ap2yellow

Any recommendations for tint in the Orange, Anaheim area?

stripes777

you looking for just any old regular tint or high end tint? If high end, i go to a shop in monterey park (bit of a drive for you) called G5 tint. They have 3m crystalline, huper optik, etc. My odyssey van cost me $515 all around, with windshield for air80 in all the back windows and windshield, and Lumar CTX for the front windows. In a s2000, the rear glass should count as sunroof price (cheaper).

ap2yellow

I’m looking to get my wife’s bmw tinted so I want a quality one otherwise I’ll hear the complaints about it.

Jggysk2

-Looking for high end bro. Rio yellow here 04.

what model and year s2k? what tint level did you get?

Should I ask for anyone at the G5 shop?

spontaneous123

My car got tinted at G5 a few years back, $300 for windshield, doors, and soft-top window using Suntek CXP. They did a great job and were done in about 4 hours I think.

Windshield - 80% - almost clear
Doors - 50%
Soft-top - 30%

stripes777

Ricky is the owner, he is a good guy. His shop does awesome work and I take all of my cars there. I don't need to ask for anyone specific though, it's always the same gal up front. His shops (Alhambra and Pasadena) are appointment only. They don't rush their work like cheaper places that just take as many cars as they can in the morning. I personally don't like my windows too dark, I do it more for the heat rejection. Like spontaneous123, my front is a ceramic 80% Air 80 tint (pretty much clear) and I like my sides (Lumar CTX) 50%. If you have dark interior, you don't need to go so dark unless you like that. I'd hate to get a fix-it ticket and have to remove and re-do expensive tint. The good thing with higher end tint is that a lighter shade will still block out more heat than a dark cheap tint. The last car I had done had a squiggly thing under the tint on 1 of the windows and they redid it without any hassle.

FYI - the 3M crystalline is very expensive. I think its like $250 just for the windshield. Lumar Air 80 is $135-$150. If you get the pamphlets for both tints, you'll see that the 3M isn't blocking twice the amount of heat. It's probably like 47% (Air 80) vs 53% (3M) (I'm just going off memory), which isn't worth the extra $ to me. I hope this helps!

Jggysk2

Cool, once I settle mechanical issues, I can look into getting the tints done. I imagine a morning drop-off and pick up in 2-4 hours with an appointment time?

stripes777

Yeah, that sounds about right, depending on your appointment time. I have so much work that I usually bring a laptop and just work there while they tint the car.