dirtymoney
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I have a particularly annoying situation where my drive to work consists of me basically driving into the sun that is hanging low on the horizon. As you can imagine it really affects being able to see anything on the dashcam. I cant use a polarizing film lens because my drive home is at night and my A118 dascam isnt the best at night vision
Well, About a year ago I bought some headlight tinting off ebay (about $5 for a roll of it) because I needed to lessen the brightness of my jeep's digital displays when the headlights are off. They get really bright so you can see them well in the daytime (when the headlights are off). At night when the headlights are off they get crazy bright. Killing my night vision.
Anyways I have found quite a few uses for it and now I use it with my dashcam. I should explain that the way my dashcam is mounted the lens is practically touching the near vertical windshield of my jeep. So I can put the tinting on the windshield instead of the camera lens.
I put a strip that blocks out the sky (and the low-hanging sun). Seems to be working well. It doesnt affect my night driving recording since it is only the dark sky that is blocked.
Here is a recent pic without the sun in the sky (the skies have been cloudy here as of late).
The tinted film is like plastic and can be removed and replaced over and over. The adhesive doesnt come off on whatever you place it on (I have only put it on smooth surfaces though). I use it on a small tv mounted in my jeep and it has held up for a year now with no problems. Even in very high summer temps.
edit: I bought from this ebay seller... https://www.ebay.com/itm/370815582761 and got the dark black tinting. Seems he is out of stock of that color.
Well, About a year ago I bought some headlight tinting off ebay (about $5 for a roll of it) because I needed to lessen the brightness of my jeep's digital displays when the headlights are off. They get really bright so you can see them well in the daytime (when the headlights are off). At night when the headlights are off they get crazy bright. Killing my night vision.
Anyways I have found quite a few uses for it and now I use it with my dashcam. I should explain that the way my dashcam is mounted the lens is practically touching the near vertical windshield of my jeep. So I can put the tinting on the windshield instead of the camera lens.
I put a strip that blocks out the sky (and the low-hanging sun). Seems to be working well. It doesnt affect my night driving recording since it is only the dark sky that is blocked.
Here is a recent pic without the sun in the sky (the skies have been cloudy here as of late).
The tinted film is like plastic and can be removed and replaced over and over. The adhesive doesnt come off on whatever you place it on (I have only put it on smooth surfaces though). I use it on a small tv mounted in my jeep and it has held up for a year now with no problems. Even in very high summer temps.
edit: I bought from this ebay seller... https://www.ebay.com/itm/370815582761 and got the dark black tinting. Seems he is out of stock of that color.
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