Where's the Best Shop for Tinting in the Houston Area?

[gritz45]

Originally Posted by FreebirdSRT

You don't mean that Star auto near Chimney Rock and 59, do you?

If I would have know that is where you went the first time, I would have tried to stop you. I got your PM and sending you my guys contact information.

I have been very pleased with the tint that River Oaks Chrysler installed on my car, very dark on the rear windows, darkest legal tint on the front. I know they do it third party, who do they use?, is it your guy.

[FreebirdSRT]

Originally Posted by gritz45

I have been very pleased with the tint that River Oaks Chrysler installed on my car, very dark on the rear windows, darkest legal tint on the front. I know they do it third party, who do they use?, is it your guy.

There are several members that were pleased with the tint job from River Oaks Chrysler. They asked me if they wanted ROC to do Freebirds windows when I first bought her, at ROC.

1. They will only tint 35% on the 2 front door windows. (I want it darker).
2. They will not remove the rear deck and third brake light to tint the entire back window in one piece, they cut around the third brake light. (my tinter and I did that together. Even my guy will want to cut around the brake light, but he has known me too long and that does not cut it with me) So he and I took the back deck and 3rd brake light out for him to tint the entire rear window.

ROC does not use my tinter.

[dux]

Originally Posted by FreebirdSRT

There are several members that were pleased with the tint job from River Oaks Chrysler. They asked me if they wanted ROC to do Freebirds windows when I first bought her, at ROC.

1. They will only tint 35% on the 2 front door windows. (I want it darker).
2. They will not remove the rear deck and third brake light to tint the entire back window in one piece, they cut around the third brake light. (my tinter and I did that together. Even my guy will want to cut around the brake light, but he has known me too long and that does not cut it with me) So he and I took the back deck and 3rd brake light out for him to tint the entire rear window.

ROC does not use my tinter.

I have had my new SRT back to ROC to have them redo the rear window once already, and I think I am headed back there again.

Question: I am correct, aren't I, in presuming that the rear window tint should be distortion free? The first tint job left a series of parallel "blur" stripes at about a 45 degree angle across the window. This second job is better, but straight lines looked at through the window still are blurred by the tint. The dealer and tinter are starting to try to accuse me of being overly picky ("The defroster lines on these cars are too close together to get a distortion free tint application"). That's a BS excuse for a sub-par job, right?

I paid for this job, so I'd rather get them to do it right, but, 'Bird, I might end up needing to go to your guy.

Thoughts?

[ljones]

About how much did your tint run you?

I'm in Atlanta and i'm trying to get an idea on price. The second they see me in my 300 or i tell them, they seem to give me a BS price. I was quoted at $300 a number of times.

[dux]

Originally Posted by ljones

About how much did your tint run you?

I'm in Atlanta and i'm trying to get an idea on price. The second they see me in my 300 or i tell them, they seem to give me a BS price. I was quoted at $300 a number of times.

I don't have the invoice handy, but I think I paid $149 -- may have been 199 -- but at this point, I'd have happily paid more if they had just done it right. The PITA factor alone would have been worth it.