Finally Tinted My side windows.
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Finally Tinted My side windows.
I will get some pics up later...but I have to say, these windows are the hardest to tint. I am not a pro by any means, I have tinted a few cars in my day and these proved to be the hardest and most challeging.
Went with 5% on the back and 20% on the sides.
Has anyone done thier own windows?
Went with 5% on the back and 20% on the sides.
Has anyone done thier own windows?
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Originally Posted by BlownZ
I will get some pics up later...but I have to say, these windows are the hardest to tint. I am not a pro by any means, I have tinted a few cars in my day and these proved to be the hardest and most challeging.
Went with 5% on the back and 20% on the sides.
Has anyone done thier own windows?
Went with 5% on the back and 20% on the sides.
Has anyone done thier own windows?
Last edited by 03TORCHREDZ; Nov 26, 2016 at 05:35 PM.
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Originally Posted by sebringsilver97coupe
hm...as cheap is window tint is at the professional places, ive never seen the need to try to tint them myself.
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Just curious - what makes the side windows so hard to tint? I would think that the back window would be much harder.
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Originally Posted by JDs00PewterCoupe
Just curious - what makes the side windows so hard to tint? I would think that the back window would be much harder.
The window is curved on the top and the bottom, theres also a slight curve on the ends as well. Kinda hard to explain. I think I went through 20 feet of tint. Its easy to heat the tint too much and burn it, and it creases easy. I never used a heat gun before, so I was a newbie.
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Originally Posted by 03TORCHREDZ
I did my own, but i own a tint shop and have been tinting for years. Did 20% on the doors and back glass, and did the windshield in 35%
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