Aftermarket tints

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Has anyone here had aftermarket tints done on the rear of their car?

I want them on the XJ and have 2 queries:

1. What is a reassonable price to pay for the rear half of a saloon?
2. What percentage are OEM tints in the UK?
 
I had a quote of £205 ex vat for my car, from a reputable place in the south. OEM tints seem to vary. I was going to have mine done to the Ford factory level before I decided that it was too dark and would be annoying.
 
I'm in a pickle then. A highly recommended place has come in at £100, however it's a bit on the backstreet side....A friend has used it but that was quite a while ago and had no problem but that was on a £400 car.

Yet another place with a fancy website came in at £250.
 
I would be inclined to avoid a £100 tint job on such a nice and expensive car as a Jag XJ, you are going to want perfection in the installation and a quality film to be used. I very much doubt you will get either of those things for £100 and on a car like that personally I would be reluctant to take the chance.
 
A good idea however his opening times are extremely inconsistent. He's been at the premises for around 10 years but he works extremely weird times which leads me to believe he just does it part time on the side for cash.

It could be worth a punt as tints can just be removed anyway? It's how I ended up finding my dirt cheap bodyshop whos turned out to be surprisingly good. Maybe risk it for the greater good ? :D
 
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I would get it done by a place with a good reputation. whether it's £100 or £400 go for quality not how much it costs.

Lol @ some of the above, expensive car or not windows are windows. Most places give you guarantee anyways.
 
He certainly has a good reputation, it's just the price has confused the hell out of me on how he can be cheaper than everyone else by this much.
 
If you have seen his work and trust him then go for it. At the end of the day if they come out crap then you can just get them peeled off and redone somewhere else.

Check what film he uses though, I believe most use Suntek (?) which is supposed to be good (?)
 
Personally I wouldn't worry about the cheaper job. If it's not to your satisfaction just say so. He is probably skilled at doing them but his overheads are low and probably does it cash in hand hence charging less.
Paying more doesn't always mean quality!
If you can see recent examples of his work that should put your mind at ease.
 
pepsilol said:
It could be worth a punt as tints can just be removed anyway?
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This is true but it can be a total pain - when I got my MX5 the previous owner had had the windows tinted, whilst I was happy to have a tinted rear soft top window (reduces dazzle at night), it was just too dark, it looked silly and was probably illegal. I decided to leave the tint film on the front quarterlights and the soft top window but take it off the side windows.

Taking the film of the side windows took the best part of a day, lots of card scraping with an old credit card to avoid marking the glass, and lots of sticky stuff remover. It'd be nice if it just peels off, and I have seem some film that was like this, comes away leaving the window unmarked, but some leaves a glue like residue that takes some real shifting :(
 
ADT said:
I would get it done by a place with a good reputation. whether it's £100 or £400 go for quality not how much it costs.

Lol @ some of the above, expensive car or not windows are windows. Most places give you guarantee anyways.
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While of course windows are windows, but not all tint jobs will be done to the same standard. If you are getting tints on the back doors of a rusty old Transit then the finish wont matter so much, but on a £50k motor you are going to want perfection, not bubbles, creases and light leaking around the edges.

That was all I was getting at. :)
 
I had the rear windows tinted on a focus I had to look like the black glass that ford do and they were great. If they use proper quality film then u should still see out of them easily even at night.
I used a shady backstreet garage because the guy had done it for years and he took all the glass from the doors out to tint them took him 5 hours by the time he left it to dry etc. cost £150.
25% is the best it's the next one up from limo 5% still looks dark but visibility is still good even at night.
 
Had three vehicles done - one by a specialist shop, the other by a car supermarket (using a mobile specialist) and the third at a main dealer (using a local specialist)

All a gret job and all ~£200
 
This is 25% that i had on a Focus for £150. had it 12 months never once bubbled or faded as i say if done properly with quality film its fine for years. 25% is the only one worth bothering with as 5% Limo is too dark and gangsta wannabe and the 35% looks way too light in the sun like nothing is on the windows. I could see out at night as if it was normal glass.
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I had a company in Bishops Stortford do mine (was recommended them by the lease company) on my 2008 Mondeo and it cost £180 (back in 2008). They did an excellent job of it and it was as good as the day it was done when the car went back in 2011. Can't remember the name though, sorry.
 
Ok so I gave the car in for the £100 tints. The guy started with the rear glass and had no idea how to disassemble the rear parcel shelf as it was nothing like an XF. Great so abandoned him and thought it was best if I remove the rear shelf and let a guy come and do it. Same price but comes to me so no real difference.

So disassembled the rear shelf, pretty easy and took 30 mins but would you believe that the whole rear side is held together by two torx bolts and 4 nuts for the rear seats!

Note that if you have to replace a fuse the rear must come out :rolleyes:

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