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Old Apr 30, 2004 | 06:19 PM
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average cost of tinting windows

a guy i know through friend does window tinting, and he says he can give me a "deal" rear and side windows for 160. is this acually a good price? ive seen his work and from all i can tell he does a professional job.

anyone who has had their windows tinted at a shop, how much did it run you? i just want to make sure this "deal" acually is.
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Old Apr 30, 2004 | 06:43 PM
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about 150 even lower, in NY here, so thats no deal, from a friends friend, a 100 bucks should take care of it...
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Old Apr 30, 2004 | 08:38 PM
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I had my friend tint my windows and we did $40 and a 256meg ram chip.
He would have done it for $100 straight up. $150 is normal price around here for good tint jobs.
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Old Apr 30, 2004 | 09:07 PM
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i remember being quoted 200 to do the rear hatch on my trans am . I think its because its ny and they dont do a lot of them . I think if i was in vegas or florida it would be cheaper.
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Old Apr 30, 2004 | 09:29 PM
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yeah tint has got to be cheap here in florida. I mean my mom got it done on her saturn when we were on welfare. She couldn't have had much money to spare. Maybe she knew the d00d cause she cut his hair and he cut her a deal. I dunno. One good thing about being a Hair Stylist, is everyone tlels you everything so you get all the good deals.
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Old Apr 30, 2004 | 10:46 PM
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I am getting my rear hatch, side windows, and a tint visor all for a $130 in three weeks.
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Old Apr 30, 2004 | 11:14 PM
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Damn, I must have got ripped off, I paid $189+ tax for mine!
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Old Apr 30, 2004 | 11:39 PM
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I was told $150 for just the rear hatch if it had defrost lines. Its that much as it takes all day to get it smooth with all the bubbles out.
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Old Apr 30, 2004 | 11:43 PM
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I think most places also give you a lifetime warranty against bubbling and turning purple. I did my friends for free. Thats what friends are for right?
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Old May 1, 2004 | 12:00 AM
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Your best idea is to go to tint shops in your area and actually ask them. Or look through the yellow pages and don't be afraid to call around. Look for a place that offers a lifetime warrenty and that can tint the hatch in one piece as opposed to strips.
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Old May 1, 2004 | 03:29 AM
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100 bucks and guaranteed for life here in WV.
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Old May 1, 2004 | 06:31 AM
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Originally posted by Gumby
I was told $150 for just the rear hatch if it had defrost lines. Its that much as it takes all day to get it smooth with all the bubbles out.
If it takes all day to smooth out the back glass, then you need to go somewhere else.
My friend did my sides and rear hatch in about 2 hours while we were chit chatting about stuff. the tint looked awsome till the day I shattered my hatch glass in an unfortunate drilling accident 2.5 years ago
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Old May 1, 2004 | 10:01 AM
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is thier any way to get one big piece of tint for the back , shop i have talked to said thier isnt any tint that big. Doea anyone have any pics close up of multiple pieces of tint. so i can see what it looks like.
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Old May 1, 2004 | 10:20 AM
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there are tint peices that big, they're just afraid they'll mess one up thats that big. Talk to another shop.
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Old May 1, 2004 | 01:27 PM
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man, you guys pay some high prices, when i had my 88' F-150 Ext cab, i paid $119 w/ lifetime warranty at a local tint shop. and that truck had 13, YES 13, separate windows, so it took them a while to do it all, but it was very well done, and thats where i'm taking my Z this coming weekend and they've already quoted me $90 w/lifetime warranty also. you really just have to shop around, cuz when i had my truck, one shop wanted to charge me $250 for the tint job.
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Old May 1, 2004 | 01:47 PM
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Damn, I had to pay $300 for them to strip off the old purple crap and then to retint it. But for here in Atlanta, that's about the average price. It would have been $225 if he didn't have to strip the tint off. Apparently, according to him, he says if the tint was still good, he wouldn't have charged me anything, becuase it just peels off, however, since mine was purple, it flakes off and takes longer. Whatever.
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Old May 1, 2004 | 03:20 PM
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It cost me $140 to get my windows tinted. I got the 2 side windows and trunk window at 15% . That also includes a lifetime warranty.
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Old May 1, 2004 | 03:24 PM
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Originally posted by nolanr0413
is thier any way to get one big piece of tint for the back , shop i have talked to said thier isnt any tint that big. Doea anyone have any pics close up of multiple pieces of tint. so i can see what it looks like.
He did mine in 2 pieces since I had defrost on the back and using 2 pieces is easier to apply. You can't see any seam since the seam goes along one of the defrost lines.
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Old May 1, 2004 | 03:34 PM
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average is 125-150. more so on special applications and better film. mine was 260 for double limo titanium.
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