EASIEST Way to Tint a Windshield! I WISH I LEARNED THIS FIRST!

[@blairakana9984]

You are the first guy to explain the reverse rolling and show us slowly and clearly how it actually works instead of doing it quickly like some other guys do and we just can’t comprehend how it works. You made it very easy to understand. Thank you!

[@Wheeelie402]

This is a PHENOMENAL tutorial. I came here looking for a way to stop squinting while driving, and you’ve made me a tint nerd in an instant.

[@fishing_with_chaz]

Dudes got magic fingers I for the life of me struggle to get the liner off but this video is worth gold so great job

[@tintguy8885]

I've used the cali roll for 20+ years. 1 more thing is to tape the headliner to keep fibers and contamination out. You touched the driver side headliner with the exposed film and sure you have a bit of contamination there. I always tape up 4 inches or so of the headliner to keep it clean as possible. Good video!

[@planerdude88]

Gay

[@laobe5119]

What is headliner?

[@joncharlotteschoen]

@@laobe5119 Seriously you don't know what the headliner is? Were you born after the year 2000?

[@thecurvedr]

​@@joncharlotteschoen is it the main band or the first band on stage? I forget

[@plutoplunder]

@@joncharlotteschoenmaybe english isn't his first language you battyman

[@robsnizzle79]

That's CALLED THE CALIFORNIA ROLL.... we've been doing this for years here in CALI, it's a hell of an efficient way to tint the FRONT WINDOW being as it's a large piece tint. Another tip is before laying the tint onto the window before shrinking, lightly wet a "dryer sheet" and wipe the window down with it and it'll cut down on the static when removing the shrunk piece of tint that's ready to go onto the interior window. Works everytime.👌😉

[@comingtofull-ageinchrist6736]

he used a dryer sheet; he mentions it; he just doesn't show himself wiping the windshield down with it. He may look young, but he's been doing it for a living for 15 years now.

[@eYeSoN3691]

Thays called being smart cali aint got nothing to do with it!!

[@planerdude88]

Yeah Cali is gay af

[@AlanTrades]

Anything tint passed the b pillar is a fix it ticket in California

[@GavinoFlores.]

​​@@AlanTrades lmao everything is a ticket in that shit state.

[@miketintZ]

I've tinted for almost 6 years (mobile).. and me and you share so many of the same techniques.. if your like me tint changed my life! Love your videos

[@INFJ-ThaneTr]

Tint sure didn't change your ability to spell basic English words.

[@miketintZ]

@chocomilk393 dang didn't realize I spelled cocksucker wrong.. piss off

[@DivineSoul999]

Anybody check engine light come on afterwards?

[@ericsorenson1159]

Amazing how many people respond without proper knowledge. Windshield tint is illegal if it's the full windshield and not just to the AS1 lines; correct. However IF you have certain medical conditions with your eyes you can get a prescription/notice of windshield tint from your doctor that allows this. Also, depnding on the transparency of the tint for those that believe it makes it harder to see, alot of windshields are tinted with 55%-70% film, which inherently is basically as clear as the windshield is normally. It actually makes it easier to see by reducing glare. Yes, it becomes SLIGHTLY darker, but at those percentages, if you can't see properly through it you probably shouldn't be on the road to begin with. I do not advocate getting windshield tint but I've been tinting for 16 years and in places that are 90-100 degree summers MAN does it make a difference in heat transfer.

[@joncharlotteschoen]

I had the same question and had just posted a comment. Please don't spam me about that. Lol. I also had wondered how it's legal to tint your front windshield dark? I'm aware of the as1 line, and when I had my front windshield tinted I went about 8 in down, way below the as1 line. But I didn't care. But I was not about to tint the whole front windshield. Thanks for the FYI. 👍

[@1RungAtATime]

But you know 99.9% with tinted windshields don't have a prescription.

[@ericsorenson1159]

@@1RungAtATime 100% you are correct. But we do get quite alot of people that actually do too. But if we we're to reject windshields based on this, where i live you would lose about 20% of your revenue if not more. But also. I have windshield tint, and yes, no prescription. But we also tint the State Department Fleet Police vehicles and every cop ive asked said they would not pull you over for tint unless your a dick or doing something stupid. So to each their own. I like it. It doesnt impede my vision at all and i cant even tell its on there.

[@kennyman338]

Thank you for tutorial/ tips on shrinking a front windshield and how to reverse roll it. Watching this made me have more confidence to try and tackle tinting my front windshield myself. Been putting it off for soo long and its almost summer time in Arizona.

[@TRIPPANDA69]

And I’m sure that nice set up you have with the spray hose helps A LOT

[@gerry5134]

You make it look a lot easier than it really is

[@bossfootbagstwo2078]

For those who aren’t aware, I just found out that in Tennessee it’s illegal to tint your windshield. Been driving my car for eleven years like that and was stopped by a sheriff’s deputy this past Wednesday who told me that. Kind of pissed me off. I’ve been stopped for tint before and NO mention of the windshield. When I was stopped for it years ago the officer whipped out his tint card placed it to my drivers side window and told me it was below the legal limit and let me go. This recent one told me I’d be stopped over and over again and fined! I’ve seen many trucks and cars with darker tint than mine!

[@joefro9473]

Probably just a doofus cop, I wouldn't take it off

[@bossfootbagstwo2078]

@@joefro9473 I had no choice but to remove it. It was a county officer that stopped me. He was fairly cool about it but my back window was severely bubbled up so I just said screw it. I’ll take it off…Looks like 💩 but oh well it’s better than being fined $250 bucks!

[@vettedsin]

love a tinted winshield. used to rock a 35 before. stepped it down to 20 in recent years. technology has made winshield tint an even more of a headache, especially subaru with their eyesight.

[@fuseix4386]

The white Tape (Glass Aid) used in the video is a US Product and it is not stocked outside of the US The alternative tape is called Finishing line knifeless tape which is readily available in Europe and various companies make it like 3M

[@RubberTag]

Why should you use the tape?

[@comingtofull-ageinchrist6736]

thanks for sharing this one. You made some excellent points about the bottom middle and the top corners that will help me learning to shrink the windshield! Thanks again, Matt. I enjoyed the live stream earlier. Watching you do the tinting helps it stick with me. I've really been paying attention to the techniques you use on the door windows. Great video and I look forward to the next live stream.

[@ruftime]

Thank you! Greetings from SoCal😎

[@jremeee1599]

🔥🔥🔥 My favorite tint video guy! Wanna be like you when I grow up!! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@alfredodominguez2997]

I can do back windows like a champ with reverse roll but doing my first windshield in a few weeks. Taking a stab at it anyway. Looks the same just more material to shrink

[@comingtofull-ageinchrist6736]

I noticed the first time I picked up a roll of film, that it had a tendency to telescope and made it very hard to handle, especially when tossing one end of the film to the opposite side of the windshield!

[@adamlinhos5932]

What tool are you using during the shrinking process? A heat gun and…? What setting on the heat gun?

[@TRIPPANDA69]

Assuming this method also works with the non-heat shrink tint? They don’t sell that kind where I’m at , just the regular kind and the static/insta cling kind which of course never stays on lol

[@derek33337]

Can you link the thin tape you used to outline the cut? I’m not seeing it in the description. Thanks!

[@infowarzz]

What’s that white tape you using to trace the window

[@JoseDiaz-er4ww]

Why to tint a windshield? Is that legal??? I'm not sure, but it's an excellent option in the States where the sunlight is so strong for driving. Especially when the car must be parked directly under the sun all day, but I'm not sure if I could do it. Thank you fot your videos!!!

[@Gazz-BaaZnitch]

gonna do my 2015 fusion need it badly. tired of the lack of tint lol. your vod. and other vods are helping me, I am a jackass of all trades, master of nothing, so re learning stuff like this is great.

[@JL-007]

Very talented. I can never do this🎉

[@Mad-Man84]

Great work 👏 how about a rear windshield what side you start unrolling the material after you done heat shrinking the rear window what side to roll up first and on the inside what side to unroll first

[@ttopconway4988]

Thank you for all your videos, advice, and work. I been a subscriber for about a year. I seen and learn a lot from your channel. Great Job! Keep up the Great work! Also, I purchased some of your glass aid and I love it💪🏾💯💰🚀

[@Tysxno]

Question: do I NEED to heat shrink it? I wouldn’t mind needing too, but wondering if I can

[@xjsquad799]

What kind of tape do you use man mind asking

[@edw2755]

What kind of window film do you recommend? I don’t want to get it from Walmart, Thank you.

[@robsnizzle79]

SUNTEK, it's a carbon based tint. Slightly harder to work with but it's an awesome tint AND LOOKS REALLY NICE WHEN APPLIED RIGHT. Plus, the HEAT ABSORPTION is really good...

[@The1Music2MyEars]

@@robsnizzle79 can you buy if your not a dealer?

[@tacoconch7678]

I've been wanting to try this but I've heard many tinters refer to this as, "The dirt roll method". Are the results consistent and super clean? Thanks.

[@charackthe]

As far as I understand from all the tinting videos I watched, you don't need to heat for the slide windows since they aren't curved but you need to heat it for the windshield and the rear glass. Is that correct?

[@inoskex7725]

i would say you shirnk the side windows as well its just easier to install and wont see fingers when installing.

[@andreimitrica77]

You need to heat every window except for flat ones like the Jeep or g wagon. Most windows are curved,

[@Ronaldo_isthegoat-d1s]

So the question is why the seal is outside seal supposed to be the opposite side I mean to the windshield side?

[@skipperg192]

What percent film you use for the windshield for Subaru xv

[@timgriffin4367]

Excellent video! Before laying the sheet onto the glass, you mentioned glass aid (?) and dryer sheet method. Could you explain that process? Thank you!

[@KevinMitchellsubscribe]

Glass aid is the white tape and you wipe a dryer sheet on the tint to get rid of static

[@datwoboi]

What solution do you use to clean the windshield. And stick the film with?

[@th.usa4112]

Can you please give the name of the film that I can easily install it on the windshield for beginners!

[@sickmansgas483]

Can you make a video on how you’d tint a windshield that’s not yet installed into a vehicle?

[@checkmategaming9188]

Noob question. How do you know side of the tint is the side where you stick to the mirror?

[@brittanyserna2081]

Dumb question, can I use a blow dryer for the shrinking or is that a no no? I have a 4Runner.....

[@CardinalCoop]

google

[@noemiandino6832]

Hi, I would like to know the name of the white tape for pre cut? Please

[@jofinger3877]

Very professional installation, i love the video tho. Thanks for sharing❤

[@jasonlucero]

If using a precut template on windshield do you still need to shrink? Will the edges come up short if so?

[@antoniodelrosario1755]

2:15 spray with water or soup water?

[@blackheart9068]

What’s the most common size of tint to buy

[@hellapellanyc6465]

Ho do you apply the heat gun after wetting underneath?

[@samsonho82]

Can you tell me why I keep getting damaged hardcoat marks towards the bottom of the windshield only when I use geoshield apex 70. I tried it 3 times and used way less heat 2nd and 3rd time but it keeps getting these scratch/hardcoat damage marks at the middle bottom. All other brand films have been fine.

[@petermuniz9296]

Hi I install tint inside my windshield but I just got a chip on the out side of my car I must say it hold up not crack a lot but am going to see if I can fix it

[@aaronvalure178]

Where do I get that white and green squeegee used on the outside of the windshield??

[@pfamily7281]

I gave taken my 2023 telluride to two different shops to get windshield done and always keeps getting dust. What are they doing wrong??

[@محمدعبدالله-ق5ك1ق]

I also work in this field

[@jimjones1117]

Your videos helped me tint my mini in 15% carbon lexen, my windshield is curved as hell, but these tutorials you do help show how to attack the hard jobs.

[@IthielHeberRodriguez]

I’m sorry but I didn’t hear or notice what is sprayed on the window water by itself or some other mix with water?

[@speed3133]

What’s the trick to not getting creases while shrinking and wiping the air out? Is my tint to cheap or why do I have these Cretan easily when you can card it so freely?? Using expel prime xr plus.

[@jordanthomas7043]

Google search using a small soft bristle broom, game changer

[@hsushssbwj]

what was the white string look? any alternative

[@steveh5730]

If that film does anything at all for heat rejection or TSER how does it not cause any risk of thermal stress in a laminated windscreen???

[@drose184]

Can you tint the wind shield with some cracks in it?

[@benjamincruz514]

How big are the cracks or are they chips? I tinted my chipped windshield and it was fine, my buddies car had cracks and it cracked even more.

[@drose184]

@@benjamincruz514 well someone randomly smashed my windshield and tried to hit my side window but i think the tint saved it But since that happened to my windshield i had to get it replaced so i have a windshield tint now too and a 5 percent strip on top i live in fl so it gets hot the tints really keeps the car cool lol

[@thecurvedr]

New guy. Thank you

[@yusufjamal7252]

What kinda tape did u use to make those lines?

[@philspaseo2377]

Did you find out

[@yusufjamal7252]

@@philspaseo2377 naa man

[@brassmule]

Glass Aid tape

[@motivationro8042]

So after the shrinking of the film it’s not gonna be able to bubble up again? Or “unshrink” itself..

[@ibrewbeer]

Great tutorial!!! For those of you in CA, keep in mind that this is illegal. Only top 4" of the windshield may be tinted.

[@billyyank5807]

I didn't think you could tint the windshield at all. Besides that top 4-6"

[@timchavis9420]

Damn Frfr?

[@erickjason9092]

What is the average price to do a windshield?

[@darryldowden4781]

what do u do on a front windowshield with inspection sticker

[@edmundlee116]

I just tint the windshield and it all done I saw some bubbles on the bottom of the windshield doesn’t it go away by itself?

[@giannisrousis3409]

great job.....i like the color of the film......can you tell me the % thanks.........!!

[@philspaseo2377]

So do you cut it before the dots on the windshield

[@bosu3975]

Thank you ❤🎉

[@thomasjefferson2934]

What white tape is that? Where do u get it?

[@bluesteel5841]

It sucks pulling up to a 4 way stop and there windows are so dark you cant see them giving you the go ahead..

[@JamesDean-vl3uf]

I tried doing this job it takes a special talented hard-working person to achieve this I'm sorry I was had a heart attack putting mine in

[@Dee-ek6vk]

Respect man just tinted my Cadilac windshield 5%

[@bg4406]

I’m a little lost, why are you shrinking the film? And why are you shrinking it from the front of the car and not from the inside?

[@DevaJones03]

It's easier to shrink it outside then you just apply it once you are inside the car.

[@lolipopPrincess]

Is it normal to tiny front windshield outside instead of inside

[@Longworth_]

I have a 2011 VW Jetta that I’m preparing to tint the front windshield on, but the gap in between the dash and windshield is extremely tight. My bulldozer won’t fit, any suggestions?

[@afiqaidyn]

Your video really helps bro. Thanks a lot

[@skaterboi8922]

can you tint the whole window or you have to leave the black stuff exposed

[@RichardG-w1i]

Is a forty inch roll enough for a Mercedes 1997 ?

[@joncharlotteschoen]

I'm not a professional tinter but I've done my own several times over the years. What I'm wondering, as amazing as this guy is in doing his work and explaining, can somebody please tell me how the hell it's legal in any state at all to tint your front windshield other than clear? I don't think it is.

[@shansh98]

It’s not but people definitely get it done a lot

[@cTothy]

People wear sunglasses so basically the same thing

[@andreimitrica77]

@@cTothyfacts

[@NeutronX101]

Why do you heat shrink it at first?

[@JackShootsFr]

do your prep process as well for the inside of the windshield!!

[@robsnizzle79]

Razor blade and water solution... gets rid of the excess slag from the heating process of the making of the window.

[@mescudic]

What are you using for spraying your solution? Thank you

[@robsnizzle79]

Use a mixture of Johnson an Johnson baby shampoo an water in a spray bottle... helps keep the moisture behind the film so it's easier to move around or adjust film as needed without possible premature setting of film. 👍😎

[@neildorrity9507]

Have a concerning question , i just recently got xpel 15% on the windows & 70% on the windshield, 98% ceramic done. But what I'm really noticing is alot of rainbowing only when i have polarized sunglasses on while inside the car looking out. Is this normal to see this ? Any help is greatly appreciated

[@Ricky_smoove]

Yeah it’s only gonna happen with polarized sunglasses. It’s the ceramic material base it reacts with the polarization in the tint and can actually make it worse looking through sun glasses. Polyester dyed or carbon based film don’t have dramatic of an effect but it is something the shop should have made you aware of. Been tinting about 15 years and have seen it a handful of times. Maybe there’s a brand of film at there that it’s not as noticeable however in my experience with the films I use it can happen

[@billyyank5807]

Polarized are for looking into water lol.

[@sekou3758]

@@billyyank5807 no

[@jimmyjhonson4590]

Yes, it is your glasses, probably they are cheap glasses, and if you paid and expensive glasses and does the same problem, still your glasses are made with cheap stuff,!

[@neildorrity9507]

@@jimmyjhonson4590 funny u say that maui jim is cheap glasses , apparently u don't have a clue . But polarized sunglasses show this effect in ceramic tint. Regular glasses don't.

[@PersonaN007Grata]

What kind of tape are you using for the glass aid line?

[@andreimitrica77]

Glass aid

[@Askformayo]

How long did it take you to finish it?

[@JesseayalaUP24]

and making it look effortless it was my first time but def should of watched this video b4 i started and finshed with my own knowlegwe on tint with no hands on exp lol

[@alinanguyen262]

Hi how many days is TINT course

[@Slapp3]

Add cleaning to them too! Good video though

[@ryantaylor4196]

Should do a Jeep Patriot windshield tint

[@jasonv8473]

What what’s the white tape thingy ???

[@adamhtchns]

Window aid. Its basically thin white tape. It helps seeing where you're cutting and protects the glass from the blade while cutting.

[@trenisbrown3867]

This is an amazing help, thank you!

[@jarnosaarinen4583]

great tip Thanks!

[@AR-mb3id]

awesome. thanks!

[@aneldelic2468]

Reverse roll is easiest way for rear windshield too.

[@liamblackley4819]

Iv only just started to reverse roll for windscreen I always use my peel bord for rear windscreen but will start to reverse roll for more practice . I find it to hard to use a peel bord for windscreens as im to short 🤣

[@youtubefunnies]

Do you have any on a charger rear window

[@jakeostler6110]

He does actually. You'll have to do some digging but he has a tutorial on shrinking it. I think it has something to do with looking easy but slightly challenging to shrink. He also shows some tips because those have some really thick defrost lines.

[@streetsofcalifornia6481]

I seen some people that tried to tint their windows on their vehicle, and it just did not come out the same way to factory tenant window people do the car came out totally sloppy leave it up to the professionals if you’re tinting your windows

[@TheRealBrayo]

ty for sharing

[@birolsari5091]

können sie mir bitte sagen welche schrumfmittel sie benutzen

[@henryhawkins1194]

I always thought tinting a full windshield is illegal, at least in Florida. No?

[@gerdpfitzenmayer7021]

Self tinted windshields aren't allowed in Germany except they're tinted from the manufacturer.

[@rotorhead5826]

To my knowledge they're not allowed in America either.

[@tacoconch7678]

@@rotorhead5826 Depends on the state.

[@ricardoramirezccc7242]

Nice