Another tint question

ok, i got another tint question, but one i dont think has been asked. i would like to do about a 15% all around and i would like to know if i can take the tint of the rear window, or can it only be applied over. applying it over only seems like it would make it uneven looking, even if you try to offset the %'s.

ok, i got another tint question, but one i dont think has been asked. i would like to do about a 15% all around and i would like to know if i can take the tint of the rear window, or can it only be applied over. applying it over only seems like it would make it uneven looking, even if you try to offset the %'s.


To my knowledge you cannot remove the factory tint. Tint over it with a tiny piece and see if it changes it. One more thing NEVER use anything that contains anmonia to apply or clean your windows with tint. It will turn the tint PURPLE!! Use only soap and water.

The factory rear glass on this trucks are stain glass. You will no be able to remove the tint unless you replace the glass. It's very hard to match the tint so it even all the way around. Here in Hawaii the 2 front windows can only be tinted with 15%. Anything more you could get a ticket. Everthing behind the driver seat can be as dark as you can stand it. This only holds on trucks, and not on cars. I have 15% on the front windos and 35% in the rear. I just like it as dark as possible. My feeling is. What you don't see, You don't want. Never had any breakins in any of my cars.

My feeling is. What you don't see, You don't want. Never had any breakins in any of my cars.

Does this hold true with the ladies too? :lol2:

It will look like shit, i spent over 450 bux on just my front windows to match the factoy tinted rears, the guy said the only way to get all the windows to match is buy all clear glass and get that tinted i'm persoanly anal when it comes to my windows so thats me, i can't stand non matching tinted windows, i just gave up on it

It will look like shit, i spent over 450 bux on just my front windows to match the factoy tinted rears, the guy said the only way to get all the windows to match is buy all clear glass and get that tinted i'm persoanly anal when it comes to my windows so thats me, i can't stand non matching tinted windows, i just gave up on it

yea, im the same way, im not worried about the darkness, cause no1 around here cares, im 20 mins from the hood(where i work) and half the cars down there have 5%, so the wont botther me with a 15. but my whole thing is makin it look clean.. and even

A really good shop in town uses something called onyx 238 tint- I don't know the manufacturer. He claims it'll be so close to the factory tint that you would never notice a difference

I recently had the same problem. I had my front windows tinted with 35% which isn't much. Well i went back to the shop a couple weeks later and had another layer of 35% and it's ALMOST a perfect match at 12% (35%*2=12%) But i've always been real picky with stuff not matching but i'll have to say i am satisfied with mine.

I recently had the same problem. I had my front windows tinted with 35% which isn't much. Well i went back to the shop a couple weeks later and had another layer of 35% and it's ALMOST a perfect match at 12% (35%*2=12%) But i've always been real picky with stuff not matching but i'll have to say i am satisfied with mine.

So u doubled up a set or 35%'s and it looks good. From the out side my 35% up front its looks perfect on my 97 blazer when comparing the front windows w/ the others, but on the inside the front windows have a blueish tint to them compared to the factory stained glass in the back. were u saying that the inside matches well or the outside?

15% tint matches the back window tint perfectly.

I had it myself until a prick young pig thought he would be super cop and pull me over for having it on.

Gotta watch out on tinting the front windows. In most citys there illegal and you well get a fix it ticket if the cop is mean enough. I've gottin 2 :)

Gotta watch out on tinting the front windows. In most citys there illegal and you well get a fix it ticket if the cop is mean enough. I've gottin 2 :)

Yea, almost every were its illegal to a point, just depends on what up the cops ass on that day. Ive gotten shit already for my head lights. I have a 97 and i did the oven trick to take out the amber peices. oh well thats life

Yea, almost every were its illegal to a point, just depends on what up the cops ass on that day. Ive gotten shit already for my head lights. I have a 97 and i did the oven trick to take out the amber peices. oh well thats life

It doesn't matter, they can't do anything, you have the signal lights in your front bumper as well.

It doesn't matter, they can't do anything, you have the signal lights in your front bumper as well.

Yeah, thats what i thought he didn't give me anything for it, just being a typical cop

Yea, the dink that got me fined me over 120 dollars and a 72 hour notice to remove it.

He gave me the ticket on a Friday evening, now what shop is available to remove tint on the weekend?

No it is in the courts and I am fighting it seeing if it does go through my insurance will go up.

Yea, the dink that got me fined me over 120 dollars and a 72 hour notice to remove it.

He gave me the ticket on a Friday evening, now what shop is available to remove tint on the weekend?

No it is in the courts and I am fighting it seeing if it does go through my insurance will go up.

Yea, i had to take mine a off 3 times, but only cuz i didn't liek the way it looked, i got a shop to do mine as well but i h elp my friend take his tin off on a 240 sx. haha don't even try taking it off its a mess once u get the actually tint off, the stickey residue is redickulos, we had to take razor blades and WD-40 to get it off, But hey good luck w/ that stuff

Yea, i had to take mine a off 3 times, but only cuz i didn't liek the way it looked, i got a shop to do mine as well but i h elp my friend take his tin off on a 240 sx. haha don't even try taking it off its a mess once u get the actually tint off, the stickey residue is redickulos, we had to take razor blades and WD-40 to get it off, But hey good luck w/ that stuff

Something called Prep All or Mineral Spirits will take that right off.

Something called Prep All or Mineral Spirits will take that right off.


most of those auto store has "tint-off", thats soppsed to help, and i'm sure those chemical to would work better ither way its a pain

When I went into the shop the guy just grabbed the one corner and ripped it all off, only a few slivers were left which he removed with a razor blade, took 40 seconds.

When I went into the shop the guy just grabbed the one corner and ripped it all off, only a few slivers were left which he removed with a razor blade, took 40 seconds.

haha ok nvm may be it just didn't like me

haha ok nvm may be it just didn't like me

Oh sorry, wasn't meaning anything to prove you wrong, he must've used different tint though.

I got my tint 2 years ago off of ebay for $5. It still matches perfectly. The guy said it was 20% It sounds like there are a lot of discrepencies.

I'm nervous about getting pulled over sometime. I'm debating pulling the tint off to avoid the hassle. Down in Florda almost every other car had front tint.

Oh sorry, wasn't meaning anything to prove you wrong, he must've used different tint though.

haha na i didn't take it liek that i knew what u were saying. haha no worries, i don't mind being proven wrong

yea, my dad lives down there, some of the tinted windows look like they just spray black spray paint on the windows. I have to put my windows down while driving in the city and parking, with my 35% up front, its dark as hell at night, i couldn;t imagine anything darker

:D You know I didn't mean it that way.