EDIT: this might belong in car care, as it doesn't specifically apply to one model of mustang, mods, move this if you see fit.

The tint on the back window of my new Mustang was really blurry. Irritating during the day because it was hard to make out the make/model of cars behind me, and downright dangerous at night. So, I thought I'd make this little how-to on how I removed the tint without any strong chemicals or plastic bags or any of that.

What I did was go to Target, buy this steamer:
http://www.target.com/p/Conair-Compa...e/-/A-13773984

And go to work!

Step 1:
use some towels to cover up the parcel shelf, rear speakers, and stuff.


Step 2:
start steaming! I started in one upper corner, steam the hell out of it, wiping off the trim occasionally as the condensation builds up.


Step 3: Once you've got the corner started just carefully pull and steam, the tint should peal off silently and smoothly. If it jumps or makes noise as it comes off you need more steam because you're leaving glue behind.



It took me maybe 30 minutes to do the back window. Afterward dry the window off and then look for any glue left on the window. If there is glue, steam it, then rub hard with a towel, it comes right off.

I did the same thing to my front windows because they were really streaky:








This process is super easy. Costs only $30 for the steamer, and hey, now you have a steamer, for your trendy clothes! Or to clean your floor mats!

 

This may come in handy...My daughter has been pulled over three times this week for her dark tint...One ticket out of three...maybe she'll take out the dark, and go with the lighter (and legal) tint...

 

Wow, three times in one week? They do crack-downs on tint sometimes around here but I've never heard of anybody getting pulled over three times in a week! It must be really dark.

$30 for a steamer is definitely better than constant tickets.

 

Thanks for the info. I, too, have trouble with my rear window tint being too blurry. Is this common for Mustangs? Because I had a top-of-the-line tint job done at the dealership. The dealer says that they will re-install for me if I want. But I won't bother if it always is blurry. Comments?

 

I'm not sure if it's common to mustangs or not, I've been in modern GTO's and 'vettes that have the same problem. However, my trusted tint guy claims that it's caused by low quality tint. He's tinted several mustangs for the dealership I work at an none of them have ever had that problem while they were on the lot, and no customer has come back complaining about it. So, I think it's possible to avoid.

I plan to have him redo the tint in my car next month.

 

great idea to remove the tint, that glue is very hard to remove and it's hard to get of the back windows with the rear defroster lines, the steam seems to be the best way to remove the tint and glue, Thanks for posting, I hope I won't have to remove mine but if I do now I know a great way to do it.

Pete, as far as the back windows being blurry being a common problem, I haven't run into any problems on any of my vehicles since the 80's. If it's done correctly it shouldn't be blurry, if the dealer said they would have it fixed I would take it back and have them fix it.

 

a hammer is also easy

 

Thanks for the feedback. It's weird, because the side-windows and quarter-windows are perfect, but the rear is blurry...? I plan to have the dealer re-do it. Hopefully that will clear things up...get it??!!

 

The way it was explained to me is that low quality tint separates from the glue easier, and the added heat from things like the back window defroster makes the problem occur first on the back window. Definitely have the dealership redo it if they offered. If yours is anything like mine was it was pretty bad at night. I had two close calls of almost backing into other cars in dark parking lots before I decided I needed to do something about it over the weekend.

 

Great idea thanks for sharing! I goofed up the rear window on my Cherokee and I've been dreading the day I'd have to redo it. But this seams easy enough and we already have a steamer.

 

Dealer replaced rear window tint, perfect now.