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Removing window tinting

Old Jun 5, 2013 | 03:10 AM
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My buddies do tint for a living and I've watched them do a ton of cars..

I AM GOING TO MAKE THIS WAY EASIER THAN WHAT THEY'VE SAID ABOVE!!

1. Grab an industrial strength BLACK trash bag and cut close to window size (only one layer)

2. Spray glass cleaner all over current tint and lay trash bag over the glass cleaner and tint.

3. Let that window bake in sun for about 20-40 minutes depending on temperature where you live.

4. After waiting 20-40 minutes peel corner of tint and slowly take tint off window.
(The tint should come off very nice and in a full sheet)

5. All left over glue (very light film if any) spray glass again with glass cleaner and scrape off with flat razor. After film is taken off (if there was any) spray glass again until clean.


The trash bag basically helps tint sweat out the glue and makes it stupid simple to pull off with little to no effort or headaches

If you do above not counting letting it sit in sun, clean up will take under 5 min.. Just remember trash bag only needs to be one layer (like a sheet of paper)

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Old Jun 5, 2013 | 03:22 AM
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I used to take tint off all the time at my last job. I just peeled it off by hand and used a razor and glass cleaner to get the glue off. Don't use a razor though if the Window has a heating element in it because it can damage the heating element.

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Old Jun 12, 2013 | 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Hskr4x4
My buddies do tint for a living and I've watched them do a ton of cars..

I AM GOING TO MAKE THIS WAY EASIER THAN WHAT THEY'VE SAID ABOVE!!

1. Grab an industrial strength BLACK trash bag and cut close to window size (only one layer)

2. Spray glass cleaner all over current tint and lay trash bag over the glass cleaner and tint.

3. Let that window bake in sun for about 20-40 minutes depending on temperature where you live.

4. After waiting 20-40 minutes peel corner of tint and slowly take tint off window.
(The tint should come off very nice and in a full sheet)

5. All left over glue (very light film if any) spray glass again with glass cleaner and scrape off with flat razor. After film is taken off (if there was any) spray glass again until clean.


The trash bag basically helps tint sweat out the glue and makes it stupid simple to pull off with little to no effort or headaches

If you do above not counting letting it sit in sun, clean up will take under 5 min.. Just remember trash bag only needs to be one layer (like a sheet of paper)
Thanks all for the inputs. Going to try the trash bag method, will let you know how it goes.
Double checked and the front (and back) windows have a tint, you can see where it's not as a frame like around the glass. If the factory doesn't then I guess the dealer in NM must have done it.
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