Does your car have this tint strip across the top of the windshield?

GS_Jay · 07-30-2016, 01:14 PM

So a buddy of mine has an F80 in MG that has some interesting options. The build sheet is like picking a la carte, no packages or anything. More interesting than that, it has factory front glass with a tint strip up top. There are about 8 F8X platform cars in our group, and around town there are plenty, but I have never seen one with that tint strip. Anybody out there have one on theirs? Any idea how it was built this way? We thought maybe military build, but weren't sure.

mercedesc63 · 07-30-2016, 02:48 PM

Oh that sounds like the way they do it in Canada

GS_Jay · 07-30-2016, 02:49 PM

This one came new from Alabama, which deepens the mystery.

RJCrew · 07-30-2016, 04:57 PM

Bought my F82 3/16 build thru military sales and I don't have that tint you are talking about.

GS_Jay · 07-30-2016, 04:58 PM

We are thinking now that it is because he doesn't have HUD, if you have HUD it deletes the tint strip.

Jim B · 07-30-2016, 04:59 PM

I think the tint strip only comes on cars that don't have the HUD. Mine has the HUD and no tint strip.

GS_Jay · 07-30-2016, 05:00 PM

Anybody have a car that doesn't have HUD that might be able to verify?

SakhirM4 · 07-30-2016, 05:01 PM

My M4 was built in 07/14 and it has the windshield tint. I do not have the HUD.

GS_Jay · 07-30-2016, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by SakhirM4

My M4 was built in 07/14 and it has the windshield tint. I do not have the HUD.

Thanks! Looks like we may have found the reason behind it.

GrussGott · 07-30-2016, 06:18 PM

yeah, vert, HUD, no tint

Phatcat · 08-01-2016, 02:41 AM

Looks like it got this:

http://www.bmw.com/com/en/insights/t...ate_windscreen

It's an option I have on my M5.

-JLT- · 08-01-2016, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Phatcat

Looks like it got this:

http://www.bmw.com/com/en/insights/t...ate_windscreen

It's an option I have on my M5.

nice find

DaBean · 08-02-2016, 05:28 PM

So why don't HUD cars have it?

dinonz · 08-02-2016, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by DaBean

So why don't HUD cars have it?

We're cool enough already.

DaBean · 08-02-2016, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by dinonz

We're cool enough already.

Not until you have HUD and full front tint

But I don't see how the two need to be mutually exclusive...

dinonz · 08-02-2016, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by DaBean

Not until you have HUD and full front tint

But I don't see how the two need to be mutually exclusive...

I'm guessing that the tint is a full window coating, and it conflicts with the anti-reflective coating the windscreen has when you have the HUD?

Ian1973 · 08-02-2016, 08:29 PM

No HUD and tint strip. I am 43 and never have owned a car without the tint strip (and I've owned a lot of them).

DaBean · 08-02-2016, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by dinonz

I'm guessing that the tint is a full window coating, and it conflicts with the anti-reflective coating the windscreen has when you have the HUD?

Possibly; but I got a full windshield tint (aftermarket) and I have a HUD, with no issues...

Phatcat · 08-03-2016, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by dinonz

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaBean

Not until you have HUD and full front tint

But I don't see how the two need to be mutually exclusive...

I'm guessing that the tint is a full window coating, and it conflicts with the anti-reflective coating the windscreen has when you have the HUD?

Doesn't make sense, Both are options you can select on M5, and I also have aftermarket tint on top of the BMW climate windscreen, HUD works fine.

I haven't looked at M3/4's options list, but I am fairly certain you can both the climate screen and HUD at the same time.

Edit: I was able to configure M4 with both climate screen and HUD on the BMW Taiwan website, plus I have both on my M5, so I do not believe you can only have one but not the other.

KZEVO · 08-03-2016, 04:50 AM

I have HUD and no tint. Buddies car has no HUD and has tint.

dmk08 · 08-03-2016, 06:50 AM

I have no HUD, tint, and aftermarket tint

Kankles · 08-03-2016, 07:12 AM

HUD no strip, July 2015 build, F80 (Mil/Diplo sales)

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GS_Jay Private First Class 60 Rep 104 Posts Drives: 2017 Sakhir Orange II F80 ZCP Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Nashville, TN iTrader: (0)	This one came new from Alabama, which deepens the mystery.
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RJCrew Second Lieutenant 51 Rep 215 Posts Drives: 2016 ///M4 ZCP SO/SO Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: East Coast iTrader: (1)	Bought my F82 3/16 build thru military sales and I don't have that tint you are talking about.
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GS_Jay Private First Class 60 Rep 104 Posts Drives: 2017 Sakhir Orange II F80 ZCP Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Nashville, TN iTrader: (0)	We are thinking now that it is because he doesn't have HUD, if you have HUD it deletes the tint strip.
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Jim B Wingman 1895 Rep 1,889 Posts Drives: 2022 BMW M4 Manual Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Sacramento, CA iTrader: (0)	I think the tint strip only comes on cars that don't have the HUD. Mine has the HUD and no tint strip.
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GS_Jay Private First Class 60 Rep 104 Posts Drives: 2017 Sakhir Orange II F80 ZCP Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Nashville, TN iTrader: (0)	Anybody have a car that doesn't have HUD that might be able to verify?
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SakhirM4 Major General 10783 Rep 8,852 Posts Drives: '15 SO M4/'20 Z4 M40i Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Austin, TX iTrader: (0) Garage List 2020 BMW Z4 M40i [10.00] 2015 BMW M4 [8.76]	My M4 was built in 07/14 and it has the windshield tint. I do not have the HUD. __________________ Tejas Chapter, BMW CCA, mem #23915, President 27 years, www.tejaschapter.org
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Phatcat Lieutenant Colonel 750 Rep 1,857 Posts Drives: BMW M5, X5M Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Asia iTrader: (0)	Looks like it got this: http://www.bmw.com/com/en/insights/t...ate_windscreen It's an option I have on my M5.
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DaBean Sakhir Smurf 314 Rep 594 Posts Drives: Plaid, F82 M4, E46 M3, Sequoia Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 'Merica iTrader: (0) Garage List 2002 BMW X5 4.4i [0.00] 2015 BMW M4 [0.00] 2004 BMW M3 [0.00]	So why don't HUD cars have it? __________________ 2015 M4: Sakhir on Sakhir \| M-DCT \| Adaptive Suspension \| Lighting \| Executive \| Cameras \| HK Sound \| Full Leather 2004 M3: Laguna Seca Blue \| SMGII \| Basic track mods: 18" Square setup on R888s / Performance Friction rotors / SS Lines / Ground Control Street/Track Kit / DTC-60 Pads NASA NorCal Instructor
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Ian1973 Colonel 736 Rep 2,134 Posts Drives: 15 M3 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Charlton, NY iTrader: (0)	No HUD and tint strip. I am 43 and never have owned a car without the tint strip (and I've owned a lot of them).
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KZEVO Lieutenant 191 Rep 516 Posts Drives: '18 F80 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: NOVA iTrader: (0)	I have HUD and no tint. Buddies car has no HUD and has tint.
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dmk08 Gone Fishin’ 7316 Rep 12,125 Posts Drives: Walks Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Atlanta iTrader: (19)	I have no HUD, tint, and aftermarket tint
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Kankles Rear Admiral 1485 Rep 1,706 Posts Drives: Bavarian Milk Wagon Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: € iTrader: (1) Garage List 2019 BMW M2C [0.00]	HUD no strip, July 2015 build, F80 (Mil/Diplo sales)
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