rotten42

Can anybody recommend a good place to get the windows tinted in Calgary?


details?...price...how many windows..and what level of tint please.

khtm

Sorry, I can only recommend good camping spots. :D

rotten42

I don't camp in places where they allow banjo's :D

khtm

lol only guitars though right? :D Isn't the banjo the guitar's ugly step-sister?

canadian_8

I had mine done at Shadow Tint located at:

3921 Manchester Road SE (just east of chinook centre)
287-TINT is their number

khtm

how much, canadian? and what'd you get tinted?

buddman

check Mr. Detail too...

Gord96BRG

Another vote for Shadow Tint - I had mine done there, 23 months ago!

From this old Paint Protection Film :
Regards,
Gordon

rotten42

I'll have to check them out....Gord, post a pic of your cars, I can't remember seeing it. Do you still have the Audi?

Gord96BRG

Yup, still have the Audi (had Shadow Tint do the clear bra and tint on it 3.5 years ago!), still going great - but I just realized I don't have any pictures of it! Lots of RX-8 pics and Miata pics, though...

Here's an Imagestation photo album from 22 months ago of my road trip to Monterey - lots of pics showing the tint on the RX-8!

I'll add a couple of smaller pics later...

canadian_8

rear, and 2 rear sides (i cant remember what the exact number was but i think 15%)

i believe it was 140ish... not cheap but a quality job. I forgot my digi cam in ontario and all my pics are on my PC there, but if you want to meet up to take a look im always available.

khtm

I already have my rear and 2 rear sides done with 7%...I'm thinking about doing the 2 front sides with 30% or something like that. I guess that would probably be around $100 then?

canadian_8

your correct, it would about 100 for your 2 front sides

khtm

you wouldn't happen to know what the tinting laws in calgary are, would ya?

khtm

ahhhhh...found it:

http://www.iwfa.com/iwfa/Consumer_In...vincelaws.html

chit

canadian_8

but i really doubt you would get in too much trouble for 30% on the fronts....

but i have been wrong before

CowTownWoody

A friend with a Jetta, tinted fronts, has been warned twice in 3 years, both times while getting speeding tickets. Never fined for it.

SlowLude

I just got my car clear-bra'ed yesterday!! I got it done at this place called Freestyle Designz, and the results are damn amazing since they had to hand-cut sheets due to the MS front bumper. Plus they did the sideskirts and rear deflectors too. I couldn't be more impressed with their work, and they do tint too. Just thought I'd share my experience...

SirLeNerd

Got mine done at Shadow Tint as well.

Fritz the Cat

I'm getting my done. I brought the car in for a 20% tint on the back three windows and 50% on the front side windows. There was a mix-up and now I have 20% on the back window and 50% on the back side windows, and nothing on the front side windows. Oh well, she's going back in to get it done right. That's at Shadow Tint as well.

One question for y'all: there are some small bubbles on my back window tint already. Should I be worried? Is that normal?

Fritz the Cat

Actually, this information isn't correct. Quoting from the Alberta Highway Safety Act (http://www.qp.gov.ab.ca/documents/Re...sbn=0779717090):

Window glazing


69(1) A person shall not install, replace or cover the window glazing in a windshield or in a left or right side window of a motor vehicle that is beside or forward of the driver with a transparent, translucent or opaque material.


(2) A person shall not install, replace or cover the rear window glazing in a motor vehicle with a transparent, translucent or opaque material unless the motor vehicle has outside rear view mirrors on both the left and right that comply with section 72(2).

So it's not legal to install tinting of any kind on the front three windows. Technically, that means that the blue tint one sometimes sees at the top of some front windows is illegal.

And I just left Shadow Tint a few hours ago with 50% tint on the front side windows. Damn.

rotten42

I just got my back 3 windows tinted at shadow tint....20% tint. I got a bit of a deal because I mentioned that they were recommended on this site.

I can't imagine going to a 5% tint like KHTM did.....at night you wouldn't be able to see a thing.