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May 29, 2010 11:17:37 GMT
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Just wondering how ya'll tinted your windows.
Ive seen various ways of doing it from spray to vynl. I'm wondering what the easiest DIY way of doing it is for the most durable finish.
Places round my way (Bristol) can charge upwards of £40 a window.
So many cars with light tints on here, surely not everyone uses ppl to do this??
Cheers.
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May 29, 2010 11:56:30 GMT
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I got a roll of decent quality window film from USA via ebay. I cant remember the size of it, but even including shipping charges, it was stupidly cheap compared to UK sourced film. I have done 4 or 5 cars now and am only half-way through the roll. It cost me about the same as enough to do 1 car from a UK source would have cost.
Actually applying it is not that hard. it takes patience, absolute perfect cleanliness and a little common sense. Take your time to do it right and it will be as good as a pro job. Rushing it will leave you with bubbles, creases and a nasty mess. Flat glass is dead easy and there are plenty videos on youtube showing techniques for fitting to curved windows.
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1986 Panda 4x4.
1990 Metro Sport.
1999 Ford Escort estate.
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May 29, 2010 12:02:20 GMT
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Don't you have the cheap vinyl rolls in england? Here they're like 10€ and one roll usually is enough for all rear windows, 3m stuff isn't that much more expensive either.
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May 29, 2010 12:04:16 GMT
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i got some tinitng foil from londontintco on ebay, they were the cheapest i could find and the quality was also really good, to apply the film i just went on youtube and typed in window tiniting and watched some videos for tips, this is the best video i found it came out a bit like   |
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VIP
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May 29, 2010 14:46:03 GMT
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Don't you have the cheap vinyl rolls in england? Here they're like 10€ and one roll usually is enough for all rear windows, 3m stuff isn't that much more expensive either. We most certainly do, but it bubbles and peels, and looks purple instead of smoke. It's thoroughly useless. |
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May 29, 2010 16:18:48 GMT
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Mine was pretty good it looked black and smoked (the fronts were lighter than the back) and it never even tried peeling.
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volvo 850 GLT - will arise
volvo 340 - skiddy skiddy john deere green thing
volvo 850r - passes everything but a petrol station
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Darrel
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May 29, 2010 16:46:01 GMT
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Would have to disagree I'm afraid. I used to run a company years ago fitting it, along with armoured clear tint (bullet proofing). Whilst we used the more expensive film s this was due to the increased thickness along with better UV resisting properties. Personally I find the cheaper far thinner roles on e-bay easier to install and initially look just as good as the most expensive. The difference is a couple of years down the line the cheapy films will turn bright purple (not a good thing bearing in mind how hard it is to get them off afterwards) and the decent quality ones will still look like new. A plus point for the cheapies is if you install them on a warm day you can achieve greater concave flexing. Ie you don't need to split the back screen in more than 1 piece to stop creasing. As said previously preperation is the key, along with taking your time and treating the film with great respect. Bearing in mind you should take any windows that move on runners out if they are charging £40 a window I think thats pretty good value (we charged around that 10 years ago). As for the spray on stuff i don't think ive ever seen it done properly. Its always looked terrible. As such i never used to do it so wouldnt know how to do that properly. Don't you have the cheap vinyl rolls in england? Here they're like 10€ and one roll usually is enough for all rear windows, 3m stuff isn't that much more expensive either. We most certainly do, but it bubbles and peels, and looks purple instead of smoke. It's thoroughly useless. |
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alfaboy
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May 29, 2010 17:22:15 GMT
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I have an idea for a unique alfa. . . . and i think it might just work.
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ud-uk
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May 29, 2010 19:03:07 GMT
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It depends what sort of quality job you are after, if your not that bothered about bubbles, creases and contamination, buy a cheap roll of film off ebay, watch a tutorial and have a go yourself.
But if you want a top quality job with a film thats guaranteed not to shrink and fade then pay the money and leave it to the professionals, it's a lot harder to get a good finish than you think.
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1991 Mercedes 230 CE - SOLD
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May 29, 2010 21:24:36 GMT
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I got the windows in our Cherry done with a light smoke. I pulled them all out and took them to a local place to do them. Because they didn't have the car in the way or had to do the work removing and refitting, they charged me £120 and it looked perfect. Having had a go at tinting before, I know it'd have taken me a weekend to do them all so £120 for me is much better than wasting two days of my time on them, especially when you factor in the cost of the film, especially all the film I'd waste doing it wrong and having to try again!  |
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Tint out of a spray can. In fact everything in life is available in a convenient aerosol spray.....
Now where did I leave that can of "Kids Be Gone"? It was just here a minute ago....
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just to let you know ..home window tinting came out suuuperb....only one issue .......don't drop the window swhen youve done it..........what a curse word  |
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