Cost of window tint?

[whafalia]

The outer wall of the westy cabinet can be knocked out easy enough, allowing more access for the tinter. We mostly keep blankets and soft stuff in there so if anything more room and with a dark enough tint one can't see in the closet from outside.
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84 westie 2.2 w/ digijet, AT

[bluehair62]

[JJfierce]

Just wanted to give an update - after a few different quotes I found a shop that did it for $900. This was with high quality ceramic tint and they offered a life time warranty against any bubbles or fading. They did a great job and after having it for 3 months in the SoCal summer heat I think it was worth every penny!

[Cdub!]

JJ can you provide details for the vendor for anyone else wanting to follow suit in SoCal?

[JJfierce]

Mr Tint
28822 Old Town Front St #106, Temecula, CA
(951) 695-5536

[Mateo83]

I don’t know about a Vanagon but I paid $400 at a shop for all rear windows 5% & 15 on the fronts & panoramic sunroof on my Audi SQ5

[Sodo]

Can you buy window tint in rolls, in person, in a big city like Seattle?
I'd like to look at it first.
Also gotta decide on the %.
Thinking about gold tint on a gold tintop.... but not sure about the 'fader" style.
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'90 Westy EJ25, 2Peloquins, 3knobs, pressure-oiled GT mainshaft, filtered, cooled gearbox
'87 Tintop w 47k 53k, '12 SmallCar EJ25, cooled filtered gearbox
....KTMs, GasGas, SPOT mtb

[do.dah]

[Sodo]

Thx, I called.
TAP (Laird plastics, Renton) can order the film but they don’t stock it.
Its hard to search for the film, cuz all u get is installers.

I called Gila Films technical hotline (1-800-528-4481, Eastman films) who said “call us anytime 24/7”.
Gila said HomeDepot & Ace have residential in stock.
Autozone Oreilly and Napa have Automotive tint in stock.
Said not to use residential on automotive windows (some legal reasons and the glass is different. Some residential windows have coatings etc. )

Said there are static cling films for automotive.
Has anyone tried static cling?
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'90 Westy EJ25, 2Peloquins, 3knobs, pressure-oiled GT mainshaft, filtered, cooled gearbox
'87 Tintop w 47k 53k, '12 SmallCar EJ25, cooled filtered gearbox
....KTMs, GasGas, SPOT mtb

[danfromsyr]

I have a static cling on my rear window..
it's a big decal.. it's vinyl so don't go getting aggressive (chemically or physically) cleaning it and it's not as optically clear as a film.

but I tossed it up there in a campground and it keeps the heat out of the back where the dog liked to be.. no more baked potato
I also added a rear cling overlay on the outside... to further reduce solar gains.
that has it's own myriad of considerations...
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[Crankey]

I've had Gila film, it starts grey and turned purple.

[jimf909]

[Sodo]

I have peeled off 'purple' tint from a pickup that I bought.
It was 'scratched' enough to impede vision on humid days.
It was no fun getting it off.


I'm not a "tinter" anyway.
I like to see the real world in it real colors.
Sunsets, sunrises.


But I have 'requests' if ya know what I mean by 'requests'.
For this summer, in the desert.
Soon.
The static cling appeals more to me, if it's nice and clear and behaves.
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'90 Westy EJ25, 2Peloquins, 3knobs, pressure-oiled GT mainshaft, filtered, cooled gearbox
'87 Tintop w 47k 53k, '12 SmallCar EJ25, cooled filtered gearbox
....KTMs, GasGas, SPOT mtb

[jimf909]

^^^I also bought a pickup with bad tinting on it. The youtube showed me that a heat gun and a good plastic scraper helped remove tint easily, say 5-10 minutes per window max.

Are the requests for summer comfort driving down the road and in camp in the afternoon? Then static vinyl - if it significantly cuts down on heat gain inside - may be the perfect answer because it can be easily removed for the evening sunset and morning light.

I dislike a dark van interior but I also dislike the heat of the sun (I understand that this is the IR that needs to be blocked and ceramic tint does this) on me as I drive.

I don't want a dark window tint blocking this...

Ot this...

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- Jim

[Crankey]

[kamzcab86]

[markswagen]

for anyone else is san diego, there's a place in chula vista that does a good job, l don't remember the name, but can find if asked.
l have an exchange set of glass, so it can be tinted, then have a window guy come along and swap out fresh tinted glass for what was in there.
so there's no time when the van doesn't have glass in it, as the tint guy is busy, so the glass is usually with him a week or two.
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markswagen {mobile mechanic} san diego area all early VW's cared for.

619 201 0310

[Crankey]

I read that to remove tint you can bag the glass with cut pieces of garbage bags taped to the glass, then flood inside there with ammonia. Helps to do it outside in the hot sun. I did this and it helped a lot.