Car Window Tinting

prudentsaving42

I want to get my car windows tinted professionaly, preferably with a guarantee, but don't know where to get the cheapest deal. Doing it myself is out of the question. I'm in the west London region. Any recommendations or suggestions?

Thanks

Nile

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judderman

kenan557 wrote: »

I want to get my car windows tinted professionaly, preferably with a guarantee, but don't know where to get the cheapest deal. Doing it myself is out of the question. I'm in the west London region. Any recommendations or suggestions?

Thanks

i want to get mine done too, what car have you got?
i had a quick google and found [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]South Coast Tints, they quoted me £223.25 to £329.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]i also found r-tech auto desgin, in St Albans/Hatfield i'm gonna call them and get a quote.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I have a Mk4 golf and found someone on mkiv.net who's in Croydon who quoted me £140 [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Let us know how you get on, maybe get disscount for a group buy...lol :beer: [/FONT]

Paparika

http://www.vosa.gov.uk/vosacorp/repository/Tinted%20Windows%20Nov%202005.pdf#xml=http://www.vosa.gov.uk/SCRIPTS/texis.exe/webinator/search/xml.txt?query=tinting&pr=CORP&order=r&cq=&id=4827d38810


can i suggest you check here first, there are regulations on window tinting, and it could save you even more money, rather than get stopped and get a fine later all for the sake of 'looking good'

Keith

You should pay around £150 for the rear 3 windows

prudentsaving42

I found an online quote for £90, then realised that's in glasgow... anything cheaper around here??? Seeing how the tint only costs £10, £140 for an hours work seems too much.

vikingaero

kenan557 wrote: »

I found an online quote for £90, then realised that's in glasgow... anything cheaper around here??? Seeing how the tint only costs £10, £140 for an hours work seems too much.

£140 is cheap! Don't forget that most places have to pay rent, rates, electricity, gas, water, telephone. I would worry if a place took 1 hour to tint my car. If you want a premium price comparison then call Pentagon:


http://www.pentagonglasstech.com/window-tinting.php :eek:

A decent place will spend a few hours to tint a car properly. That means:

Cleaning the glass
Sizing the tint
Removing the door cards
Removing the windows/glass (except the back window)
Cleaning the glass
Applying the tint
Baking the tinted glass in an oven
Refitting and reassembling the door cards

Smi1er

vikingaero wrote: »

A decent place will spend a few hours to tint a car properly. That means:

Cleaning the glass
Sizing the tint
Removing the door cards
Removing the windows/glass (except the back window)
Cleaning the glass
Applying the tint
Baking the tinted glass in an oven
Refitting and reassembling the door cards

They only need to clean the window once:p , size the tint and apply. The rest is not necessary.

£50 per window is average.

Stephb1986_2

I want my windows tinted on my 08 plate VW Eos im not sure if they will be able to remove the windows as its a hard top convertible especially the rear one as everything is on hydraulics

Im near manchester anyone know a good place to get it done?

many thanks

Steph xx

vikingaero

Smi1er wrote: »

They only need to clean the window once:p , size the tint and apply. The rest is not necessary.

£50 per window is average.

Depends whether you want a Quality or a kwality job.

vikingaero

Stephb1986 wrote: »

I want my windows tinted on my 08 plate VW Eos im not sure if they will be able to remove the windows as its a hard top convertible especially the rear one as everything is on hydraulics

Im near manchester anyone know a good place to get it done?

many thanks

Steph xx

The back window doesn't need to be removed as the tint can be applied in place. It would be impossible to remove the window without breaking the adhesive sealant. The reason for baking the tint in an oven is to ensure adhesion on the lips where the front/rear windows winds up and down and contacts the sealing rubber.