what's the easiest way?

my rear window tint is dying. the inner coating is flaking off. you can wipe it off and it looks like glitter.

car is parked under a car port for the most part now. and any time its not raining...the windows are down (no a/c) so even the door windows can be tint free.

at least till i can find a good place to retint it. i live on an island...noplace nearby.

 

MUST BE NICE LIVING ON AN ISLAND! there is no easy way other than letting it sit in the direct sun for as long as possible,and start peeling just go slow,if it starts chunking off your ****ed,forget the rear defrost and get a box of razor blades and scrape away and use a new one quite often to keep from scratching the glass. does it have rear defrost? if it does not just blade it.

 

When I bought my first Camaro (94 V6) it came with the ugly Do-it-yourself purple tint - I was not to fond of it, in fact it almost kept me from buying the car it looked so bad. The side windows were pretty easy to do, but the hatch is somewhat of a bitch.

What I did is used a heatgun, heated up the area of tint I wanted to get off, and scraped it off with a razor blade. They also sell a tint removal system at most auto parts store but all it is Ammonia. They tell you to spray the window, then tape a trash bag to the window (so the ammonia can not escape) and let it sit in the sun. I found the heatgun and razor to work alot better.

 

I peeled the tint off my civic using a razor blade and heat for the side windows. For the back window I used heat only b/c I did not want to screw up the defrost. There was glue residue left behind so I had to use some Goof Off or whatever it's called, to remove it.

 

Forgot to bring that up. My 94 didn't have defrosters so it was easy, if you have Defrosters you will need to be very careful.

 

this is the way you go...get a razor blade that has a screwdriver handle deal....just has a razorblade tip you can replace.....then get googone to get the window tint glue off...it works best

 

no defrost here....

how do you get it off the dot matrix on the top of the hatch?

 

heat and goof off to remove glue.

 

heat gun and a rajor. it's not hard.

 

Very carefully.

 

I'm reviving this post because I was able to remove the tint by hand (just peeling it off). The previous owner had a line of tint running along side the top of the windshield *yack*. My problem is that the glue is still there and I can't seem to get it off, even with goo gone. I may try the razor trick though because this glue that was on the tint seems to be rather thick. Goo gone just seems to smear into it.

 

The correct way to remove the glue after pulling off the tint is 00 grade steel wool. A razor blade will cut, or slide under your defrost lines and pull it off the glass. Use goo gone or even glass cleaner, spray it on the glue and use the 00 grade steel wool to scrub the glue off. It wont cut or damage the defrost lines or damage the glass, and will remove the glue.

 

I just removed the tint that the previous owner had applied to the top of the windshield on my 94z28. I found that goo gone and razor blades worked awesome. Just thought I'd let you know.

 

Buy a bottle of straight ammonia ($1.50) and put it in a squirt bottle. In a well ventilated shaded area spray it on and let it sit for a few minutes the glue wipes right off. If you guys are having trouble getting the tint off of the defroster lines and dots at the top. Take a trash bag and soak the window with ammonia and stick the trash bag to it and let it sit for about 10 minutes then removal is super easy. It should come off in big pieces. If it starts getting hard to remove then reapply the ammonia. Again make sure you're in a shaded area or garage where the ammonia doesn't dry before it gets a chance to do it's job.