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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 05:25 PM
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The tint on my car looks like crap (its bubbling up, and purple) Shops around here want to charge me 125-160 to remove. How hard is it to remove the old tint and what would I need in order to do so. Thanks-
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 05:36 PM
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i paid 100$ to get mine off
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 05:36 PM
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The way i did it on my friends car is we parked the car in a sunny area so the windows would heat up and then we took a razor peeled of the tints used Windex to wet the glue and scraped it off with the razor it wasn't hard just time consuming
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 05:37 PM
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not hard, i helped a friend remove his old tints on his ford escort.

all you need is a razor, BUT once you peel the tint off there will be a bunch of old dried up glue. it gets really frustrating taking it off cuz it comes off in little chunks but u can try using a hairdryer to heat the glue up and then just roll it off (not sure if it'll work)
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 05:50 PM
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i used brake cleaner and the glue wiped off
(i didnt mean use brake cleaner to take off the tint... use a razor)
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 05:52 PM
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Go to Wal-mart and (here is the tricky part) buy "tint-off." Rip the tint off, spray the glass with tint off and run a razor blade over the whole window.
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 05:57 PM
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Only hard part is the rear window cause of the defrost.

btw dont try to burn it off, trust me its not a good idea..
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 06:00 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Folgers &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Only hard part is the rear window cause of the defrost.

btw dont try to burn it off, trust me its not a good idea.. </TD></TR></TABLE>

hahahahaha
what would give u the great idea to light a flame and stick it on something in ur car?
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 06:04 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Folgers &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Only hard part is the rear window cause of the defrost.

btw dont try to burn it off, trust me its not a good idea.. </TD></TR></TABLE>


haha ill take your word on that
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 06:08 PM
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there is a diy on team integra on how to take it off. go check it out
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 06:26 PM
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abunch of maybe and no sure answer.


side window: windex and blade, use a heat gun, it works better than park undersun or head dryer method. heat it up evenly and you can get all the whole piece out alongs with most of the glue.

the rear/defroster: use head and windex but this time use XXX(very fine) steel wool to remove the glue, it will be mess and tiring unless you have a hatch but around 2 hours will get everything off
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