Dimcorner

http://www.doityourselftint.com/

Whaddaya guys tink?


BTW.. The place that quoted me 130 for tinting screwed me over! They switched and said, "well because it's an Acura it's going to cost 170 bux. We wouldn't even touch an acura for 130."

My reply...
"Its a honda, do you charge your honda's 170 too for 5 windows?"
So I left.

CLUofI

i was quoted 220 for 5 windows at 3 different shops, so feel lucky. But the fact that he changed the price based on the fact it was an acura is nonsense

Jonesi

Have you ever tinted windows before..?!? Trust me, leave it to the professionals. I had mine done for $170 so that price is average to reasonable..

CLpower

leave it to the pros. I got mine done for 140

spdy0001

Got mine done for $110 and trust me as others have said Leave it to the guys that know what their doing. Our car is more difficult than normal because of the dot matrix and tinting behind the third brakelight.

AdamsNew98CL

$110 cash for 20% on 5 windows. Offer the guy a cash deal, they usually are more flexible in that situation

red99cl2.3

lol i remember same shit happened to me. i asked him how much it would cost to tint a 94 accord two door. he said 110.00 than i took my car and he was like ohh this is an "ack" its gonna cost you 180.00 i was hell no than he said man you riding around in an "ack" and you bitching about a couple of bills. i was about to slap him silly

Dimcorner

The guy won't do 3rd brake light tint unless it take out the rear panel. He also wants to go around the dot matrix saying that he doesn't like it cuz it don't stick as well.

spdy0001

Run away from that guy because he doesn't know what he is doing

My tinter didn't have to remove the rear deck he just slide the tint in behind the light and then smoothed it out. Also a good tinter should have no problems with the dot matrix

cusdaddy

It's not worth the effort and it most likely will come out looking like crap. I tried doing it myself once back in HS, and it was a disaster

Jonesi

I did the same in HS and vowed to NEVER try it again or let a friend try.. Not worth the hassle at all.. It's like a art form.

The dot matrix is normally covered by vinyl.. And just for possible legal/cop troubles I had him cut around the brake light..

2003type-s6

For real, leave that stuff to the professionals. Get a guarantee so if they mess up they will fix it free of charge. I got 3M lifetime guarantee tint, cost me like 200 bucks or so.

berny

I would suggest you pay the extra money and give it to the pros. I got mine done for 200$, however, I have life warranty and they are rayban

Smitty

yep.. Jonesi went to the guy who i recommended who owns a JUST a TINT shoppe... he does residents and automotive tinting... You need to find someone who is a professional and will stand behind their work & product...

I paid 150.00 6/15/02

Linner

I paid 180 in NY state and they did an awesome job, I ve gotten 3 cars done there. DO NOT do it yourself my friend did it to hes caddy and we ripped it off the next day.

darrinb

its gonna be hard to do yourself, have a shop do it

jimcol711

tinting is an ARTFORM, dont fuck around with those ghetto kits, it will look like absolute shit unless youve done it TONS of times. theres only one guy i go to to tint all my cars, hes not the cheapest, but ill GIVE my car to anyone that can find a bubble in my tint.

point being, its worth it to spend the money and have it done by a professional. you see ghetto hoopties rollin around all the time with horrible bubbled up and peeling tint. guess who did the tint jobs? the owners......

dont let your CL-S be a ghetto hooptie

pay for a pro

TypeS_boi

If you've never ever seen it done or at least tinted a car yourself then don't do it. I've tinted a couple cars back when I was in HS, takes patience and a nice gameplan. But don't doubt your own skills, some people are just scared to do stuff themselves for fear of fucking up.

9D7Ack

def not worth doin it urself cause it looks horrible and u will get those bubbles like the limos.....def worth the $150-$200 professionally done

joeshmoe

I did my jeep myself years ago. It was a pain, but it turned out very nice. The only thing is jeeps are pretty easy.

I'd get a pro to do the CL. If anything, do it for the lifetime warrenty.