Snaptint DIY car window tint kits?

[Schugg]

i was checking to see if anyone has some pros/cons about this stuff on snaptint.com. or if anyone here has done it and what their results were and any useful tips that will prevent a problem if i do it. out here in texas i got quoted to have my windows tinted for 130 dollars, which from what i remember is alot cheaper than ive payed for previous cars in georgia. but then i seen this website someone told me about and figured i would rather save some money and gain some experience from it. they are precut solargaurd/or suntek tint kits for whatever car you want. its only going to save me 30 dollars (assuming i dont screw it up), but like i said i prefer knowing how something was done, and getting the experience over just paying someone. i just wanted to make sure that when done right the qaulity is good and will last? im doing it on a 93 civic hatch and plan on taking out the front windows to do them. ive also heard from the one complaint about them on some site that i will need a heat gun? will this be for the curved back window?

[twinj]

You will need a heat gun. I think the biggest thing is the quality of tint as long as you follow directions hopefully you don't go wrong.

[Schugg]

is the back window the only window i should need to heat shrink? the other windows just have the minor slope that most all cars have

[Schugg]

only question i really have left is my back window has the black lines going around the edges. ive seen in most cars this will cause the tint to look bad and not get all the air out or something. is there anything i can do to prevent this? when i have my integra the windows were already tinted and it had the dots in the top of the window. so i just cut that section out and taped everything else off and spraypainted it flat black. may be ghetto but i was alot happier with that than dots with air around them

[03RCode]

only question i really have left is my back window has the black lines going around the edges. ive seen in most cars this will cause the tint to look bad and not get all the air out or something. is there anything i can do to prevent this? when i have my integra the windows were already tinted and it had the dots in the top of the window. so i just cut that section out and taped everything else off and spraypainted it flat black. may be ghetto but i was alot happier with that than dots with air around them

Really, really fine grit sand paper, sand them till smooth, then just let it bake on. Thats about the best way to do it. I've tinted a few myself, and honestly I'd rather take it to someone else. More trouble then its worth. I cant stress how much you need to make sure your windows are CLEAN... I usually pull the door panel (makes it easier to do the top/bottom seams), then spray the whole window with soap and water mix... like a teaspoon of soap in a normal sized spray bottle, filled with water, and then take a razor blade over the entire window, then dry. Do this 2-3 times, then I use Invisible Glass over that about 2 times... Once its good and clean you will use your soap/water mix again on the window, and the sticky side of the tint... This allows you to move the tint around without it sticking on you. Once you have it where you want it, cut your seams. I always use an Xacto knife and change blades after each window. one its placed and cut take a squeegy, start in the center and work your way to each corner, then straight up, straight down till you have a star, then go side to side. This is the easiest way I've found to get most of the water out from under it. You'll want to do this until you have very few, or no bubbles showing. Once it sits in the sun 2-3 days you'll bake 90% of the fine bubbles out of it, the ones that dont bake out take a needle and barely poke them, then rub the bubble out. I ALWAYS wait 2-3 days before rolling them down, mainly just to be more safe than sorry. Hope this helps, if you have any other questions feel free to PM me.

[Brown Man]

Really, really fine grit sand paper, sand them till smooth, then just let it bake on. Thats about the best way to do it. I've tinted a few myself, and honestly I'd rather take it to someone else. More trouble then its worth. I cant stress how much you need to make sure your windows are CLEAN... I usually pull the door panel (makes it easier to do the top/bottom seams), then spray the whole window with soap and water mix... like a teaspoon of soap in a normal sized spray bottle, filled with water, and then take a razor blade over the entire window, then dry. Do this 2-3 times, then I use Invisible Glass over that about 2 times... Once its good and clean you will use your soap/water mix again on the window, and the sticky side of the tint... This allows you to move the tint around without it sticking on you. Once you have it where you want it, cut your seams. I always use an Xacto knife and change blades after each window. one its placed and cut take a squeegy, start in the center and work your way to each corner, then straight up, straight down till you have a star, then go side to side. This is the easiest way I've found to get most of the water out from under it. You'll want to do this until you have very few, or no bubbles showing. Once it sits in the sun 2-3 days you'll bake 90% of the fine bubbles out of it, the ones that dont bake out take a needle and barely poke them, then rub the bubble out. I ALWAYS wait 2-3 days before rolling them down, mainly just to be more safe than sorry. Hope this helps, if you have any other questions feel free to PM me.

wow you broke it down, thanx for the for the help, im goin be trying to tint a friends car soon. hope it comes out good..lol

[mikesEK]

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I used this dude for my xB & ,Hardbody ,My buddies Fit & my bosses Durango

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[Schugg]

i read the rip off report, that guy just sounds like a cry baby that didnt know what he was doing and was in a hurry. if he sprayed the tint as he pulled it it wouldnt have stuck to it self, didnt for me.

i didnt do to bad, i took the front windows out to tint them, then installed them 15 mins later, didnt have any problems with putting them in with out messing them up, but i wont be going up or down with them. i tried heat shrinking the back windows but it didnt work to well, dont know how i did it wrong though

[Turbodude06]

DO NOT SAND YOUR BACK GLASS!!!!!!!!!!! When u put the tint on their its going to magnify those scratchs the tint will go over the defroster lines, just fine .......

PS: I do window tinting everyday and I'll just say that u could probably figure out how to do ur side glasses but you'll never figure out the shrinking of the back glass, if you really want to save money do the sides yourself and get the back glass done, let me know if u need a quote and good luck..........

[03RCode]

DO NOT SAND YOUR BACK GLASS!!!!!!!!!!! When u put the tint on their its going to magnify those scratchs the tint will go over the defroster lines, just fine .......

Always worked for me, my tint guy told me to do it, and he never has any issues doing so. If it scratches your bearing down too hard or using too rough of paper. You just barely run it accross to smooth it down enough where you wont have any issues.

[Schugg]

Always worked for me, my tint guy told me to do it, and he never has any issues doing so. If it scratches your bearing down too hard or using too rough of paper. You just barely run it accross to smooth it down enough where you wont have any issues.

i wasnt talking about the defrost lines, those got covered fine, just the little black lines at the edge of the window.

DO NOT SAND YOUR BACK GLASS!!!!!!!!!!! When u put the tint on their its going to magnify those scratchs the tint will go over the defroster lines, just fine .......

PS: I do window tinting everyday and I'll just say that u could probably figure out how to do ur side glasses but you'll never figure out the shrinking of the back glass, if you really want to save money do the sides yourself and get the back glass done, let me know if u need a quote and good luck..........

ill get the back window eventually, i started getting it figured out towards the end but by then it was to late. im going to buy some cheap ass tint just to practice heat shrinking it. i think my problem was when i made the H anchor. i went from the center to to the edges on my way up, which made the sides of my H anchor, un anchor...haha. but i live in texas, dont need a quote, chances are if i take it to the shop they are just going to do it in strips. dont want that, my whole car was quoted at 130, so maybe ill take it somewhere and watch them do the back.

[Turbodude06]

the heat shrinking just takes ALOT of practice......

[southside]

Dont look bad at all

[Turbodude06]

well thats good then man yea don't do if they do it in strips thats old school tinting I've never had to do that.......

[Schugg]

you know what stores carry cheaps rolls of tint i can practice with? and what stores i want to get good quality tint once i figure it out?

[Turbodude06]

Cheap- Walmart or any parts store crap....

Good- Good luck most places that have the good **** won't sell it to the public.....

[Schugg]

ill probably have to order it off the net then. i bet i can talk to the snaptint guy and get him to send me some uncut stuff.

[Gorilla Eg!]

a wise man once said.... it only cost 5 cents more to go first class.... I.E. go get your windows tinted ( it might cost a little more up front, but it will look much better, and IF they screw it up you dont have to re-pay to fix it)

[Schugg]

sorry, i dont know what wise man said that..... maybe lazy man. im sure i said it in a previous post, but again ide rather learn how to tint my windows on my own, over paying time after time for someone to do something i can do myself. (mainly because i go through alot of cars, and plan on tinting them all) sure i messed the rear window up, but thats part of learning. it was my first time, im only going to get better. i wouldnt say im repaying to fix anything, more just repaying to learn more

might just be me, but i like to have cars that i put the work into, just me doing the work myself makes me feel alot better about my cars (even if its not perfect) than having to depend on someone else all the time.