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Post by everellphotographic Mon Jan 25, 2021 9:29 pm

Has anyone had the rear and side windows tinted on the trooper or glass replaced with new darker glass?

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Post by IanH Mon Jan 25, 2021 9:51 pm

Did it on a Harmony, using roll of film from ebay
Seriously clean glass, then use credit card or similar to lay film
Worked well and cost peanuts, trim edges with new blade in scalpel
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Post by everellphotographic Mon Jan 25, 2021 9:58 pm

did you manage ok with the carpet and fitted screens?
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Post by IanH Mon Jan 25, 2021 10:34 pm

Sorry, should have said only did rear door windows to prevent new veneer bleaching in sun
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Post by everellphotographic Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:31 pm

thanks Ian
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Post by Roopert Tue Jan 26, 2021 1:36 pm

With the T4-based Trooper you're lucky that the screens are a little bit simpler than the later vans, but you would need to be very careful when removing the blinds/screens. They are quite fragile, even when only a few years old.

It's very much a matter of personal taste, but I would not choose to go for "limo tint" - IMO it would make the back of the van too dark in "typical" UK weather.
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Post by mikemelson Wed Jan 27, 2021 11:37 am

Why do people bother with tinting windows, is this some fashion thing?

OK on a bright sunny day by the Med, but here in the dank, overcast UK, "Dark Hole of Calcutta" springs to mind.

As for security, possibly darkened windows would whet the appetite of a would be thief, I always leave nothing on view and even leave the shower door open.

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Post by Roopert Wed Jan 27, 2021 1:37 pm

Fitting "limo tint" is fairly common among T5 owners as well, and the most commonly quoted reason is privacy.

If you're going to try it, tint film is the best way to do it, IMO, because if it doesn't work out it is generally quite easy to strip tint film off glass. Most T5 self-converters seem to fit tinted glass, and that's not so easy to undo!
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Post by everellphotographic Wed Jan 27, 2021 5:02 pm

thanks guys, the main reason is privicy, i fit  graphics and make signs so should be quite capable of doing it, but i was wondering if anyone has had the origonal glass removed and new tinted glass fitted ?
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Post by Roopert Wed Jan 27, 2021 5:26 pm

I doubt it - a very expensive solution when tint film is so cheap - though of course the film is not as durable.

We had one window on our T5 cut out and replaced (not to tint, but to fix the notorious VW leaking sliding windows!) and that was around £300, so to do the whole van would need a fair wedge, I would think.
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