just curious

[Guest goldtooth]

every installer is different in some way or the other,that is a fact, I've seen it first hand..some in handling the film,cutting,installing,ect,some takes the panels of,some d'ont. the final product is what's important . I'm just curious to what is the average time taken to tint a basic four door car ............ and in an 8hr day,how many cars can you tint...

[Guest haroldshouseoftint]

I can tint 59 cars in 59 minutes..........oh no wait I can tint $59.00 cars in 29 minutes...... no that's not it either

Do a search, it's been discussed and run into the ground many many times around here, everyone's different, so between an hour to 4 hours a car so 2 - 8 cars a day is average

[Guest goldtooth]

I can tint 59 cars in 59 minutes..........oh no wait I can tint $59.00 cars in 29 minutes...... no that's not it either

Do a search, it's been discussed and run into the ground many many times around here, everyone's different, so between an hour to 4 hours a car so 2 - 8 cars a day is average

maybe I was'nt clear in what I'm asking..what technique is used to tint a car in a quicker time..I'm always open minded,and trying to better my skills..so be serious please

[blade]

double-cut door patterns

pull panels

install doors

soap back window

install panels

shrink and install back window

clean it

ship it

[tintpros lv]

Average time to tint, a car. I assume your hand cutting it without door panel removal about an hour and a half. If you're using a plotter, take off about 15 to 20 minutes. If you are removing the door panels you can expect to add about a half hour to 45 minutes. How many cars can you do in the day depends if you're answering phones and dealing with customers. About four to five cars comfortably, if you have no distractions. Six to eight cars

[Guest Fly Paper]

The key is to do as little dis-assembly of the vehicle as nessasary. Tuck gaskets if you can and use a heat gun to warm them so you can pull them out with a pick tool when you finish. Use 3m painters tape on fuzzy rubber door strips to keep the dirt out and improve speed. On large dot matrix use a gray scuff pad and then use black vinyl and heat it and install on the matrix and it looks like black factory glass. We have patterns pre-cut for all cars. A skilled installer can do usually do 5 to 6 cars well in a day. When you grow your business to a point you'll only get to the next level by doing commercial and residential and dumping the auto business all together unless you're married to cars and not the window film business as a whole. The reason I say this is the greedy distributors sell anybody auto film so you'll always fight price wars.

[TINTZEUS]

I can tint 15 cars a day....or lay 1000 sq ft of flat glass a day...with an hour lunch.....

[TINTZEUS]

.............

Naaaa...... I'm a 4-5 car a day guy.

But I have seen a few guys who are comfortable with 10-12 a day.

[shwusyrtnts]

usually by the time I go back to autozone three or four times to get more Gila because I just found out that the TINT GOES ON THE INSIDE. I spend about 9 hours total. Thats if I three peice it though some times I have to do up to 6 pieces on the back glass add about an hour and 1/2 if that happens.

Oh and I use the Gila HP so dont worry its the best of HP films it never turns purple because it installs purple!!!

[Guest Tintim]

I can tint 59 cars in 59 minutes..........oh no wait I can tint $59.00 cars in 29 minutes...... no that's not it either

Do a search, it's been discussed and run into the ground many many times around here, everyone's different, so between an hour to 4 hours a car so 2 - 8 cars a day is average

I agree - topic done to death do a search.