I got my New Tint!

[Gregs89AccordLxi]

Hey guys i got my windows tinted on tuesday, Wow, my car looks like a new car! I got 5% for rear windows and 13% for the front windows, i wasnt gonna go that dark but i couldnt help it heehee , it looks 2 sweeet, my windows got some bubbles, does anyone know when the bubbles should go away? I took pics of my car, all i have to do is develop the pics (wish i had digital cam )

[88Burner]

When I got my tint, the guy was telling me how the 3g sedan back window is one of the hardest to do. I had bubbles in it, and he said they would go away... and they did. It's looked perfect for almost a year now.

[hondaaccord_86]

can't wait to see the picz

[AccordChemist]

the bubbles will go away after a couple days in the sun...

[(x_x)]

5% ?! Gotta stick your head out the window when you're reversing?

[jigga225]

I wish I could go back to my 20%. They made me take THAT out because I had 20 all around and here in Louisiana the law is 35.
Now I have garbage 35% on the doors and 20 on the rear and front brow

[HostileJava]

Just wondering on average, how much it costs to get all your windows tinted?

[hondaaccord_86]

there are three kinds of tint:
cheap tint that is about $69 bucks; the tint starts to fade in about a year or two (which i doubt you don't want)
average tint that is about $120-140 bucks; tint doesn't fade; or at least that's what the guy at the tint shop said
expensive tint that is who knows how much; the silver mirror looking tint, colored tint: blue green red

most of us spend about $140 bucks on tint. talk to the sales person at the tint shop(s). normally they cut off a few bucks or so.
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[HostileJava]

Thanx, I appreciate the reply.

[Gregs89AccordLxi]

I got mine for 165$, there was some places that would of did it cheaper but i heard from alot of people that this place was one of the best in my area...

[Neuspeed007]

man the law here is 35 and i got 95 hahahha

[YK86]

95?? That would be like almost totally clear. As for type, all you need is a good reputable brand metalized tint (not dyed). The high end stuff is more for functionallity (eg:efficiently rejects heat and UV rays even though it's clear).

[89accordboi]

oooh the % that we refer to is the visibility not the amount tinted... haha no wonder why it never made sense to me lol

[JaVaSa84]

Time out!!! I don't understand this tinting shit. Is it better to have high like 95% or low like 5 or 13%???? Holla bacc!!!

[loco87]

the lower the percentage (i.e 5%) the darker the film.

[socal3rdgen]

the % means how much light can get in, i.e. only 5% lihgt can go thru the tint

[Neuspeed007]

95% here is WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY DARK

[Neuspeed007]

thats what the board said at my shop PURE LIMO TINT 95%


so in other words..............here THE DARKER THE TINT THE HIGHER THE NUMBER

cause was a chart that i used to pick it out

haha the guy might have been high when he did that but thats all i know.

plus al i know is that the law here is 35% and i definatly exceeed that :smokin:

[88WhiteLX-i]

lol you might have just painted your windows with black paint.

[dXsquared]

95% would be like 5% in NORMALVILLE! not cracktown USA like where Neuspeed007 lives... ur guy rates it by how much is blocked... not how much can come in

Travis

[89AccordLXI666]

What about the "Do it Yourself" Limo tint shit.... would that be ok 2 do, I know it may be a little tuff but how the f**k would you put it on, like what tools are nessary for this type of project?? Cuz I wanted to tint my windows with that Limo Tint kit shit but I wanna know if n e one here has done it there selves and was it hard or easy and what tools were needed for this type of application??? Thanks Lataz

[dXsquared]

that stuff is usually very shitty... it wont last as long nad it will turn PURPLE!

Travis

[Neuspeed007]

Originally posted by 89AccordLXI666
What about the "Do it Yourself" Limo tint shit.... would that be ok 2 do, I know it may be a little tuff but how the f**k would you put it on, like what tools are nessary for this type of project?? Cuz I wanted to tint my windows with that Limo Tint kit shit but I wanna know if n e one here has done it there selves and was it hard or easy and what tools were needed for this type of application??? Thanks Lataz

that stuff is horrible i recomend that u dont get it,
it bubbels really fast, unless u know what ur doin, plus like dx said, it turns purple

[markmdz89hatch]

If I'm not mistaken, the % relates to the amount of light allowed through the window with the film on it. Like, a regular untinted window is like 95-100%, but the darker you go, the less light is allowed through.

Just for the record, I got 20% on the back 3 windows, and 35 on front 2. Had a 20 on the front upper, but that went with the windshield.

[markmdz89hatch]

any tint will turn purple if you wash the windows with WINDEX or any other window cleaner that has amonia in it. The only glass cleaner I use on my windows is ClearView.

The amonia works as a bleach on the tint. The purple-izing also is due to low quality tint that's usually dyed, and is not UV protected, so the sun also bleaches it. Mine was 135 almost 3 yrs. ago now, and it's still just as black as the day it was done. ('course I only did the inside windows once sinse I got it done.)