Columbus, Ohio · 5220 Trabue Road, Suite D
Window tint
in Columbus.
Ceramic from $299.
All around — every window but the windshield. Indoor bay, one piece on the back glass, the VLT label Ohio requires. Front doors go 50%. That is the Ohio limit, and we confirm it with you before the work is done.
Ceramic Grade A
Same price at 5% as at 35%. Darkness is free.
Starting price for a regular-size vehicle. Larger vehicles are quoted. All around means every window except the windshield.
Heat and darkness
Dark and cool are two different things.
Heat is infrared. Darkness is visible light. They are not the same thing and film does not treat them the same way. Dyed film blocks light. It is cheap, it goes dark, and the infrared passes through it into the cabin. Ceramic film carries particles built to reject infrared, and it does that whether the film is dark or not.
A legal 50% ceramic rejects more heat than a cheap 20% dyed film. The 20% is the darker window. The 50% is the cooler cabin. Those are two different specifications, and only one of them is about temperature.
Darkness is a legitimate specification on its own. Privacy is a real reason to want it and we will fit it. But darkness is not what lowers the temperature in the cabin — infrared rejection is, and that is a property of the film rather than of the shade you pick.
What film delivers: less heat, less glare off wet pavement at dusk, less UV on the dash and the seats, and privacy through the rear glass. Those are the four reasons to fit it.
The room your car sits in
Dust under film is permanent. That is the entire reason we install indoors with the door shut — not comfort, not looks.
What it costs
Darkness is free.
A 5% and a 35% of the same film cost the same, because you are not paying for the shade — you are paying for what the film is made of.
| Film | All around, from | Heat | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ceramic Grade A | $299Regular-size vehicle | Cuts more | Our most-specified film. Genuine heat rejection, no signal interference. |
All around means every window except the windshield.The windshield is its own job and its own number — Ohio requires 70% light transmission there, and the strip along the top is unregulated. Call for a number on that one, or read the windshield page.
Rear windows
The back glass is the hardest piece on the car.
It curves in two directions at once. Flat film does not go on a double curve — it has to be heat-shrunk on the outside of the glass until it takes the shape, then brought inside and laid down in one piece. One piece is the specification here. A seam across the middle of the rear glass is visible from the driver’s seat for the life of the car.
The defroster lines run across that glass. Stripping old film off them is slow work, and slow is the only way they survive it. Failing film comes off first — film and adhesive both. New film is never laid over old.
Ohio sets no darkness limit behind the driver. Rear side windows and the rear window can be any darkness at all, as long as the car has both outside mirrors. 5% in the back with a legal front door is a compliant car: the darkness limit applies to the front side windows only.
Common questions
- How long does it take?The film is cut, shrunk to your glass and squeegeed dry, and the rear window sets the pace for the whole job. Stripping old film adds real time on top of that. We do not publish a figure we cannot hold to on your specific vehicle — call with the year, make and model and we will give you the window before you drive over. Plan the appointment as a drop-off.
- Does it bubble?For the first few days the glass may look hazy, with small water pockets in it. That is the mounting solution drying out between the film and the glass, and it is not a bubble. Sun clears it, faster in July than in February. Bubbles that appear months later are adhesive failure — a film problem rather than an installation problem, and what the warranty covers. Film that turns purple a year on is the same failure.
- When can I roll them down?Not on the drive home. We confirm the exact time at pickup for the film fitted to your vehicle and the weather it is curing in. Lowering a window before the edge has bonded lifts new film off the glass, and that is not something a warranty covers.
- What’s the warranty?Lifetime warranty options, and which one applies depends on the film you choose — the cover is against the film failing: bubbling, peeling and turning purple. Ask for the exact terms on your film before you pay, and ask for them in writing. A warranty that is not written down is not a warranty.
- Can you do 20% on my front doors?No. Ohio charges the driver for operating the vehicle and charges the installer for fitting the film, and the installer’s is the heavier charge. No waiver moves either one. If heat is the objective, ceramic at 50% outperforms that 20% dyed film. The actual law, all of it →
If you searched “tint near me”
The address is 5220 Trabue Road, Suite D, Columbus, OH 43228, west Columbus, indoors. Indoors matters more than distance. Tint is a dust job — a hair, a speck, one gust through an open door and it is under the film for the life of the car. A sealed bay is the only environment that controls what lands on wet glass.
Cars come to us from Columbus, Hilliard, Dublin, Powell, Plain City, Upper Arlington and Worthington. Call the number below and talk to the shop. Give us the year, make and model and we can price your vehicle on the phone.
Get it tinted.
Ceramic all around from $299, legal on every window, warranty in writing. Bring the year, make and model.
5220 Trabue Road, Suite D, Columbus, OH 43228 · info@motintking.com