Tint Help Please

[Nobimmer 694]

Hey I'm just starting to pull finger and get onto doing the E30.

Anyway I was thinking of buying (decent) tint rolls and tinting it myself.I know that I sould get it done properly but I really have no money lol.I was thinking I should keep it all legit and do 35%'s all round and not have to worry about anything.But i looked at a mates car with 35's and they werent really that dark.I was thinking maybe if I went 20% all round and 35% on the rear windshield to keep it a bit more legit.

Just wondering what others have done / gotten away with

Any help would be much appreciated

Chur

Ashkan

[ED1RTY 2]

Hey I'm just starting to pull finger and get onto doing the E30.

Anyway I was thinking of buying (decent) tint rolls and tinting it myself.I know that I sould get it done properly but I really have no money lol.I was thinking I should keep it all legit and do 35%'s all round and not have to worry about anything.But i looked at a mates car with 35's and they werent really that dark.I was thinking maybe if I went 20% all round and 35% on the rear windshield to keep it a bit more legit.

Just wondering what others have done / gotten away with

Any help would be much appreciated

Chur

Ashkan

Haha hope you have tinted windows before, they are a PITA! best to pay someone to do it and then you wont waste money by f'ing it up yourself. I got 20% on the back and 35% on the sides, never had trouble with it...

[Nobimmer 694]

Ohh yeh I thought that the back window was the main problem?Yeh havent done it before but a few people have said its pretty mission aye.Might test it on the holden first lol.

SOMEONE BUY THE HOLDEN!

[OLLIE 26]

i've tinted a few cars and can honestly say i'm never going to do it again, it is the most painstaking experience and the results can be like a kick in the nuts if you f**k up. you'll never be able to do the rear window because it has a curve on 2 axis. the side windows are doable but will take you a full day so you might as well go to work for an extra day and the pay the pro's to do it properly (with waranty)

sweet.

[Nobimmer 694]

Ohh yeh sweet as,"not doing them yourself" seems to be the trend here aye lol.So then change the topic all together,wheres a decent place to get them done.My dad just got his van done at Tint-Magic and the results weren't worth the $400 odd he paid.

Ohh and also the %'s of tints people done.Im still keen to go 20% on the sides and 35% on the back so I dont get pulled over- I'm going to get the tails smoked eventually so dont want it to be cop bait.

Thanks

[petone 0]

I done tinting once, never again. If you are really broke then give the sides ago but forget about the back one.

I've had trouble with the cops from 35%, BMWs have a factory tint which makes it a tad darker than 35%

[Nobimmer 694]

Ohh yeh thats right I remember someone saying that.

Anyone got a vague(spelling?) idea how much it would cost to get just the back window done?

Cheers

[ED1RTY 2]

I know you arent in south auckland but ill give you a guys number that tints my windows, tell him i sent you and he will do you a deal, bout 220 for sides and rear from memory, does a good job, ill give you the card when i see you re: suspesion.

Cheers

Chris

[bimmer boy 21]

My brother has 5% on his on all windows axcept the windscreen obviously, and has never had a problem. Has been pulled over quite a lot of times but never been told anything about the tints.

[Nobimmer 694]

Sweet as Chris,I'd drive up there if it was $220,thats sweet as Cheers bro.

Yeh I had 5% on my KE30 and cops told me to rip them off so yeh dont wanna piss round this time.Think I'll just get 35 all round keep it safe and whatnot haha

Thanks

[M325is 0]

wouldnt it be wise to have the darker one on the back as if somebody is going to test if its legit they will 9 times out of 10 check the side window.

[Nobimmer 694]

wouldnt it be wise to have the darker one on the back as if somebody is going to test if its legit they will 9 times out of 10 check the side window.

Hmmm really don't know and wouldnt have a clue at all.What about like 20% all round apart from driver and passenger front windows.Do them in 35%.That'd probably work aye?

[Silver Fox 43]

I'd say go with 35's unless you can afford to throw them away when told they're too dark?

[Mikal 4]

I recently got my e30 tinted 35% all round and its dark enough for me.

I thought a few pics might help.

Edited August 31, 2006 by Mikal

[Nobimmer 694]

Dude that 35% looks pretty mint aye.

Quite a bit darker than the 35's on mates car.

There you go then 35's it is I suppose.

Cheers

[Mikal 4]

I probably shouldn't have put the pic of the side windows up, the angle makes it look darker.

[nz320i 0]

my car was done professionally before i bought it and that was 3 years ago they still look ok, wouldnt mind getting fresh ones, but they arent bad, the rear is done also, and i always do my front tint strips myslef cos pros wont do over 10cm, and its easy to do windscreen! and i cant find any pics that show you the tints lol.. try it urself first, if its a coupe it WILL pay to take the side windows right out and take time

[bumpdE30 0]

ello ello, im new to this forum but i thought i'd add my 2c.

i used to sell tint but had never put it on a car so i decided to tint my bmw, did all 4 windows, f**ked up in a few places, all in all wasnt to hard. I decided to give it another go so i riped of some of the tint and re tinted the driver side last week, came out f**king mint. can probaly do a window in about 5-10 minutes, nearly mint, sometimes the occasional f**k up. i decided to tint my back window last week too.. since the roll isnt as wide as the window is you have to use 2 strips right.. so i lined the tint up with the top heater strip and tinted the lower 9/10th's with 35% black and the top 1/10th 15% mirror. looks mint~ did it on the OUTSIDE of the window though because the back window is a complete B***H and i didnt want to rip out the heater lines. I also double tinted the rear windows so there is 2x35% layers, just to see how dark it was. It's quite dark, i think im going to double layer the front windows. But ill probaly rip all the tints off and do it all immaculant.

If anyone needs 35% black, 35% mirror or 15% mirror and mirror fade to black tints, let me know. $20 a roll... ill even help you put them on for a doz of corona i guess, as long as you help me drink em. but just not the back window..

I'm not to sure how many rolls I have left but should have a decent amount. I'm not a weird dude either so let me know if you want anything.

Cheer

Edited September 27, 2006 by bumpdE30

[Deftones 0]

I like my tints.. I decided to get the pros at Tint Magic in Porirua Wellington to do it thanks to a recommendation of Martyns. They are pretty good. Personally I opted for the high quality tints, which cost me just over $300 for sides, and rear. The other films look a bit cheaper although appear darker to the naked eye.

[Gus 5]

i prefer having the same tint all round...it looks funny when its different. i really like mine..came on the car and dunno what they actually are but its not too dark.

[BMR_320i 0]

hey just got my car tinted with 35's (midnight express) from tint a car cost $345 for all windows except windscreen ofcourse, looks pretty dark in daylight but less at night time because of the artificial light etc, but still look mint and they did a great job.

[nz320i 0]

yeah man dont tint different shades gus is right, i think it looks funny too, and mine is donw over the heater strips and it hasnt lifted and been like that for at least 3 years now, just dont use the heater!!! it will lift.

[bumpdE30 0]

hrrrm, yeah it does look a bit out of the ordinary, but the reason i tinted the back with another layer was to see how dark it was, i had heard of people doing two layers. It's quite hard to see inside at daytime, and at nighttime you just cant. I think i'm going to put another layer on the front too. I will try get my friends camera and get some picture of what it looks like sweet!

haha and for the backwindow, its not that i wouldnt be able to tint it, its just that i cant be bothered messing around because of the akward (sp?) positions. Unless i look the window out, thats another possibility. I didnt know the heater lifts the tint? i

[DCEIVN 0]

when you say front i really hope you dont mean the front windshield

[bumpdE30 0]

when you say front i really hope you dont mean the front windshield

Ofcouce not, front as in the 2 front sidewindows.