Dublin, Ohio · 43016 / 43017
Window tint
for Dublin.
Due south on 270.
Historic Dublin and the bay sit on nearly the same line of longitude — straight down 270’s west leg. Set the wedge before you get in the car: it shows the shade, and it shows where Ohio stops you.
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.
The drive
The bay is on Trabue Road in 43228 — west side, just inside the outerbelt. Here is the route down, so you can judge the drive for yourself.
From Bridge & High or Bridge Park it is one road: 270’s west leg, straight down. The run is almost due north–south, and you come off on the west side.
Check your map application for current traffic at the hour you plan to leave.
Every installation is carried out here, indoors, in a climate-controlled bay. Call or text the shop and we will confirm a bay for your vehicle before you set out.
Before you come down from Dublin
A newer vehicle carries more glass than anything built twenty years ago — panoramic roofs, deeper windshields, larger rear quarters. That changes the specification. Three decisions worth making first.
The roof is the biggest window on the car
A Model Y’s roof is the whole ceiling. Panoramic glass on a Palisade or an X5 is not far behind, and it takes the sun straight overhead in a parking lot. Ohio’s limits below are written for the windows you drive by — the windshield, the doors, the back glass. The roof is a comfort decision, not a legal one. Ask about it when you book.
A garage car and a surface-lot car need different film
A car that lives in a garage overnight is a glare problem: sun on 270 at seven in the morning, and keeping what is on the back seat out of sight. A car that sits in a surface lot all day is a heat problem, and heat is infrared, not darkness. A legal 50% ceramic keeps more heat out than a 20% dyed film. Darkness is not heat rejection.
Leases, and 270 twice a day
On a leased car, film comes back off at turn-in. Vinyl comes off. Rock chips in the nose do not. A daily run down 270 is a daily run through gravel thrown from the vehicle in front, and that is the argument for paint protection film on the front end — the inspection sheet, not the shine.
A vehicle from our own bay. Not a stock image.
Ohio law doesn’t stop at the Dublin line
Dublin has its own police department. It writes tickets out of the same state code as Columbus, and the State Highway Patrol on 270 enforces the same number.
There is no Dublin tint rule and no Franklin County tint rule. There is one statewide number for the front side windows, and we confirm it with you before the work is done.
One thing people get wrong in your direction, though: A strip along the top is not regulated at all, as long as it stops at the AS-1 line or five inches down — whichever is closer to the top. Yes, you can have a visor strip.
Read the actual law →- Windshield70%± 3
- Windshield top stripUnregulated
- Front side windows50%± 3
- Rear side windowsAny darkness
- Rear windowAny darkness
What it costs
Ceramic Grade A starts at $299, all around. All around means every window except the windshield.That is the shop’s own number for a regular-size vehicle, and darkness does not change it.
What moves the number
Vehicle size. $299 covers a regular-size car; a larger vehicle carries more glass and more hours, so it is quoted. Old film on the glass is a separate removal job and can change the figure too. The shop confirms your number before you book.
Quoted per vehicle
Paint protection film, ceramic coating, chrome delete and rim painting have no menu price: a Model Y nose is not a Wrangler nose, and a menu figure would not hold for either. Call the shop with the year and model and we will price your vehicle rather than a category.
Come down from Dublin.
Indoor bay, labelled film, warranty in writing. Call or text the shop for a number on your vehicle.
5220 Trabue Road, Suite D, Columbus, OH 43228· due south of Historic Dublin, off 270’s west leg