We are not in East Los Angeles. LA Car Tint is the film desk at Audio MotorSports, 22025 S Avalon Blvd Ste A, CA 90745. From East LA take Olympic or Whittier toward the 710 south, or Alameda south, then Avalon — 14.5 miles, thirty to thirty-five minutes. Tint books at 10:00 AM or 12:00 PM. Ask for Nick.
We are not in East Los Angeles. LA Car Tint is the film desk at Audio MotorSports, 22025 S Avalon Blvd Ste A, CA 90745. From East LA take Olympic or Whittier toward the 710 south, or Alameda south, then Avalon — 14.5 miles, thirty to thirty-five minutes. Tint books at 10:00 AM or 12:00 PM. Ask for Nick.
East Los Angeles is 14.5 miles from the Avalon pin. Olympic Boulevard or Whittier Boulevard toward the 710 south, or Alameda Street south, then Avalon. Thirty to thirty-five minutes. The alternate is Atlantic Boulevard south toward the 105. The 710 is quicker when the freight is moving and the surface streets are the reliable fallback when it is not. Maps pin 22025 S Avalon Blvd Ste A, CA 90745.
Whittier Boulevard runs dead east-west through East LA, which means low hard sun in your eyes one way and in your mirrors the other, every day of the year. The blocks are dense and almost entirely without canopy, and street parking is the norm. The other thing that matters here is what gets parked on those streets: bombs and lowriders with original mohair, period vinyl and dash material that is not manufactured any more. UV through glass is what destroys that, and it does it slowly enough that nobody notices until it is done.
The locked sedan special is a four-door — four doors plus the back window, no windshield, installed: Solar $249 or Solar Ceramic $329. The windshield is its own sale, and on a Whittier Boulevard run with low sun ahead it is worth considering. 3M Ceramic IR and Color Stable stay counter quotes. Fronts stay at California 70% VLT, which is what keeps a dark rear street-legal. Curved vintage rear glass is quoted in person.
3M Authorized Dealer, and every piece is hand-cut on a glass board then fitted. Nothing is ever cut on your car — and on a bomb with date-coded original glass that is the only acceptable method. A curved one-piece rear window is hand-work and cannot be judged from a photograph, which is why Nick wants the car in front of him before quoting one. The micro edge sits to the gasket rather than short of it.
From East Los Angeles: Impalas, bombs and G-bodies with real lineage, work trucks off Olympic, cargo vans, and family sedans. On the classics the brief is a dark rear, legal fronts, and protecting interior material that cannot be sourced again at any price. On the work trucks and family cars it is heat and glare on streets with no shade. Curved and original glass always gets seen before it gets quoted.
The correction worth making is that tint on a restored car is not about appearance. Period interior material is the most expensive and least replaceable part of a restoration, and UV through glass is what takes it. The second point is about method: if a shop is willing to lay a blade against date-coded glass to save twenty minutes, you have learned what you needed to know about the rest of their work.
Original mohair and period vinyl that is not bleaching out. A cabin that is tolerable after a day parked on a street with no shade. A dark rear with fronts legal at 70%, so the car does not collect a citation on Atlantic. A film edge at the gasket that reads as though it was always there. And original glass that a blade never touched.
Olympic or Whittier toward the 710 south, or Alameda south, then Avalon — thirty to thirty-five minutes. Solar $249 or Solar Ceramic $329 on a four-door. Curved vintage rear glass quoted in person. Fronts 70% VLT. Book 10:00 AM or 12:00 PM.
Same bay. Car audio is LA Car Beats at lacarbeats.com — a period dash stays original and the modern hardware hides. Vehicle security is LA Car Alarm at lacaralarm.com, and a valuable classic with no factory immobilizer parked on an East LA street overnight is that desk's clearest case. Harley bagger audio is AMS Pods at amspods.com.
Tint runs at 10:00 AM or 12:00 PM only, in a clean indoor bay. Monday through Saturday, 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM, Sunday closed. On a classic, call first and describe the glass — curved rear windows change how long the slot needs to be. A Payment Plan is at the counter once the film is quoted. Google shows 4.8 from 654 reviews.
If you are in East Los Angeles with original interior and original glass, the film is protecting the part of the car you cannot replace. Call (310) 513-8800, ask for Nick, and book 10:00 or 12:00. 22025 S Avalon Blvd Ste A, CA 90745.
East Los Angeles is a drive-in. One physical shop at 22025 S Avalon Blvd Ste A · CA 90745. Call (310) 513-8800.
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No. There is no East LA tint shop. LA Car Tint is the film desk inside Audio MotorSports at 22025 S Avalon Blvd Ste A, CA 90745 — 14.5 miles away, and all film is cut and applied in that bay.
The locked sedan special is four doors plus the back window, no windshield, installed: Solar $249 or Solar Ceramic $329. Curved vintage rear glass is quoted in person. The windshield is a separate sale.
No. Period interior material — mohair, period vinyl, dash material no longer manufactured — is the least replaceable part of a restoration, and UV through glass is what takes it.
Yes, and it is hand-work. It cannot be judged from a photograph, so Nick wants the car in front of him before committing to a number.
Never. Every piece is hand-cut on a glass board and then fitted. On date-coded original glass that is the only acceptable method.
Not with the fronts done correctly at California 70% VLT. The rear is where the cabin darkens, and Nick writes the coverage before anything is cut.
On Whittier Boulevard with low sun straight ahead it is worth considering. It is priced separately so you can judge it on its own merits.
Olympic or Whittier toward the 710 south, or Alameda south, then Avalon — thirty to thirty-five minutes. Atlantic south toward the 105 is the alternate.
Yes. A Payment Plan is available at the counter once the film is quoted. Price first, then decide. Payment Plan is the only name for it.
Car audio, window tint, and vehicle security — plus Harley bagger audio on the AMS Pods side. Body work, wraps, paint protection film, and auto glass are other trades; we'll point you to someone good rather than guess.
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