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mod welcome to another episode of my car
mods proudly supported by just car
insurance now in our last episode of
Mighty Car Mods we taught you guys how
to remove your ttin yourself at home and
that means if you want to go and get
your car tinted somewhere else
professionally you'll save at least 100
bucks because they won't have to remove
it for you but you don't have to take
your car somewhere else to get tinted
professionally do you no you don't
Martin because today we're going to
teach you how to tint your own car
yourself at
home last episode we showed you a few
different methods of removing tint from
your mom's car using heat guns hair
dryers avocado and Brute Force this time
we're going to show you how to tint your
car with some Quality Tint to make your
glass mad and
black all right so these are the tools
you're going to need to install your mad
tint you're going to need some good
quality tint we'll talk about that soon
you're going to need a variety of
squeegees and spear cards to make it all
fit you're also going to need this
shrinking card which is coated in Teflon
so it slides across the tint you need a
heat gun to shrink it you're going to
need a knife you're going to need some
water and dishwashing liquid in a spray
gun and you're going to need some tape
that says stop do not wind down your
window so that you don't ruin your mad
tin one of the most important parts of
this whole job is cleanliness now
dishwashing detergent and water in a
spray gun is the best way to make sure
all the grease and dirt is removed from
both sides of the windows and why do you
have to clean both sides because you use
the outside of the glass as a template
to cut the tint to shape which is then
stuck on the inside of the
glass if your car has a rear window
wiper or stop light on the inside of the
glass you'll need to cut around it all
right so we're starting with the back
window of the car this is probably the
hardest bit of any tint job we're
basically trying to make a flat bit of
tint take on a curved shape now to do
that we have to use a heat gun we've
stuck it to the back of the window we've
cut it to shape we've switched it down
through the middle and the sides and now
we just have to heat
it the plastic in the tent will shrink
when Heat's applied it's easy to melt
straight through it if you're not
careful so go slowly we're placing a
light in the boot so we can see exactly
where to cut the outline of the rear
window depending on how dark the ENT is
that you've chosen you may not need to
do this step so ttin come in a range of
different darknesses which are given a
VT percentage that's a visual light
transmission the most common ones are
35% 20% 15% 10% and 5% what those
numbers denote is how much light
actually goes through the window once
the film is on there so if you've got a
35% film on your window that that means
when 100% of the light hits the window
35% actually makes its way into the
cabin so my Forester has a 35% tint on
it the little blue turd has a 10% tint
on it and the Civic it had a 5% tint on
it which was just totally illegal and
also so dark inside you couldn't see
anything it looked terrible the original
owner probably was embarrassed to be
seen in it hence why it was done so dark
now if you want to go JDM style in Japan
it's illegal to tint your front windows
at all but you can make the back as dark
as you like personally I think it looks
better if you're going to do the whole
thing you can different grades as you go
around the car but today we're going to
go for a good all round dark tint which
is 20% and on this car it's going to be
Stormtrooper style it's going to madly
set off the black wheels and it's going
to look
awesome The Tint will stick to a flat
wet surface which is Handy for holding
it while you peel the clear plastic
backing off that reveals the glue it's
this glued side that gets stuck to the
inside of the windows use a squeegee to
stick it in place and then squeeze all
of the air out from the middle to the
edges
black now a lot of people who try and
tint their cars at home don't end up
happy with the results and this is
usually because they've bought really
cheap tint off eBay now the really cheap
stuff is not actually real tint it's
usually just two layers of plastic with
some dye that's injected between them to
give it that Darkness but it's not
actually doing anything good Quality
Tint like this is actually made out of
three layers of metal and this is
properly UV protectant stuff it's also
scratch resistant and if you want to get
a good quality job that's going to last
you need to actually shill out and buy
some decent tint now you'll be able to
do your whole car probably for about 150
bucks but try and avoid that really
really cheap stuff cuz it's not actually
going to do anything for you it's not
going to last it's hard to put on and it
just doesn't look good and why would you
insult your vehicle with some cheap tint
that would be like ins salting Initial D
with some cheap tofu instead of that
quality tofu it's just a waste of time
people don't do it so we've got our left
of plastic from the back window that we
just tinted we're going to use this as a
template to get just the right size for
the front window by sticking it on there
cutting around it then laying the good
tint on it and chopping that to
size lay the tint out flat with the
plastic template placed on top of both
the left and right sides so you can cut
them both at once make sure you get the
front and lower edges perfect as the top
and the backside can be trimmed once
it's laid on the glass once the tints
cut out the right shape for the window
lay it on the outside of the glass and
trim it to
fit make sure the glass is super clean
and remove any old glue with a razor
blade with this done the plastic backing
can be removed and the tint placed onto
the window place it on slightly higher
and then slide it down under the window
Channel rubbers squeegee the air out
from the center to the edges making sure
it's kept well lubricated so it doesn't
damage the
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tent use the plastic Edge cards to make
sure the tent is flat against the glass
and won't catch on the window rubbers
the same process applies for the back
and side
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windows sometimes it's easier to knock
the tin into place by hitting it gently
with your
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hand so we're also going to cut around
these back windows we don't need to make
a template which keeps it nice and easy
all the light coming in through the bo
is enough to be able to see through so
we can follow the dotted
line don't use your windows for a few
days until the tints had time to stick
on proper and mad let's go do this thing
okay so there it is it should cost you
around 150 bucks to tint your own car
yourself at home and that's if you're
buying good Quality Tint now don't be
hard on yourself if it doesn't look
awesome the first time professionals who
are doing this every day got the
experience and the tools to make sure
they do an awesome job every time but it
is worth getting there and having a go
cuz you end up with that satisfaction
going I did my tint and my tint looks
mad yeah exactly and look if you do
stuff it up then just watch our previous
episode on how to remove it then watch
this one again on how to apply it and if
that doesn't work just go around and
round and around and eventually
hopefully you'll get there and you'll
have a tent that looks Ace speaking of
things that look Ace you should check
out issue 3 The Mighty Car Mods magazine
there's all sorts of mad stuff in there
technical articles DIY interviews
drifting in Japan lots of cool stuff
yeah there's lots of awesome stuff and
we're giving you guys a 10% discount you
go to shop.my mods.com and buy the
magazine in the coupon code just enter
the word tint T and you'll get 10% off
and you will love it you'll learn things
and you'll have a great time hello
Martin see you mate bye
mate next time on Mighty Car Mods
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