Ive got a roll of 20% tint to install in my car, the current tint has turned a puple colour and is rippled like crazy, when I get some time on a warmer day Im gonna GIve it a shot. I cant open ebay links here, but its probably similar, i got mine at one of those small supermarkets that sell everything, even car assessories at %70 off cuz noone was buying them lol, I got the tint kit for 8 dollars and a shift knob for 5 I'll make a post when I get mine done and u can see the results
pre cut? hum, I woudlnt pay a pro to do it, if I can just do it myself in a coupel hours, Id miss out on all the fun. But im sure some people are liek me and do everything themself so they can learn how its done. I know that a hair dryer or heat gun are good to have, to shrink areas there the glass curves. Now I wanna get out there and try it, ive had it for a few months sitting wait for me, I cant do it any worse than the anchient purplish, bubblie stuff thats already on there
I just bought precut tint from ebay for my bimmer. I was going to test fit the back piece on the outside but then I thought "its precut so why waste my time"...so I get the lining off and go to apply it to the back window and it is completely the wrong shape. I go and grab the side pieces and they are all wrong too. The moron sent me tint cut for an entirely different car. On another note....if it was for the right car it appears to be machine cut and looks like high quality stuff......I just have to deal with the seller and get him to send me the right stuff But for the price precut is the way to go. Because the hardest part of tinting yourself is cutting
Thats what I was thinking. If its already the right shape... as Jeremy Clarkson says, "How hard can it be?"
If the cut is good, yeah an inexperienced individual could def. pull off a pro install for 1/2 the cost if the correct prep cleaning solution, application fluid and technique is used As for a "perfect" OEM pre-cut I dunno, I'm a skeptic. It's just some dude with a vinyl cutter selling shit over e-bay. There's NO cad files to use for our cars (that I know of anyway) so I don't know how they pulled that one off unless they've done a 4g Celi before or obtained exact mesurements from someone to create "cut" files with. Even then, it could be off a bit as vinyl cutters are only as good/precise as the illustrator/operator :? -K
yea, window tinting is a skill/art. Just go see some professionals put it on and you will know what im talking about.
yeh i was thinking about this diy tint too cus my car was bought for 400$ usd so i figure paying 200$ for tint is kinda.. stupid.. id rather use it on mods -.-
for the price, if i would use tint, it would be worth a shot. even if it got so screwed up that i'd throw it all out i'd still have to try.
i still plan on doing it. i just havent had the chance to and have had better things to spend my money on.
alright well at least go watch a pro do it at the shop so you have an idea what to do....or maybe a youtube video..... lol
ive watched people do it in the past, i think i can do it. if not, its only about $40 wasted, no biggie
youtube video sounds good. but if you do mess it up somehow is it easy to take it off the windows? i would imagine taking it off would be a biotch too..
Removing it isn't so bad.....you'll need a heat gun...but you might want to use a heatgun for the install too anyway....some do, some don't....
