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Old Mar 25, 2004
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tint question on rear deck

I am actually curious to ask this.

I tinted my car a while back and i have the beige interior, and they weren't able to tint all the way down b/c they couldn't reach. now i have a spoiler.

do any of you know how you can get guys to tint all the way down, b/c i am going to go darker on the tints and i want it all the way down in the back this time. thanks


or just post your tints and how they were done, pics w/e thanks in advance
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Umm a good tint place should be able to tint the whole back window including the third brake light. I got mine tinted and it's sweet, didn't even have to ask them. They just did it and I picked it up at the end of the day.

You can probably tell them to tint the third brake light as well if you want too. IMO it'll look better that way.
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Just remove rear deck before you take it in.
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my tint place removed the read deck and tinted the whole rear window. they also charged me 20 bucks more when i came to pick up my car. that pissed me off. but the tints good
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My tint place said they just "slid the tint over the light."
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mine came w/ tint on it but I requested it at the dealership. of course it's not dark enough for me but they threw it in and did nice job of it!
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i removed the rear deck for the tint guys so they could do it right way looks great
I'm in love with my civic is that wrong? imp:
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that's pretty cool. today i called to get an estimate. i have tints already they are 22% but i am not happy i want darker. he said 89 for the 5% but then to take them off it would be 124 dollars. then i factored in the rear deck, and i think i might just hve to take it off so they can do it. what do you guys think+
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Old Mar 26, 2004
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take the old tint off yourself, its easy. you could always just leave them to take off the back tint if you're scared to mess with the defroster.
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doesn't it leave a residue or some glue stuff on it?
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have them take off the old tint, they will also clean off the residue, etc... i had to have my tint re-done a few times and i wouldn't have had it done any other way. if you started to peel it all off and didn't get all of it, there probably going to charge you anyway to clean off the residue, glue, etc.... they obviously do that for a living, let them do their job.
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hey man i tint windows and its not that hard to take off the back lid just time. But its looks so sweet i have limo all the way around and double limo in the back
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yeah, just take the deck off yourself before you take it in and they will get the whole thing, just be careful putting it back on too soon . You could scratch the tender tint....
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The place i went to removed it for me. Before hand, they told me its a bitch removing it.
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I had my car tinted a few times and the shop that does it removes the rear deck in order to do the job right and not half a**. Of course I paid a little more, $150 but then it's worth it. Oh since were talking about tint do you guys think it's ugly to have the back window tinted at 35% (lighter) and have the sides tinted 2%?. Hawaiis tint law is 35% tint all around. AT least with the back being lighter i could always roll the windows down when i see a cop behind me. What you guys think?
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to me it seems it won't look right but to each their own. i am going to remove the rear deck myself and take in. i researched taking the tint off and its not hard but i don't have the time i am going to get 5% i have my whole front tinted 32%
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