hiding screen...?

hoodlum · 06-20-2006, 03:27 PM

I have G35 housing from mp3car store, when I drive at night, everyone can see my screen from behind.... I tried to tint my windows, still didnt help. my question is this My tint is Pollarized. if i get 3m polarized privacy film over the lcd, would that block out all light, from the outside of the car? cops wont really like Movies playing in the front of the car...

Also any products to kill the sunlight? anti-glare.

shotgunefx · 06-20-2006, 03:36 PM

No, not all light. Just at the sides. People directly behind you will see it clear as day.

There's pics here

hoodlum · 06-20-2006, 03:46 PM

any way of hiding it behind?

Wiredwrx · 06-20-2006, 03:49 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by hoodlum

any way of hiding it behind?

What are you trying to accomplish?

michael

hoodlum · 06-20-2006, 03:51 PM

I am trying to accomplish not getting a ticket for driving and having the screen on, with a video playing.

in other words, somehow making the screen seem like its off, when you looking from outside of the car. I have 20% Polorized tint on my car, if that helps.

TheLlama · 06-20-2006, 03:56 PM

booo.... watching movies while driving? That is pretty dangerous -- even if you manage to hide it from the outside.

Wiredwrx · 06-20-2006, 04:25 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by hoodlum

I am trying to accomplish not getting a ticket for driving and having the screen on, with a video playing.

in other words, somehow making the screen seem like its off, when you looking from outside of the car. I have 20% Polorized tint on my car, if that helps.

Q: What constitutes “aiding and abetting”?
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A: Aiding and abetting is a theory of criminal liability. You can be guilty of a crime either as a principal perpetrator or as an aider and abettor.
Aiding and abetting applies to someone who assists in or facilitates the doing of a crime. To be held accountable as an aider and abettor, you must know of the criminal objective and do something to make it succeed. For example, if you drive your friend to a meeting where you know your friend is going to buy drugs, you may be an aider and abettor in the drug transaction.

The key here is knowledge. While the level of participation of the aider and abettor may be relatively minor, the prosecution must show more than presence in a vehicle carrying drugs or association with conspirators known to be involved in a crime.

In other words, mere presence at the scene of a crime, even with guilty knowledge that a crime is being committed, isn’t enough to make you liable for the crime itself, unless and until you do something to help the crime succeed.

Under federal law, the punishment for someone who aids and abets a crime is the same as the punishment for the person who principally committed the crime. In some states, the punishment may be less.

Michael

hoodlum · 06-20-2006, 04:28 PM

thats nice... really happy for the heads up. BTW if someone else is sitting the in the car, and a video is playing, is that illegal too?

turbocad6 · 06-20-2006, 05:05 PM

if it's in the field of view of the driver, it is illegal...

Wiredwrx · 06-20-2006, 05:15 PM

Michael

TheLlama · 06-20-2006, 10:11 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by turbocad6

if it's in the field of view of the driver, it is illegal...

dats wat I thunk.

2k1Toaster · 06-20-2006, 11:17 PM

I'll aid and... abett? Well, with polarity I think you have the right idea. I don't think the 3M will work because it is not meant to be used with 2 polarized films. Just the one, that hides the sides and not the direct.

If you get a polarized sheet like on sunglasses, and put that over the screen, and then put the same type of sheet at a 90 degree angle over the back window, theoretically, it should block almost all of it.

Since you already have a polarized sheet over your window, if you could get the same sheet and turn it 90 degrees and put that over the screen.... I dunno

Just thinking out loud kinda, and it might work. You could try it and tell us. It will make your screen tinted though! Maybe a 90-98% polarized film so it doesn't tint on the screen but the same manufacturer so it matches polarity.

I dunno. I'll stop talking.

shotgunefx · 06-23-2006, 01:19 PM

Been thinking about it more and something hit me.

My landlord pulls in this morning in his BMW 3-Series. I notice the electric sunshade. You can see through it but it really obscures the view from outside.

Now there's an idea! I find some on ebay for BMWs and one for a Ford truck (not motorized) but not really big enough, and a generic motorized one for around $170. No funds for that now. There are also a bunch of generic suction cup jobs but they don't look big enough and well, I don't want suction cups

Then I think about making my own. With a little digging, I find out (I'm fairly certain) what the OEM are using. Something called Sheerweave (though some merchants misspell it Shearweave) made by phifer.

They make all kind of solar screens for buildings and other applications. It's a polyster, UV stable, flame retardent mesh fabric that blocks 75-100% of light, but you can see through it still. (Well not the 100% obviously)

Looking at the light output options, looks like I want Sheerweave 1000, which only comes in variations of white normally.

I dig up on ebay and sure enough, find some charcoal Sheerweave 1000 (71 x 153") for $35 shipped.

So if it works, just going to buy a rollup shade cut to size and replace it with this and hook it in the corners. I'm going to try and hide it in the rear window deck cover if there is room. Later I might try and get cute and motorize it.

Hopefully this will help keep the screen under the radar, though on the other hand, it will at least keep the car cooler.

turbocad6 · 06-23-2006, 01:50 PM

I have a huge dropdown screen on my roof for the rear.... problem is it looks like it's almost proped in the rear window from behind... I mean it's a large clear view of whatever happens to be displayed.....

I tinted the window double layer limo tint, so I guess it's 5% of 5% transmissive... durring the day you can't see it at all, & at night it looks so dim that you barely see it unless your looking for it.... I use a rearview camera so I don't care so much about actually seeing through the glass from inside though...

shotgunefx · 06-24-2006, 05:53 AM

FYI, Here's some pictures of the BMW one.

I think it will help quite a bit, we'll see.

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