Foretravel Owners' Forum For owners and Fans of Foretravel Motorcoaches September 13, 2025 ...

If so how much tint?
 Anyone have problems with it?

I have after market double pane windows on my 96 U295 done by the PO. They were also tinted. Keeps it private and cool. It DOES cause problems at night driving at intersections with reflections. The cars from the right reflect strongly on my drivers side window and vice versa. This makes it a requirement to take great care at intersections. I also open my Driver window to peer out. It can be confusing. I would not tint the driver window or the entry door on a coach like ours. That is if you intend to driv at night in cities. Rain can be a gas too.

Limo tint on all windows behind driver.
No trouble
This was the first thing we did after we got the coach home.

Pamela

Pamela how long have your windows been tinted and may I ask if your coach is exposed to a lot of summer heat and sun?
And when you say "limo tint" are you referring to the super dark 5% tint?

8 years on this coach.  Our other FT had tinted windows also.
I would say yes. We spend a lot of time out southwest of Carlsbad, NM. and we are out in the bald open there. Camping all around the South so we see a lot of sun. The coach lives in a barn when we are at home base in East Texas so it is in the shade then.
Yes 5%

Pamela & Mike

No. For driving purposes the driver side and entry door are where we get the night reflections that can really pucker you up at a busy multi lane intersection. We always seek to follow arrows for turn and three rights makes a safe left in the dark in traffic.

Mine is the same year and model as yours. Do you know if yours are original?

Slightly off topic, but (I hope) still apropos...

We have a love-hate relationship with our tinted windows.  Our windows are single-pane, and the previous owners had tint professionally applied to all the windows.  The windshield has a clear solar reflecting film of some kind, the driver and passenger side windows are medium tinted, and the rest of the windows have very dark limo tint.

The good thing: especially with our single pane windows, dark tint greatly reduces the perceived heat coming through the glass.  We live in West TX, and spend most of our time traveling in the western half of the country, so we appreciate all the help we can get in this regard.  Since you have double pane windows, you are starting out with a much more efficient heat barrier.  The amount of benefit you realize will be correspondingly less.

The not so good things: Once your windows are tinted, you will never again enjoy the view outside of nature in all it's glory.  The dark tint mutes the vibrant colors, darkens the sky, and gives the whole outside view a drab and dingy appearance.  On bright days, you will miss seeing much of the beauty outside your windows.  On cloudy or rainy days, your view outside is almost totally blocked.  In the mornings before the sun is up, it can be quite light outside and you, sitting inside, will think it is still dark.  I have to open our entry door and stick my head out to ascertain what kind of morning it really is.  At night, you can't see anything through darkly tinted glass, which may have security ramifications, and can possibly lead to night-time driving hazards that are mentioned above.  Pulling into a dark, unfamiliar camp ground at night is also much more hazardous with tinted windows.  In those situations I have had to stop many times to get out of the coach so I could accurately judge our surroundings.  We try to avoid that particular drawback by stopping early...but that's not always possible.

So I'm just saying you have to accept both the good and the bad.  Personally, if our coach had double pane thermal glass, I would think long and hard before applying tint.  To me, the "loss of sight" would not be worth the reduction in solar gain...but that's just me.

(You could consider MCD Day-Night shades as a alternative solution)

Do what makes you happy!