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What Are Reasonable Window Tint Prices? By Harrison Hung, Tue Dec 6th
What are reasonable window tint prices?
The price for a car tint can vary dramatically from the
cheapest fly-by-night tint shop from $100 to the luxury tint shop's $400or more or merely $80 for a DIY car tint kit. For each of
these situations, the price can be considered reasonable. If we
really break it down, a reasonable price is depends on the
following factors:
Oddly, this is a even harder subject than explaining
how window film works. The price for a car tint can
vary dramatically from the cheapest fly-by-night tint shop from $100to the luxury tint shop's $400 or more or merely $80 for a DIY car tint kit. For each
of these situations, the price can be considered reasonable. If
we really break it down, a reasonable price is depends on
the following factors:
Your Car Type
Quite simply, a small percentage of cars are harder to tint
than others. When getting a price quote, a tint shop always asks
you for the make and model of your car. This isn't to see how
much money you have and charge you up the wazoo. (Often it is
with less reputable tinters)
Tinters know which cars take more time to tint properly.
Some cars with steep and curved rear windows like the
Volkswagen Beetle or Corvette tinters often charge a premium to
tint. Additionally, each additional square foot of window on
your vehicle requires more window film to tint. This makes tinting
a SUV or station wagons cost more than sedans.
Type of Tinting Film
Just like comparing a Hyundai to a Porsche, there are
wide performance and cost differences in tinting film. The cheapest
tinting film is many times less in price than top quality
window film. Again, you get what you pay for.
Cheap film may look good at the beginning, but they can fail
to block the summer heat, fade, turn purple, or bubble soon
after installation. Higher quality window film such as fully-metallized sputtered or deposition window films like Solar
Grad HP films offer both advanced performance and a
lifetime warranty. These films are worth the higher price.
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