Tinting!

  1. #1
    Can someone give me a rough estimate on how much it will cost to tint the rear window and both rear side windows on my 3 door Mk1?

    And would it be worth trying to do it myself
  2. #2
    It can be done DIY style with pre-cut tints you buy of ebay but its a pain to do,to have it done properly your looking at anything from £150-£250 thats what I was quoted.


    Steve.
  3. #3
    Your looking at 100-180 depending on where you go.

    My friend had a go at it himself and its quite bad, my advice would be to go to a professional.
  4. #4
    Cheers guys! £200 is what Im looking at spending. Anyone ever heard of Whitehorse Auto Styling in Salisbury?
  5. #5
    motorworld do it for £120 for a 3 door hatch rear and rear side windows.
  6. #6
    if you do mess the tints up how do you get them off anyway ?
  7. #7
    Im guessing you could peel them off if you did them yourself!

    And can someone quickly tell me the laws regarding the darkness of the tints?
  8. #8
    well when i got a quote he refused to tint the front of the car and he did a light transparency test and he was right the factory tints are at the max but the rears can all go to limo black.
  9. #9
    Like I thought, I have heard so many different people telling me what I can and cannot have! So I have decided just to do the rears!
  10. #10
    but i watched a police program on tele the other week and they were police checking cars with the dsa and a honda civic type r got pulled and asked to remove tints even tho they are factory standard ! so it all depends on the police really
  11. #11
    I will look in to the law a bit deeper before I make a final decision I think!
  12. #12
    onist opinion unless ya cars a show car i wouldnt bother
  13. #13
    hey, i had a go at fitting the tints myself.. i wouldn't recommend it, because even if you get all the tints on without ripping or fucking them up.. they don't look very good, my advice go pro, cost me about £140
  14. #14
    i personally dont recommend it.
  15. #15
    total tinting

    5 year warranty on film
    lifetime warranty on fitting

    www.totaltinting.co.uk

    i got quoted 170 for all the windows on mine even the front! might even do windscreen too lol!!
  16. #16
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by griff2610 View Post
    total tinting

    5 year warranty on film
    lifetime warranty on fitting

    www.totaltinting.co.uk

    i got quoted 170 for all the windows on mine even the front! might even do windscreen too lol!!
    illegal? Well the windscreen tinting is definitely illegal.
  17. #17
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Matt67 View Post
    illegal? Well the windscreen tinting is definitely illegal.
    yeah it is on the front windows but if you only get it lightly you wownt get pulled! i know the windscreen is! bit impractical to i.e drivng at night!
  18. #18
    fink ur allowed 20ish% tint on the front sides and nothing other than a sunstrip on the screen dont take that as gospel tho

    ive got a light smoke all round and a sunstrip and have no issues with the polizi
  19. #19
    They are a twat to get on and a twat to get off lol...u fuk it up...well your fuked....took my mate 3hours of scrapping to get the glue stuff off when he messed them up, get them done proffesionaly...dipped windows ftw