I'm looking to get my side windows retinted. Anyone know of any reputable shops in the Harrisburg area? I'm willing to travel to Lancaster or York also to get it done.

 

Go an extra 1/2 hr from Lancaster to Reading. There is a shop there. If you will go that far I'll get the name and the number for you.

 

Yeah. Let me get the information. Price also. I only need the sides done. Not the back.

 

Eastern Glass Tint Co
328 Tulpehocken Ave.
West Reading (610) 373-7979
You'll likely get his machine. Just leave a message and he'll call you back in a few days at most. You can ask him the price but I know three people who have gone there; one asked price over phone and paid $200 for three and the other two asked when dropping it off and were told $180 CASH. Just a tip that may work. This was about two years ago so prices or policies may have changed. It's ONE guy that works out of a SMALL garage but does PERFECT work. It's in a good section of West Reading so extra clips are only optional.

Why only the two front ones?

 

I'm originally from NY. Car is registered in NY. Used to have all the windows tinted. Got a ticket in upstate NY so I took the tints off.
Tints are only illegal on the sides in NY.
I looked into the PA law about window tinting and it leaves a lot more open to interpretation than the NY law. I'm in PA nine months out of the year, so I want to get the windows tinted again.

Thanks for the info.

 

Are you at all worried about the possible slight variations in shade or color? I would ask him what he thinks about the match. The cost to do the rear wouldn't be that bad but getting the old off will be timely or costly or both. If it's fairly new or even the same company you might get a pretty good match. What % do you have on the back and want for the sides?

 

I'm not about to take the tint off the back window just to have it done again. Doesn't really make sense to me. Plus it was a PIA to take it off the sides, I don't even want to think about taking it off teh back window. I took it off the sides with a razor and to take a razor to the back window would be A. time consuming, and B. I've also heard taking a razor to the tint on the back window, with the defogger, can ruin the defogger.
I have 35% on the back window now. I got the tint about a year and a half ago. The back tint is black. It's not like it has started to fade or anything.

 

I can understand why you don't want to remove the back tint. Did you call him? I did today and of course I got his machine. Just curious what he is charging now?

 

No, I didn't call him today. I'm usually out all day. I'm gonna give him a call this weekend.