Window tinting after buying?

[wannasubaru]

I may have found a car!

 

Going back Monday to talk $ and trade in, but one thing is the cars windows are not tinted. I'm in SOuthern Cal and I need some tinting form the constant sun (plus I prefer the look). Is this a big deal to get done after I buy the car?

Is it pretty standard?

[Rooster2]

There are auto shops that specialize in tinting window. Tints can be purchased in different shades of darkness. Look in the telephone Yellow Pages under auto accessories. A listing should be found. Give a call to learn cost.

[zyewdall]

All the tinted window's I've seen are impossible to see through -- bubbling and such. I think they were the do-it-yourself applied stuff though... Plus, they were dark enough to be illegal in Colorado, so I had to scrape and goo-gone it off the front windows. So... don't get the do-it yourself stuff...

[gbhrps]

wannasubaru,

For years I have dark tinted all of the windows of my cars for the very reasons that you mentioned. Here in southern Ontario, Canada, it is against the law to have the driver's and front passenger's windows tinted beyond a certain percentage, but you can go as dark as you want on the rears. I have had all of my vehicles completely dark tinted this way for over 25 years.

 

Granted, my tinting is illegal, and I'll have to face that probability someday in my jurisdiction, or some other province or state that I'm travelling through if I'm stopped by the police. Whenever I have been approaching a border crossing or a sobriety check stop, I have lowered all of the windows on the officer's side of the car before he can approach my car, just to take the tinting out of the attention zone of the officer. To date I've never had a problem.

 

BUT...... be aware that after dark you must be doubly sure to do more than just glance through those side windows when making a turn, particularly when it is raining.

And for over 25 years I've always had a professional apply the window tinting. That way there is no bubbling to mar the job. In fact, all of my last three OBW LTD's and my wife's Lexus models have even had the dark tinting applied to the inside of the glass sunroofs to cut down on the glare and the interior heat transfer.

 

My advice would be to check your local traffic laws before you do the tinting, and then use your own disgression from there, as well as locate a professional window tinter in your area. Good Luck!

[wannasubaru]

What I was planning on doing was going to the place the dealer recommended

and asking for the same tint that's on the Limited. And yes, I will do the driver and front passenger lighter to stay within the laws. I'm not looking for black out, just something to cut the glare in back for kids and sun.