window tint removal

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Make sure you realize it takes a few days if you want it to go smoothly.

For the side windows front and back you can just use 409 regular 409 and a razor blade trust me it doesn't scratch the glass. To peel it off. if you use enough 409 it should come off pretty smoothly. just pull with even pressure and take your time don't go too fast but not so slow that the 409 dries up (if it dries up spray more.)

NOW for the hard part.

The back window.

Take a black trash bag.
Get a LOT of 409 at least a bottle or maybe two.


Get a towel. Lay it on the seat and the fabric under the rear window. Spray the 409 on the tint (generously) then push the black trash bag against the window and it will stick or suction rather to the glass because of the liquid. Trust me just keep pushing the air bubbles out and the bag will stick itself to the window.

Now. Also make sure the window is facing the sun for about 4-6 hours a day? for I'd say 2-3 days.

With that being said the 409 will dry so about every hour and a half to 2 hours pull the bag back and spray more 409.

In about 2-3 days of that the tint will be able to be removed. If you try otherwise you will have a miserable failure on your hands. TRUST ME!

Because tint is porous and when you spray the 409 and have it heated between the black bag and the sun it soaks through the pores in the tint and gets to the adhesive that is holding it to the window.
Thus breaking it down and making it much much much easier to remove.

Once you think the 409 has been on there long enough (once again I recommend at least 2 days of 4-6 hours.)
get the razor blade out again, a new one preferably.
you're going to need a lot of them because they dull quickly (15 of them should be plenty).
anyways,
Start at a corner in the top and with even pressure start pulling it off of the car.
Make sure that you keep spraying 409 as you go if it starts to dry.

a good hint is to open the trunk and find the tabs to the 3rd break light housing and pull that out so you can see the entire window.

also,
Be aware that there are two layers of tint on your window one will come off very easily and it is the darker part, the other will stay on the window at times if not removed properly. YOU DO NOT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN!

if you do what I've said correctly it should prevent this from happening.

However in spots you may find it will still happen. This is ok its a pain in the *** but its ok.

Just when your done put the trash bag back up one more time and slop some 409 on there and for a day and it should make it workable.

If you have any questions feel free to ask.

And one last thing DO NOT CUT YOUR HEATER LINES ON THE BACK WINDOW WITH A RAZOR BLADE IT WILL PREVENT IT FROM FUNCTIONING.

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**** all that bs.

http://www.6thgenaccord.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24023&page=2


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on a piece of tint, yes there are 2 some 3 layers. most cars have two layers of tint itself, no.
 
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