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Ezy03

By Ezy03,
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Ezy03 Experienced

Ezy03

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Hi there boys n girls, well I wanted to see if anyone knew anything about the following .. My coupe has blemishes on the stock tints on all windows including mirrors. There sorta oil marks that I can't get rid of, anyways I'm wanting to tint all windows and mirrors and smoke the tail lights and head lights and I'm certain I can source the window tints and smoked light films (excluding the side mirrors) anyways I have a few questions for those who have done this before or have any idea about it,

1- does anyone know who would retint my car for a good price?

2- would it be cheaper to sort out my own tints and just pay for the labour if putting them on?

3- can anyone give me a rough estimate on how much it would cost to scrape off the current stock tints and put on new ones let's say new ones at 20%

Chris Rogers Grand Master

Chris Rogers

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I would SERIOUSLY rethink your approach here. the car may look like crap but I dare say its a tad more legal than it would be if yo did this.

that said yellow pages is your friend.

daisu Mentor

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I think he means the smoking/tinting of the head and tail lights... when you think about it, it's a pretty silly idea. Also, there is no need to tint your mirrors. No one is looking into your mirrors except you, and it's going to be hard enough to see them through the 20% tinting on your windows.

turbosuk Community Regular

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35% is the legal tint i have the dark windows on the back and just tinted the front with 35% and thats plenty dark enough

also i have the tinted tail lights and head lights i got the film from ebay in the us

Cruzen Enthusiast

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If you want the best quality Window Film , You cannot go past the film Tint A Car use. They use Window film from the USA which is much better than the Chinese film the Tint professor uses unless the professor runs out of film and gets some through Tint A Car.

Chris Rogers Grand Master

Chris Rogers

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I think he means the smoking/tinting of the head and tail lights... when you think about it, it's a pretty silly idea. Also, there is no need to tint your mirrors. No one is looking into your mirrors except you, and it's going to be hard enough to see them through the 20% tinting on your windows.

that is eaxctly what I mean.

20% at night is nigh on impossible to see through. even 35% on my van makes it hard at times. think about it for a second.

sethaiyaar Community Regular

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soooooo........... i have 5% on my car.........................

>.>

*hides*

5%!!!! your insane!!............umm i've heard Zinus Tint is really good, a couple of people have done it through him on this forum and they

do vouch for his quality of work. His prices are also the cheapest you will find and come with a 10 year guarantee. As far as tint quality goes, i dont know what he uses.

Im sure someone else can also pitch in about him. btw his number is 0415231222.

Ezy03 Experienced

Ezy03

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Ah sorry guys I didn't make my self clear , the side mirrors I don't want to tint them but they have this oily bubble look in them I'm not sure if there is some sort of screening there that can be taken off and replaced. As for the tints I might have to check out in person how the %'s look like in real life , as for the head and tail lights I just want to "smoke" them cuz I just simply like the look of it.

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V35_Paul Veteran

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I did mine.

Looked Cool.

Couldn't see at night at all.

The tint increased the temp inside the headlight and reduced the life of the plastic lens whiched caused stress fractures.

It took about 10/15 mins each one.

I have taken them off now.

I'll take a pic and post it of the lights now if you want.

post-60315-1264946000_thumb.jpg

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Ezy03 Experienced

Ezy03

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Yea some thing like that but lighter, a guy I saw with a white v coupe had something similar to wat Im looking for I'll try googling it later and find some pics that are closest to the type/darkness/style I'm looking for

scathing Grand Master

scathing

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Someone posted up on another subforum on here about a film that makes the light enclosure darker during the day, but doesn't obscure the colour too much at night. It can either tint, or change the colour.

It might be worth checking out.

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scathing Grand Master

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http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Ti...ts-t252545.html

Bingo

I'll probably end up doing it on the Z, since I've gone for a "black contrast" theme on my car.

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FoxV35 Rising Star

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5%!!!! your insane!!............umm i've heard Zinus Tint is really good, a couple of people have done it through him on this forum and they

do vouch for his quality of work. His prices are also the cheapest you will find and come with a 10 year guarantee. As far as tint quality goes, i dont know what he uses.

Im sure someone else can also pitch in about him. btw his number is 0415231222.

Zinus did mine 15%, pretty good~

Ezy03 Experienced

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Zinus did mine 15%, pretty good~

mind pminf me some pics of your V with the 15% on?

also would be sweet if someone could send me there V if it has 35% or 30%.

thanks

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FoxV35 Rising Star

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mind pminf me some pics of your V with the 15% on?

also would be sweet if someone could send me there V if it has 35% or 30%.

thanks

yep i can send u some pics of mine~

but u cant reli tell in the pic, ull needa see it in person~

if u want it for look, 5% is the way to go lol

Ezy03 Experienced

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I don't want something to dark, just something that you can't see much I to the car and you can see that windows are black tinted that sorta class finish and look if anyone knOws wat I'm rambling about :P

Some pics would help :P

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ther Enthusiast

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Those "oil marks" are actually acid rain which usually happend if the car was at the docks waiting for transport for a period of time . Which is what my car had before i got it detailed. The detailer scrubbed all my windows and its all gone now but he managed to crack my bumper in the process.. but thats another story.

What you need to to is get those blotches out and it will take A LOT of elbow grease....

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