Carbon, ceramic and nano ceramic film in your choice of shade, installed at our shop where we can keep the dust out. Backed by a lifetime warranty on the film.
July heat and February snow glare are both problems here. Good film handles each of them.
Ceramic and nano ceramic cut cabin heat in summer in a way you notice. In winter they take the edge off low sun and snow glare, which is the part most people forget about.
Protects your skin on long drives and stops your dash, seats and trim from fading and cracking. A sun baked interior costs you real money at trade in.
A good ceramic in a light shade rejects more heat than a cheap dark film ever will. Darkness is privacy. Heat rejection is the film. Two different things.
Pick the film, then how many windows. Every install is precision cut, heat shrunk to the glass, and backed by a lifetime warranty on the film.
The look, at the best price. Deep black, color stable, won't fade purple on you. Least heat rejection of the three, so this one is about appearance and privacy.
This is where you feel the difference. Real heat rejection on a hot day, strong UV protection, and no interference with your phone or GPS. Even in a lighter shade it outperforms a cheap dark film.
The best film we carry. Highest heat rejection, best UV protection, and the clearest view of the three. If you're keeping the car a while, this is the one.
Full car pricing already includes the front two, it isn't an add on.
Removal is $25 per window, $50 for the rear glass or windshield. Single window? Call or text for a price.
Already dropping the car off? Add a Complete Refresh or a ceramic coating to the same visit.
Most trucks and SUVs come from the factory with dark rear glass, but that is smoked glass, not film. It's dyed during manufacturing. It looks dark and gives you privacy, but it does nothing for heat and next to nothing for UV.
So the rear is already handled for looks. What's missing is real film on the two windows where the sun hits you and whoever is riding up front.
That combination works out well. You get heat rejection where you sit and a matched look front to back, without paying to tint glass that's already dark.
Every shade we install, from nearly clear to limo. Lower number means darker film.
70 percent, nearly invisible. Almost no change in appearance. People pick this one purely for heat and UV.
50 percent, light. Takes the edge off glare while the glass still looks close to stock. In ceramic it rejects serious heat.
35 percent, the classic. Clean factory style shade with some privacy, easy to see out of at night.
20 percent, noticeably dark. Strong privacy with a sharp look, and still very drivable after dark.
15 percent, dark. Serious privacy and a blacked out appearance. Takes a little getting used to at night.
5 percent, limo. The darkest we install. Maximum privacy, and night visibility drops off noticeably.
A screen only gets you so close. Shades look different depending on your glass and whether the car already has factory tint. Stop by the shop and we'll hold real samples up to your car, or call or text us and we'll talk it through.
The short version. Minnesota Statute 169.71 is stricter than most states, and it's worth knowing where the limits sit before you pick a shade.
Darkness. The limit is 50 percent VLT on side and rear windows, with a three percent tolerance. VLT is how much light gets through the glass, so a lower number means darker film. The measurement is taken through the glass and film together, not the film on its own.
Reflectance. A separate rule most people have never heard of. Film can't be more than 20 percent reflective, and mirrored or chrome looking film isn't allowed on any window regardless of how much light it lets through.
Windshields. Handled separately in the statute, with no percentage attached. It prohibits anything that makes the windshield more reflective or reduces light transmittance in any other way.
Exemptions. The statute names the rear windows of a pickup truck, and on a van the rear windows plus the side windows behind the driver. Those can go darker than 50 percent. SUVs aren't named, so it depends how the vehicle is classified. There is also a medical exemption. The front two are held to 50 percent on every vehicle.
Tell us the year, make and model and we'll tell you exactly where those limits land for your vehicle. Want the full breakdown, including how VLT is measured and the complete exemption list? We wrote it all out on our Minnesota window tint laws page.
This is a plain English summary of Minnesota Statute 169.71 and not legal advice. We're tinters and not lawyers, so the statute itself is the final word.
All of it happens at the shop, where we can keep dust out of your film.
Windows get deep cleaned and clayed. Anything left on the glass ends up trapped under the film forever, so this step is worth doing properly.
Film is cut to your exact glass and heat shrunk to the curve, then installed edge to edge so it reads as factory rather than aftermarket.
We walk the whole car with you before you leave, and tell you exactly how to look after it while it cures.
If yours isn't here, call or text and ask.
Tint is drop off at the Savage shop, so the only thing that changes city to city is how far you're driving. Each page has the local details.
Not on the list? We take cars from all over the south and west metro, just ask.
Wondering what's legal where you live? Start with our Minnesota window tint laws page.
Tell us the car and how many windows. We'll come back with a price, usually the same day.
Tinting for Savage, Prior Lake, Shakopee, Burnsville, Lakeville, Apple Valley and the rest of the South Metro, out of our shop in Savage.