6th Gen ('00-'05): Window Tint
#11
04-13-2013, 09:03 AM
Oh God, window tint is one of those things I'd rather just pay a professional to do, and they have the correct environment to work with tint. The cost to have a professional do it is completely worth it IMO. Just the whole idea of messing with tint inside a cramped interior is horrifying, especially the rear window. If you don't have an area to work in that's clean you're likely to get so much lint and crap between the tint and glass. So many chances to completely screw up.
Mine was $130 for the 06 Monte but that was after the guy gave me back my $25 deposit because they didn't get to my car on time and finished late. The 03 Monte cost me $150 back in 2006.
Mine was $130 for the 06 Monte but that was after the guy gave me back my $25 deposit because they didn't get to my car on time and finished late. The 03 Monte cost me $150 back in 2006.
#12
04-13-2013, 09:17 AM
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Posts: 4,779
Haha I was just talking to Devin about this the other day.
Yes, in the seven years I've had tint on my cars I've been pulled over four times total for it; three times in the 03 which resulted in three citations, and once in the 06 which I just got a warning for. The three times in the 03 was by two county sheriff (Oakland and Washtenaw) and one state trooper, and the one time in the 06 was an Ann Arbor police officer.
Yes, in the seven years I've had tint on my cars I've been pulled over four times total for it; three times in the 03 which resulted in three citations, and once in the 06 which I just got a warning for. The three times in the 03 was by two county sheriff (Oakland and Washtenaw) and one state trooper, and the one time in the 06 was an Ann Arbor police officer.
#14
04-17-2013, 09:37 AM
Haha I was just talking to Devin about this the other day.
Yes, in the seven years I've had tint on my cars I've been pulled over four times total for it; three times in the 03 which resulted in three citations, and once in the 06 which I just got a warning for. The three times in the 03 was by two county sheriff (Oakland and Washtenaw) and one state trooper, and the one time in the 06 was an Ann Arbor police officer.
Yes, in the seven years I've had tint on my cars I've been pulled over four times total for it; three times in the 03 which resulted in three citations, and once in the 06 which I just got a warning for. The three times in the 03 was by two county sheriff (Oakland and Washtenaw) and one state trooper, and the one time in the 06 was an Ann Arbor police officer.
#15
04-17-2013, 11:44 AM
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Posts: 4,779
Mine's 18% all around, and it's dark, but even on the black car it looks limo sometimes.
#16
04-17-2013, 12:15 PM
I did my own tints, but have been practicing this for many years. If your doing the back window I hope you have a sheet wide enough for the thing. You will have to dry shrink the back for sure. Use baby powder to allow the tint to move. Look up some videos on youtube. I also suggest take out the rear deck before you move inside and have another person to help you put it in the car. You don't want to waste your hard work shrinking to fit and wreck the tint placing it in the car by letting it crease or drop it against a seat and get lint all over it.
#17
04-17-2013, 04:15 PM
Yeah I've watched a few dozen videos on youtube, and i definitely will have to shrink the back.
#18
04-17-2013, 07:10 PM
That sucks too, because cops will use that as a reason to pull you over. Every time I get pulled over I get a warning. One cop told me he wasn't going to write a citation because his tints on his own vehicle is just as dark, so he didn't want to be hypocritical, but warned me that others will use it against me.
#19
04-17-2013, 07:37 PM
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Wauconda, IL
Posts: 13,335
I got mine done by the pros. I did 35% (IL leagal tint for front side windows) on back and front side windows, didn't have to do my quarter windows. I had an 06 Mini Cooper S and that would be an easy car to tint the windows on.
#20
04-18-2013, 05:32 PM
oh boy, i hope you have the patience of a saint. i tried tinting my windows on my 98 s10 and i gave up halfway through the first window. called around and got all 5 windows done for $100 with a lifetime warranty..but that was also in the ghetto of Newark
the monte is being tinted very soon
the monte is being tinted very soon