Tint Dilemma

lauyeung · 08-11-2008, 11:05 PM

Hi,

I'm thinking about getting Huper Optik 40% tints, but I was quoted $500 to have it installed!

My question is, has anyone ever had such an expensive tint and had to have it removed because of a tint violation? I think my heart will break if I was forced to remove a $500 tint.

Please let me know your thoughts.

Thanks,
Larry

NPDAN · 08-11-2008, 11:16 PM

$500 is a bit much... Where in Cali are you? I know of a great tint shop, but it's out my way....

LACSTER · 08-11-2008, 11:17 PM

for $500 they better give you alot more then just window tints!

Orient330iNYC · 08-11-2008, 11:24 PM

huper optik is about 450 in nyc.

thankfully our tint tickets are not fixit, just pay and go.
unfortunately they will write you for both front windows, so thats 150 fine per incident.

Turkishexpress · 08-12-2008, 12:00 AM

$500

They better have some gold pieces laced in the tint.

Remove it laws suck. If you get a ticket, do you have to actually show the car to an officer or can you just take a picture?

I have received 7 tint tickets to date in VA. I just take the officer a picture of my car before the tint was done on it (no tint on my Bimmer yet btw) and usually they are nice enough to just drop it.

McLuVan · 08-12-2008, 12:09 AM

usually they will charge you less to put them on again if you get a ticket
ask your shop
as long as you remove/reapply with them

FastLane · 08-18-2008, 06:30 PM

Why would you have to remove it?

Isn't the law 35% in Cali?

(Now if you were in Chicago like me I'd say go buy some cheap 50%)

DC516 · 08-29-2008, 08:02 PM

Law is no more than 70% in the front windows, anything else u want on rear windows and back windshield. No tint is legal on front windshield in CA

Go Formula one pinnacle ceramic, I just had it done for $300 today, me and 2 other friends went in and bargained, normally 360. I went with 15% all around (58% heat rejection). sorry for the crappy quality, cellphone pic, its also cloudy out so it looks darker, I was originally going to go with 35% but it just didnt look dark enough for me at certain angles (see linked post)

I don't like the blue color in the HO, F1 ftw
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24204

simp0man · 08-29-2008, 08:06 PM

250 and no more. Tinting not peformance gain. 500 for performance, yes. Tint, no!

Kitz · 08-29-2008, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lauyeung

Hi,

I'm thinking about getting Huper Optik 40% tints, but I was quoted $500 to have it installed!

My question is, has anyone ever had such an expensive tint and had to have it removed because of a tint violation? I think my heart will break if I was forced to remove a $500 tint.

Please let me know your thoughts.

Thanks,
Larry

Hope you don't get any ticket for tint.. I've enough of tickets in my life.
Pay to play..goodluck..

JYS Group · 08-30-2008, 09:39 AM

what is huper optik??? and what is pinnacle ceramic???
My tint is 20% and I paid less than $200. Why is it so expansive????

DC516 · 08-30-2008, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ycs23

what is huper optik??? and what is pinnacle ceramic???
My tint is 20% and I paid less than $200. Why is it so expansive????

Your tint might turn purple over time, cheap tints tend to do that, ceramics reject about twice as much heat and will not interfere with electronics. www.formulaone.com

superlubricity · 08-30-2008, 12:16 PM

15% FormulaOne Pinnacle Photos Here

ShadeZeRO · 08-30-2008, 01:27 PM

I paid about $200 (that was AT cost tho) for my ceramic tints.

I had been quoted $250 for a darker huper optic, but I stuck with my 50% tints.

Spydeputy · 08-30-2008, 01:33 PM

yea, b careful. tint laws vary f/ state to state. find out what is the legal limit.
remember the darker the tint the lower the number. such as limo tint on the back windows is about 3 to 5%.

Tondtar · 08-30-2008, 01:53 PM

Your post should be called "Money Dilemma" not "Tint Dilemma"

You can get lesser quality ceramic tints for $150-175 range in LA area. They look and work as well. With lower cost you can accomplish two things. First, if you have to remove it for a ticket, you can put it back on and still ditch out less than $400 overall. Second, you can replace the original one after a coupe of years when it gets old and scratchy (and still cost you less than $400).

PM me if you want a recommendation. A know a mobile tint guy in LA/ SF Valley area that can do this for you for that price range.

mJ335 · 08-30-2008, 01:59 PM

YOU ARE GETTING RIPPED OFF......
I got my tints done at Ultimate Shield for 235.

JB335 · 08-30-2008, 04:31 PM

Paid 300 for all windows and windshield.

20% sides and 50% windshield

ceramic too. This was all done by the biggest tint shop in the area. The windshield was an extra $100

exidisjon · 08-30-2008, 04:36 PM

I pull down my window AS SOON AS i see a cop. LOL RAIN OR SHINE I DO IT.

08-11-2008, 11:05 PM	#1
lauyeung Enlisted Member 4 Rep 39 Posts Drives: 3 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: California iTrader: (1)	Tint Dilemma Hi, I'm thinking about getting Huper Optik 40% tints, but I was quoted $500 to have it installed! My question is, has anyone ever had such an expensive tint and had to have it removed because of a tint violation? I think my heart will break if I was forced to remove a $500 tint. Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks, Larry
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NPDAN Colonel 95 Rep 2,573 Posts Drives: AW DCT M3 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: So.Cal iTrader: (7) Garage List 2008 E92 M3 [8.00] 07' E92 335i [0.00]	$500 is a bit much... Where in Cali are you? I know of a great tint shop, but it's out my way.... __________________
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LACSTER Major General 761 Rep 8,279 Posts Drives: Hybrid Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: oc iTrader: (64)	for $500 they better give you alot more then just window tints!
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Orient330iNYC Brigadier General 1469 Rep 3,553 Posts Drives: 2023 X7 40i Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Wall St iTrader: (2)	huper optik is about 450 in nyc. thankfully our tint tickets are not fixit, just pay and go. unfortunately they will write you for both front windows, so thats 150 fine per incident. __________________ Present: 2023 G07 40i ZDH/ZDU/ZMP/ZMQ/2NH/ZPK/ZPP/ZRC/300/3AC Past: 2013 335i 6MT ZMM/ZDH/ZTP/3AG/494/508 Past: 2016 F34 335i xDrive ZCW/ZDA/ZDH/ZTP/ZMP/2V5/5DL Past: 2019 G01 M40i ZDA/2VF/ZPP/ZPX/688/3AC
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Turkishexpress Gixxer Man 14 Rep 599 Posts Drives: '08 335i E90 / '06 Range HSE Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Tysons/Sterling, VA iTrader: (2)	$500 They better have some gold pieces laced in the tint. Remove it laws suck. If you get a ticket, do you have to actually show the car to an officer or can you just take a picture? I have received 7 tint tickets to date in VA. I just take the officer a picture of my car before the tint was done on it (no tint on my Bimmer yet btw) and usually they are nice enough to just drop it. __________________ Stable: 2008 E90 335i JB3 etc..., 2006 Range Rover HSE, K7 GSX-R 600 Former Stable: 2008 MB C300, 2007 Chevy Avalanche, 2006 Evo IX (544awhp), 2005 Sti, 2003 Evo...
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McLuVan Lieutenant General 304 Rep 13,114 Posts Drives: ///M3 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Socal~818~ iTrader: (1)	usually they will charge you less to put them on again if you get a ticket ask your shop as long as you remove/reapply with them __________________
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FastLane Live life in this lane.... 13 Rep 327 Posts Drives: E92 335xi Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chi-Town, USA iTrader: (0)	Why would you have to remove it? Isn't the law 35% in Cali? (Now if you were in Chicago like me I'd say go buy some cheap 50%) __________________ '08 E92 335xi: the girlfriend '04 Yamaha R6: the mistress '99 Mustang Cobra: the wife
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DC516 Counts Beans 19 Rep 465 Posts Drives: E90 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Monrovia iTrader: (4) Garage List 2006 330i [0.00] The Past [0.00] 2006 Yamaha R6s [0.00]	Law is no more than 70% in the front windows, anything else u want on rear windows and back windshield. No tint is legal on front windshield in CA Go Formula one pinnacle ceramic, I just had it done for $300 today, me and 2 other friends went in and bargained, normally 360. I went with 15% all around (58% heat rejection). sorry for the crappy quality, cellphone pic, its also cloudy out so it looks darker, I was originally going to go with 35% but it just didnt look dark enough for me at certain angles (see linked post) I don't like the blue color in the HO, F1 ftw http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24204 __________________ E90 TiAg/Black 6MT \|Hamann Style Diffuser\|Quad Magnaflow Exhaust\|Dinan Strut Brace\|Eibach Pro Kit\|19" Iconz 930z\|F1 Pinnacle 15%\|OEM Splitters\|MTech Spoiler\|Debadged\|Mtec Cosmos Fogs\|Transmissive Polarizer Mod\|Silver CF Amber-Gone\|MTech Dead + ACS Pedals\| Last edited by DC516; 08-29-2008 at 08:22 PM..
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JYS Group Private First Class 5 Rep 162 Posts Drives: E93 335i Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: weehawken, NJ iTrader: (0)	what is huper optik??? and what is pinnacle ceramic??? My tint is 20% and I paid less than $200. Why is it so expansive????
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ShadeZeRO Private 4 Rep 96 Posts Drives: 2019 X5 xDrive40i Join Date: May 2008 Location: DFW iTrader: (0)	I paid about $200 (that was AT cost tho) for my ceramic tints. I had been quoted $250 for a darker huper optic, but I stuck with my 50% tints.
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Tondtar 12 yr old Juvie 1078 Rep 881 Posts Drives: His Mom Crazy Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: El Lay iTrader: (2) Garage List 2008 (RIP in 2011) ... [0.00]	Your post should be called "Money Dilemma" not "Tint Dilemma" You can get lesser quality ceramic tints for $150-175 range in LA area. They look and work as well. With lower cost you can accomplish two things. First, if you have to remove it for a ticket, you can put it back on and still ditch out less than $400 overall. Second, you can replace the original one after a coupe of years when it gets old and scratchy (and still cost you less than $400). PM me if you want a recommendation. A know a mobile tint guy in LA/ SF Valley area that can do this for you for that price range.
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JB335 Banned 33 Rep 1,034 Posts Drives: 335is Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: so cal iTrader: (1) Garage List 2011 BMW 335IS [7.60]	Paid 300 for all windows and windshield. 20% sides and 50% windshield ceramic too. This was all done by the biggest tint shop in the area. The windshield was an extra $100
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exidisjon PuffPuffPass 52 Rep 1,096 Posts Drives: E92 335xi AW/Saddle Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: NJ iTrader: (8)	I pull down my window AS SOON AS i see a cop. LOL RAIN OR SHINE I DO IT. __________________ My right foot weighs more than my left for sure.
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