The title says it all. I'm looking to tint the driver and front passenger side windows only, to match the rears, and wondering what ballpark prices should be.
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Tinting front side windows only -- est. cost?
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Ostrichsak
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Varies from location to location, area by area and is also dependent on what film is used. It can vary quite a bit depending on the combination of those metrics but probably $150-$200 or so would be ballpark. 17% give or take a couple percent will match the fronts to the rears and fall within legal limits for most states.
It's LA so probably a little higher than many areas, but at ~$200 it's a no-brainer -- I prefer the look of a matched front/back.
fholbert
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$150 in upland.
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A lot of other prices on this page.
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Ostrichsak
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Pricing on stuff like this where you are isn't all that different from the Front Range of Colorado. If anything, you have more competition which helps to keep the prices relatively reasonable. It's trickier in areas that have less competition, even if the cost of living/real estate prices are lower. Retail for the Nano Ceramic tint I just had done a couple of weeks ago on our new 2024 MYLR was $175 retail, $150 for me since we've had them tint dozens of cars over the years.
Great info.
Can the tint be easily removed at a later date? I'm leasing my car and I doubt Tesla will want me returning it with the tint.
Can the tint be easily removed at a later date? I'm leasing my car and I doubt Tesla will want me returning it with the tint.
Ostrichsak
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It's not an easy process, no. Installers don't like doing it either so it shows in the removal price. I doubt you'll need to remove it for lease return.
nkresho
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$160 out my way in Pennsylvania. Did mine a couple weeks ago.
Removal is a bit of a pain, but DIY-able. I've used a steamer, like you do for clothes to get it nice and warm, then peel off in one piece. Heat then peel some, then heat and peel more. It does leave "boogers" of adhesive here and there that you need to remove by hand (fingernail). Then where you remove them, you'll get a smudge that you need to use isopropyl or similar to get off. Whatever you do, don't lower the window until you get them all off or it'll smudge on the fuzzy window guide and forever leave streaks on the glass.
Removal is a bit of a pain, but DIY-able. I've used a steamer, like you do for clothes to get it nice and warm, then peel off in one piece. Heat then peel some, then heat and peel more. It does leave "boogers" of adhesive here and there that you need to remove by hand (fingernail). Then where you remove them, you'll get a smudge that you need to use isopropyl or similar to get off. Whatever you do, don't lower the window until you get them all off or it'll smudge on the fuzzy window guide and forever leave streaks on the glass.
Ostrichsak
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$350? That's not much more than they'd be charged for removal in the LA area. If it were me, I'd roll the dice as the odds (despite the two anecdotal posts of unquestionable validity you cited) are in their favor that it'll be a non-issue at the time of turn-in. That said, I don't lease vehicles for reasons exactly like this among man, many more.
BC-LR
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Just did mine here in Western Canada and with the windshield was only ~$500. Removal is super easy, I've done it on alot of cars since I was a kid. Just rip the plastic tint off, the glue will remain on the glass (sometimes some glue might come with the tint, heat gun can sometimes help keep the glue attached to the tint but is a pain and takes forever) then just use goo-gone and a glass scraper with plastic blade and paper towel/microfiber cloth (all home Depot supplies - super cheap), wet the cloth with some more goo gone as a final wipe. Clean with glass cleaner when done. Just tape off the top of the door card with thick plastic bag wrapped to the ground and be cautious with the goo-gone liquid. Totally DIY-able and takes maybe 30 minutes a window start to finish. The tinters up here I've found will remove it pretty cheap, offer some cash, grab coffee and they'll bang it out. I just rather do it and avoid any issues to the door card etc. Good luck. Do you have a percentage sorted out? Are you doing your windshield to? I can say ceramic Xpel xr came out super nice and cuts tons of heat - especially with windshield done.. I'm a fan.
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I rolled the dice today. Price is $120, lower than I'd expected. Maybe the person who'd said that pricing is more competitive here had it correct.
Ostrichsak
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That's a bargain compared to what you likely would have paid to have it removed by a professional tint shop and the next owner gets windows professionally tinted already.. win win!
Turns out the $120 quote was for regular tint. Ceramic was $150. They pulled a little bait-and-switch, but I'm ultimately OK with that since the total was the same as my initial expectation and they did a great job with the installation.
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