# Windshield shade band **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 27, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windshield-shade-band/702679 "2014-10-27T19:12:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windshield-shade-band/702679/1 "2014-10-27T19:12:06Z")
Got one? I don’t, and I kinda wish I did. I guess they’ve fallen out of favor, and when I requested one last time I had my windshield replaced, they guy looked at me like I was crazy. He said “Nobody wants those anymore, they don’t even make 'em.” Really? ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windshield-shade-band/702679/2 "2014-10-27T19:34:58Z")
Just find a shop that does window tint film. They can put one on for you. Probably while you wait if they’re not busy. ---
**Author:** ![SpeedwayRyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@SpeedwayRyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpeedwayRyan)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windshield-shade-band/702679/3 "2014-10-27T19:40:34Z")
The ones that are part of the windshield itself with the fade/gradient to clear have definitely fallen out of favor, but I took both of our new cars (my wife’s and my own, both purchased in the last year or so) to get the windows tinted, and I had a strip of tint applied to the top of the windshield on both…it really helps with glare from the sun, and I like the look too. I got 20 or 25% tint on the sides/rear and he recommended a 5% film for the windshield strip (the number is percentage of light transmitted, so 5% is darker than 20%). If you just want the strip added at a tint shop, it should be fairly inexpensive. I paid less than $200 for the full tint job, so the strip by itself should be far cheaper. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windshield-shade-band/702679/4 "2014-10-27T20:16:59Z")
Last time we were on a road trip, we bought a couple of the s[tatic cling](http://www.amazon.com/Static-Cling-Matrix-Window-Film/dp/B000KWVJYY) window shade thingies and left one whole, and cut the other one into strips. That way we could move them around as we needed them.