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The yellow pages will give you a plethora of tinting places in Melb. Since tinting has been around for a while now you don't really have to worry about getting crappy film like the bubbling blue stuff you see on 80's cars, and all places will be using metalised films. Your best bet is to ring a few and get quotes bcos some of the 'better known' places like 'tint a car' are pretty damn expensive. And you will find you can bargain with prices etc if you ring around. I can think of a few off the top of my head from when i was looking for my r33. Tint a car, premier tint, vip window tinting, Southern cross window tinting, the tint professor etc etc. Some places will come to your house and do it for you if you have a garage. Thats how mine was done. >_< Two guys came out and finished in a bit over an hour. :D

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The yellow pages will give you a plethora of tinting places in Melb. Since tinting has been around for a while now you don't really have to worry about getting crappy film like the bubbling blue stuff you see on 80's cars, and all places will be using metalised films. Your best bet is to ring a few and get quotes bcos some of the 'better known' places like 'tint a car' are pretty damn expensive. And you will find you can bargain with prices etc if you ring around. I can think of a few off the top of my head from when i was looking for my r33. Tint a car, premier tint, vip window tinting, Southern cross window tinting, the tint professor etc etc. Some places will come to your house and do it for you if you have a garage. Thats how mine was done. >_< Two guys came out and finished in a bit over an hour. :D

Who did you end up going with? Wouldn't mind someone coming to my house.

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Who did you end up going with? Wouldn't mind someone coming to my house.

i still remember the day i took my car for a tint and the tint shop decided to give me a tint as well as a dent....such nice f**kers....always thinking about the customer, then denying that they even put that little present there for me.....

took my mums mazda to premier tint man - they were really good (and didnt put a dent either!). Got it done for $195 - but you may be able to sniff out better deals.

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