TXjeepTJ

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I bought a 1970 Chevelle. The previous owner tinted all windows, except for the rear.

There is a roll cage installed in the car, which rides along the rear window, about 1 inch from it.. which pretty much makes it impossible for a window tinter to be able to squeegee between the roll bars and rear window.

Does anyone have any ideas that I can do besides using a window tint film? Or any ideas if I could use film, how to do it?

ramairetransam

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i know you dont want to hear this , but what about having the rear glass removed and then tinted and replaced.

67Lark

Have you talked to a tinter about doing it? My tinter has done caged cars before with tight clearances. It's not ideal but it can be done just tell them to charge you a little more.

psychosid30

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+1 on talking to your tint guy. They make special squeegees to get into tight spaces. I've seen several cages cars that have been tinted after the cages were put in.

themealonwheels

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You could put a strip of black vinyl behind the bar where you may not be able to clean the window as well. It would apply like tint, but not show dirt and such as bad as tint would. Or mask off a line on the window and rattle can? I did that with my dot matrix on the back window of my 4th gens and it came out nicely.

Rebob5

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Why not just remove the hatch off the car? When I tinted my back window I just removed the whole hatch off the car flipped it upside down and did the tint from there... Made it a lot easier. It's only the 2 hatch shock clips, a couple of bolts for the hinges and the plug for the 3rd brake light. That is probably going to be the easiest way to do it

crimson_bird

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Very first line of the OP. 1970 chevelle


Agree with the others, talk to the tinters you're considering. Don't just assume they can't do it.

Rebob5

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Lol just read that, I just assumed it was Fbody related.... Somehow I missed that first line

crimson_bird

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This would probably be the best option if they can't manage with the cage. I had my '78 camaros rear glass tinted before installing specifically because of how challenging it was going to be to tint it in the car... and that's without a cage or anything, it's just a tight fit in there. But of course I had to put in new glass anyway, so it wasn't in the car to start out.