Hello all. I am wanting to get my windoes tinted. I have seen on ebay and amazon i can order pre cut tint. Has anyone done this? If so how was the fit and installing? What brand, type etc and where did you get it? I saw on amazon have a carbon and ceramic which has me confused but take ceramic is better since cost more. I wiould get 50 % for front and 35 for rear sides and back. I have done tint before kind got at walmart and maybe a glass shop. Cutting was a problem so if get precut will not be a problem. Saw somewhere 3M is the best. Btw 2004 Buick park ave
Pre cut window tint
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I did one of those pre-cut kits for my F-350 and realized how awful of a job I can do. Had so many bubbles I told myself... this window tint is blowing bubbles. 
A tint shop can offer different tiers of quality & be on the hook if it doesn't look right. Matter of fact the dealer I went to put on lifetime warranty tint. I say take it to a shop.
A tint shop can offer different tiers of quality & be on the hook if it doesn't look right. Matter of fact the dealer I went to put on lifetime warranty tint. I say take it to a shop.
Lol, I worked at a tint shop for about 8 years. I was the stereo installer. I watched the owner tint thousands of cars.
What I learned?
While I might, in theory, be able to get window tint applied to a flat piece of glass, car windows are rarely flat, and there's so much technique to it I'll never try it.
Plus, a good tint job is clean, no dust under it. You're not doing that outside or in your garage without a days worth of prepwork and cleaning your surroundings.
Plus it helps I'm still great friends with them and usually get my stuff done for next to nothing.
What I learned?
While I might, in theory, be able to get window tint applied to a flat piece of glass, car windows are rarely flat, and there's so much technique to it I'll never try it.
Plus, a good tint job is clean, no dust under it. You're not doing that outside or in your garage without a days worth of prepwork and cleaning your surroundings.
Plus it helps I'm still great friends with them and usually get my stuff done for next to nothing.
I had tint done on a GTI a few years ago, and it wasn't the darkest tint. I just remember having to run down my front windows if I was at an intersection at night to make sure no pedestrians were in the intersection. Tint wasn't that heavy but still couldn't see at night. I won't do tint again.
Pre-cut templates will usually require some amount of final trimming. If you are unable to hand cut, the final result may vary.
I want the driver window mirror tinted to keep the Sun off my face.
DIYing just one window is appealing.
ctechbob's mention of prep straightened me out. PLUS, I dropped into a new tint shop and I liked who I met there.
DIYing just one window is appealing.
ctechbob's mention of prep straightened me out. PLUS, I dropped into a new tint shop and I liked who I met there.
I’ve tinted several of my cars. The first one was a disaster but it was a neat color and highly effective so I stayed with it. It was a tan escort and I found a tint with metallic film that was a non-gray, kinda bronze/brown tint, and was excellent since it removed so much blue. Can’t find that stuff anymore.
But then I watched a pro do it and taking my time, the next car was great. I did a few others after that. Pre-cut probably takes half the work out of it.
Everything needs to be clean.
Have a sprayer with soapy water solution, spray on the film and the window.
Position the film, work the bubbles out. Use a heat gun to both soften and shrink the tint where it’s bunching up.
Rear windows need to be done in at least 2 stripes. A little overlap is a good idea.
I always cut my own, which adds a little work, but inevitably I always messed up a window and needed to cut another, so the rolls worked out for me.
Tinting front door windows makes the cab feel smaller and I don’t like it at night.
With some patience and a couple of flubs, you can figure it out.
But then I watched a pro do it and taking my time, the next car was great. I did a few others after that. Pre-cut probably takes half the work out of it.
Everything needs to be clean.
Have a sprayer with soapy water solution, spray on the film and the window.
Position the film, work the bubbles out. Use a heat gun to both soften and shrink the tint where it’s bunching up.
Rear windows need to be done in at least 2 stripes. A little overlap is a good idea.
I always cut my own, which adds a little work, but inevitably I always messed up a window and needed to cut another, so the rolls worked out for me.
Tinting front door windows makes the cab feel smaller and I don’t like it at night.
With some patience and a couple of flubs, you can figure it out.
They’re pre cut, not pre shrunk. I tried it once, realized real quick it’s worth the ~$300 to not do it.
I prepare tax returns. I have learned to let the people who tint and change tires and fix AC, etc. They then let me prepare the tax returns.
