Different Brands of Tint...

[EdVedder]

I've been seeing people advertising all sorts of prices for tint jobs an i know that there must be different brands that ppl use, hence the reason of difference in prices

some of the tint im sure r of better quality than others.

wha r the good brands of tint out there n d not so good ones ?

wha makes a tint better than d other?

[equipped2ripp]

a good brand is Llumar. toyota use this on all their vehicles. i think pro-tint is the company which sells this brand. those cheap ones that sell in the box (like HS) for $50 so are the ones that get purple-ish after a while and even bubble up very quickly.

a tint that would make it better than the rest would be one that is scratch-resistant.

[bleedingfreak]

^^ From doing some reading, the Llumar is VERY expensive.

Got some good info online but still non to fully answer you

You really might have to google this one pallie

[EdVedder]

what about the one that motor city uses ?

[hehh]

i had experience with the Llumar and it only started to turn purple after about 5 years and then bubbled after about 6. i thought that was good compared to other tints around so i replaced it with Llumar again. did a 35% and so far, it keepin the sun out quite well

[Anton]

Someone told me that there was a special type of tint that was designed for front windscreens. it helps with the glare but doest hinder vision out or in. Anybody has any experience with dis?

[plex]

Llumar, never heard of that brand..not sure what brand my tint in mine car is but i have it for 9 years and what happened to it it just starting to get lighter..no colour change or bubbled..

[hehh]

anton, i not sure what u talkin about but is it by any chance a type of treated glass ? somebody mentioned that to me once but i never heard of it otherwise.. doh really know about it

[dragzster]

i had a car where the tint when i sold it was more than 10 yrs old and neva faded. Nowadays tint givin more trouble than the tint of previous years i find.

[fiveforward]

after working for motor city for 3 yrs. ALL tints are esentially the same.
you have scratch resist and cheap.

cheap tint are just that and WILL turn purple after a while
scratch resist tint are a bit more expensive depending on what colous/ shade you
want: charcoal/ titanium/ platinum/ whatever but they last longer than cheap tint\
and are easier to remove.

BE CAREFUL where you do your tinting becauce i know of some
companies that pass off the cheap tint as scratch resist and
charge you the same price.

Tint technology has IMPROVED so where as in the past cheap tint would
fade in a matter of months it may last a fewmore months

to tint your front windscreen the grade used is most times 50% but some guys
opt for 35% which is darker but not that dark.

remember if your tint scratches easily after u wind ur glass up and down
CUSS SOMEBODY

[TK!]

lol ... cuss somebody ... good advice there man ...

[TK!]

ie - good advice on the tinting stuff

[Mini]

ons a side note I'd opt for the 35% black metalized (titanium)... remember the metalized tints have a layer of metalized film.. which REFLECTS the heat rather than absorb it. I've had a 35% titanium on my dad's B14 for 7 years now.. and it just starting to bubble. .. the tint is light so you can see comfortably in the night.. but it keeps the car cooler than say a 20% regular tint (well from my experience with my 323)

I like the black metalized since nobody can make you remove the reflective (silver) tint

[allan]

five foward i does cuss motorcity lol hope u wer not working there when we had our vehicles tinted there in my feeling motorcity has lost the class and there work in not as before

on another note they always say cheap ting no good so buy the expensive tint and u good to go

[EdVedder]

so fiveforward would u say that the brand of tint that motor city uses is a good brand of tint and would u recommend using it ?

[allan]

^^^^^^^ i dont tink so

[honda4life]

hey fiveforward..u know al?
i think he's the son of motorcity
anyways
motorcity usually does a great job for my friends
and they did for my dad also

[fiveforward]

IMHO motor city used to do a good job but that was years ago when i was
ther. Indeed their standard has dropped significantly.

as far as quality in tint goes i dunno for now. I don't tint there n e more,
but i shouldn't be n e different from n e one else cuz a lot of them have
the same international supplier. Workmanship is what really counts

All i'll say is shop around because from what i have experienced
the average tint man is just as good, even better than mcity (a lot of people passed
thru mcity and then went on their own) so look around.

> al yeah i know him and his sister michelle , nice kids

> i stooped working there about 3 years ago. 2 much pressah

[honda4life]

ok cool
i know al from SBCS

[adam_ant_tt]

call TINT SPECIALISTS . they supposed to be good ... installed 35% silver titanium for me, $400, they come to you.... i cah complain(......yet...)

they are 300 for scratch resistant and 400 for titanium.

ps black titanium is cool

[sport20]

black titanium...i think i have that or was it platinum?
anyway, did my tint at motor city and not too pleased with the workmanship, but the tint does look good.
it like a mystery, sometimes you could see in the car and then sometimes you can't.

[adam_ant_tt]

it like a mystery, sometimes you could see in the car and then sometimes you can't

...titanium

[Karim Khan]

Tint Specialist they have good tint check them out they cum to you big ups to Adam_ant_tt you know good thing

[adam_ant_tt]

^^ i take it u from tint specialist... lol

[Lioniron]

plex306, aye u know anybody who wants to buy a great 306 wagon

[stephanweaver]

steven by viper alarm in st james.
he put on my g5 ting good, no bubbles or nuttin.
good job, took his time.
did not rush the work down

[Sully]

call TINT SPECIALISTS . they supposed to be good

Ditto on that. I had a car tinted there and it's holding up nicely after about 2 years.

[Nick_2NR]

what kinda tint do they use?

[nervewrecker]

PM GABRIEL TINTMAN ON THE FORUM, RUN A SEARCH FUH TINT IN THE CAR PARTS CLASSIFIEDS, YOU'LL FIND A THREAD ON "Tinting done here"

1) as far as I kno it hav no such thing as black titanium

2) all reflective tints are illegal

3) to kno if you gettin good quality tint heres a lil trick, double it (fold over an edge) & rub it together, do the same for the next side, if both sides slide walk out (save yuh self some cash & the trouble of having tuh cuss sombody later). one side supposed to stick.

4) if yuh tinting yuh whole windscreen, use at least a 35% dont go darker than dat becuz it will jeopardise your view outside in poorley lit areas. a 50% will wuck good but does it make sense havin dat as it so clear (better yuh eh out none)

[ryansouthman]

a good brand is Llumar. toyota use this on all their vehicles. i think pro-tint is the company which sells this brand. those cheap ones that sell in the box (like HS) for $50 so are the ones that get purple-ish after a while and even bubble up very quickly.

a tint that would make it better than the rest would be one that is scratch-resistant.

Correct this is exactly what happens