Tinting?

[r1dermon 10+ year member]

avs, you can't comment on my tinting because you've never seen it...but it will be posted, dont worry. and to you, professional heat gunner, nothing says professional like melted tint. i'll stick with my method. it works for me...

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

It would be easier if you took the windows out, perhaps...It would be easier for me to remove the window than try to try to do it inside. The back window looks quite difficult however. You can get tint in tn around $150. I don't know of a place that charges $250 for tinting...

 

[avs20 10+ year member]

r1dermon....I dont have to see it. I can guarantee you it's not a 'professional' job using windex..and cutting tint into strips for the back window. Nobody uses strips to tint windows anymore. You might find someone who 2 pieces back windows....but most places 1 piece everything.

Melted tint? Ok.

I own a tint business, and have been tinting window for 8 years. I have never, ever, tint a back window in strips, or 2 pieces. I one piece EVERYTHING.

 

[Johnny Drama 5,000+ posts]

r1dermon....I dont have to see it. I can guarantee you it's not a 'professional' job using windex..and cutting tint into strips for the back window. Nobody uses strips to tint windows anymore. You might find someone who 2 pieces back windows....but most places 1 piece everything.Melted tint? Ok.

I own a tint business, and have been tinting window for 8 years. I have never, ever, tint a back window in strips, or 2 pieces. I one piece EVERYTHING.

Trust this man. He tints for a living. I tinted for 2 years at a place called sun-b-gone and I havent read anything wrong with what he has posted.

As far as the windex...are you sure it wasnt soap and water in the windex bottle?

 

[Ne1 10+ year member]

pay the $200-300 bones and get a pro to do it. My time is worth way more than that. Yikes, I spend so much time at friggin' work I just wouldn't want to spend 5-6 hours tinting windows. Not to save a hundred bucks after buying the stuff yourself. Then you know it would be perfect, or they will do it again.

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Its just not worth it in this case....especially if you screw up with the razor blade and cut something...just take it to the shop and eat the cost...its one of those times when its ok to pay the man! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[jrouter76 10+ year member]

hey also with tinting...get a back up battery or back siren...so if any thiefs cut ur alarm the back up will start up and cant be shut off

Another thing you can do is run a redundant alarm wirebut reroute from the battery on the other side of the car that way if a thug cut your alarm wire the alarm still goes off because the ciruit is still active without them knowing about it.

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

My limo tint was about $160 on a 1994 Mazda b2300 extended cab. It cost me about $50 extra for them to remove the old tint. I got a lifetime warranty too.

 

[iagrdshaka 5,000+ posts]

just remember that on windows with more than one curve, meaning, a curve both verticle and horizontal, you'll need to cut the tint into strips and overlay a little bit in order for it to go on flat. like if you took a piece of tint and put it over a baseball, there'd be several creases, or one big crease...

WOW!! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif You're an idiot! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif Cutting strips for a curved window is a major no-no!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/nono.gif.eca61d170185779e0921b0faa9704973.gif I bet your "tint jobs" look like crap. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[bikejunkie223 10+ year member]

My Si cost $200 for 22% all around but the windshield (illegal in front) I honestly have never heard of sectioning the tint in a back window, but that sounds about gay as hell. If a pro does it, it will be one peiced, otherwise the dude isn't a pro, but a hack.

 

[LuNaTiC 10+ year member]

i'll get a pic of my friends civic hatch that i tinted by myself using windex over two years ago...and i'll post pics when im done tinting my intrepid the same way...you guys work it up to be so hard when its not...
also, to clean the window, another trick is to use 0000 steel wool on the glass with a lot of warm soapy water...before you put tint on, you want the window as clean as possible...

Did anyone else question that?

 

[bikejunkie223 10+ year member]

I have used the steel wool to clean off water spots on glass. It's not steel wool like your mom uses to scrub pots dude. It feels like a sweater, and you use it with lots of glass cleaner for lubrication, though lately I've found newspaper works just as well.

 

[LuNaTiC 10+ year member]

O, lol. I was thinking like a metal brillo pad for pans.

 

[avs20 10+ year member]

They made razor blades for a reason...

 

[chris96camaro 10+ year member]

i found out that lexus dealerships contract a company to tint all their windows on the new cars....i asked a guy that worked at that company to tint mine...he used better tint than most shops use....and he only charged me $30 for my back window...(but i had to take off the tint that was on there)

 

[avs20 10+ year member]

Every dealership has their choice of who they use to tint their vehicles. Not all dealerships have the same tint shop nearby.