Tinting myself

[CJL 10+ year member]

use water and do it on the outside of thewindow first without peeling off the adhesive.... then all u have to do is put it on the inside and work out your bubbles

I'm also curious about how to tint, but is the water used to temperary hold the tint on the outside of the windows while you trim it to size?

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

noobs.

 

[CJL 10+ year member]

noobs.

Dont forget everyone starts out as one

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

I saw some tint at walmart and thought wtf?! but i guess if your going to put a walmart system in your ride...might as well add some walmart tint

 

[CJL 10+ year member]

I'm also curious about how to tint, but is the water used to temperary hold the tint on the outside of the windows while you trim it to size?

Bump for any tint experts

 

[94bronco58 10+ year member]

If your doing a curved window say a rear window or front windshield (whole thing) you need to get the tint to the shape of your window first... lay some baby powder on the OUTSIDE of the window (this keeps the film from sticking) cut a peice slightly larger than the window your cutting, lay the film on the window with the adhesive side up (this will make the film shape to the window with the adhesive side in the right place, once you have the tint layed out on the outside of the window grab yourself either a heat gun or a blow dryer (heat gun preferably) and turn it on oh say a medium setting (different ones vary) start at the middle and heat up the film to take the shape of the glass, work your way from the middle out, remember the slower the better with this type of work... once its all shaped your ready to trim and apply

Another thing, CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN!!!! Get your windows CLEAN!!!! EVERYTHING will show up under the tint... this is by far the most important step!!!

 

[soul05 10+ year member]

at my local kragen, they have tint made for JUST the back windshield

 

[94bronco58 10+ year member]

Kragen FTW!!! AutoZone *****!!!

 

[CJL 10+ year member]

If your doing a curved window say a rear window or front windshield (whole thing) you need to get the tint to the shape of your window first... lay some baby powder on the OUTSIDE of the window (this keeps the film from sticking) cut a peice slightly larger than the window your cutting, lay the film on the window with the adhesive side up (this will make the film shape to the window with the adhesive side in the right place, once you have the tint layed out on the outside of the window grab yourself either a heat gun or a blow dryer (heat gun preferably) and turn it on oh say a medium setting (different ones vary) start at the middle and heat up the film to take the shape of the glass, work your way from the middle out, remember the slower the better with this type of work... once its all shaped your ready to trim and applyAnother thing, CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN!!!! Get your windows CLEAN!!!! EVERYTHING will show up under the tint... this is by far the most important step!!!

The baby powder holds the window up?

 

[94bronco58 10+ year member]

No it keeps the film from stick to the window when you heat it up to shape it... I had to re-check that on account of im drunk haha

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

fugg it

Il have someone do it for me.

 

[soul05 10+ year member]

Kragen FTW!!! AutoZone *****!!!

lol my bad i meant autozone had the tint for rear windshield. my local kragen had tint for like 15 bucks. i went to autozone and got the rear windshield tint, and some tint for the windows...and some back carpet for about 20 bucks total. the tint i got was gila brand.

 

[iagrdshaka 5,000+ posts]

noobs.

blah what do you know!

jk //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[94bronco58 10+ year member]

lol my bad i meant autozone had the tint for rear windshield. my local kragen had tint for like 15 bucks. i went to autozone and got the rear windshield tint, and some tint for the windows...and some back carpet for about 20 bucks total. the tint i got was gila brand.

Haha I've just had nothing but bad experience at Autozone, I bought some tint from Kragen a while back but its no good, it turned purple real quick

 

[94bronco58 10+ year member]

fugg it

Il have someone do it for me.

Best idea I've heard yet //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif good choice