Tinting the windows
Tinting the windows
Hi all. Just wondered, if anyone has ever had a go on tinting their polo windows themselves. The tint is cheap on ebay, but i wanna know if it is hard to do or not
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spot_on_jon
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Bubbles aint that much of a problem so lon as you use a bit of soapy water when you put the film on, because then afterwards you can drag any bubbles out of it. BTW I never attemted tinting but ny bro has on a few different cars and they all looked quite tidy. But IMO they do look better when you get them done professionally.
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spot_on_jon
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its quite easy, me n my mate did my polo in an afternoon.... or two lol. it would of only took one afternoon but we tried to be clever n do the back window in one sheet, impossible without bubbles and looking terrible lol!!!
You will need:
Bank card/ Stiff squeegy thing.
Tea towel.
Water sprayer with soapy water & baby oil in.
Sharp knife, no, really sharp knife! like a craft knife or similar
Tint film (obv.)
The best way to do it is to mix sopy water n a bit of baby oil (not sure why but tis good!) and spray it all over the window till its soaked, might be a good idea to remove the interior from the back to get access to the very edges.
Then cut the sheet to size of window by tracing about 5mm past the dotted area on the outside of the window, BUT be sure to get film correct way round, then simply put film on inside of window and use a bank card in a tea towel to move bubbles out of the film.
the back window is a little harder, i found it easiest to sit inside the boot with the seats folded, you need to do it in a few steps.
First of all cut 3 strips as wide as the window
Then soak the rear window with the babyoil/soap/water mix and if u feel like it even the film
while the first strip is still moveable on the window apply the second strip overlapping the strips by about an inch, then cut through both strips, try not to cut heating elements on window, and remove excess, what this does is cuts sheets to size while keeping a minimal gap inbetween sheets
then do the same for the last strip
its a bit of a pain to do but looks decent when done.
just make sure to remove all air bubbles and try not to stick sheets together and try to do it where its not too dusty.
Good Luck
You will need:
Bank card/ Stiff squeegy thing.
Tea towel.
Water sprayer with soapy water & baby oil in.
Sharp knife, no, really sharp knife! like a craft knife or similar
Tint film (obv.)
The best way to do it is to mix sopy water n a bit of baby oil (not sure why but tis good!) and spray it all over the window till its soaked, might be a good idea to remove the interior from the back to get access to the very edges.
Then cut the sheet to size of window by tracing about 5mm past the dotted area on the outside of the window, BUT be sure to get film correct way round, then simply put film on inside of window and use a bank card in a tea towel to move bubbles out of the film.
the back window is a little harder, i found it easiest to sit inside the boot with the seats folded, you need to do it in a few steps.
First of all cut 3 strips as wide as the window
Then soak the rear window with the babyoil/soap/water mix and if u feel like it even the film
while the first strip is still moveable on the window apply the second strip overlapping the strips by about an inch, then cut through both strips, try not to cut heating elements on window, and remove excess, what this does is cuts sheets to size while keeping a minimal gap inbetween sheets
then do the same for the last strip
its a bit of a pain to do but looks decent when done.
just make sure to remove all air bubbles and try not to stick sheets together and try to do it where its not too dusty.
Good Luck