I hate removing old tint!!

[Mstng93SSP]

My rear window tint was purple and bubbling. I hated it. So, I did what everyone said worked with heat gun etc. Well.....it was NOT easy and took me a couple of hours to get 95% of it off due to the rear window defroster. I might just leave the rear window untinted.

 

[General karthief]

If you don't use the defrost you'll re-tint it, if you do use the defrost then dont.

 

[Mstng93SSP]

I don't. Garaged car....in Hawaii...

 

[General karthief]

Tint it.
I have a hatch with slats, the window has defrost but not hooked up, I'll try without tint and see but likely gonna do it, every one I know of with defrost the tint starts bubbling, just take a long time.
Oh, and I have a garage, Florida ya know.
We all make sacrifices

 

[General karthief]

Question: the defrost wiring is separate from the main harness in the rear?

 

[Mustang5L5]

Question: the defrost wiring is separate from the main harness in the rear?

Kinda. To a point.

It's it's own wire up until the rear seat area. On the hatch it's part of the hatch harness, but i think it just connects to the coupe window there since it's right there.

 

[General karthief]

Looking into defrost parts for a member.

 

[bird_dog0347]

When we replace the rear glass on my car I'm also going to not have defrost, garaged car in TX, but it will certainly be tinted.

 

[TIGGER]

As I understand it from one of my co-workers, using a steamer is the ticket when it comes to removing window tint.

 

[Mustang5L5]

Steamer or black trash bag on a hot day has always worked for me

 

[Cheapskate207]

I agree 100%. It took me DAYS to remove all the old crappy tint baked on by the Arizona sun. Even using a steamer it came off in tiny little pieces.

 

[Mstng93SSP]

I'm going to leave it untinted. I like the way it looks.

 

[General karthief]

Till one of those new trucks with hid headlights gets behind you at a stop light.

 

[Cheapskate207]

Welcome to the no tint gang! I think it looks great too. Which is kinda funny because generally it’s the first thing I do to every vehicle I buy.

 

[2000xp8]

I took the tint off my car a few years ago, personally i don't miss it.
I didn't realize how childish it looked until i took it off (the worst is tint on the windshield it just looks dumb).
The key might be a light tint so it looks closer to a factory job.
But the really dark limo tint is just too black, looks unnatural.

 

[General karthief]

I get the top 4 -6" of the windshield tinted,

 

[Mustang5L5]

I’m likely going to pull my tint off in the future anyway. I don’t have it on the quarter windows as I’ve replaced those, but the tint on my doors and hatch is very light. 45% or so. I’ll prob go tintless. I’ve stopped tinting my daily drivers.

However I’m looking hard for a hatch glass with a functional rear defrost grid. Body shop that painted my car back in 2000 destroyed it removing the window for some reason. My stupid kid ass never did anything about it.

Yeah, I don’t drive in the winter but I want everything on my car functional 100%.

 

[2000xp8]

I get the top 4 -6" of the windshield tinted,

That solid line the tint leaves looks ridiculous.
A few weeks back a guy at a local bagel shop pulled up in a porsche cayman with the windshield tinted, looked like he borrowed the car from a teenage son.

 

[Mustang5L5]

Guy at work has an AMG C63 with double 5% on the sides and 20% on the windshield. No idea how he sees out of that thing. The windshield looks essentially painted black. It looks silly.

IMHO it ruins the vehicle. A nice smoke in the 35% range looks great.

 

[bird_dog0347]

Generally I don't like the windshield top line being tinted, but my current truck I bought used (1 year old) and it already had that tint above the line on the windshield and while I hate the look it does offer tons of functionality in keeping the glare down on the bright silver trim on my console. If you have a current gen chevy or GMC truck, you know what I'm talking about. Here in TX if you don't have tinted windows it gets really hot in the cars, but I hate very dark tint as I want to be able to see. When I get my coupe back it will have a light tint all the way around, including the T-Top glass (except windshield).