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    It seems there are fairly polarized opinions on this and no "right answer". If you're a good negotiator and can knock the dealer down to something near what a backyard tinter would do, then it obviously makes sense to do that as you're covered by the dealer warranty and will be able to include the tinting as part of your financing/novated lease.

    If you're not such a good negotiator or your dealer plays hardball, then it's down to what you can afford and what you're comfortable with. If money is no object or is less important than your peace of mind, then get the dealer to do it. If you trust backyard tinters with a good reputation, then you can save yourself some money by avoiding the dealer, bearing in mind that you are then taking the risk of poor workmanship... so it's in your best interest to do your research properly.

    I personally went with a backyard tinter because I have an objection to giving money to middle-men where those middle-men provide little or no benefit in my opinion. I do appreciate I have different opinions to some though.

    Quote Originally Posted by donweather View Post
    They also told me they have to remove the trims etc to install the tint due to the rubber seals on the door windows, so I'd be interested to know how your guy did it with no trim removal??
    I watched him do it and it was quite clever. He cut the tint to size on the outside of the window where he could, then for the bits that would be out of sight he trimmed the tint on his cutting board. He used his heat gun to preshrink parts of it so it had the right curvature (and I think this is where the skill and experience shows). He then wet the inside of the window with his hand spray, put the tint on, and slid it down the window so that there was no exposed untinted glass. He then used his little hand tool to press the tint on flat and move any bubbles to the edges and out.

    I checked the trim after he'd finished as I was concerned about scratching etc, but it was in perfect condition still from what I could see. The only other concern I had was that the edges out of sight hadn't bonded to the glass properly, but have since satisfied myself that it isn't really a concern as it's unlikely, and besides, I have a lifetime warranty if it's necessary. How am I satisfied? Well, take a thin plastic film similar to tint (e.g. overhead projector sheet), clean a window then wet it. Put the film on the wet part and notice it sticks. This has something to do with water surface tension from what I read, so you can push the film around on the wet part and the edges don't come off. The tint film is a permeable membrane that bonds to the glass as the water evaporates, so the edge should be securely bonded now.

    Quote Originally Posted by Maverick View Post
    That's going to suck when something fails in the door like the controller or the lock. A new complete door painted will be thousands!

    Or your tinter had absolutely no idea what he was doing. To do the job properly the door trims have to come off.
    I have to agree with you Mav, it doesn't sound right that you can't take the trim off. It's probably that you can't take the trim off easily, or without having to replace clips or something, but the trim can definitely come off otherwise the dealer would not have been able to replace my broken drivers door window.

    As for your comment on doing the job "properly", I guess that's a subjective call. I think my tinting has been done properly without the trim being removed, but perhaps you don't feel it's done properly without actually seeing the entire window covered in tint to the edges (even below the trim where the glass will never see the light of day anyway). As I've learned in life, there's "Best Practice" and then shades of gray through to poor practice... it's not always a case of "black and white best or worst practice.

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    everyone is talking about piece of mind but most tinting shops give you a life time warranty on their product so what is there to worry about? If it bubbles take it back and they will fix it.

    When a dealer tints your car the same things can go wrong as a "backyard tinting shop" at the end of the day it all comes down to $$$ if VW wants $500 to ting your tiguan and you feel that you can pay someone $250 for the same job then you end up with some extra money in your pocket.

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    Quote Originally Posted by avalasia View Post
    everyone is talking about piece of mind but most tinting shops give you a life time warranty on their product so what is there to worry about? If it bubbles take it back and they will fix it.
    That's not what is being discussed, the damage that is done to cars is being discussed and there are plenty of VW owners who have had damage done (including one here in Brisbane with $3-4000 worth of trim destroyed). In that example it was an apprentice/junior who did that car on his last day and it was paid out through their insurance company, but what occurs if you make a claim and the business has been recently sold? The new owners won't accept responsibility and I've seen quite a few tinting businesses up for sale and never a VW dealership.

    When a dealer tints your car the same things can go wrong as a "backyard tinting shop" at the end of the day it all comes down to $$$ if VW wants $500 to ting your tiguan and you feel that you can pay someone $250 for the same job then you end up with some extra money in your pocket.
    I don't agree for the following points that I've posted about throughout this thread (which if you haven't read you should do).

    The majority of dealers use one of the few companies to do their tinting which is done onsite at the dealer so the staff are familiar plus they can access parts and advice on trim removal if required.

    Plus the other benefit is that if there is a problem with the tint the dealer will sort it out (at the same time as a service for example and you can access a loan car) so you don't have to stuff around taking it back and forth to a tint shop.

    And if any trim is found damaged years later the dealer will sort it out.

    Plus you can get the price of the tint down at the dealer to near that of getting it done somewhere else.

    A large percentage of tints I'm sure go without problems but I would rather have one place to deal with. No-one is suggesting that the dealer tint is special or anything like that but if you're unlucky enough to have problems you'll wish you had it done at the dealer. I had a problem with the tint on the rear window and it was fixed when the car was in have a few other things looked at, no extra hassles and I had a free loan car.

    Quote Originally Posted by Arctra View Post
    As for your comment on doing the job "properly", I guess that's a subjective call. I think my tinting has been done properly without the trim being removed, but perhaps you don't feel it's done properly without actually seeing the entire window covered in tint to the edges (even below the trim where the glass will never see the light of day anyway). As I've learned in life, there's "Best Practice" and then shades of gray through to poor practice... it's not always a case of "black and white best or worst practice.
    I probably should have worded it better "To do the job properly you generally have to remove the door trims".

    If you have someone who know's what he's doing that install is probably fine, be good to see how it's holds up over a period of time.
    Last edited by Arctra; 25-10-2009 at 02:13 PM. Reason: Consecutive posts merged

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    Quote Originally Posted by avalasia View Post
    everyone is talking about piece of mind but most tinting shops give you a life time warranty on their product so what is there to worry about? If it bubbles take it back and they will fix it.
    Personally I would prefer a warranty from a VW dealer than a tint shop, I think the former is more likely to be around in a few years time in the event there is a problem - just personal preference though.

    I negotiated the price of the tint down with the dealer so picking the car up all sorted at an acceptable price saved me the hassle having to go elsewhere for the tint.

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    I'm about to get the Tig tinted. I've done a fair bit of reading in the Mk6 section, but I'm wondering if the Tig's front (grey) and rear (green) glass are identical to the ones on the GTI and R? If so I would get 22 supreme/52 quantum done!

    Unfortunately I don't know anyone with one of those two cars. Does anybody know more about that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrip View Post
    Personally I would prefer a warranty from a VW dealer than a tint shop, I think the former is more likely to be around in a few years time in the event there is a problem - just personal preference though.

    I negotiated the price of the tint down with the dealer so picking the car up all sorted at an acceptable price saved me the hassle having to go elsewhere for the tint.
    u do realise that most factory tint is actually done by local shops?

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    Are you sure about that? If it says privacy glass then it is most likely factory fitted green/grey glass.

    I doubt OEM tint is done by local shops as VW wouldn't be able to maintain one quality level. Local shops tend to do the tint you buy at the point of purchases at an inflated price. Correct me if I'm wrong here.

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    Yes hippyhippy is correct, the tinting is not done by dealer staff, they either get a mobile tinter to come in to do the job or have a relationship with a local/nearby tint place. They charge you a pretty penny for it too!


    I ordered the sports pack on my passat which includes factory tinting to the passenger side glass and rear glass - this factory tint is where the tint is impregnated into the glass itself and not just a film on the glass.

    On delivery, I had the front windows tinted to match shade with the factory glass but at a legal opacity as the rears were just a little on the dark side of legal . . . at least the ones on my car were.

    It is hard to tell any colour difference between the tint and factory glass as the match done by the tinter was very close - only under certain light/angles do you notice that it is slightly different (these days you can get so many different grades and shades of tint that there is bound to be one that is a close match to your car).






    Re tinting - I got it done by a tint specialist (not through the dealer - way better price, same quality if not better) and asked them to put metallic tint on the front side windows for the UV and heat protection and a clear UV film on the factory tinted glass. You should check with your dealer - the factory tint is shade only, there is limited/no UV protection, the factory tinted glass also does only an OK job with IR/heat - I asked for a high UV protection clear tint that is good at blocking heat as well.

    Personally, I would go for good quality metallic tint for the non-factory tinted glass as it cuts more UV and IR than the regular tints (yes, it is a little pricier). I had even asked my dealer to do a delete option for the factory tint on my sports pack - but was no-can-do


    Also, there are plenty of threads on the best tint places, getting a good deal, which tint material works best (metallin/non-metallic), what grade of tint you should go for, pics of before/after etc.
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    Actually there's an option for some Veedubs to have a factory privacy glass option. My old MkV GTI had that, as did my Tiguan 155TSI. It does f**k all to remove UV and IR though.

    I ended up going to TintACar to get my Tiguan done. Used the factory legal Formula 1 tint.

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