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I'm thinking about tinting my windows for security.. and because it looks cool. :whistle:
What sort of price would i be looking at ..?
and where the hell would i go ? Halfords don't do it, do they? :huh:
I was quoted £110.00 incl vat. for the rear 3 windows a few months back (special offer I was told).
look for a local company offering car window tinting or companies that do auto graphics / signage usually also do (and have the skills) window tints.
when I do get mine done, I'll also get a matching tinted windscreen visor, maybe 4 or 5 inch deep.
won't be for a while I think as exhaust is starting to go and tax/ins due next month :S
Find a firm local to you and hopefully they will quote you sensibly and you should be able to see their own car/van to get an idea of the standard of their work. I've seen a local place that can't seem to do the edges very well.
As an idea last time i was quoted was for a mondeo a few years back and it was £270.
I'd like mine done too when funds permit, its like an oven in there without.
I got mine done - have a look at my thread in the My Jimny section. I was quoted £100 cash for the back three, but got all five and the sunstrip done for £150. Proper job too, back window and front windows out for a perfect finish. The front windows have next to no factory tint and the light smoke doesn't look much darker than factory glass on other cars - I certainly wouldn't want to go darker on them.
I bought tint film a while ago and tried to fit it last Saturday, unfortunately it went a bit like this,
The film ended up in a crumpled ball on the driveway!! I ended up with nice clean windows though!!Has anyone had any success with DIY tint film?
Cheers,
John.
On the 8th Day God made the LandRover -
On the 9th day he swapped it for a Jimny.
I may have just sourced a set of genuine sunblinds for mine... will cut the need for tinting, and can be removed in the winter or whenever to get some light on the subject
Will go and have a look tomorrow, and report back.
They have been discontinued and impossible to find
Johnniehec wrote: I bought tint film a while ago and tried to fit it last Saturday, unfortunately it went a bit like this,
The film ended up in a crumpled ball on the driveway!! I ended up with nice clean windows though!!Has anyone had any success with DIY tint film?
Cheers,
John.
I have tried tinting windows many times myself and never have any of the windows ended up on the car...they always end up full of bubbles and look rubbish, no matter what technique I try (soap, heat etc..).
Save the hassle of buying the film, farting around trying to fit it then having to take it all off and clean the residue off the glass so it can be taken somewhere. Just take it somewhere and hand over the hard earned. I paid £50 to have the Jimny rear window done and it looks excellent. I think it would have been about £120 to have the 3 back windows done.
Hi there I bought a 6m role off eBay for about £8 and did it myself. I had never done this sort of thing before but it turned out to be a very good job with no air bubbles at all so saved myself alot of cash. I find it very easy just a bit fiddley sometimes. The secret is to do it in a warm garage so the tint is more plyable and use plenty of soapy water on the glas which enables you to move the tint around into place, once in the correct position you can the sqeegy the water out and it will then stick into place. Then you just trim the edges accordingley.
When you do it yourselve how do you work around the backwindow heater connection? this isnt flat thats te only reason why i dont want to do it myself..
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