Can this be done? If so, how?
Guy @ the tint place said that the tint will not adhere to the plastic.

 

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Guy @ the tint place said that the tint will not adhere to the plastic.</TD></TR></TABLE>


they sell a sheet of static cling, can't use regular tint

 

I tinted my plastic rear window in my AP1 using cling.

I bought static cling, 35% from Loews. Made a paper template using two large moving company cup wraper sheets. Transfered the paper template to cardboard using the side of a fender box that I got from a local body shop trash heap (ask owner first).

Then laid out the cling onto a cutting table and using a rolling cutter (Olfa 45 mm blade from "Linens N' Things") cut out the tint.

Spray slightly soapy water onto the outside of your plastic window. Lay the cling onto it and move it around for a good fit.

Folded a face cloth over twice, wet it and folded it over the end of a plastic putty knife. Using the putty knife, smoothed out all of the air bubbles from under the cling.

After two years, the cling got a little cloudy. Having kept the cardboard template in my garage, I just cut and mounted another. For some reason that one lasted three years.

 

Any problems with it wrinkling when the top went up and down or was it bonded pretty well with the rear window? Also was there any damage to the rear window when you removed the cling after the first 2 years? Thanks for the tips BTW

 

you can get it tinted, but like everyone else said they dont use tint. personally i wouldnt do it because the rear vinyl folds in half, so it might mess it up.

 

dont do it. I saw a guy at a local meet here in FL actually had the rear plastic tinted or used a clingy or whatever. That thing looked liked **** and i would be embarrassed if that was my car. That **** was dark too. How the hell do you see out the rear?

 

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Thats kinda what I thought.....I think I'll pass

 

I had no issues like wrinkles or marks of any kind or nature. That car saw nearly 87,000 miles running with a cling covered rear window. The only issue was that after so many washings (it was my track car and got dirty often) it just got cloudy.

As to fit, if you template it and cut it properly, you will be hard pressed to know that it's there. A lot of people asked me where I got my window tinted thinking it was a pro install.