been wanting to have rear window on 80 tinted. hate the thought crawling over seats(just had them re-dyed). in one of the vet catalogs i saw a plastic insert that can be mounted on inside and can be removed. has anyone tried one yet??

thanks in advance.

 

both your seats should fold down so whomever can get in the back and only be crawling on the plastic backs to get to the rear window

 

I had my '81 rear window tinted...removed the passenger seat...put a plywood board (cut to fit)covered and padded in the back (to protect everything ) and also put a movers blanket on the floor where the seat was...the installer said it made his job much easier...and the interior was as protected as it could be...good luck!....

 

I would take out one seat .the tinted plastic insert I think would be a good idea ,but some have said it squeaks.if you put tint over a rear window that has the defrost lines you cant take the tint off with out damage to the lines.

 

 

Its been my experience that if you remove the old window film professionally prior to 7 to 8 years of it being on the car it should be no problem. (Speaking about rear windows with defoggers) that's also saying its never seen a garage in all those years so its been subjected to more heat, If its been in a garage kept its even easier. Once its start getting older then 8 years of never being in a garage its definitely more difficult removal but not imposable. There are two methods black bag and or a steamer. FWI, the biggest mistake is to try to do it yourself. Most quality window films are multi layered and what usually happens the owner of the car thinks is easy peeling of the first layer not knowing there's a thinner layers left behind that now has become very difficult to remove if not impossible due to time versus labor charges. You need to try to pull off all layers off at the same time so that its has enough streng so that it doesn't tare as you peel it.
Variables, Quality & thickness of film, How long its been on the car, Garage kept or not and what kind of condition was the defogger lines to begin with.
Final analysis is that in 35 years in business there has only been 3 cars that I have not been able to save the defoggers lines, I think that's a pretty good record. Hope this helps,esierra