I was looking around and i have watched the guys at the local shop tint windows and i was wondering if it would be a good idea to tint them myself...like i am thinking soo i spend 30 bucks try to do it my self. if i do it then great i saved a lot of money. If not then i am out 30 bucks!!!
what are your guys opinions

 

I did it on my buddy's 80's Bimmer... umm lets just say i would pay the $$$ next time.

 

Do NOT try it yourself. it is an art.

Send me the 30 bucks and save yourself the aggravation. Trust me, you cant do it.

 

okay soo dont even try...

 

Don't even try. As he said, it is an art. And if you have never done it before, you sure ain't no artist.

 

i want to try though man... its seems like there are a lot of people that have done it...

i will also get preccut film... soo i will not have to cut

 

Well best of luck to ya...

 

NO DONT DO IT!!! i had done it myself on my cavi and it sucked, started peeling and ****. on my cobalt i had it done rite and it is worth every penny

 

if you wanna try it, than try it. there are plenty of people that do it, its just not easy. it is gonna take alot of patience and work. the worst thing that can happen is you spend a few bucks and it comes out like crap and you bring it to get it done.

 

ahha yea that is my theory on it

 

It just takes a lot of patience and steady hands and attention to detail.

















Though I would never do it myself.

 

ahha true...i am gonna try...maybe it will work...or maybe nott i will find out

 

dude dont im telling you... ahh ****, this is gona suck when u end up spending more for a tint shop to remove your mess

 

well i did em, first time ever too.

what i learned after. i should have taken the entire window out of the door, on both sides, because the front sides have a decent amount of realllly tiny air bubbles. the small side windows are fine. i also didnt use a hair dryer when squeegeeing the tint on, which is probably why i have some small bubbles. i havent done the back yet, because we messed up a few times and ran out of material.

Personally if i had the money to get it done i would, i might still try the back, but i can tell the back will be hands down the most difficult and frustrating part.

 

good luck! I woudl say do the back first and get the frusteration over with right away. then you will save another hour and bring it to a shop. lol though, just be careful and take your time and good luck!

 

i dont know why everyone is so apposed to doing them yourself.....

I'll give you a tip that's helped me tint windows many of times...

If you can, REMOVE the windows from the car...this obviously wont work for the small rear windows or the back glass, but you CAN remove the door glass. By removing the door glass, you can get the tint on every inch of the glass, leaving no cut lines or blank spaces...

While i dont own a cobalt...or any gm product for that matter...i've always tinted my own windows and they've come out perfect every time. Just make sure you have a clean workspace, plenty of solution mixed up, a good window cleaner(that does NOT have ammonia in it), a few spare/dead credit cards, paper towels, and lots of patience.

Remove the glass, set them on your work surface, clean BOTH sides very well, lay down the tint over the glass(backing still on) and make a VERY ROUGH cutout of what you'll need..keep the cut about 1-2" away from the glass, this gives room for error and movement. Take your cutout, have a friend hold it up in the air, start peeling off the clear backing to expose the adhesive, spray the tint down very well with solution, set the wet tint down on top of the wet glass. Take one of your credit cards and make a + in the tint to start removing the liquid. make the horizontal press be along the horizontal curve of the glass. From there, just keep pushing out more liquid...when you think you got it all....go over it again....and then again...use the paper towels to soak up that which you've pushed out. Even when you think you've got it all, i can promise there is still more left...the more you get out, the sooner you can use your windows. If you take your time and make sure you get every last bit of water out, your windows will be ready to use within hours......instead of days done by a professional shop...

Once you've gotten all of the water out, take a raxor blade and SLOWLY go around the edge of the glass, cutting away the excess. It's best to hold the razor blade at an angle, so that you cut away right where the edge of the window becomes rounded, this will give you a very strong hold on the tint and itll make the tint look totally factory since there's no lines at the top or on the sides.

Let the windows sit under a light (heatlamp if you got one) for a couple hours to help dry up anything left under the tint and then carefully reinstall in your car......


OK...now that i look at what i just wrote...yeah maybe it is an art...lol

try it yourself, if it doesnt work, then you konw better from now on.....

 

no but its deffinatly an art to be able to do that nicely for a livng and do a car in an hour.

 

If you do it and **** it up, the tint place will charge you extra to take off the tint.

 

Just go for it man. Like what was said b 4 it is an art to get it correctly. You might have it in you. Never know unless you try. But if you dont have spare tint or money to use on materials then just have it done professionally.

 

well, i never claimed to be able to do it in an hour, lol

 

post pics of the mess you make

 

haa i will...thanks for the support ahah

 

dont do it.

everyone ive ever known has regretted their first "im gonna tint it myself!" experience.

 

did u tint your yourself?

 

not on this car lol.
i learnt my lesson about 8 years ago when i tried it.