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Old Feb 18, 2005 | 07:35 PM
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Tint both fronts to match the factory tint on the rear window???

I don't want to go down there thinking I am getting a good deal and have it come out hacked.
Old Feb 18, 2005 | 07:41 PM
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shat! 85 bucks? It cost me 90 dollars to tint my whole xA (5 windows and visor for windshield)....then again, I got it done in South Florida.
Old Feb 18, 2005 | 07:51 PM
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id say that is about right ... i paid 80 bucks to get my 2 fronts tinted with llumar tint ....

im in mass as well
Old Feb 18, 2005 | 08:01 PM
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I paid $60 for mine...

$85 sounds a little steep

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Old Feb 18, 2005 | 08:11 PM
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i paid 160 for all of mine to be tinted with llumar. Limo in back
Old Feb 18, 2005 | 08:17 PM
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It depends on what % you want.


I got 35% all around for about $85
Old Feb 18, 2005 | 08:19 PM
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Too much!..I paid $95 plus tax to do the all windows on XB, including a strip on the front windshield.
Old Feb 18, 2005 | 08:34 PM
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Thats high! Around here, its $20 a window. I paid $50 for the front two windows + a windshield strip
Old Feb 18, 2005 | 08:35 PM
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That's a good deal, I paid $95
Old Feb 18, 2005 | 08:59 PM
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Well to quote beantowntc.... we do live in taxachusettes!
Old Feb 18, 2005 | 09:17 PM
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I paid 128 and change to do the back window and the door windows on my TC. In 5%. I did the little ones myself in 2.5% And whats beat is. The tint place dont use 2.5%. So I had to go 5%..
Old Feb 18, 2005 | 09:31 PM
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Sounds high. I paid $100 to do the front 2 windows and had to bring it back 3 times to get it done over, it was a total ripoff.
Old Feb 18, 2005 | 09:38 PM
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I payed $70 for the sides and a strip across the front.
Old Feb 18, 2005 | 09:49 PM
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But does everybody have lifetime warrenty on the tinting? I paid $150 for all the windows taken down 5% under state legal limit, ended up being 30% in front and 5% in back, and it all has lifetime warrenty.
Old Feb 18, 2005 | 11:43 PM
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Man tint must be alot cheaper outside of cali. to just do all the rears with 20 it'd cost me over 150 or so.Good thing i'm almost happy with stock privacy glass , with 20 over stock is equivelent to 5% or limo. yeah for 3 window tint in ca it's like 89-115 as a pretty standard price , like 115-130 for 5 windoes but the xb has 7 rear windows so like 140-170. I wouldnt know or care about the front's , I have enough illegal crap on my car as it is , no need to add more cop calling things.
Old Feb 18, 2005 | 11:45 PM
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DAMN!! you guys are getting raped i paid $40 bucks for the front windows on my XB
Old Feb 18, 2005 | 11:57 PM
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I got mine done for $70. Around here not many people tint their windows, its not a sunshine state. So there is not a huge market for it, and the price is pretty much the same everywhere.
Old Feb 19, 2005 | 12:14 AM
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i actually did tinting for my friends and i tinted my own side windows no bubbles. i used better tint than llumar. im not a professional window tint by any means. but on the xB its hard to go wrong. hah. but i got the metallic tint lifetime warranty.

if anyone is from the rochester area ill tint your front windows for 50 bucks for both.

also tint prices depend on the area you live in, for instance in philly it can cost you around 200 bucks to get a good tint job done.

my tint matches pretty evenly i got 20% film for that reason to match factory tint. i got plenty left so any takers please PM me.
Old Feb 19, 2005 | 03:37 AM
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$150 all the way around including the eyebrow...$85 is a little high.

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Old Feb 19, 2005 | 05:12 AM
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i paid 40$ for the 3M ones that dont let the heat in <i dont know what they are called>



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