1957 bel air hardtop

[RoseCityTinting]

Customer wants me to to his old bel air... took a quick glance at the rear window on this and cringed. I can't find much for tinted bel airs online

Is it even possible? There's obviously no defroster lines so a 2pc is out of the question.

[Mr paladin]

Best way to do it is with the glass out of the vehicle it can be done in one piece but it is a pita, the big proplem is if you trim it to the exact size of the winow it will big about an inch to big on the inside so it is kina of a guessing game on how much smaller you trim it.

[DOOTINT]

I have done at least a dozen 55-57 chev rear glass one piece and wet shrinking while back and the last one I did had a reproduction new rear glass and it was super easy to shrink/not many fingers/pretty flat curve

Just cut the sides 1/4in short on each,,,and no defrosters mean no peanuts

Would be very easy dry shrinking with powder or soap

Having one removed from the car was not real fun also,,scary thought of breaking it and trying hold it nice for squeeging it wasn't ideal

If you waste a piece?,,learn from it

[RoseCityTinting]

Cool. There is no defrosters on it and it looks like I can get the chrome trim off pretty easy as he had the car redone a while back and all that stuff was installed new.

I'll take a Crack at it

[DOOTINT]

I never needed the trim removed,,cut the top and bottom edges about even with the trim I think was good for no daylight

Clean/prep the inside of the glass before you cut the film,,then you will know how much room there is to the tootsie roll goop seal stuff

[TinterforLife]

The right way to do it is with the back glass out. This way you don't see the edge of the film from the outside. Its a bear in ceramic...not so bad in anything else.

[RoseCityTinting]

I think I migh5 be able to sell him on letting me remove the glass and replace clips and urethane.

Sick pic BTW