blu94gt

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I'm interested in tinting my windows, but I've never done it myself. The place that tinted the windows on my Prelude did an amazing job and they would be my top choice if I was going to pay a place to do it, but I'm interested in saving the money and doing it myself. Suggestions?

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1999 Celica GT

lake1069

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i tried to do it my self, ending giving up after 2 hours b/c of the bubbles and wrinkles. go to a place to have it professionaly and get a lifetime warranty. mine cost 165 w/ the lifetime warranty.

dustinkemp

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yea mine was 160 with a lifetime warranty as long as i own the car....amazing work tho!

Verde97

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What shop did yours? I'd have them do it again and save you the grief of doing it yourself. Especially in the winter time.

Rjb23

#5

I did my own you just have to be patient with it, I would recomend getting the rear window professionally done though that is the hardest to do.

blu94gt

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What shop did yours? I'd have them do it again and save you the grief of doing it yourself. Especially in the winter time.

My Prelude was done by TintMaster, I think it's in Grandview (had just been done on the car before I bought it). It was an amazing tint job, looked good, no bubbles or anything.

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1999 Celica GT

forkee

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i did the sides myself. its really easy. just use a credit card to get the bubbles out. then a heat gun to shrink the ones that keep popping back at the bottom. i got the back professionally done because they dont commercially sell tint that big around me. it was only 55. sides were 20 cuz i did it myself.

snapshotgt

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if you have the money, have a place do it...if you don't have the money, wait till you do

~snap

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Verde97

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QUOTE(Verde97 @ Feb 5, 2006 - 2:55 PM) [snapback]389234[/snapback]

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What shop did yours? I'd have them do it again and save you the grief of doing it yourself. Especially in the winter time.

My Prelude was done by TintMaster, I think it's in Grandview (had just been done on the car before I bought it). It was an amazing tint job, looked good, no bubbles or anything.

TintMaster is the best place around. I'd spend the money and do it there again. I know there used to be one up on the Parkway, but it closed down, so look in the paper. I had mine done when I lived in California, so I can't help you there.

blu94gt

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QUOTE(Verde97 @ Feb 5, 2006 - 2:55 PM) [snapback]389234[/snapback]

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What shop did yours? I'd have them do it again and save you the grief of doing it yourself. Especially in the winter time.

My Prelude was done by TintMaster, I think it's in Grandview (had just been done on the car before I bought it). It was an amazing tint job, looked good, no bubbles or anything.

TintMaster is the best place around. I'd spend the money and do it there again. I know there used to be one up on the Parkway, but it closed down, so look in the paper. I had mine done when I lived in California, so I can't help you there.

I think after the next couple paychecks I'm going to give Tintmaster a call, I've got one of their cards around here somewhere. In the meantime I'm looking at Tein's, KYB's, TRD shifter, and maybe a Magnaflow exhaust setup. Plus I want to get a project convertible of some sort like a Mustang.

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1999 Celica GT

chrismontana

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I got my glasses tinted and I paid 20 Dlls for passenger sides, and for the whole job cost me 40 Dlls, and I had a good job done, without bubbles. No warranty, but wtf do want warranty on that kind of job!? un ess u got a fight inside the car. (job done in mexico)

blu94gt

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I got my glasses tinted and I paid 20 Dlls for passenger sides, and for the whole job cost me 40 Dlls, and I had a good job done, without bubbles. No warranty, but wtf do want warranty on that kind of job!? un ess u got a fight inside the car. (job done in mexico)

Usually there's a warranty on tint for a short period of time after it's installed just in case it bubbles up or something. I've seen a few tint jobs go bad pretty fast and luckily there was the warranty for them.

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1999 Celica GT

Celica_Kid95st

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I thought about doin the sides myself and having the back done prof. but what about the rear defroster, like if they did a bad job and they had to redo it? wouldnt it rip off the defroster tape? -john

anubis0108

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if you have the money, have a place do it...if you don't have the money, wait till you do

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lol thatz funny yea i agree if u do decide to do them yourself make sure you do plenty of research on tips and tricks so u dont regret doing it yourself. personally i went to mother's window tint expensive but top notch window tint. He he i ad a rough time conning the guys to give me an illegal 5 percent on my doors.

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I thought about doin the sides myself and having the back done prof. but what about the rear defroster, like if they did a bad job and they had to redo it? wouldnt it rip off the defroster tape? -john

if they do a bad job make sure you have them take it off. If they know what they are doing you shouldnt have a problem with the defroster tape commin off at all.

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j0e_p3t

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this might be a dumb question, but... has anyone tried using the spray paint used to smoke tail lights to tint their windows? i'm assuming that would turn out bad cuz no one i know has done it.

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lilsteeg

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^^ painting windows, hmmm thats about as dumb as voting for hillary clinton

j0e_p3t

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haha yeah, that's what i thought.

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frosty

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^^^^^ ^^^^^^ That's hilarious

Well, I've never tinted windows but I sure can remove it! soapy water, a heat gun, and some free time is all it takes.

I thought about geting mine re-tinted but I kinda like the clear look, especially since I'm gonna do stuff to the interior.

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