i want to tint my hatch, but most of the jobs i see have a seam on them and i dont want that, anyone have any tips? i want the seam, if i need to have one, to run along one of the defrost lines, but how would i make that happen more easily?
anyone do this?

 

You will never be able to have seemless tint unless you order custom glass. A good shop can make the seems as small as possible. To run it accross the defrost lines will do two things. First, your defrost will not work because you will break the electical connection. Second, it will do a por job hiding the seem. The sheets of tint must overlap or there will be a white line. There is no way around it short of custom making glass.
Sorry.

 

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Originally Posted by tweaked

You will never be able to have seemless tint unless you order custom glass. A good shop can make the seems as small as possible. To run it accross the defrost lines will do two things. First, your defrost will not work because you will break the electical connection. Second, it will do a por job hiding the seem. The sheets of tint must overlap or there will be a white line. There is no way around it short of custom making glass.
Sorry.

WRONG!! I have my rear hatch tinted on my 91FC and it is all 1 piece of tint. It is very possible if whoever is doing it knows how to truly tint windows. YES I repeat it is 1 piece of tint on a bowed window!

 

Heh, mine is one peice of tint as far as I can tell, and just randomly started falling off one day. Think the heat destroyed it...

 

i have had my tint on for a year and there no signs of peeling

 

my hatch is tinted, and the defroster works fine.

best easiest way to do it, go to your local tinting place and pay someone to tint your windows.

 

Definitely check around some local shops. Mine was done on my 90GXL and it was BEAUTIFUL. All 1 piece, never had any problems.

 

i tinted my moms mercedes windows and a compound curved window, if you do it correctly you can't really even see any seems, you have to cut into strips and overlap them, then cut the overlap. lets see some pics of some tinted fc's.

 

You are absolutely NOT supposed to overlap the film and leave it that way!

 

Very right, but it is a VERY tough technique, best left up to the pros.

 

i took a short class on tinting a long time ago...there is a LOT involved to doing it right. It's almost an art. Find a shop that does good work and have them do it.

 

My hatch is tinted with two pieces, and they seam on the defroster line. The seam is not visible from inside or outside, and you can't even feel it with your finger. It was done by a professional shop though. My defrost still worked, though my car is summer only so I never use it anyway.

 

i did mine myself with 2 pieces and ran it along the defroster line, the seam is not noticable at all and the defroster works perfectly fine.

 

The trick with tinting (sort of like with regular vinyl application) is to have the special application fluid to put it down with. I've never done tint myself (well, i tried once, long ago before I knew of this), but that's how I've heard it done, from when I used to do vinyl graphics. I know its a lifesaver with regular vinyl.

 

my hatch was done flawlessly with one piece, i dunno heh

 

I had mine tinted by a shop 4 years ago. One piece, the defroster works and the tint is still perfect.

I've tried to tint a couple of times, and I am stubborn and do 99% of my own work. Tinting is one of the very few things I lets the 'pros' do.