Alright well i've been needing a tint for a while, and I can get it done very well through a friend for 100 dollars, but what about doing it myself? Ive found some writeups on the internet, but from anyone here with experience, do you think its a good idea to try it? Given a roll of film at autozone is like 12 dollars, I'm not too worried if i mess it up, but i figure its worth a try... Either way, shoot me some opinions!

 

take your windows off, and it really isnt hard at all...have to get the rear done Professionally tho. ImmasquashYou is the guy to talk to.. he did his, and they look professional. I need to do mine..

 

really? I've read that the rear is a MAJOR pain, but its still do-able. If it isnt it wouldnt be a problem to get it professionally done, but i figured it would all be do-able...

 

100 bucks is a great deal... That is one of those things (IMHO) best left to the pros... an amateur tint-job may look fine from a distance, but when you look up close, it's just not the same as the pros (the way the tint is cut, etc.).

Plus, it's a pain to remove if you end up being unhappy with it... if you need another local source, talk to hectorc - he has hookups..

 

Is tint easy to take off?

I was considering having the back half done proffesionally and the front two done by mwah.

 

Alright, I guess i'll just go pro. The guy does INSANELY good tint, and my friend is a repeat customer, and a good friend of him, so yada yada yada, i can get it for 100. thanks for the info!

 

no probs...

 

its been posted before and many will say to take it somewhere, if you have no experience, it is pretty hard to DIY.
But good luck if you do decide to do it.

 

True, but if you never try, you wont get experience now will ya

 

not hard to do yourself, just get some quality tint and not that autozone crap and it makes it so much easier. The rear window on a 4th gen is not to hard to do, its not like a VW bug, those are like tinting a ball. Should be able to one peice it easy and if not just seam it on the defroster line and and overlap a bit as the tint will shrink as it dries.

 

I did my whole car and it was a pain (old 92). And let me tell u, prep work is everything. As long as u lay the tint from a corner and work ur way down with the angle of the glass u wont get bubbles, however the window has to be perfectly clean in order for the tint to cure the to glass poperly and for it to look good. Cleaning the glass with a rozor blade does the trick. If your gona do it yourself there is online companys that sell precut tint, you just type in your year make and modle and they have machine cut tint sized for your windows, this is HUGE, cutting tint is difficult. http://www.tintmatrix.com/ is just one company i found.
If u have the patience and really want to give it a shot, precut is the way to go. However, with my experience with tint, ill never do it myself again. 100 BUX IS A STEAL!

 

8 hrs of work to save 10 bucks(figure you need 3 rolls, 36 bucks, plus 50 bucks to do the back window) i'm all for doing things yourself, but i'd have it done pro.

 

Do it yourself dude! Its an adventure. I just ordered 60 feet of tint to do my 300zx and my boss's maxima. cost 40 bucks online. We shall see how it goes!

 

a brutal adventure

 

haha ive had enough brutal adventures for one month... ill get it pro

 

always wanted to try to do it myself, i know its a tedious job and u need patients to do it, but i watched the guy doing it on my car and it doesnt look so hard, so i say go for it. good luck.

 

Having tried the rear and failed miserably, I would say that the rear is NOT "doable" unless you have some tricks of the trade. It is THAT hard to get right and downright frustrating to attempt. Worst still is that getting the stuff off damaged my defroster lines. The sides on the other hand are easy and easier still with the door panels off.

 

when i saw it being done what he did was first have a piece similar to the shape of the rear then, spray the whole outside of the glass w/windex put film over it (flush to surface), cut accourdingly based on outside, and its ready to go inside and make sure to get all bubbles out.

 

cut two strips from a template then slightly overlap them. assuming you get no shrinkage you cut where they overlap and if its near a defrost line it should look mint. or so they say.

 

For me to do tint around here is like $180-200. You can try to do it yourself its a lot of fun in a good way though

 

i wish i could find a deal for 100 bucks id be all over it

 

it cost $75 for just my back window. I tinted the rest of the car by myself. I tried the back, but i failed. I honestly have no idea how the professionals do it. I mean i guess that's why they're professionals. Like mendon said, i took off all my windows n did it. Wasn't that hard to do once the windows were out. But my friend who worked for a body shop told me that the tint that they use is super thin. N the film that i get is pretty thick. This is why i cannot do a one piece with the tint i get. N if i WERE to get the super thin tint, i might as well let them do it since it'll prob save me like only $10.

This is how i get the tint off. Back window ( i woudln't recommend since it'll prob pull all ur defroster's off.

But for every other window. just pull the tint off. Use a razor scraper, its just a lil tool that holds the razor blade. Spray windex on ur window keeping it wet n the just scrape off all the gunk. Don't be afraid to use some pressure, n don't worry about sratching ur window, the razor blade most likely will break before that can happen

 

No way in hell would I recommend DIY for tint. Get it done right.

 

Anyone around MD VA or wash D.C. have hookups? I'm looking to get mine done

 

I don't know if you have the El Mexicano Auto shops out there like we do out west, but those places usually do really great work on the cheap. Of course you will get a better price and better work if you can habla some espanol.

 

Definately have a expert do it. You'll save a lot of time, it will most likely come out better, and last but not least less stress. That's a damn good price too.

 

Did mine for under 50. Discount Auto has some for the back window. If you do it get Gila and not Axius.

 

I've watch professoinal **** stars take it up the butt but I'm not going to try it!! Just pay to have it done. Most places give you a LONG (lifetime) warrnty so if it ever messes up just take it back to them for free!! if you mess up it's going to cost you again. and for the amount of money your going to save just not worth it

 

i tried to tint my windows before in a truck i had it wasnt too hard but all the glass i was tinting was flat. i know i wouldnt want to try to tint the rear window in a maxima though