Thread: Please give me you advice on tinting my windows

Originally Posted by ScYThE

126.50 on my car. That was both side windows and the rear. Lifetime warrenty. I have an impala, so there is a bit of glass to tint but the SUV's are running like 200 round here. Id pay for it

Alot of tint shops here dont have set prices so if you go in there and act like you dont know anything about tint they can jack the price up alittle

$230 to do my Impreza wagon doing all 7 windows (front 2 at 50%, back 5 at 18%), the good stuff with full scratch warranty.

I shopped around, and paid $125 for it (shops in my area ranged from $115 up to $200), and it was well worth it. I attempted to tint my own windows once in a previous car, and it turned out horrible. I highly recommend you bring it to a shop.

I have paid aprox 400 usd for 3M prof. tint for a small mpv(in Denmark, Europe). Only problem i have is that i scratched them a few times because the car has been used to move furnitures and other goods as well. They are still nice, sharp and dark after allmost 4 years.

If you want to tint windows yourself, the trick is to use a light mix of water and dishwashing soap. This will ease the process of setting the pieces of ting just right and allow you to squesse out all the air bobles.

However if you are not sure how to do this, then dont, the odds of succes arent that good, and it will be very obvious that you have failed. The main problem is the air bobles but getting the right fit as well.

One other thing, try another car with tinted windows at night, its very hard to see things like bikes when making a right turn, because theres so little light coming tru the windows. So be aware of how dark the tint is.

Originally Posted by Seraph

See, you all have straight windows. I have windows with compound curves.

i doesnt matter. instead of one piece per window they'll use two. Still shouldnt be more than $200 for quality work and tint.
Here, in Los Angeles, tint prices range from $65 to $200. And if you choose the $200 tint, they'll do some excellent work plus the kind of tint that you can you windex on (others will fade away, at least that's what i was told)