Hey, I was wondering if $200 is a good price for removal and replacement of tinted windows. I took my car to Audio Excellence and they said that it would cost $200. Is this a good amount for this procedure. Also, I was wondering, would the car still look good if i had 5% tint on the side windows & had 20% on the rear, i would like to deter cops from pulling me over or is it better just to have 5% all the way around. Thanks for you help.
97 Chevy Cavalier
2.2L 3 spd
Automatic
5% will get you hasseled by the cops, i've never had that dark but anyone i know with tint that dark has had to remove it bc it was too dark. as for the price i think that is a very good price, i paid 270 or for my windows to be tinted with a 5yr warranty.
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200 is not bad. i got mine put on for 140 with lifetime warranty. just look around and try to find a cheaper place. As for the 5% tint what color is ur car? some cars just dont look good with 5% tint.
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any lower than around 20% your probably gonna get hastled, sal im not being a dick but you can check registrys for that man....its blue so it will probably look sweet.....
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mine were $200 canadian with a life time warranty, %5 all around
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Brian Anderson (1999-Z24-4spd) wrote:sal im not being a dick but you can check registrys for that man....its blue so it will probably look sweet.....
i didnt mean 2 sound mean its just that ive seen cars with 5% tint that really dont look good on the car. im sure ill look good on the cav cuz i have 5% tint.
dragoncrester just a heads up when you get your back window tinttd the tint will prob not stick on to your glass on top because of the dot matrix but you prob know that already.
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ask if they guaruntee no bubbles in it... or little hairs... or other little pieces of @!#$ under the tint. And how long they guaruntee it for, and then ask to feel the tint and if it only feels as thick as a regular sheet of paper find someone that uses better tint. I payed 170 and i am very unsatisfied.
Sal Medina ----->>>>> where did you get that freakin light thing, in youre grill, that is bad @$$$........... please email me
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buzz122 wrote:Sal Medina ----->>>>> where did you get that freakin light thing, in youre grill, that is bad @$$$........... please email me
haha. it was given to me. i believe they got it online. go to google.com and type in knight light. it should b like the first link or something. i think its knightlight.uk or something like that.
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I paid $130 and have a lifetime warrenty against, cracking peeling, bubbles etc.
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thats the actual link........... thnax........
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$120 with a lifetime warranty
A friend of mine had his done all around for about $120. Lifetime guaranteed free from bubbles, cracking, peeling, etc.
For $200, a strip and retint sounds like a good deal to me, but
only if the tint has a lifetime warranty.
If you want to strip the side windows yourself, it is not difficult. The back window with defroster lines is the headache. I paid $70 for a tinter to strip some back window tint that was pry over 10 years old. He started his steamer trick at 8:30am or 9am. He was completely done at 3:30pm with the retint. He told me that it was worse than he estimated, and had to put off tinting a car until the next day due to it.
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if you do it right with amonia, it should come ritght off, especially on the rear with def. even if it is 10yr. old, ...... just the only thing is that u gotta deal with the smell of amonia.......
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i have 35% on the front 2, 20% on the back 3, although i wish i went 5% on the back 3. i paid 175, the only thing i dont like its the dot matix
It all depends on the laws of the state you live in and what kind of mood the cops are in. I live in nys and have had my windows tinted almost 7 years and only got two tickets. Tint here is all illegal unless its factory installed. You cant even have new tinted glass put in if your original wasnt... but then agian thats NYS for ya. I am in the process of takin mine off now because instead of a $25 ticket its not at least that plus a $65 mandatory court cost. I didnt mind paying the $25 but I am not gonna pay almost $100 becase a cop is in a bad mood.
i was just talking to this guy who did my windows, and he said that getting your windows retinted can actually make it worse than it was before because of the adhesive that the former tint left behind.
also, be careful with that 5%, i have had a problem with it and it sucks, because depending on the cop they can make you take the tint off right then and there if you get pulled over.
and to cover up that dot matrix problem, get a rear window black vinyl drop on the back and it covers that ugly dot matrix right up.
good luck
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Hrothgar wrote:i was just talking to this guy who did my windows, and he said that getting your windows retinted can actually make it worse than it was before because of the adhesive that the former tint left behind.
and to cover up that dot matrix problem, get a rear window black vinyl drop on the back and it covers that ugly dot matrix right up.
True on the adhesive. I got warned about that from the tinter when I told him that I would strip my own side windows. I triple bladed with Windex after the initial removal. No problem.
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good tinter will tint over the dot matrix with no problem.
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i had 5% on all 5 windows, i got hassled by police for the front passenger and front driver, mainly because we had a tint law here. i paid 200$ to have my tint done.
my magnaflow decal gives me 100 hp!
i paid 140 canadian to have all five done, 35% front, 20 rear with lifetime warranty, also like was said, a good tinter wont have any problems with the dot matrix
