Sedans and hatches start from $295. Bigger cars have more glass, so wagons, SUVs, 4WDs, utes and vans cost a little more.

Every price includes the film, the fitting, a lifetime warranty and a free courtesy car while we work. Tell us your car's year, make and model and we'll give you a firm price for your exact car. Get my car tint price →

No. The price is the same whichever legal shade you choose.

Yes. Every car we tint comes with a lifetime warranty on the film and the fitting.

Cash, EFTPOS (credit or debit card), direct bank transfer or Zip.

Under Victorian rules:

• Front side windows: 35% VLT or lighter.
• Windows behind the driver (rear side windows and rear windscreen): as dark as 20% VLT, as long as the car has a rear-view mirror on each side.
• Windscreen: only a tinted band across the top (see below).

We fit legal tint, so your car stays roadworthy. We'll talk you through the shades before we start.

VLT stands for visible light transmission. It's the percentage of light that gets through the window, so the lower the number, the darker the tint. A 20% film lets through 20% of the light. A 70% film lets through 70% and looks almost clear.

We don't recommend it. Tint darker than the legal limit makes your car unroadworthy, can earn you a defect notice, and makes it harder to see at night. Your insurer may also refuse a claim if your car has illegal tint. The darkest legal shades already give you plenty of privacy and shade.

Only a sun strip across the top. The rules allow a tinted band above the area the wipers sweep, or across the top 10% of the windscreen, whichever is greater.

We can fit a sun strip on most cars. Some newer cars have cameras and sensors at the top of the windscreen, and film can get in their way. If that's your car, we'll tell you before we start.

We use Solar Gard films, in two choices. Both look the same from the outside (a non-reflective black), block more than 99% of UV, won't interfere with your phone or GPS, and come with a lifetime warranty. The difference is how cool your car feels inside.

• Happy Tint Classic Black (Solar Gard Galaxie) is a great choice if your car lives in a garage or carport, most of your driving is short trips around town, or you mainly want the look, the privacy and the UV protection.
• Happy Tint Nano-Ceramic Black (Solar Gard VTX Pro) rejects nearly three times as much infrared heat as Classic Black at the same shade. Choose it if your car sits in an open car park all day, you drive with the afternoon sun on the side windows, you have kids or a dog in the back, or your car has a lot of glass, like an SUV, 4WD or people mover.

Not sure? Tell us how you use your car and we'll point you to the right one, with a price for each.

We only use American-made window films.

Yes. Much of the heat that builds up in a parked car is infrared from the sun coming through the glass. Window film blocks a large share of it before it gets inside, so the car heats up less and the air-con catches up sooner.

Nano-Ceramic Black does this best. At the same shade, it rejects nearly three times as much infrared heat as Classic Black.

Older metallised films were known to interfere with signals. Neither of our films has any metal in it, so they won't affect your radio, GPS, phone or tyre pressure sensors.

Many new cars have factory privacy glass on the back windows. It's coloured glass, so it looks dark, but it does far less to stop heat than window film does.

If you want the heat and UV benefits without making the glass any darker, we can fit a near-clear film over the privacy glass. Your windows stay legal and you can still see well at night. Most people with privacy glass at the back also ask us to tint the front side windows to match.

Most cars take 1 to 3 hours. You can wait with us, or take a free courtesy car, and collect your car tinted the same day.

Yes. Take a free Happy Tint courtesy car. Go to work, do the school run, then pick up a cooler car on the way home.

No. We clean and prepare every window ourselves before the film goes on.

We have five workshops across Melbourne: Nunawading, Coburg North, Moorabbin, Dandenong South and West Footscray. All are open Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. See addresses and maps →

Yes, we remove old film all the time. The demister lines on a rear windscreen are the delicate part. The risk depends on the car's age, the old film and how firmly it's stuck.

Our installers take it off slowly and carefully, and they have a strong record of removing old film without damaging demisters. If we see a risk on your car, we'll tell you before we start.

No. Film on roof glass can cause thermal stress, which can crack or shatter the glass. Instead, we tint your rear windscreen right up to where the roof glass begins, so you still get the privacy and shade.