Retro fitting OEM Privacy Tinted Rear Side and tailgate windows on Edition 30?

[galaxie500]

Hello gentlemen
I'm acutely aware I haven't posted any photographs of my Edition 30 yet; just need a clear few days without any work which coincides with decent weather. I will get something up soon.
Wondering if anyone has retro fitted OEM privacy tints on a 5 door GTi or Edition 30?  I think the privacy glass looks good and may protect the inside from prying eyes.....I'm not a fan of the tinting films - a number of friends have tried it and it always seems to get scratched or peels and looks cr*p!
My previous car (Audi A6 4.2V8) had problems with window guides breaking causing inoperative front and rear passenger windows and i managed to disassemble the window frame and window, motor and subframe and replace the little pink guides that I believe are similar on Golf Mk 4's and break regularly.  I'm thinking that if I can do that job, the Golf shouldn't be too hard?  Or am I very wrong?!

Any idea about difficulty and price and if the privacy glass is available from stealers?
Thanks
galaxie500

[mortygttdi]

Its actually very easy to change the windows on the mk5 especially the 5dr if your willing to take the door skins off then its even easier.

When I bought my golf the fronts where tinted, very light but I wanted the standard windows back in so managed to pick some up cheap and changed the fronts...

Take the door handle and lock/blanks out then undo all the little bolts around the inside of the door and off pops the skin then its just 2 bolts holding the windows in, Its more or less the same on all the door you'll just have to get the rear screen done??

Darren

[fab5freddy]

Here's some part numbers & prices

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,33769.0.html

HTH

[paul896]

i got the pre cut film on ebay US for the coupe, and it went on and looks brilliant, even one year later. u just need to be very careful patient installing it....

never did the back window tho, it was too big and awakward and just a general eff up all round!cant fault the film tho

[galaxie500]

Thanks Morty and Freddy.

As usual with this fantastic forum,"Ask and ye shall find"!!  The part numbers and "how to guide" are great.  Despite some other opinions, I think I'll go with the actual glass rather than an applied film.

On the subject of glass I just looked at my windscreen and its not a VW OEM part nor has it the same green tint as the rest of the glass. My RNS 510 has a long list of previous European destinations in its memory which possibly explains the new windscreen after the previous owner had a cross-continent dash to catch a ferry I mused!
I drove to Northern France on Tuesday morning for work(the RNS 510 has the Western European maps installed thankfully) used the Le Shuttle for the first time - very quick and easy - and the car was brilliant. The fantastically smooth French tarmac really suits the standard set-up but I'm beginning to see why people get the upgrade bug.  Not sure where to start though.....? Any simple mods I should go for??

Cheers

galaxie500

[mortygttdi]

You could start by lowering on some Eibach/H&R springs, this will tighten up the ride.

Darren