films cheap to redo later of it get messed up where as a headlamp isn’t cheap to replace or get repaired.

[@anoofadam351]

I'm thinking of tinting because it's looks beautiful. How I would only be riding in the city and my city is very well lit. Do you think it's a bad idea?

[@commonsense3505]

@@anoofadam351 it is illegal in most states.

[@deathofadam]

I have used both and the dark smoke diminishes the light output way more than I am comfortable with. I am removing and going back to the lighter one.

[@PBCaurillac]

Just a thought, but if using halogens, maybe changing from 55w to 100w bulbs or even higher might compensate for the loss?

[@lens240]

So many photography experts here which have a point. But still very informative. I noticeable difference that I did notice however is the tint does dramatically reduce glare.

[@BKRedline]

Camera is adjusting. You need a lumens meter

[@BlackZGTR]

lux meter

[@robwho58]

End of story!

[@GoldSK96]

What he said☝️☝️☝️☝️

[@hostmax]

I am completely sold. Now the world should know that the dark smoke tint will boost the light output. Mind blown!

[@carloscantu1372]

Just came across this and I think the light smoke would be the best seeing as how it doesn’t diminish the light a whole lot but it also gives it the aggressive look during the day I appreciate your video and honestly subbin for this content

[@madebyscratch]

Great comparison vid. Keep in mind that halogen bulbs might make a difference with not being as bright as HID/LED bulbs.

[@OneTruthOnly1]

I have full LED lights and dark smoked my headlights. I can clearly see I lost a lot of light compared to no tinted headlights (obviously). I like the dark smoke on it. But I also like some clear vision with my lights which I dont have anymore. So you have to make some compromises.

[@Swish36]

Thank youuu. This gives me a general idea what shades of tint are best for my application

[@CurtGentry]

Thank You for this video. I've been tempted for years to tint my headlights, but was always too afraid I wouldn't be able to see.

[@unknogne]

i’ve used those hex tints before, best tint i’ve ever used. 💯

[@darrenjacques8246]

if you use a light meter that will tell you the difference in light output

[@EricArthur-di5pp]

Thank you. Glad you made the video. It helped me make my decision. I was worried that the Dark Smoke might be too dark. It doesn't seem so in the vid.

[@iggidybabii4039]

Didn’t even know you could do this until I was at a shop yesterday. Great video before I go get mines today thanks!

[@nembao]

Can you use this same tint on the outside windshield? To add more darkness on at least top half of the windshield?

[@watchmanexpert]

I am looking for the same

[@kyleturner7427]

Man I just want to say thank you! I was going back and forth on whether or not to tint my headlights and you answered everything I needed to know! I’m a visual person and need to see something before I can completely commit to it!! Thanks again so very much!!

[@DRJEBP]

how's your tint doing? no regrets?

[@flmhdpsycho8347]

It's definitely appreciated that you tried to make a comparison. But the only way to really test is to set the car back a little further and test the hotspot with a Lux meter.

[@robertwinnall8120]

Ty so much for this video. I just bought dark from vivid and was scared I wouldn’t be able to see. This answered my questions

[@robwho58]

Ok that was 6 months ago. Can you see at night?

[@HotBoiMack]

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[@v_nigel31]

Thanks for this vid! Just got my headlights tinted with light smoke and the tail lights with dark smoke. So cool! 💯✨

[@bankyankinlive]

Hows the visibility at night in the headlights?

[@JeovannyTovar]

Dope video! Light Smoke tints already came in and I plan to put them on a 3rd gen CRV factory lights. The headlight case is pretty old and foggy so I polished them up good to remove the haze and plan on putting the light smoke tints on for style + UV protection.

[@sohaibyounus]

Thank you so much, super helpful! Surprised how little of a difference the dark tint made.

[@jamescash3034]

two fellas I knew had 3 series bmw's... one did a light tint and he said He saw a difference at distance... not a massive difference...but there was a difference...about a year later my other friend did a dark tint.. he said he saw a big difference at distance....so one night when everyone was together we went o the forest preserve...both cars were aimed at the same area....at about 50 feet you could see a difference at about 200 feet there was a big difference...I would never do the darker tint...in fact my friend with dark tint took off his dark tint off because he didn't like to darkness at distance.. Another friend replaced his headlights with ones that had the back of the inside rear ( not the lenses ) of the taillight done in a black chrome and his headlights looked super...and he said he didn't see much of a difference at all...

[@qp522]

Thank you!! I'm gonna try to do the light smoke probably by my birthday. Super excited.

[@northwestmountainbikeaddic6874]

Than you this video helped me so much! I’m definitely tinting my headlights today! I already have vivid tint in my room just sitting

[@thekingwc]

I just put some hex light tint on my vehicle and it takes away a lot of light. It also makes the projector fuzzy not sharp. Looks awesome though but might take it off. I will drive with it for a while, then decide.

[@Pkdimmock]

Wow. So when looking at the car in the dark you can def see difference in the lights. You can also see that the light reflecting off the wall illuminates the car less and less as tinted darker but the three shots of the white wall look identical. The light also does look nice and white and not brown or yellow. Cool vid. Thanks. Answered my questions.

[@Elijahsparks8165]

Excellent video! Been trying to decide if I want to tint my headlights and this has solidified my decision to tint them!! Thanks so much!

[@squeelerjakeaxcradle7095]

Great review and demo of various tints.Looks great my friend. I’m from the UK and my Mercedes AMG A45 has the same tints light smoke on the fronts and slightly darker smoke on the rears looks great. Great work on your site.

[@bankyankinlive]

Hows the visibility at night in the front with light smoke?

[@squeelerjakeaxcradle7095]

@@bankyankinlive Hi mate, mine is really impressive almost no difference at nigh so lm glad l added the light smoke tint on the fronts. My A45 being black and the tinted lights look more menacing too 🙏

[@bankyankinlive]

@@squeelerjakeaxcradle7095 i have a silver vw cc sport and was wanting to add a light smoke on the headlights but I'm using automotive clear coat with a drop of black in it to do mine.... was hoping it didn't make it undriveable at night

[@squeelerjakeaxcradle7095]

@@bankyankinlive Should be ok l guess 👌

[@wheelerwheels]

I have light smoke vinyl wrap tint on both from headlights, Projection style housing with LED lights, Cougar motor LED (middle of the road, budget light) and I have to say, I am gonna rip them off since it does make too big of a difference and it is much darker. And I am a photography expert. I love the brand of vinyl wrap and will still use it. I am almost done with these for my tail lights and since my tail lights are LED, that's probably where they will be used as well as reflectors in the rear. 2016 Tucson SE for reference. I still like the video, just need everyone to be aware that it does dim it down and the camera does need to be on manual settings. I recommend a redo-with manual ISO and shutter and exposure. AGAIN, still will use the product, just not on the front unless I have a very very bright LED setup.

[@mannyavila3629]

Love your vids man, but this one needs to be redone! Actual photographer here - Set camera to full manual and add an outdoor distance test as well. Add-in this works great for stock bright LED or or HID setups. Halogen, MAYBE not so much.

[@briankress9997]

Awesome video glad somebody did what you just did because I put the light smoke on my car and it looks good and I have daytime running lights when they’re on you can’t really see that it has any tint on it so I am going to go with the dark to see if that looks better. I’m sure it will. I don’t drive the car much at night and I definitely don’t drive it in the rain. I’m strictly going for the look. Thank you very much for doing this video.

[@ValkyrieLightwing]

Interesting. So it seems to decrease the light blur and intensity while looking at the light itself, while not actually changing the amount of light that exits the headlight. I've got a black car with already smoked tails so I should grab a roll of dark tint and do the fronts so give it a real mean look

[@youngbloodviper]

I know its been a while since this was made, but it would be interesting to see the same test but with halogen lights. I have a bi-xenon setup so my headlights are super bright. But halogens are what most people have in their cars.

[@chamwao]

I had to buy tint for my headlights because I have 8000k xenon's and they're too fucking bright. I felt bad for people riding in front of me.

[@Febreeze_Odor_Eliminator]

I was going to request the same thing

[@K03sport]

​@@chamwao ... 8k is very blue. they might look "bright" to you, but guaranteed it was not as bright as you perceived. I do believe oncoming traffic hated your blueish lights with all the glare and scattering...

[@chamwao]

@@K03sport sometimes we do things that we look back on and regret being such a douche bag.

[@UncleFjester]

You are the only one showing light output at night

[@BrandonElliotSmith]

Crazy how the light output on the freeze frames of the headlights w/ tint look brighter than the output on the one without it lol. My mind is made up regardless but I wasn't expecting that.

[@K61000]

thank you this video really helped me decide what i was going to do with my street bike its all blacked out and after i have this done im sure its going look amazing thanks again i was worried but even with the dark tint its more then enough for me great helpful video wish you could tint my bike for me lol

[@jessewashere4734]

Would be cool if you did a test drive with and without the tint for comparison

[@JohnBlaze505]

What should be showcased is throw distance. Do the untinted lights have further throw than the tinted lights

[@phillip557]

Great video. I like the lighter smoke tint best. I would have gone and bought the dark smoke without knowing. thanks for the info

[@villagesautodetail]

Fantastic.. I was wondering this question on Vvivid Dark/Light Smoke. Question answered!

[@Kaabosurron]

I think it also depends on what type of headlight bulbs are used i had stock halogen with light smoke and could notice a big difference. I switched to led and can see way better. And on some cars the heat will cause it to bubble after a year

[@whosmeldrickk]

I think bro did a good job with the video. Idk why there’s so many viewers complaing atp go try it out for yourself see if you can do any better than he did.

[@ronf.hercules37]

Thank you, Sir. I consider this a great video, under the circumstances. You have shown that there is relatively little light difference that resulted from the tints... at the source! There is sure to be incremental lost of intensity, the further the light must travel. However, that could be the subject of another video.

[@lucasjuhas12]

The camera isn't messing with the results: you can see that it is auto-adjusting in the headlight image and there's clear difference there, but that just indicates that the brigthness of the actual headlight goes down when darker tints. But in the actual lights there's absolutely no difference, same camera with same configurations. That video is not flawed, it proves that proper tint makes the headlight darker, while not affecting the actual light produced by the headlight.

[@luckytheirishman]

I have delt with different shades of tint. The wall or garage is too close. You need to demonstrate further distances. The shades all look similar that close up. Love you content though. You are very insightful. Thanks!

[@Jonnydriller]

I’m curious if to see it affects the distance the light reaches more so then the direct out put at 10 feet

[@ronaldpigeon4713]

Thanks for doing this. Question, if the headlight has fogged up due to uv damage will this tint work? The surface is uniform but not as smooth as original. I have the HID lighting.

[@kitzmanusig2551]

Awesome presentation, you nailed it brother.

[@nerrynayzov]

Christian as always another great video and an awesome comparison

[@briankress9997]

I have a question for you if I don’t have per se the right chemicals to use besides alcohol what can I use so I can just position the film before I apply the alcohol and distilled water

[@austinsinclair1743]

I just got the dark spoke the light hope it was the same in the video when the car was right up against the wall like in the video for when you're back up your vehicle and then look at a wall you can see you lost a lot of light really disappointed that I wasted money now I need to try the light and see how that goes

[@ideagh0st]

Great job with this video. Straight to the point and no bs.

[@rachelledaves4968]

Good video bro thanks for the breakdown and showing us how it goes because I was going to get mine did

[@yatwanhayward411]

Dude best comparison video ever...thanks

[@taranlally4196]

So is that the same for tail light, like could you put dark smoke on the back?

[@Eric-rr4ee]

This video was helpful and informative to me. About to see if you have one for tail lights. If not then could you post one? Thanks!

[@steveworner5971]

What a totally helpful video test - many thanks! Just what I needed to know.

[@HatesReverance]

Great video, I was on the fence about light tint and you've convinced me. P.s. your cars paint is friggan dope!

[@Aziz-tc3fg]

What about the lights distance while driving in highway, is there any different ?!

[@AlexD-fq5zm]

What about distance I know it looks the same under 50 ft but what about down the block?

[@alexisamtosta]

Wow... 1 car wrapper and 200 thousand photography experts in a sudden. Lol.

[@bats__]

4:20 It doesn't take an expert to see that the tinted is brighter than the non tinted. Surely that tells you the camera is adjusting...

[@jacknguyen3233]

4:20. Lol

[@Tsalinger]

Hey clown he should have used a meter to remove all doubts.

[@cedrickhilaire1645]

Tosta Details 😂😂😂😂 fr

[@204andco]

I’ve actually been thinking about doing this because my HIDs are so bright people always think my brights are on and flash me 🙄

[@tylercole8054]

Are the fogged one legal to drive in Florida?

[@juliocota6335]

Was useful in regards to Tintin how much light is coming out but is there any possibility that you can give us information on what it would be like with plasty dip smoke

[@deizeldakota]

will the results change for me if I were to do spray tint and if so how much?

[@scottgillig908]

Christian, that Hex tint is bad ass on the front lights. Love that design. I've paused at 7:10 and I swear it looks like the dark tint is the brightest. Naturally the opposite of what I assumed it would be. Thanks very much for the demo. BTW....love those vanity plates. It's about time. My best, Scott

[@rweakley]

That's because the camera compensates for light differences. The only way to do this is a light meter with a lux reading.

[@georgewatson6246]

Very good . Thanks for the video . Now I know which one light dark

[@mohammedlawal7471]

Hello,just bummed into ur video right now after watching some other you tubers.i wanna tint my headlights on my Honda Accord v6 touring model 2016, with white led headlights just like the latest Honda Accord headlight. U helped convince me coz wanted the dark one and was advised against. Thank u very much. Just clicked and subscribed to ur channel all the way from Nigeria… nice one very informative. But do i really need a heat gun to get it well?

[@aaronhancock4403]

I wish you would have done a visibility distance test.

[@messiahjuni]

I have a question... with car being wrapped ... can you go thru a regular car wash or does it have to be hand washed ???

[@notadoctor2598]

Would a light meter like the cops use for window tint work? I haven't seen the published numbers for headlight film or vinyl anywhere. Which leads me to believe it is significant..

[@elicallahan115]

Excellent video and the “you should not be driving at nighttime if you cannot see right now”😂😂😂

[@Judge_OnYouTube]

Unfortunately your camera has misrepresented the data. The camera has automatically adjusted it's exposure, which is why the results for the darker tint appear to illuminate more of the wall, better: because the camera is setting itself for more exposure as the scene becomes darker (this is why in the comparison shot at 7:00 you can see the poorly lit edges better when the tint is darker).

[@cowboy-wr5jt]

Chris , thank you! your videos are helpful. i plan to do my lights the week.

[@TechGamesAU]

Did you use the same camera exposure setting throughout the entire video ?

[@CKWraps]

Yes, nothing was changed

[@EduardoGarcia-jl7ek]

Great comparison and testing!

[@nickdibart]

Thanks for the video. This was the exact info I was looking for.

[@TheGrimey1]

Im getting the dark smoke on my charger rt. This video was a huge help bro.

[@DRJEBP]

how's your light output holding up?

[@valeriyGennadyevich]

Proper tint test will determine how far you will be able to see ahead of you. Of course you will be able to see 3-5mrters ahead of you even with suoer dark tint. But what about 30 meters ahead visibility vs like smoked vs no tint?

[@jasontorian5046]

I appreciate the video as some have pointed out there may be some variables not accounted for to be “completely scientific”. “But”……. Don’t think I needed a “Lab coat” exercise to lesson anxiety about light loss…. I’d probably go with the medium as to not arouse TOO much attention from the PoPO…. But still look different than usual

[@dogzkage]

Did you use a blow dryer to get that perfect look

[@kevinblank3844]

This video was very well put together keep up the good work

[@MrLenzotik]

I made the mistake of dark smoke tinting my headlights after tinting my windshield 35%. Visibility was close to none at night. I took of the headlight tint and kept the windshield tint. Now I can see and stay unseen.