How is fleet tinting priced at Brookswood Tint?
Per vehicle type, and by how many units of each type you bring. There is no published fleet rate because a fleet of cargo vans and a fleet of crew-cab pickups have very different glass, so the shop prices your list rather than a generic vehicle.
The posted window tint prices are starting prices for one passenger vehicle by body style, and the price estimator gives a starting figure for a single car. A fleet quote replaces both. It’s assembled from these lines:
| Line on the quote | What sets it |
|---|---|
| Vehicle type | Year, make, model and trim, which decide the glass and the plotter pattern |
| Glass per unit | How many windows sit behind the driver, and how large they are |
| Film and shade | LLumar ATC as the base film, IRX or AIR as upgrades; one choice per type |
| Number of units | How many of each type the account covers |
| Old film | Any existing tint, removed and priced per window |
| Booking | Units brought in as a block around your routes |
What raises or lowers the cost per unit?
The glass on each type and the film you choose for it do most of the work. Old film, and extras added while a unit is in the bay, come next.
The glass behind the driver
A cargo van with glass only in its back doors needs little film. A passenger van with windows down both sides, or a crew cab with rear doors, quarters and a slider, needs a lot more. The van tinting page sets out the glass on the common van bodies, and work truck tinting covers pickups.
The film for each type
ATC is the dyed film in every starting price. IRX, a nano-ceramic, and AIR, a clear ceramic, cost more and are priced per package. LLumar’s performance data sheet shows the gap; its figures come from single-pane 6 mm clear glass:
| LLumar film | Infrared energy rejection (IRER) | Shades the shop sells |
|---|---|---|
| ATC | 22% in every shade | 5, 15, 35 and 50% |
| IRX | 59–61% across its shades | 5, 15, 35 and 50% |
| AIR | 60% for AIR 80 | 70, 80 and 90% |
IRER also counts infrared the film absorbs and re-radiates, a fuller measure, by the sheet’s own description, than the selective figure marketing often quotes. A fleet can put IRX on the units that idle in the sun all day and ATC on the rest, since the shade profile is set per vehicle type.
Old film that has to come off
A unit bought used may arrive with someone else’s tint. It has to come off first, at a per-window price that drops when the window is re-tinted, and steam, not a blade, is used on heated rear glass to protect the defroster grid. Tint removal pricing explains how that line is built.
Extras while a unit is in
A unit already in the bay can also get a chrome delete or vinyl lettering. Each is quoted on its own line, apart from the tint, so you can see what the extras add.
What does a fleet tint price include?
The film, the fitting and the account set-up are all in the quote. What the law won’t allow isn’t part of a fleet standard.
| Included | Not included |
|---|---|
| A shade profile kept on file for each vehicle type | Front side window film, or any windshield film beyond the 75 mm strip at the top |
| Film cut on the plotter for each unit’s year, make and model | Removal of old film, which is its own line |
| Block booking, with drop-off early and pickup at the end of the day | Lettering, livery and chrome delete, quoted separately |
| One point of contact and a record of the work on each unit | Work done on your lot; fleets are tinted in the shop |
| LLumar’s lifetime limited film warranty and the shop’s lifetime workmanship warranty |
The provincial rule, MVAR s. 7.05(8), treats work vehicles as it treats private cars: film behind the driver at any darkness, the back glass only when the unit has outside mirrors left and right, bare front side windows, and windshield film limited to the top 75 mm. On request, the shop will put film on front doors or across a whole windshield, but none of it is road-legal in BC, at any shade, and on a fleet a ticket, a Notice & Order and a forced inspection can land on every unit that carries it. The shop explains that risk before anyone decides; whether commercial vehicles follow different tint rules goes into the detail.
How much downtime should a fleet budget per vehicle?
Most units leave the day they arrive. Expect 2 to 4 hours to tint a whole sedan or SUV; vans, complicated rear glass and old-film removal add to that.
The easily missed cost is the curing time, not the bay time. For 3 to 5 days after tinting, the windows have to stay closed while the film cures, which matters for a driver who opens a window at every site gate or drive-through. Trapped moisture can show as light haze or small water pockets in week one; that’s normal, and it evaporates. Brief drivers before the unit goes back out, and stagger units so a whole crew isn’t on fresh film at once.
Why do fleet tint quotes vary between shops?
Because they’re rarely quoting the same thing. Before you compare per-unit numbers, check four lines on each quote.
- The film named. A dyed film and a nano-ceramic film from the same maker are different products at different prices, with the heat figures to match.
- The windows counted. A cheaper quote that includes front doors or a full windshield is quoting film BC doesn’t allow, and the company carries that risk.
- Where the work is done. Brookswood Tint does fleets in the shop, not on a yard, because dust, wind and cold spoil an install.
- The warranty and the paperwork. Find out who stands behind the warranty and for how long, and whether you get a per-unit record you can produce later.
No quote should be judged on the per-unit price alone; set the four lines side by side first. For single cars, what makes tint prices differ from shop to shop covers the same ground in more depth.
How should a business budget for fleet tint and book it?
Get every quote on the same tax basis, ask for invoices your bookkeeper can use, and send the shop your list by vehicle type.
The Canada Revenue Agency says a GST registrant may claim input tax credits “only to the extent that your purchases and expenses are for consumption, use, or supply” in its commercial activities. It also says suppliers have to put specific information on invoices so purchasers can support a claim, and the detail required rises with the amount of the sale. Ask your accountant how that applies to your fleet before you decide between one invoice per unit and a monthly statement.
For the quote itself, list every vehicle type by year, make, model and trim with a unit count, note the windows behind the driver and any units carrying old film, and say when vehicles can be spared. One set of photos per type, both sides and the rear, saves bringing a unit in just to be looked at. The fleet quote form takes all of that. To talk it through first, you’ll reach someone from 9:00 until 17:00, Monday to Saturday, at 604 534 6433, or at the counter in Unit 312, 20560 Langley Bypass. The planning side, from shade profiles to a written fleet policy, is in the fleet window tint guide.
