I want to remove the front tints since my uncles gonna be driving the first gen tl now. Whats the best/easiest way to get it to come off. I'll probably do it tomorrow.

 

Spray lots of simple green inside the windows. Make sure you soak them. Then use a trashbag and cover them up to keep them wet. Turn on the heater so that the glue comes off better. After some time just use a razor blade and start stripping. Be real careful on the defrost lines on the rear window.

 

he doesnt need to be careful with the defrost lines cuz he's only doin the front! cant you read

 

I used a razor blade to remove the tint. Then I used goo gone to remove the adhesive left behind. Goo gone+razor blade+lotsa patience=removal of that damn adhesive crap.

 

blah.. I was tired...

 

this is exactly what I did on a previous car and it worked like a charm...yea, the patience thing is important with the glue otherwise you're going to drive yourself insane.

 

the process you guys posted is very unnecessary...all you have to do is peel off the film. afterwards, you'll have the glue from the tint on the window. just spray soapy water on the window and proceed to scrape off the glue. the glue will come off real easy if you soak the window with the soapy water. after, you can use steel wool to LIGHTLY scrub the windows. if you scrub too hard, you will scratch the window.

i know this simple way works b/c i use to work at my friend's tint shop. no need to buy anything.

1) soapy water
2) razor blade
3) a little elbow grease
4) steel wool (optional)

 

What worked best for me was:

Items needed:
Grade 0000 (four zeros) steel wool from wal-mart
Spray bottle
Dawn blue dishwashing soap
warm water.

1. Start a corner of the film and peel back. Tint has two layers in most cases. The first layer will take the colored film off, the layer underneath is the glue.

2. Now you are left with the glue residue. Simply put some dawn soap into your spray bottle. Mix with warm to hot water. I used hot water.

3. Spray the soapy mixture all over the window on the glue. Make sure you put some paper towels or old t-shirt at the bottom so the fluid doesn't run down your door if you want to keep things cleaner.

4. Wait about 15 minutes, put some more hot water into your spray bottle and repeat step 3, then wait another 15 minutes.

5. The glue will then be super soft and use the steel wool and rub in a circular motion around the glass. The tint will be 100% removed. The steel wool will not scratch as long as you use the 0000 grade.

I did this on 4 door windows in about 1hr or so. There are other methods, but this is what my tinter told me to do and he's been doing this for close to 20 years now. It worked great for me and saved me alot of money and scratches to my windows by not using a blade.

Good Luck!

 

Save yourself the trouble and get it professionally done.

They probably steam if off.

 

no they dont...only for the rear window. do you know how long it would take if you steamed off all 4 windows?? it took me about 45 min to steam off the tint off the back window.

 

Razor blade and ammonia/water.

 

make it ALL easier, just replace the windows

 

Sup guys....just took them out yesterday night and DAMN! I hope I don't have to do that again. I used goo gone and a razor blade...took me about an hour to finally get everything off. Thanks for the info guys!
Shawn744- yea maybe I'll buy new windows next time haha JK

 

how long have they been tinted? congrats btw