Has anyone installed the pre-cut window tint kits on eBay? I question the quality of the film and the accuracy of the pre-cut? Any advice is appreciated.

 

My advice is pony up and get it done by a professional. You'll save yourself a headache in the end.

 

its not the film quality that makes it look bad, its the lack of experience of the installer. plain and simple- if youve never done it before its probably not going to look as good as possible. if you are ok with that and want to save the $100 then go for it.

 

I've done 4 cars and i'm just now getting my jobs to look good. My 1st job wasn't horrible, but it was a little jagged around the edges. But proudly I had no bubbles.


If you want to learn how to do it, more power to you, but its about 1/4 as easy as it looks.

 

My only concern with the pre-cut kits is the rear window, as it is curved glass so it DOES need to be heat shrunk with a heat gun in order to do it in one piece, otherwise you will end up with huge finger bubbles.... and heat shrinking is not easy, especially when you dont have back ups to practice with. If you are interested in learning to tint, I would suggest buying a 20"x100ft roll of ebay and learning that way, as they can be had for like $30

 

sounds scary

 

If you are interested in learning to tint i'd just suggest the big role and doing the back window in like 4 strips along the defroster lines to hide the seams. side windows aren't that hard to do at all, the door panels come right off so its easy to do it the right way. I've done like 4 b5 a4's I ended up just saving templates after I got the sizes right because I plan on tinting more of them.

 

If you are going to do it yourself, you can just buy sheets of tints, this will ensure the quality, but it's not an easy thing to do by any means. I would recommend a professional shop, unless you are feeling adventurous, and don't mind a little trial and error. The B5 I just picked up has a great and legal tint that was done at professional shop by the previous owner, so I don't have to venture down that road.

 

I have tinted windows in the past, however I have never heat shrunk for curved windows as Nick17 mentioned. Thanks for the Advice, I think I will go with the pros.