Window Tinting - recommendations required

[OzStick]

Hi All,

I got my Barina SRi recently and with summer approaching I'd like to get the windows tinted for obvious reasons.

What sort of $$ should I be expecting to spend for fully metalised film with a lifetime guarantee?

Can anyone recommend a reputable installer in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

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[Bernard Siong]

$250
not sure in melbourne
but in sydney i had my old car done for $175 but dont pay over 250

[RK]

solartint ~ 330
premier tint ~ 250
solace ~ 350

heard solaces 3rd best film (deflector) is better than both premier and solar tints best films.

[sunny]

i had my car tinted recently abt a month or so in syd ... $160 35% metalised relfective tint btw thats for a barina too

[Bernard Siong]

i know a guy who does premier tint in syd
there pretty good do alot of high class cars
and at a good price as well

[Vectracious]

I had Tint-a-car do the Vectra when I first got it 4 years ago. Their top of the line tint back then (and I think still is) was the Formula 1 - which is what I got. Paid about $300 for it, 25 year guarantee, and when 3 of the windows got minor imperfections on them about 6 months later, they re-did it no questions asked.

Fully metallic film, 99.9% UV cut out and I think 60% glare reduction. I've been very happy with it.

[TopLess Opel]

ive just been quoted mirror tint $160 darkest legal black $140 from a place in Fairfield. But thats for a topless astra :?

[astro boy]

I got the same as Vectracious (Formula one from Tint-a-car). I think I paid a little under $300. Different types have different colours, so you may want to ask them what the end colour will be.

[imay]

I paid $290 for Sun-Gard Slate 35 from Car Toys at Hindmarsh. Got the same on both the Astra and Barina for the same dollars (each). Very happy with both jobs. No mess, no scratches, no ugly cut/join marks, no lifting on the rear window heater strips. Very professional job (unlike the last effort from the national crowd just down the road)!
Everything put back where it belongs and all cleaned up afterwards. Can thoroughly recommend them.

[GOZOFF]

Hmm well I use to work at SOL-ACE for 3 years when I was a little squirt and Iv'e also worked at Solare tint for about 6 months and I tell you the tint quility is very different SOL_ACE tint is much better than Solar tint no compition 8)