First off you’ll need the stuff to do it with.
Otherwise you certainly wont be tinting
anything!

Although you don’t need to take the window out
of the car, I’m sure u can agree it would be a lot harder trying
to work around interior trim etc.
I wont go into how to take the windows out here (refer to Haynes
manual or likewise for your car) but in my car it was a case of
removing the door card to get at 2 screws securing the window.
When undone, the window is tilted forward an withdrawn towards
the back of the car.
Right now to get started. Important things first I suppose…….try
not to crease the film. Be careful coz there are sharp things
involved (I assume you’re all old enough not to need to say seek
parents permission) an try not to break the window.
An it also makes it easier when you have some help……my
supervision wasn’t very helpful……….

Yes it is a cat!
Right so now to actually get started. Lay the window on the
floor like so

Remove any stickers for alarms etc, on mine as
u can probably see, is a line of dirt just under where the
window shows in the door. You may also noticed I haven’t removed
the channel the window sits in….didn’t see the point as u don’t
see about an inch above it anyway. An give u a reference for how
far down to tint the window.
So basically get the worst of dirt etc off. I used a Stanley
knife blade.
Next step I trimmed the film. To make sure u trim it the right
way. Stick I piece of tape onto the corner on each side so u can
pull them apart. This is to find out which side is the film and
which the liner

The sticky side of the tint needs to stick to
the inside of the glass. So make sure it’s the right way or
you’ll waste film. I left about an inch waste around the edge of
the window as excess can be trimmed when dry

Now to get wet……..make sure u give the window
a VERY good clean. Ideally as clean as possible. I used a brillo
pad (not sure if that’s right, the pink scourer things?) which
is also good for if u need to take the tint off coz it gets the
glue off. But try not to scratch the window
The way I did it next was to spray the soapy water onto the
window lying on towels on the floor…..outside face down. Make
sure its nice an wet. The next to the window peel the film off
but keep spraying it to keep it wet (this is where help is
really needed. I did it the hard way) then place the film on the
window. Pretty much spraying everything all the time.
Once its on the window an you’ve moved it into the rough
position. It moves quite easily. U can start squeegee’ing it
down. Best way I found and that the instructions said was to go
horizontally across the top and then go down vertically from
there. This stops it from getting a ‘windmill’ effect
Heres a quick pic in the middle of doing everything

That’s near the end now I suppose……but I’m sure when you’ve been
squeegee’ing you’ve noticed little bubble and cresses round the
edge?
Well with the bubbles u may just want to try an squeeze them
out. (always keep the film wet. Never squeegee on dry film) or
could pop them with a pin and flatten them by finger
I had lots of creases along the vertical edge of the window
because of the window curve. I tried a few ways to get rid of
these
1. make a slice and flatten either side…….but line is still
noticeable
2. hairdryer to dry an heat the film to keep it to the curved
shape……didn’t work especially well
3. or I left it. Didn’t work too bad but leave to dry next to a
radiator so the film in effect is shrunk onto the glass.
An I think that’s about everything that I can pass on so here's
the final article

Before

After

And just a quick note……if it goes wrong. Don’t
blame me :P |