Got a quote from tint a car in my local town for $395 for either midnight express, or octane which is the darkest. Does this sound reasonable?
Also, there is some sticky crap on the back window, like sticker residue, will they clean it off before they do the tint, or do we have to clean it off prior to getting it?
Putting the tint on won't damage any of the demister lines on the back window will it?

Thanks heaps!

(There's no other tinting place around here unless we want to travel 150km)

Thats a pretty good price $100 below what they normally charge got mine done in Octane a few weeks back they do a really good job, they will clean the windows before they put anything on, and no it wont damage anything

also forgot to add Octane isn't the darkest midnight is alot darker

Thanks :)
It said on the tint-a-car website that octane was the darkest!! Grrr... now I'm not sure which to pick!!

Go midnight, looks good and against the colour of your car, will look darker.
Thats also the price I paid for mine

I paid $300 for 20% on a station wagon. I'm pretty sure you can do better.

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You can get midnight express for $300 if you ask usually.

Octane seems to cost more though so expect $400 for that.

Has a different colour and more importantly different outside reflectivity.

Got a quote from tint a car in my local town for $395 for either midnight express, or octane which is the darkest. Does this sound reasonable?
Also, there is some sticky crap on the back window, like sticker residue, will they clean it off before they do the tint, or do we have to clean it off prior to getting it?
Putting the tint on won't damage any of the demister lines on the back window will it?

Thanks heaps!

(There's no other tinting place around here unless we want to travel 150km)

Rip.
I get my tint done at ARMA tinting. Lifetime warranty on any of the tint (even below legal)
$245 or $295 with removing old tint.
done in 2ish hours. cant go wrong.
highly recommended.

Yeah ~$300 seems to be the going price for a sedan.

Mind you, if you know the place and you know they'll do a better job than other stores, I'd say it's worth it.

Can you choose the % tint you want with midnight express? was thinking 35% front and 30% back windows

Think that you guys seem to be forgetting the members location, Tassie where everything costs more, trust me I lived there for 10 years, great place but expensive

I personally think the price you have been quoted given that if you have to drive 150km for a second quote you must either be somewhere around smithton or the east cost even, out of curiosity where are you located

If you can hold off until your next trip to either launceston or Hobart, then perhaps you can do better, if not and this place has a good rep, an extra few $$ given where you are will not hurt

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People say no visibility etc etc, load of crap again, night/day, can see heaps, main thing is, no-one can see in :D

I'm curious - why don't you want people to see in? I live in Toowoomba where if we see a car that looks like it is one that is owned by a friend or acquaintance, we give a friendly wave - but if we cannot see the friendly wave back, why bother.

Putting the tint on won't damage any of the demister lines on the back window will it?

not unless like mine you weren't happy with the job and make the guy do it again in which case ended up damaging two or three demister bars in the centre of my screen which actually cost him nealry $500 dollars for a new genuine screen and re doing the rest of the car all up 3 times, as im a bit fussy he however wasnt very impressed with me and asked me to never come back (cant blame him really) but yea mine was about $380 dollars for 20% all round from solar tint here in Sydney, the next two times were at 15% which i rekon looks great as tuffy said, you can see out fine but cant really see in which is good if you've got company ;)

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;1370589']If there is some sort of whack factory tint, it'd be so minute it's not worth worrying about. And certainly not a 10% difference as he states.
My thoughts exactly.

35% isn't overly dark, I couldn't imagine you running into any dramas even if there is a slight factory tint already.

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Not being pedantic here, just because some RWC person says is fine, does not make it so, as the blitz here in Vic recently found when brand new cars were being defected.

If oyu have ANY factory tint in the glass, this needs to be taken into account, if you go 35% then your car will not be roadworthty as the measurement is 35% AFTER fitting

Below from VicRoads, afterall it is them who you have to satisfy, not a persons opinion


For further information please write to the Manager – Vehicle Safety & Policy 60 Denmark Street, Kew, 3101 or contact your local Customer Service Centre.
Introduction
Regulation 257 of the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2009 requires all modifications to a vehicle to either have specific approval from VicRoads or to be carried out in accordance with guidelines published by VicRoads. Application of tinting film to windows on a motor vehicle is a modification.
This document is a published guideline for the purposes of Regulation 257 and generally applies to all vehicles.
General
Safe driving requires the driver to have the best possible vision of the road and other road users. Any reduction in driver vision, particularly in poor light conditions, such as twilight or wet weather conditions, will lead to a reduction in safety.
Tinted windows can significantly reduce driver vision. This is likely to be more critical for the elderly and other people with even minor vision disabilities. Therefore, it is desirable that the light transmittance of windows on a motor vehicle is not reduced below the level as supplied by the vehicle manufacturer.
Nevertheless, windows on motor vehicles are often tinted with the intention of reducing heat, glare, and ultraviolet light transmittance into the cabin of the vehicle. However, tint films may not significantly reduce the transmittance of ultraviolet light into the vehicle as the glazing material used in the windows of motor vehicles already blocks out most of the ultraviolet light. While a tint film may have some effect in reducing heat transmittance into the vehicle it can also cause an increase in cabin temperature by retaining heat in the vehicle.
The glazing material used in the windows of many new vehicles is manufactured with a slight tint. Therefore, if applying a tint film to a window, care should be taken to select a tint film which will not cause the light transmittance of the window, to which the film is applied, to fall below the figures specified in this information sheet. The following requirements must be complied with if the windows of a motor vehicle are to be tinted.
Please visit www.vicroads.vic.gov.au
Windscreen
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Windscreens fitted to motor vehicles manufactured before July 1971 must transmit at least 70% of visible light. All other motor vehicles must comply with Australian Design Rule (ADR) 8 - Safety Glazing Material which requires the windscreen to have a light transmittance of at least 75%. However, only windscreens tinted during the manufacturing process are acceptable.
Note
It is permissible for windscreens to have tinted bands of less than 75% light transmittance above the primary vision area. In cases where this band is more than 65mm deep, and extends into the wiper arc area or beyond the top 10% of the windscreen height, evidence may be required to show that the tint does not extend into the primary vision area as defined in Australian Design Rule (ADR) 8 - Safety Glazing Material.
Windows
All windows of a motor vehicle, other than windscreens, available to the driver to obtain a view of the road or other road users must have a light transmittance of at least 35%. However it is desirable that the light transmittance of windows to the side and ahead of the driver is not reduced below 70%.
Note
Windows above or behind the driver’s seating position on some buses are not in the driver’s field of view and need not comply with the above light transmittance requirement.
The reflectance of any window fitted with tinting film must not be more than 10% (which effectively is the same as untreated glass).
A vehicle fitted with a tinted windscreen or window which is not in accordance with the requirements set out in this information sheet is unroadworthy, and subject to the consequences thereof unless the vehicle has been constructed for a special purpose and has been granted an exemption from these requirements by VicRoads.

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Standard windows will have a tiny bit of tinting properties which yes, if they want to be anal, they will get you for being a few % under 35%.

This is for the front windows... as far as the RTA is concerned you can paint your back windows, as by law you only need to be able to see out of your side mirrors, and not your back window. Anyone seriously into their car audio has researched this, because when you have a box that takes up the entire back of your car, you wanna make sure you arent going to be defected for it.

Also to take into consideration if the reflective properties of tint, as this is a factor when determining light transmission

Look, to be done by someone doing a RWC you would have to be very unlucky

But then agian, why do you need a RWC as the car is currently registered in your name thus all you need to do is go to VicRoads with an appointment and transfer reg over, this is all I did when I moved back to Vic, if the car is not registered or is in someone elses name, then you need RWC but this is not the case here

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If Vic has bought that rule in it must be fairly new (within the last 2 years).. and getting pretty bloody anal.

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In Tuffys defense.. I have had a friend literally pull out of the dealership with a brand new car and get defected by a cop having a shitty day.. yes they are doing a job and yes I think if anyone puts anything on their car that isnt allowed then you should accept the risk that you may get a defect, but sometimes they are just petty.

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Magic Tintz in hobart - 20% $225

Blue whale in launceston is about $250

or try sun gard King Street, Burnie - (03) 6431 6800

quote these prices

For the record, the light meters\lux meter are pretty common place these days, we got one late last year for the purpose of being able to report more items for roadworthy.

In line with the latest Vicroads rules and laws, the maximum amount of tint permissible on the front windows is 35% with the fail point being 34%. That's what we've been testing for since we got the luxmeter.

However, the lux meter is susceptible to the light in the testing area so testing indoors will yield a slightly different result to testing outdoors. Also moving the testers around the glass area is also known to alter the reading levels.

And $225 - $250 is a very reasonable price. Tint-a-Car are usually more expensive that other tinting places, I believe they use 3M film which is supposed to be better.

I have enough of both of you guys.
Paul ..... STFU, you dont know every damn thing and I'm getting sick of all the reported postd, emails and PM's I get about you.
People are getting so sick of you picking verbal battles with Mal and pushing his buttons.
If I followed the MAJORITY of peoples comments and requests it would be you that is permabanned.
Mal has the right to carry on a business and the general feedback that I get is that most people are happy with his services.
If you had a problem get over it and shop somewhere else.
Your never ending personal battles are not impressing anyone that has passed through puberty.

Mal......FFS, you dont have to bite every time tuffy pushes your buttons.
True, you have the right to defend yourself and paul comes very close to actionable libel from time to time but you are adult enough to restrain yourself.



We have all had enough so expect all these childish posts to just dissappear ........ yeah censorship ...... lifes like that

Deal with it


I hope your both happy .................. you've upset grandpa Ol Fart

If you think a cop is being an ass for giving you a defect you must have an attitude to deserve it. I am over 30yo now and have been driving PIGB8(cop Magnets) Cars for the last 12years. I have been pulled over somewhere around 45-60 times in those years. RBT, Defect & random pull overs and I have been given 2 defects in all those years. It all comes down to your attitude and resepct towards the cops. Ive been given a defect before for window tint and it was 3 layers of 20%. If you think the cops where giving me a hard time you need your head read. 3 layers of 20% is Actually 0.8%. Yes that right less than 1%. Hold a torch to the windows during the day and couldnt see in so he wrote me a defect. If you dont know what a defect actually is please dont make a comment. A defect is when a cop doesnt think you car is legal and sends it to be checked by an Authorised inspection bay. You car can be 100% legal and you can still get a Defect.

Now for people that say there is no such thing as factory tint. You are a waste of space and should really just stay out of the tech section. Ring most Manufactures up now and they will tell you what % percentage they use in Factory glass. You will find as a general rule it will be 5-10%(95-90%). You need to keep that in mind when tinting. There is 3 ways to mod a car, 1 is by the book, The 2nd is over the line but hardly noticable, 3rd is flashing lights on the roof of your car saying book me. You choose the line you want to go down.

If you say cops hassle you my oppinion is you have no respect for the law and deserve all the fines and defects you get. Cops my seem hard but if you dont break the law they never hassle you.

When I had my windows on my TJ VRX tinted, I talked to the owner of the business about the legality of the tint, and the standard tint on my car (note, the guy has been tinting cars for years/decades). He told me about the factory tint on 3rd gen magnas ,and it basically equates to very little, but without a doubt it is there. From memory, he said the glass has a built in tint, which equates to roughly 2/3% in terms of tinting. He said the 20% on my car would equal out to about 18%.

So in the end technically, getting 35% can be seen as an illegal level of tint. The chance of you getting done for it, so very slim its not funny, especially if you are polite and not a smart ass if you do ever get pulled over by the police. Personally have been pulled over a few times, for different reasons. Have never had a comment on my tint.