has anyone tint their own windows themselves? I wanted to buy tinted windows film off from ebay and tint my window but i want to get some help and advice from yall first.

 

dont do it man my buddy bought something like that off ebay and it started to bubble and pell off about 2 months later and ended up going to a shop for a tint anyways.

 

Tinting is not something you'll get right on the first try. You're going to go through a lot of film before you develop enough skill to achieve decent results, and at that point you could simply have paid a professional to do it. If you're trying to learn how to tint, then by all means, order some film and supplies and start tinting everything you can until you begin to develop proficiency. However, if you only want your own car done, take it to someone with experience.

 

yea, it doesn't cost that much to take it to a real place. plus, if you get that low grade shitty tint, if you ever want to take it off, it can be a real bitch to do.

 

Civic's can usually get tinted for 150-200 dollars at most car audio/tint shops.

It's worth it.

 

If you don’t got experience with tinting i would defiantly go to a shop b.c it could be a pain in the *** sometimes to take them off and re-do it plus most shop will give you about a year warranty on it

 

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It's worth it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Buddy just got his 4dr accord done with limo on the back half and legal tint on the front half for 190... and they came to our work and did it.

 

should defintitely just go to a shop and have it done, its not that expensive and they do it 5000 times a day so it'll come out good.

 

I bought the pre-cut tint off e-bay, and a kit. I had a buddy who did tinting on the side direct me through it. Turned out great except the cut was a little too big in one spot and there is a mishap in one of the windows. I'd buy it again for sure.

 

let us know how its holding up in 3 months...

 

so what materials do you need to get started?

 

Check out: http://www.tintdude.com

 

roll-o-tint, windex, squigie, scissors, razor blade, lots and lots of patience, oh and some towls to clean up the windex after you have squigied it all out from under the tint(the windex lets you move the tint to where you want it, then you squigie it out and get all the air bubbles out and then let it dry for a few days before you put your windows down. also don't do it in direct sunlight, if it gets too hot at first you'll develope air bubbles and it won't last as long.
later,
robert

 

don't risk messing up your windows and go to a tint shop !

 

Even if you do a semi good job putting it on,in a few months its just going to bubble and look like **** anyways,dont do it.

 

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It's worth it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

wow...where i live its like 80-120 bucks and thats with a life time warrenty. just pay to get it done, unless like said above you want to learn so you can do other peoples cars too.

we did a buddies car a while back, and it came out OKAY....but a shop coulda done it way nicer.

 

Make sure after you put the tints not roll down your windows for at least 48 hours so it could dry of nicely and doesnt start too peel at the edges

 

just practice with wal-mart tint for i got good at it now i tint other people car for a $100 buck just buy wal-mart tint and practice might take you a while but you will get better

 

i hate seeing tint on cars that is supposed to be black but instead looks kinda purplish.illl!

 

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yes i hate those too my friend bought a car that came with those the firt thing we did we spend good 2 hours attempting to take them off b.c the previous owner put about 3 layers of it on each window

 

Yeah, low-quality film is going to be worse than a low-quality installation. A low-quality installation you can re-do.

I tinted the driver's side window on my CRX myself because I had to replace the glass, and it didn't peel or bubble even after 18 months, but it faded to purple in about 6 weeks. Damn low-quality film.

Just go to a tint shop, they have the good film.

 

def get it done professionally dont try to do it yourself

 

pain in the ***!!!

 

i was telling him use the wal-mart tint to practice not to keep it on. How do you think professionals get good they practice that how i got good. That like saying don't fix your own car take it to a professinal and let them over charge you when you can learn to fix it yourself and charge other people to fix their cars.

 

lol tint costs literally 5 bucks thats 195 profit for 20 min of work , i tinted my windows by myself, yes it has held for 3 years now


dude dont build a motor yourself!!!!!!!!! take it to a professional! you dont know what you're doing man! wtf is a piston wtf is a thrust bearing just take it to a pro

and its the same **** talkers every thread