window tint

[SmokeGrinder]

ok i am looking to tint my windows on my x. what shoud i go with and what should i not .....how are these things done? the windows on my x do not have any tint right now .

 

[liquidx9]

get it professionally done if you've done it before, and get a lifetime warranty against peeling/fading/etc. i got my whole truck done for 160ish, with the full warranty.

 

[ERIK2173]

I agree, have it professionally done.
Nothing looks worse than a bad tint job.
I'd also find out what the legal limits on tinting are in your area. (the go just beyond them)

 

[X~FACTOR]

I third that.

 

[FourXFred]

ive done it myslef, and on nice flat windows, it is real easy to do a good job, if you have patience. but unfortunatly, all windows on an explorer are bent in both directions, so none of them are easy. id go with a professional job. it will actually be cheaper than doing it yourself if you figure in the amount of wasted tint that you WILL destroy the first time you do it

 

[Black Magic]

For the cost vs. headache on tint. Leave it to the pros!

 

[andruxa]

Here is what I have done:

Go to your local tint shop, talk to the tinter (not the front-desk person), get his phone number, give him a call and he would come out and do your tinting for you @your place (or similar) for 1/2 the price, and still make more than 15 bucks/hour that he is getting over at the shop.

Trick is to find the expirienced guy that you simply would not have to worry about the warranty and ****z like that. Down here in Alberta tinting is 300 CND for all windows (shop), and 130-170 if the guy does it off-time.

Huge difference...

Also, tinting yourself is not complicated either, you just have to invest in a 20 dollar spunge and make templates to cut the film near the window edge, heat gun does miracles on curved surfaces!