First timer

Hi next week I am going to attempt at tinting my TC is there any special thing I should know to do the tint? Like do the door panels have to come off and such thing? I ordered pre cut tint that fits exact and a tinting kit and have been watching alot of DIY and want to do this as a hobby if mine turns out I'm thinking of buying a roll and attempting the cut and everything on my wifes 98 Saturn SL if anyone has any tips at all please let me know thanks

Jay

1 Tip...Take it to the pros. Try it first though and then get back to us to see how you did. TAKE PICS PLEASE!!

Thanks and Good Luck

You may get lucky and get it to stick, but you will appreciate it more if you take it to a pro.

I know maybe it won't turn out the first time but If I took it to a pro I wouldn't learn anything... I'm not expecting it to look pro (fingers crossed I get lucky :P) but for sure I will take some pics and let you be the judge but since it already cut to perfect size all I need to do is get it on there right no heat gun or stuff like that??

TC's not bad on the sides but if your doin that hatch in one piece, your precut piece is doomed already because you have no experience heat shrinking ( yes you need a heat gun ), a diy video cant help you get the experience you need to shrink that....but Good Luck

IMO I think that any Noobie should be given advice to help them. We all were Noobies once and if we listened to everyone saying to take it to a pro, well we would never be pro's ourselves. I've seen threads where members just went off the chain telling noobies not to try and so on. Let's try to help instead of discourage others. This doesn't apply to everyone, just some.

good luck ......................
hope it works 4 you....................
youll prob need one of these after/.....................
but drink it after

Just be patient with it. Pre cuts are usually cheap anyway.

Good luck man. Be sure to post pics

did you have the internet when you started to tinted?...did you have everything handed to you when you were learning to tint?..would you help someone if they came to your shop and ask you to teach them how to tint their own car?

i can respect that. but our industry is so blown up with washed up tinters, wannabe tinters, tinters who dont know how to tint ruining the industry worsens day by day! the manufacturer's make it worse selling to whoever, i can respect llumar and some others being real careful on who they sell to. I think we are in a position where we should just not lend out information we make a living out of in public. You can see the significant amoutn of guys that come on here for advice and you have guys on here, giving out info left and right. We are not protecting our industry, there is no union, and if we try to form one there is always some wigga who will ruin it. The help should start from manufacturer and distributors. Get my drift?

Besides, the old school tinters on here never had any help, they learned the hard way, with no internet, books, or anything, back when film didnt shrink. How do i know? cause i grew up around the biz and ive seen this industry change in front of my eyes. And Tintdude is a great site, but i think the exposure of "showing" or "telling" people what they're asking for might be a bit to much. If i try to go on Paintdudes.com im sure they wont tell me all the secrets of paint a black house to a white house, how many layers of paint? primer? how many brushes? what clothes to wear?

i didnt think so

Agreed. I didn't have anybody teach me to tint. A lot of people relied on me back in school, and one thing they demanded was tint. Noobs need to just sport the cash for some film and tools and give it a whirl. I don't think I could call Alpine or Rockford and ask them how do I repair my blown amp.