I've helped tint regular flat windows before, but never attempted a curve like my hatchback on my camaro. Without ordering the "special" (and expensive) custom tinting sheets, you have to put two pieces together. Any ideas on how to make the tinting look perfect without seeing any overlaping or seam???

 

Take it to a professional, especially on your own car. Theres nothing worse than bubbly purple tint.

 

Dont even try it. Not on our cars at least. The back window curves like 50 million ways. Even professionals hate our cars.

 

Take it someplace that uses on peice. They make sheets big enough so you don't have a seem.

 

I took mine to a tint shop, first thing out of their mouth.

"A camaro? Those hatches are a pain in the a$$"

 

From what i've heard, that job is rediculous, especially with one piece.

 

theres a technique that involes heat shrinking around the curves, but like everyone says go to a pro.... 200 bucks, I had my car estimated at... but I decided to get something more functional for the money instead.

 

My local shop charged me 200 for all 3 windows.

 

I did the back window on my '95 myself; it was the first car I'd ever tinted. I had access to a very long metal straight edge and cut strips approx 8" wide. You start at the bottom of the hatch and work your way to the top to minimize a seam that air can catch if you've got your side windows down. Overlap just a slight bit and you won't have a problem. If you're really good, you can measure out your strips and have the seams match where the defrost lines are. The biggest issue is the 'dot-matrix' crap at the top of the hatch window. A lot of people sand them down so the tint will be more likely to grab onto the glass. Otherwise you'll have little dots at the top of your window.

 

lol the place i took mine to said the same thing. they charged $165 for all 3, and one of the sides got busted out and it was 40 for it alone... so do the math and see how much of a pita the rear hatch is lol.

 

ucnu, did you end up "sanding" down the dots on your '95? If so how did u do it and if not then does it look noticibly bad?

 

Katie- in retrospect, I should have done something, but I just layed the tint over the dots. However, it's not really bad at all. The tint isn't flexible enough to stick to the glass between the dots, so there's air there.

 

cost me a pretty penny also for my tint BUT They also removed old tint too

 

I own a tint shop..the easiest way for the do-it-yourselfer is to get a big piece of tint and shrink it with a wool glove. So with one hand you hold the dryer and the other hand (wearing a woolen glove) you slowly shrink it so that it matches the contours. If you use a squegee, it's just going to ruin the tint (cause creases) where the tint is supposed to contour. Hope this helps.