Tinted my factory soft top windows

Jeeplife101

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• May 9, 2015

• #1

Decided to try and tint the clear soft top windows and I am liking the results. I bought the Gila Peel and Cling 5%VLT window tint and the application kit. All in all it was around 20-30 bucks and it worked. Super easy installation and it only took about 35 mins to do sides and rear window. Here is a couple pictures of it before and after.

 

Last edited: May 9, 2015

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asullivan920

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• May 9, 2015

• #2

looks good...a lot cheaper than replacing them.

 

Peak

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• May 9, 2015

• #3

Looks good, I was thinking about doing it to mine but wasn't too sure how it would hold up. I think I might give it a shot over the weekend.

 

Jeeplife101

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• May 9, 2015

• #4

Peak said:

Looks good, I was thinking about doing it to mine but wasn't too sure how it would hold up. I think I might give it a shot over the weekend.

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Thank you, just take your time you'll be happy when your done trust me. Huge difference !

 

Jeeplife101

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• May 9, 2015

• #5

asullivan920 said:

looks good...a lot cheaper than replacing them.

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Thanks and yeah like a 10th the cost lol

 

BlackHawk08jk

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• May 9, 2015

• #6

Looks very good!

 

Frogmech

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• May 9, 2015

• #7

Turned out nice. I have factory tinted plastic and I'm so freaking glad I do. I don't like the clear look at all. Looks really nice now.

I just gotta say I love the finger in the pic! I saw that and I totally flashed back to any Polaroid my dad would shoot. He somehow managed to get his fingertip in every shot! Very funny. Not baggin on you. Just hit a good memory. Thanks!

 

Kalums

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• May 9, 2015

• #8

Did you cut to fit or did you cut before you installed? I want to do this with 3M film.....

 

Jeeplife101

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• May 9, 2015

• #9

Kalums said:

Did you cut to fit or did you cut before you installed? I want to do this with 3M film.....

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I took the windows inside placed the film on the window cut to fit then installed. I would have used the 3M but I was told by a buddy the cling and peel kind by Gila works best for soft top windows.

 

Grubbicon

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• May 9, 2015

• #10

Frogmech said:

I just gotta say I love the finger in the pic! I saw that and I totally flashed back to any Polaroid my dad would shoot. He somehow managed to get his fingertip in every shot!

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Im willing to bet that was to cover up his plate not an accident.

 

catahoula

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• May 9, 2015

• #11

That turned out way better than I thought it would.:thumb:

 

Trail JK

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• May 9, 2015

• #12

Wow! That looks great! Nice job!

 

Frogmech

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• May 10, 2015

• #13

Grubbicon said:

Im willing to bet that was to cover up his plate not an accident.

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You're probably correct and I'm an idiot for not even thinking of that! :doh:

Still, made me laugh So it's all good to me.

 

hinrichs

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• May 11, 2015

• #14

Temting to try this, sold my trektop after getting factory halfs cuz the tinted rear and front un tinted drove me crazy, wasnt sure if there was a way to tint the stock windows at all.

 

dannymalkin

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• May 11, 2015

• #15

For comparison, I got the bestop replacement tinted windows for around $230 shipped. I love them so far, but the windows I had were shot. I hadn't seen an option that worked well yo tint the factory windows, this is the first that looks to have worked decent that I've seen

 

Jeeplife101

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• May 11, 2015

• #16

dannymalkin said:

For comparison, I got the bestop replacement tinted windows for around $230 shipped. I love them so far, but the windows I had were shot. I hadn't seen an option that worked well yo tint the factory windows, this is the first that looks to have worked decent that I've seen

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Thanks man, and yeah I know much cheaper alternative for now.

 

Jeeplife101

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• May 11, 2015

• #17

hinrichs said:

Temting to try this, sold my trektop after getting factory halfs cuz the tinted rear and front un tinted drove me crazy, wasnt sure if there was a way to tint the stock windows at all.

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If you do just make sure you clean it well so there is no dust,dirt, hair, or any other foreign material on the soft top window before you set the tint on it or it will show as a little air bubble that won't come out. Good thing about the peel and cling kind of tint tho is you can just peel it back remove the debris and re spray and seal back. Also the windows down on the highway has no affect what so ever on the newly tinted windows. And neither does rolling the back window up.

 

hogtyed

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• May 11, 2015

• #18

Looks great :thumb: I was wondering if I could tint the soft top windows, now I know. Definitely gonna try it.

 

Brankz

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• May 12, 2015

• #19

Looks good but with the time they will bubble up and peel off because the soft top it's not a solid surface and with the sun and wind moving the soft top material windows will cause the glue to come off

For now looks awesome tho

 

Jeeplife101

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• May 12, 2015

• #20

Brankz said:

Looks good but with the time they will bubble up and peel off because the soft top it's not a solid surface and with the sun and wind moving the soft top material windows will cause the glue to come off

For now looks awesome tho

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Thank you and that was my though too, but the kind I used is peel and cling, super easy no glue. No doubt it's not perfect and will not last forever but when they mess up I could re do them 10 times before it cost me what the tinted replacement ones cost. Just a cheap alternative for now you know.