20 Best Tints For Cars (2022 Updated)

I bought two rolls of this stuff about two weeks apart. I used up the first roll learning how to apply it correctly. I made a lot of rookie mistakes the first time around. After figuring out what I was doing–more or less–I purchased a second roll and managed to do a decent job of covering the driver’s and passenger’s windows in my Class C motorhome.

Here are some recommendations: 1) DIY window film commonly comes in 20-, 24-, and 30-inch wide rolls. There aren’t too many vehicles that the 20-inch stuff will be tall enough to fit, and even the 24-inch film may not be tall enough for your application.

To avoid anger and frustration, measure your windows before you buy the film. 2) Remember, it’s not a race. Take your time and be patient–you’ll thank yourself in the end. 3) Do a thorough job of cleaning the glass and surrounding window frame inside and out, including the window gaskets, using a lint-free cloth or special glass cleaning-specific paper towels (not the stuff from your kitchen, which not only leaves a lot of lint behind but is treated with a chemical that leaves a residue on the glass).

4) To cut the film to the shape of your window, I found it easier to use the outside of the window on the opposite side of the vehicle from where the film will be applied rather than working on the inside of the window.

I scotch-taped the film to the window frame at the top and sides–use quality name brand tape for easy removal–and went through a multi-step process of making a series of cuts to transform the rectangular piece of film into something just slightly larger than the inside surface of the glass on the opposite side of the vehicle where it was going to be applied.

5) Make sure your hands are nice and clean before peeling off the liner and actually applying the film to the window. 6) Do NOT touch the surface of the film once you have peeled off the liner–it won’t stick where it’s been touched.

Good luck!.

Strong tint. But……will not stay on window. Glue on backing is not sticky enough. Called and was suppose to get a call back and nobody called back.

Nice thickness , nice color i like the boxes how they seal now the key part its in the shrinking if you are amateur this is a hard material to shrink you have to be carefull how much heat because you can easily burn it if you are a pro like alot of us are it takes one time to know how to work the material.

Hope the review is usefull.

Professional grade easy installation very satisfied

The tint is excellent for flat glass where no shrinking or very little is involved. Its a nightmare to shrink and nearly impossible on a back glass. Has excellent adhesive and scratch coat

It’s great just be sure to get correct length I went to measure my window and 20 was 1 inch longer than my window and I accidentally ordered the 20 needed 24

The tint paper waa completely wrinkled. It literally was so hard to work with it. Its completely damaged

I was worried about mixing my own lacquer to dye clear lacquer black, but Mixol is a surprisingly easy product to use. It’s 5 parts paint or lacquer to 1 part Mixol to get the desired intensity of color.

I will eventually use Mixol for staining projects as well. Excellent product!.

Tried this product to darken a light color chocolate to a darker chocolate shade. Used the whole bottle but didn’t see any change to the darker shade I was looking for. Maybe black was the wrong choice to use but I thought it would darken it at least a little.

Mixol worked really well for my application. I had to add a yellow aging effect to some red oak cabinets and this product did just the trick. Easy to add small amounts and mixes well! Very satisfied!

You may have a Jeep Wrangler 2dr soft top with half doors like my 2015 Sport model. The rear window may get jacked up. The zippers break, the window is just worthless. You may want to replace just the rear window.

Good luck! BEWARE! If you go to your good old Jeep dealer or Mopar, they want $300. just for the rear “curtain”. BUY THIS PRODUCT!!! You get 2sides and the rear window for same price. As good if not better than Jeep/Mopar factory stuff.

I’m happy!!.

Bought my Jeep used, and have no idea if the soft top is OEM. This year one of the side window zippers broke. Tried a repair and botched it so decided to replace all the windows (they were scratched up when I bought it).

These fit better than the windows that came with the Jeep. They look great and feel like a quality product. Could have been a bit cheaper, but I feel that way when I buy anything.

Great product, fit is perfect, love the dark tint. Only thing is the fabric is not exact match to factory top. It’s very close and it still looks good but it is off just a little bit. Overall great buy!.

Bought this product for my Q50s tail lights and let me tell you for a first time, not bad. If you have enough patience I recommend you to buy it and wrap it yourself is really easy to work on. This was one of the easiest wraps I’ve ever done no air bubbles neither wrinkles whatsoever it all came out smooth and perfect!!! My Q50S looks much better now so thanks for this!.

takes is patience and don’t use a credit card!! Purchase yourself a felt tipped squeegee. only problem with would be the installer. clean surface with alcohol before applying. and no, a hair dryer will not be enough heat to set it.

Works as intended and I have no experience of applying any tints or wraps and its not very difficult if you have proper equipment.

I’ve done tint before, so I’m not a complete novice. I bought a roll of this 2. 5% film to darken up my rear windows. Most of the time, those are the least challenging. The two biggest problems with this film are the thickness and the generally mediocre quality of the plastic film.

It is too thin for its own good. Not only that, but the clear plastic backing is too stuck on to remove it without damaging the film. It ships in a really skinny box and refuses to lay flat without having to be taped down.

Unless you have a helper when applying it, one wrong move and it instantly curls up and sticks together. It’s almost impossible to separate it without leaving nasty creases in the film. The same issue happens when it’s time to remove the clear plastic backing from the main film.

The static buildup during backing removal also turns it into a dust magnet. Unless you have someone hosing it down with soapy water or you’re working inside a NASA clean room, you can safely expect it to trap a ton and a half of dust.

Personally, I recommend going with the static cling film line for DIYers or have a shop do the installation for the higher dollar tints.

It’s wound sooo tight and the product retains sooo much memory it’s impossible to unroll and lay flat for even a moment! It’s like an Abbott and Costello skit trying to unroll this film in order to measure and cut it.

Also if you manage to do so, it appears to be electronically charged so beware what surface you use to do so. I immediately picked up dust particles and dog hairs. Do not kink the film even for an instant.

To do so results in a what looks like a hairline crack in the finished product. The product seems good and works as promised however the application is a nightmare. I STRONGLY suggest you bring this material to a pro and have them install it.

You’ll be much happier with the outcome.

it bubbles up over time due to the effects of the sun. Not many things can escape the punishing effects of the sun so im not mad just disappointed. After 5years it showed bubbles and didn’t look all that great.

After 10years if I even touch the tint it cracks and crumbles. I was also taught by a professional vinyl guy how to lay window films down and I layed that tint down with no dust or imperfections and the glass was cleaned and buffed before installation.

I liked some of the tools in the kit. I wouldn’t use this but maybe it might work out for someone else. The spray bottle can be outsourced cheaper from dollar store and some joy dish soap. The razor blade was handy.

Everything else in the kit wasn’t used. I got this because of lack of experience. I know now that there are more useful, cheaper items to get besides this kit.

It was a nice kit. I would rather go with a bottle water and baby shampoo mix. The blade was helpful and so was the cloth for removing tough to reach glass stains and glue. I chose this kit given my autozone rewards, but would rather save my money and purchase/make items separately.

For starters, I would say it is a great place to start and get used to the tools required.

For what it costs. This stuff is great. Takes some patience to apply. I agree with those saying they had issues cutting it. I’ve heard the pros use OLFA brand knives so I will try that when I decide to use some good ceramic tint.

Great way to practice for a better product. *P. S. * I don’t normally write reviews but felt the need because of the bad ones for this product. For starters, what did you expect for $12? Professional grade tint.

that’s hilarious. Is this super easy to install like the package suggest? No, but it’s not impossible. It requires patience which most people nowadays don’t have. The people leaving the bad reviews are the kinda people we have to put HOT!! on coffee cups for so they don’t burn themselves.

I read one from a supposedly certified mechanic who couldn’t handle this stuff. Wouldn’t want him working on my car. There were several other winners but don’t let them discourage you from trying this product.

You want professional grade. Go pay one.

Great price! Works great to keep my west-facing office cool. I can still easily see outside- it just looks like an overcast day, which is fine with me. My only regret is that I didn’t buy this product in the beginning of the summer.

It would have made the high temps much easier to live with. My one and only “complaint” is that its extremely difficult to cut it straight, which in turn, makes it extremely difficult to install it over your windows evenly.

Next time I’ll take the entire sheet, press it in place over my window and then use a box cutter to trim the edges. Trimming it while it lays flat on your counter is like trimming water – its too wiggly.

But I highly recommend this if you have a room in your house that gets way too hot!!.

this stuff is one step above trash. I mean yeah, it does the job KIND of, but let’s get real everyone. this is not at all what any of us want for tint on our cars. first off, it distorts the light and makes everything blurry.

so using it on a car is out of the question. unless you’re not a smart guy like me, and decide “eh I can deal with everything being blurry” it’s stretchy so you can put it where you want but it snaps back too hard so it doesn’t stay.

if you somehow DO manage to get it stretched and to stay (which is impossible with soap and water to let it move around– you’d need it to be dry), the part that stretched has to be the entire film otherwise you get weird stretch marks / lines that make the view even MORE distorted.

look, I’m an ASE certified mechanic. I know my way around cars. this is the last product I’d ever recommend for AUTO uses. however, for darkening a room in a house? it would be SUPER easy to do and I would recommend it for that.

I like the color. The tint is sticky on the side that goes on the glass. It needs a good amount of liquid on the window & film to slide it into place. The 1 big problem is peeling the clear backing off the sticky side.

The clear backing does not overlap the tint so the user can find a place to start the peel. Once the user finally gets a corner to peel, it doesn’t not peel easily and damages the tint with bends or folds or creases.

It takes 2 people to peel off – 1 holding the tint 1 peeling the backing. The other issue with the clear backing is the user can’t tell which side it is on. When measuring on the outside to cut tint to size the clear backing has to face outward.

If the user can’t tell which side is clear the tint will be cut backwards. Suggestion : rather than having 1 long roll,have pre cut pieces that only need a minimum of trimming. Lots of waste in one roll.

1 tool does 2 windows. Puts tabs on the corners or along the edge to help the user find a place to start the peel off the clear coat.

I’ve never window tinted before, and if you have, then you are aware that it’s a lot trickier then you may believe it to be,to begin with. that being said I bought a box not knowing really how much I’d get out of it, not because the dimensions on the box were wrong but Becusse I didn’t know how bad I’d suck at it.

The first box I did the front and rear side windows and they came out not so bad- any problem or complaint I had was my fault completely. Doing the other side after buying another box went wrong so then got another box and re tried- satisfied mostly with my effort…then I bought one more box for the back yesterday and failed miserably on the long stretch and that got trashed.

All in all,it’s tricky so be prepared to suck at it and or get creases and bubbles, mine came out good after re directing more concentration to the actual application since it’s not quite as easy as it sounds.

One other thing is that I used a credit card to push out my air bubbles and straighten it all out and it easily nicks the film creating damage and/or a hole. Then you just look amateur no matter what do you might aswell junk that section and re start.

Use plenty of application spray st all times and take to ur time. Good product for the money- it didn’t kill me to waste a few boxes but that’s to be expected, unless your a straight up G. Cheers.

It was very easy to use and it really works to help keep the sun and heat out of the car. I actually used it for both my rear window and my two back side windows as well. I would highly suggest purchasing this item for your vehicle!.

It has no directions on how to apply iot, whether to the window or plastic film. Nothing. So I sprayed it on the window. It took forever to stick at all. I could never get the edges to stick. So whereas it is currently on the window, it is not on well and who knows for how long.

I have always used soapy water to apply window film but decided to give this product a try. What a mistake. This leaves a white film between the window tint and the glass. Save yourself some $$ and use soapy water.

Came quick. Cloth works great. Spray does the job. Good buy

I put this on my qx56 windows and windshield. Love the product. It’s my 4th car I have used it on.