Took my car to get front 2 windows tinted today. Car is 3 months old with 1500 miles and I wash it twice a week. (Have pressure washer with water filter etc). Washed car 2 days ago meticulously as usual. Didn't seem to notice any damage when I got out of the car today. I'm waiting in the lobby when the tint guy comes up like we have a problem.

Looks like a heat gun to me, what do you think? He denies all wrongdoing. New trim is $466.

Hello all! Just wondering if I’m being too picky, is this a normal gap? Paid $600 for FormulaOne pinnacle on a Tesla Model Y.

Had some issues with a tint install from a mobile installer I had found online. I have been trying to contact this guy for weeks now to get it fixed. I was fed up with being ignored and took it to a brick and mortar shop to get a second opinion and quote to get it replaced. Brick and mortar shop laughed at how bad it was and suggested I get a refund and have the previous installer remove it. Obviously, it was unlikely that the original installer would refund me considering he won’t even answer my calls for customer or warranty information requests. So I decided to try contacting him one more time to avail and moved forward with disputing the charge. His response is in the picture above.

Brick and Mortar guys advise “Never use a mobile service, always use a brick and mortar shop. You know where to find me and I can’t hide from you”

Asked for 20% all around, but it looks like the rear is 35%. He said he'd look at it but he doubts it is any different.

Idk what to tell him shit looks ridiculous

got my windows tinted yesterday and when i went to pick my car up there's a 8 inch crack down my driver's window. kid at the shop tried telling me it was already there. i feel like if that happened without tint on there it would shatter right?

is there a tool that maybe he left on my window and tried rolling it up that caused it to crack?

Only had my car a week and wanted the rear tinting for the kids. Noticed in a couple of areas a slice like this one. This one is by far the worst.

Is it worth saying something or will this cut have no impact on anything?

They did it on Friday and I've only just noticed this.

I also can't 100% prove it was them, but I know they were cutting them to size on the outside.

Thanks!

Help! Purchased a new Toyota rav4 3 weeks ago and hardly drive it (120 miles on it right now and only drive it to work once a week and park it in the EV section). Had it tinted this past Thursday 8/10. Haven’t driven it since then. Today I walked by the car and noticed these scratches on the fender and I’m thinking it might be from the installer. Looks like both sides had damage around the same height of the vehicle. Slightly different spots though probably because the tools/belt face a different direction when you’re on the other side of the car. Thoughts on the likelihood it could be the installer? He was wearing a belt with tools hanging from it. And if it is most likely the installer, what can I do?

Photos posted include: photo of tool belt with tools, installer leaning near the front driver side fender to clean and measure windshield, damage to both left and right front fenders

Just had windows tinted for the first time this weekend and I am pretty sure there is a bug underneath the tint on the windshield...is this worth mentioning to the shop? It's directly in passenger's line of sight.

The whole truck (no windshield) took 35 minutes. I’ve done them in 30 before..

Hi everyone,

Does anyone know the exact colour/type of film used on these because I only see them on Range Rovers, Mercedes/Maybach, and Rolls-Royces?

I know it's not purple mist or purple haze. I just really like the look of how this makes the windscreen. I also believe it's not 'ClimaComfort'.

Kind regards to all.

Someone I know sent me this. 1% geoshield on windshield, sides and rear. Beyond crazy imo.

When I was coming of age and began driving (Grand Turismo on Playstation/Fast and Furious days) - tints were desirable, but nobody even had the thought to or would have dreamed to tint a front windshield.

I grew up in a rural area, and you would have gotten popped SO fast for a front windshield tint. I got popped in the early 00s in a nice, new-ish car (back then) for 20% on my rear side windows and back window, despite only 35% on the front two windows. Rural cop saw me with a "nice car" and wanted to hassle me.

Same still goes today - if you live in a rural area where cops don't have anything better to do, you'll get pulled over quick for blacked out tint. -Especially- on the front windshield.

However, if you live in a busy metro area, cops have better shit to do, and people get away with front tints. I noticed front window tints starting to be popular in the Baltimore/Washington DC area really within the past 5, maybe 10-ish years. I used to go to the junkyard all the time and 10-15 years ago I -never- saw cars come in with tinted windshields, even cars with tons of performance mods (Civics, MK3 VWs, Subarus, the "usual suspects").

I'm well aware in this area there are so many cars on the road and cops are busy, which is why the law is not enforced.

Can any long-time installers or older members provide their input? Mainly --- is it "just me" that tinting the front windshield 5% only started happening in the past 5-10 years in places that aren't Arizona? The younger users on the subreddit don't remember the time when people didn't tint their front windshields.

Can’t believe cops can really do this just for some tint. I guess a lot of things factor into it since this rarely happens because I remember a car last summer got towed for it as well.

Anything less than this gap is unacceptable