I am trying to remove the rear window tint w/o damaging the defogger. Does anyone have any suggestions on the best way to remove it?

 

Peel off the tint and use goof-off of something similar to get the glue off. I have also heard that Windex and scotch bright works to. :thumbup:

Good luck!

 

As far as I know there is no way to take it off without damaging the defogger. Why are you removing it?

 

I removed mine without losing any of the defogger lines.....

I'm not sure if this is easiest or best way, but it worked incredibly well for me, so here it goes.

I used one of those curtain steamers, they're real cheap...like $10-20 at Wal-Mart, I think the one I bought was made by Oster or something. Anyway, I just made a small slit in the tint w/a razor blade as a starting point. Then I just steamed the tint a ton, especially the area where I immediately peeling. It came right off, just like that.

There was some glue residue left behind in a few spots, but a good cleaner like Industrial Strength Windex took care of that.

 

how long did it take to steam off the tint on the window?

 

Sorry for the late reply.....I'm not on HAN much.

It didn't take long at all. Just steam the section for a good 10 seconds and you'll be good.

 

I'm interested in trying this out. But Im not familiar with what a curtain steamer looks like. Do you or does anyone know the proper name of the tool? I did a search for curtain steamer and no luck.

 

nevermind i finally found what its called, a valet garment steamer :thumbup:

 

I never thought of that before, but now that you mention it, something like a curtain steamer seems like it would be the perfect tool for removing the tint. If someone else tries it, can he/she post back here and let me know how it works? or just PM me.

 

I should have taken pictures when I removed mine, sorry guys.

And yes, it was something like "valet steamer" or something.