Bought a few rolls of window tint for the Crx. Just need help on how to install it all.

I really dont even know where to start, you have to clean the windown the squeegee it on, I just dont know

Also one thing, my Crx rear window is HUGE so you have to use 2 pieces, can they overlap or they have to be ******* exactly perfect?

ANy advise is great and would a bunch

Hope others can use this as well

 

 

i heard its hard to do without bubbling and hte quality on the ones you buy turn purple and stuff but its possible i know a friend that did it himself and it has still held up for quite sometime.

 

http://www.diynet.com/diy/ab_w....html

There's a short clip on how to tint your own window.

 

I would definatly not try it, it will turn purple and very gay, just like all the riced out cars tint looks. Just spend the $150-$180 for the tint job.. just my opinion

 

i did the windows of a 79 civic 1200 i had, the 2 rear side windows were easy, just kinda started in the center and worked my way outwards, then trimmed it when it was done, it looked good. but the rear window had alot of curve to it and sucked ***, sucked enough we decided to screw it and just leave it.

i think the most important part is patience.


can kinda see the windows. well. not really.

 

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i couldnt agree more.

tint that is not done right


Modified by sancletayley at 4:08 PM 7/8/2004

 

Ummmm

$180 VS $38

Hmmmmmm

Any more help. How is it actually applied, when I unroll it do I have to peel something off then stick it on and then work it with the squeegee then trim it?

Wheres the baby shampoo and water come in?

More help!

 

heard you should buy 3m tint from my cousins friend who tints. Over 100 dollars a roll but its really good tint that doesnt fade into another color. Once you learn to do it real well, you could do it for others and chrage them. lol I'm sure it's not too hard if we knew precisely what to do, or so I've heard.

 

Did you even check the link the guy gave you above?

Shows you everything with a video demo.

 

good luck, i personally would do it the right way.

 

Is it the right way because youre paying some chump to do something you could easily do with some simple research like this? Or beacuase your way costs 4 times as much? Or because you learn nothing you way?

Hell, buy a motor, let someone else install it, its the right way
Buy a seat, someone else install it
Buy a system, someone else install it

Its the right way isnt it?

ITS CALLED DIY, SOME PEOPLE LIKE LEARNING AND DOING **** THEMSELVES

 

How much did you pay for the tint?

We usually spend about $85-130 a roll depending on the quality and darkness. We have lifetime warrenty, 20% tint that usually never bubbles or fades, we use it a lot on customers cars.

Its not as easy as it looks, but once you get the hang of it you can do cars in under half hour, the guy who does it for us now can do a civic hatch in under half hour, all windows but the front.

Good luck bro, if you need any help, pm me.. I know quite a bit about this

 

Well I did it today guys and I think I did amazing, I got the rear hatch window and driver/pass windows pretty much perfect.
BUT

the little shitty *** rear quarter panel windows are fucked
I did the best I could but I could not get rid of about 5 bubbles on each of these windows, so I stuff some playing cards down there to push and keep some of them down hoping that when I come back tomorrow theyll be dry and stuck down there and I can just cut a little slit or somethingand stick it? Will that work

Thanks guys, need to fix that though, other than that, no problem

 

984654

 

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You seem to be answering your own questions here.

IMO: $130 isnt that much money to me to try to do something myself and risk ******* it up. If I was poor as dirt, sure I would try to DIY it. But honestly, for something like that, I would gladly pay someone else to do it right

 

&lt;--- poor

And these bubbles are only on both rear quarter little iwdows in one quarter. If I cant just pup them when the titnt sticks good, then Ill cut the 5 inches of corner I isolated them in and put in a new piece

 

usually tint jobs that cost $180 for our cars is THE BEST tinting you can get. Comes with THE BEST tint material, with THE BEST warranty which is the lifetime warranty. If I had no experience with tinting windows, and everyone said it was not an easy task, i would not risk it. In the future, doing it yourself and not doing it right, or doing it wrong while you actually thought you did it right, can cost as much as a professional job.

I personally would love to learn how to tint windows. I'm a very good DIY'er, but I stopped by a tint shop yesterday and plan on going with them. Here is there site.
http://www.glacierwindowtinting.com/
They list the different types of films you can choose. Tint jobs ranging from the basic 140 dollar to the premium plus 169 plus tax. If i were you, i'd get my tint professionally done, and then try the DIY on my friends car. shhh... ahaha...

*sorry basic is not $140. It's $119 i beleive. then 149, then 169...


Modified by deejaycherub at 7:15 AM 7/11/2004

 

done at home tint jobs will turn out like ****, look like ****, bubble, fade, and peel up at the edges... the quality of the tint, and the materials, and tools and every thing you need would cost you just as much as taking it in, and i bet if you took it in, it would look 10xs better. experience, the work place, and the right tools, all count for a lot.

 

cost me 40 to do it myself including the 99 cent squegee I bought

Ill do it 4 times before I reach professional cost territory lol

CUT THOSE ******* BUBBLES!

 

i did mine, kept getting small bubbles.. so to press them out i used a small baby. I slammed her againts the window until it pressed out the air inside the bubble making the film flat.

 

Man thats not ******* right, why would you post some **** like that

 

post some pics WOT! maybe you can provide some inspiration to other DIY'ers

 

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Let me see some of this "amazing" work you claim!

 

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u got anything under the hood of that bad boy? it would be the perfect sleeper