i'm tinting the rear window on my corolla and it's curved so it's hard to not get an assload of bubbles... i've tried it once and it didn't work out so im going to attempt it again but anyway...

the car is a '93 corolla... basically i wanna know if anyone has any exp doing curved rear windows... do you cut it in a bunch of pieces? do you cut it before or after it's on? which direction do you cut the pieces(horizontally or vertically)?

plz dont say "take it to a professional," you'll be saving me some time and yourself some time. i've already done a lot of other cars and they've turned out fine, just never ran into this problem before...


thanks,
harold

 

If you have rear defrost on your car then doing the back window is always a pain in the *** ...if not its much easier. I did a curved rear window with defrost a couple years ago and its still going strong (meaning no bubbles). Now im no expert but you can get away with using one large sheet of tint (if big enough). I just used some large paper and traces the window shape from the outside....transfered the template to the tint and slapped the tint on the inside of the window. If you traced right the you can just press the bubbles out of the tint and the tint will curve right into place. I marked the center of the window with some tape and the same with the tint so i had a reference point. If you do have to cut the tint cut it horizontally or with the curve of the window. I know that when my buddy had his formula tinted the shop accually cut individual strips of tint to go in between the rear defrost wires (lines whatever you call em) def the best way to go cuz you will never get bubbles. Anyway hope this helps...if you already tried it this way or already know this then sorry for the long useless post. good luck


Ps: if you do get some bubbles...get a sharp pin and pop em then smooth the tint back out in that area...you wont see the pin hole if you take your time.

 

Honestly why not find somebody who will do it for you who knows how to do it well. My tinting friend told me something once that I really never forgot. Some guys walked into his shop while I was there and wanted just rolls of tint from him. He sold it to them cheap (And I wondered why so cheap) then looked at me and goes "Don't worry they will be back and thats when I make my money, they will put it on, fail and come back. Then I will charge to take off their screw up/clean window, then sell them a tint job from me done right"

Get it dont right, save yourself money in the long run.