What does EV window tint cost?
An EV is priced by its body shape, exactly like a gas car: $220 buys a sports coupe’s rear glass, $240 a sedan’s, and $260 the seven panes of a full-size SUV or wagon, all in dyed LLumar ATC. Ceramic (IRX or AIR) is extra, priced per package.
| What’s being tinted | Price |
|---|---|
| Sports coupe, 3 rear windows | From $220 in ATC |
| Sedan, up to 5 rear windows | From $240 in ATC |
| Full-size SUV or wagon, 7 rear windows | From $260 in ATC |
| IRX or AIR ceramic on any rear package | Priced per package |
| Compact crossovers, one-piece rear glass, other unusual shapes | Quoted from the car |
| Glass roof | Quoted per vehicle |
Plenty of electric models don’t sit neatly in those shapes. Because the $260 package assumes a full-size SUV or wagon, a compact electric crossover is priced from its own glass, and so is a rear window much larger than usual. Each job comes with genuine LLumar film, plotter-cut for the specific model, fitted by hand and warranted for life on film and labour. The complete list of packages is on the window tint prices page.
How do glass roofs and long rear windows change an EV tint job?
They mean bigger single panes, more curve to shrink the film around, and more time in the bay. Some EVs also build things into the glass, an antenna or a switchable roof layer, that the shop needs to know about before quoting.
Here is what makers and a film supplier say about the glass on four electric models:
| EV | What the source says about the glass | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Tesla Model Y, 2025+ | The roof is listed as “fixed roof glass,” bonded in with urethane | Tesla service manual |
| Tesla Model 3 and Model X | The rear glass “is significantly larger and consists of a full glass panel,” which is why XPEL charges more to tint these two | XPEL Canada |
| Polestar 2 | The radio antenna is inside the rear window, and owners are told to avoid metallised film there | Polestar 2 owner’s manual |
| Rivian R1S | Offered with a panoramic glass roof or a Dynamic Glass Roof, a $2,200 option on two trims and included on the Tri Max | Rivian Canada price sheet, June 2024 |
A large rear pane is shaped with heat in more places before it lies flat, which is the main reason it is quoted from the car. A roof sold as a special option, like Rivian’s Dynamic Glass Roof, or any roof with its own switchable or coated layer, gets checked before anyone prices film for it. Roof film is its own job with its own legal question in BC, both covered on the sunroof and panoramic roof tint page.
How much cabin heat does ceramic film keep out?
LLumar measures IRX at 59–61% infrared energy rejection (IRER) and 50–62% total solar energy rejection (TSER), where dyed ATC manages 22% and 28–44%. Near-clear AIR 80 equals IRX on infrared, at 60%, while letting 77% of visible light through.
| LLumar shade | Visible light | Infrared energy rejected (IRER) | Solar energy rejected (TSER) |
|---|---|---|---|
| IRX 05 | 6% | 60% | 62% |
| IRX 35 | 39% | 60% | 54% |
| AIR 80 | 77% | 60% | 43% |
| AIR 90 | 84% | 40% | 30% |
| ATC 35, dyed, for scale | 38% | 22% | 35% |
IRER is the figure to watch for cabin heat. It counts infrared from 780 to 2,500 nm, including the heat a film soaks up and then gives off again, which LLumar’s sheet describes as the more complete of its infrared measurements. Ads for ceramic film often quote a bigger number, selective IR rejection (SIRR), which reaches 85–88% for IRX; it’s a real figure, but a narrower one. LLumar tested on one 6 mm pane of clear glass; laminated or factory-tinted EV windows will read differently.
What none of these numbers tell you is how far the car will go on a charge. The shop sells film on its measured heat rejection and makes no range claim.
Will ceramic tint interfere with an EV’s antenna or GPS?
Not IRX or AIR, which the shop describes as having no metal in them; the signal question is covered in full on ceramic window tint. On an EV the open question is usually the film already on the car.
A used EV can arrive with film nobody can name. If the back glass carries an antenna, as the Polestar 2’s does, metallised film there is the kind its maker warns against, so poor radio reception after purchase is worth mentioning when you ask for a quote. Old film comes off with steam, which leaves the antenna and the defroster lines alone, and whichever LLumar film goes back on, ATC, IRX or AIR, it isn’t a metallised one.
Which EV windows can be tinted in BC?
The same windows as on any car. BC’s rule, MVAR s. 7.05(8), permits any shade behind the driver on side windows, plus back-glass film when mirrors are fitted outside on both sides; on the windshield, only the top 75 mm. The inspection manual adds its own tests for the back glass in item 14c: no reflective tint, nothing outside ANSI/SAE Z26.1, and nothing that materially impairs the driver’s normal vision.
Electric or not, film on the front doors or below that windshield strip is not road-legal in BC, including clear AIR. The shop will install it if asked, after explaining the consequences: a ticket, which Mission RCMP says typically costs $109, or a Notice & Order to take the film off and pass an inspection. Many EVs also mount driver-assistance cameras behind the windshield, which raises its own questions, answered in tinting a windshield with an ADAS camera.
How do you book EV tint in Langley?
Begin with the car: year, make, model and trim, since on many EVs the trim decides the roof and sometimes the glass. Say which windows you want, whether the roof is included, and which film you’re considering. For choosing between the two ceramics, LLumar IRX vs LLumar AIR puts them side by side.
Most cars are done the same day, though big rear glass and roofs take longer. After pickup, the windows stay shut for three to five days; a faint haze that first week is normal and dries out. Ask for a price on the EV tint quote form, or phone 604 534 6433.
