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Originally Posted by FCAV
Here's what I found for those interested. Please note these were all email requested quotes and the quotes were for an Audi A4 with lifetime guarantees:
Tintmaster:
$299 GST included (regularly $345 but August sale)
Headlights & Taillights: $273 GST included
Shadow Tint:
$389 + GST
Headlights & Taillights: $169 + GST
Tinting Illusions:
$349.99 + GST
Headlights & Taillights: $169.99 + GST
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My best friend owns Tinting Illusions. If you want to go ahead I can sharpen that quote up for you.
Bear in mind I have been in the car business for 15 years, and with tint you do get what you pay for in most instances, and the higher end customers know it. You don't find out you got a crappy tint job usually for a couple years. Drive by Jarrod's shop any day and you will usually see something in the 1-200K range get done. There is a reason guys with really expensive cars trust him.
Also bear in mind there are a ton of fly by night tinters. Usually guys that don't have the capital tp start their own shops, or they work by appointment out of auto service bays and such. Most of them are trained by the big guys, and then take off and try and steal their dealer business by undercutting them. The problem is it only takes a couple grand to buy the materials and tools, and dealers want the guys to be mobile so the cars don't leave the lot.
To be unbiased, shadow tint, tintmaster, tinting illusions, and freestyle designs have all been around for a long time, and all have dedicated brick and mortar locations, so the chances they will be around if you have a coloration issue, or delamination issue is pretty good.