I am taking my car back to the shop to get the clear bra trimmed. According to the installer this is common practice. While it is there I'd like him to look at the window tint. When I park in the garage I can still see little bubbles like lint caught under the tint. Is this normal or should I ask him to fix it? It has been 2 months since the tint was installed so I imagine all the bubble from install should have been worked out.
Thanks

 

The bubbles are usually gone within a week, so I'd have him look at it. I spent more money on mine than most people on here, but the place I go to has a clean room that filters out the air so things like this are less likely to happen. I cringe when I see guys getting it done in a parking lot.

 

It is not uncommon for bubbles for a day or 2. It is trapped water most of the time. Two months I'd say there is something wrong. Bad tint or bad install. Decent tints are not real cheap. If you did not have any tint to remove before install, 2- $300 is typical on our cars. You can spend more. You didn't give any indication where you live but here in Texas, and I'm sure Arizona and Southern CA, tints are no mod. They are a must. The darkest you can legally tint, you go.

 

Sounds like there was lint left after they cleaned the windows prior to installing the tint.

 

Thanks folks, I am in Denver. Tint is a necessity in my opinion and the car is soooo much better with it. I spent about $350 tint. I didn't get fancy Huper Optic, but a better quality tint with heat rejection. I will take a pic and see what you guys think. I spent $350. Although I also had them do my clear bra and strip so when it was said and done i spent about $1300!
Plus the wife's car which was about $700 too. Thing is that he has to redo my driver side window because it had a scratch in it when I drove out of the lot. Both of my wife's front windows seem to have defective tint as it has a series of grooves in from top to bottom so he wil be replacing tose too. I am hopeful he doesn't have to redo every window, but I want it done right.

 

I'd be raising hell, Rob. Sounds like just a bad job or they just put on cheap stuff and not what they sold you. I had some tinting done around Christmas and the place I went to had 4 levels of product quality. The high priced stuff was stupid as was the cheapest, I'm sorry I've forgotten the name of the "good" stuff that was moderately priced. Kinda sounds like improper prep.

 

I have had several vehicles tinted. My MINI cost me $350ish because I got ceramic. My Subbie cost me about $200 and I got okay lower end tint. So unless you are getting(doesn't matter brand) ceramic tint you guys are getting ripped off.

 

Yeah, bubbles should be gone after 2 weeks or so... Definitely take it back and get it redone. All 5 cars I've owned up to date have been tinted by the same guy; Nino, at Umbra Window Tinting in Schaumburg, IL is the shizzot! Great skill, high quality film (Formula 1), and reasonably priced.

 

It's impossible for me to take a pic due to the glare and reflection off of the window. There are many little bubbles, that resemble what it looks like when you get lint under the screen overlay on an iPhone or iPad. This is not normal? Porthos, I think that the price of tint is regional. When I was in a more rural area I had both front windows in my truck tinted for $50. But to do the Nissan rogues windows with this place cost $150. We used Solamatrix Quartz which was mid-range. I know I could have found a cheaper place, but I thought I was getting a better quality install from this place. It blows my mind to think that they tinted all 7 windows on my car and the 2 on the rogue and all of them will have to be redone. That doesn't seem right.

 

Any reputable shop would be glad to clear up that job for you. The place I went to here in Jersey will correct my legally tinted windows for as long as I own the car. Then again, there were zero bubbles when he was done, so I really don't have to worry.

Also keep in mind, our door windows have a wierd compound curve in them that makes heat shrinking tricky. I tried to DIY it for the hell of it, and found that without a heat gun, the front windows are near impossible. My old STI, flat glass, easy as pie.

 

The car is at the tint shop now. As we walked out to take a look the guy told me 7 bubbles per window was "industry standard" and he wouldn't replace them if it was less than that. As soon as he saw my windows he told me he would probably re tint all of them. So despite the hassle it looks like it is going to get fixed.

 

I picked it up yesterday evening. They re-tinted every window. I need to check it out in the garage after I clean it up. Get this... returned it to me with a great big bird turd on the left fender. I got home and cleaned it off. As I stepped away the bird hit ME! Karma? I have been really good!

 

Bird hit you with it's crap? Or actually hit you?

When I was 10 I got bird crapped on..:-(

 

Bombs away! Hit me right in the chest with a nice wet crap! All over my brand new t-shirt!

 

Post up a picture of how it came out!

Here is how the tint looks on our Clubman.