DIY window tint

[freshtiva]

They suggest appling the tint to the back window in 6 in horizontal strips, overlapping the strips 1/32". Might not be to bad on a hatch but Id buy an extra roll or two if I was doing the rear window in the following video. Id probably come out of the back seat with a six inch strip of tint wrapped around my head and stuck in my hair.

http://www.gilafilms.com/movies/auto/DIY-rearwindow.wmv

[stefan]

Nice work. I've been wanting to get my windows tinted... but all the faded purple/ bubbly tint jobs I see around town make me nervous to do it myself.

Im curious... those who have done the rear in strips.. can you see the lines?

[Damkid]

I had my festiva professionally tinted and they did the hatch in 1 piece, i know the pro's use a heat gun to curve it to the shape of the window

[freshtiva]

I think you could do a festy hatch in three or even two pieces easily. Then you would only have one or two lines if they do show. I would say the darker the tint the less likely youd see the overlap. The festiva rear glass is pretty flat compared to most other rear windows.

[av8ter]

You can do the back glass in one piece no prob.

Kevin

[austyfrosty]

i did my back window in one piece..just had to use a heat gun to help get the fingers out as they call them

[Festiva_tunner]

Nice work. I've been wanting to get my windows tinted... but all the faded purple/ bubbly tint jobs I see around town make me nervous to do it myself.

Im curious... those who have done the rear in strips.. can you see the lines?

If you buy a higher quality tint it should not fade like that

[JoDan]

Lol, I guess I will just use this post to ask this question instead of making a new one. I've been wanting to tint my back 3 windows for quite some time and I took the old bubbly purple tint that was on the 2 side windows for who knows how long, but when I went to do the hatch, the tint came off, but I'm guessing its the glue that is still on there where the bubble were. So does anyone know of any strong cleaning solutions that could possibly dissolve this glue?

[Festiva_tunner]

Lol, I guess I will just use this post to ask this question instead of making a new one. I've been wanting to tint my back 3 windows for quite some time and I took the old bubbly purple tint that was on the 2 side windows for who knows how long, but when I went to do the hatch, the tint came off, but I'm guessing its the glue that is still on there where the bubble were. So does anyone know of any strong cleaning solutions that could possibly dissolve this glue?

use a white scotch pad to clean the window - the white will not scratch the glass - if you have defrost take care not to rub on the conductors