Does anyone know how to remove window tint. My **** turned "urple". How do you remove it from the rear hatch without damaging the defrosting strips/whatever they are called.

 

Never removed it before...maybe a heat gun or hair drier? I'd imagine it's similar to removing a decal.

 

Damn i had to remove my tints when i brought my car they where all bubbled and off color purple. It took me 2 days in HOT Blazing SUN just to take off the 2 front. The rest of it was baked on, seems like they put it like 5 years ago and it just baked.

I tried tint remover, vinegar, a box of blades and still could remove the rear window. Had to pay a pro to take it off and they stipped all the defrosting strips. Oh well it's off and now i have pro. tints installed. And it only took them 8+ hours and about $250 or so.

Im not sure they can remove the tint w/o messing the those stips.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by uneek360 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Damn i had to remove my tints when i brought my car they where all bubbled and off color purple. It took me 2 days in HOT Blazing SUN just to take off the 2 front. The rest of it was baked on, seems like they put it like 5 years ago and it just baked.

I tried tint remover, vinegar, a box of blades and still could remove the rear window. Had to pay a pro to take it off and they stipped all the defrosting strips. Oh well it's off and now i have pro. tints installed. And it only took them 8+ hours and about $250 or so.

Im not sure they can remove the tint w/o messing the those stips.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Damn, sounds like a pain.

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1952011 there check that out read the last post it will tell you how

 

yeah that should work, just be patient

 

Thanx 2 everyone who responded! Anyone else? A tint shop is charging me 100 bux for the removal+120 for the tints................i think thats too much y0!

 

that sounds bout right. it's a damn PITA !!!

 

ok for all you tint noobs i have removed tint on several cars including mine..yoiu can remove it simply by a razor...yes you can scrap on it but sideways not up and down if you do it up and down do it softly..and i recomend getting a spray bottle and using some soapy water will help alot..

 

the easy way to do it is...

with some window cleaner that has ammonia in it & a trashbag
on a hot & sunny day

the tint will peel off in 1 piece

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tha_badguy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the easy way to do it is...

with some window cleaner that has ammonia in it & a trashbag
on a hot & sunny day

the tint will peel off in 1 piece</TD></TR></TABLE>

i did this to my car and the thing did nuthin... The tint film was laterally baked to the glass.

 

I was able to peel my tint off no problem. Used a straight edge razor blade to start it somewhere by a corner...took the heat gun and set it to 600 degrees and just slowly peeled back and kept tightening my grip close to the window the more the tint came off. Then there was the annoying residue...I used plastic parts stripped on a soft cotton cloth and wiped the living **** out of the residue. It balled up into little tiny rubbery things and then I sucked those up with a vacuum. Voila, no more tint and defrost strips were fine.

 

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i did this to my car and the thing did nuthin... The tint film was laterally baked to the glass.</TD></TR></TABLE>

did u do it on a hot sunny day?
did u let it soak...

where all ur windows rolled up?

 

use a hair blow dryer and slowly peel it off.. what ever residue is left from the tint just use goo gone.. thats what i did and it worked hope this helps

 

Just watch out for the defroster lines on the rear window. Don't use anything that can scrape them and when you clean them only go back and forth, with the lines.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NOFX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Just watch out for the defroster lines on the rear window. Don't use anything that can scrape them and when you clean them only go back and forth, with the lines.</TD></TR></TABLE> Is there some type of liquid that eats away at the tint?

 

http://www.tintdude.com/remove.html

 

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