billzkey

The local Suntek guy here charges $160 for CIR on a standard vehicle.  He charges an additional $40 if you have an SUV.  Now, I have yet to see an install come out of his shop that didn't have scratches or hazing issues, but whatever...  To think, I thought I was being fair when I offered SolarFX or Global ceramic for $250, only to have customers try to get me down to $160 to meet the other guy's price.  Granted, this guy always tries to do 15 to 20 cars per day and has multiple employees so I guess he prefers to make his money in volume versus per car.  I'm just a part-timer who prefers to offer what I feel is the better product for a fair price.

Sadly, all anyone local thinks is that I am ripping them off because this other guy sells the "same tint" for a lower price and that is exactly how he advertises.  They seem to not give a hoot about hazing or scratching and are quick to point out that I am charging too much money and ripping them off.

Finally, the last time I looked into Suntek pricing, I wondered how they could offer a quality ceramic tint at their pricing point.  After working with some, I learned that it isn't a quality ceramic tint, hence the low per foot price point.  OTOH, I was shocked at how easy it shrunk for a ceramic tint but that is due to the fact that it is missing the scratch resistant layer that higher end ceramics have.

I did it part-time last year, until I had some health issues that forced me to stop.  Now, my health issues are back in check and I may give it another whirl next year.  I'm good friends with someone who owns his own tinting business and I am welcome any time!  In other words, I am lucky.

I will, however, be tinting my wife's new Kia Soul soon.  

Just now, jh812 said:

 Dang what did you put oon there for it to already be failing? 

I didn't do the initial install because this was before I learned how to tint.

Sadly, this installer is the reason I learned how to tint windows.  He was famous for up-selling another line with a lifetime warranty, then installing run of the mill ATC film on the vehicle.  I'll know more if it is ATC because that film is generally a royal pain to remove as it comes off in layers.  All I can say is that this film is NOT the Carbon film that I paid for because the whole car is experiencing fading.

Has anyone removed one of these decks?  If not, when it cools off, I'm going to remove the deck in my wife's 2016 Jetta GLI because the tint currently on the car has experienced adhesive failure.  I really want to make sure I have complete access to the whole window because removing glue from behind the brake light is a royal pain.

I told my wife that I will wait until it cools down a bit unless it gets to the point where she can not see out of her back window.  If it becomes a safety issue before it cools off, I'l redo it, heat be damned.

I'm still in the beginning stage, but the reason I became interested in window tinting was to help out a friend of mine who owns a shop and had a lot of health problems.  The end result will be to learn the trade, but I can't turn my back on a friend.