Hey all I'm looking for a quality tint shop in DFW TX area. I have a 2008 base TL and understand the car already came with some sort of light tint. My issue is do they need to remove the "factory tint" or can the new one be applied on top? I already have a few shops in mind mostly around NRH and Plano area from looking through yellow pages and craig list. Money is not a too big of issue. I need input from people who had their TLs tinted in the area that had top quality (good tint, moleskin stuff). Thanks !

 

no one tint their car in dfw?

i came up with a list of shop that's mentioned on line based on my search. let me know if you used one of the shop and had good experience with it ...........

Z Tint
Alta-Mer3
Formula One tint
ProTint
glacier
Sunray's custom tint
Tritek Window Tinting
All Around Tint
Moonshadow
Texas Tint
Artech Window Tinting
Ray's Tint Shop
D & D Window Tint

someone gotta know something about the shops here........

 

narrowed down the list a little. i'm actually in arlington so driving 50 miles out for a tint is kind out of the question

Z Tint & Alarms Inc
817-633-1770
3030 E Pioneer Pkwy Ste 102 Arlington, TX 76010
www.ztintalarms.com

Alta-Mere
4302 Lemmon Ave.
Dallas , TX 75219
214-521-7477

3000 Alta Mere
Fort Worth, TX 76116
817-696-8210

Pro Tint
1101 Ohio Dr. # 119 | Plano, TX 75093

Glacier Window Tinting
2500 South Cooper Street
Arlington, TX 76015-1606
(817) 860-8535

Tritek Window Tinting
2518 West Kingsley Road
Garland, TX 75041-2432
(972) 926-5666

MoonShadow Window Tinting
9858 Plano Rd.,
Dallas, TX 75238
(469)951-9603

i'm interested in your personal experience with above shops. please post a feedback if you have dealt with them personally. thanks

 

Previous owner of my car got the tinting done at MoonShadow and it's bubbling up pretty bad. I'd say stay away from that one.

 

YtseJammer thanks for the input. just scratched it from the list. I'm setting up an appt tomm with glacier.

btw all you should check out this site: http://windowtintcentral.com/
it lists most of the tint shops by state and city. wish i had seen it in the beginning. it should help you with future tinting need

 

Moon shadow has a nice lifetime warranty you can bring it back though. Tritek is nice I do not know how much they charge for tint removal. I had a friend with a type S that got it done there for 150 but he had no previous tint on there. Tritek also laser cuts there tint so it will fit perfectly.

 

Had my car done at ProTint & have had a great experience with them. I've been considering Tritek to fix my driver's window tint, but I don't care to pay the fee they charge to remove it. David is a great guy, though. He'll take good care of you.

 

thanks rick, i'm going to glacier tomorrow since it's right off cooper. i will stop by protint or tritek if that doesn't work.... did protint install felt or moleskin on your tso prevent scratches ?

 

I got it done at Pro Tint in plano.

 

I had the windows on my Ford Ranger tinted back in August of 2003 at Sun Masters (now SML) in Lewisville. The tint has never bubbled or gotten wavy, so I had them also do my 08 Focus and my brother's 08 F-150.

http://www.smlwindowtint.com/home.nxg

 

Vouch for Tritek! Went today and had an amazing experience. David's crew is simply the best. 8 years in the same location and a lifetime warranty is hard to beat. Also he has a KILLER R33 Skyline.

My write up is here

 

Alta Mere is hit or miss...the thing is that you might have a top tech work on your car...or you could get someone learning on the job. Thats my experience. Pro tint...they wanted $195 for a 3 year warranty...are you kidding me??

This is who I used...http://www.window-tinting-dallas.com

Heres what I liked about them...

1) Came to my office with 8 tint selections

2) For $224, they did a heck of a job.

3) Lifetime warranty film, ok, thats great...but whats much better is that when theyre done the tint looks professional...not that artificial black color from those dyed films.

4) I wouldnt use anyone else...and Ive used a couple of the places...these are my new guys.