Installation Guides
Step-by-step instructions, pro tips, and recommended tools for every Rvinyl product.
Headlight Tint
Rtint™ precut headlight tint — upgrade, protect, and restyle your headlights with a professional-grade film.
How to Install Headlight Tint
Complete 10-step guide — from cleaning to curing Rtint™ precut headlight tint. Covers surface prep, slip solution, alignment, squeegeeing, heat forming, trimming, and final cure.
Tail Light Tint
Rtint™ precut tail light covers — bold, custom look with air-egress technology that makes installation fast and forgiving.
How to Install Rtint™ Tail Light Covers
Air-egress technology makes tail light tinting fast and forgiving — even for first-timers. 7-step guide covering dry-fit, cleaning, slip solution application, squeegeeing, heat forming, and cure.
Fog Light Tint
Rtint™ precut fog light tint — same process as headlights but smaller panels, making it ideal for beginners practicing the tinting process.
How to Install Fog Light Tint
Fog lights are smaller and easier — great for beginners practicing the tinting process. 8-step guide covering cleaning, dry-fit, slip solution, alignment, squeegeeing, heat forming, trimming, and cure.
Vinyl Wraps
Full vehicle wraps, partial wraps, and accent pieces — complete 11-step guide from deep cleaning and measuring to tucking and post-heating.
How to Wrap Your Vehicle
11-step guide covering deep cleaning, measuring, cutting, applying, squeegeeing, heat forming around curves, edge wrapping with knifeless tape, tucking, post-heating, and curing.
Dash Kits
Rdash™ interior trim kits — premium vinyl dash overlays designed to fit your specific year, make, and model for a factory-fresh interior look.
Rdash™ Dash Kit Installation
Vinyl dash kit installation — clean, align, apply left to right, and cure for a factory-fresh interior look. 4-step guide covering surface prep, left-to-right application, palm pressure technique, and 48-hour cure.
Window Tints
Precut and bulk window tint film — DIY installation guide covering tint law checks, surface prep, application, heat shrinking curved rear windows, and curing.
How to Install Window Tint
8-step guide covering tint law checks, surface prep, film cutting, slip solution application, squeegeeing, heat shrinking curved rear windows, and a 3–5 day cure period.
Windshield Visor Tint
Block glare and reduce heat with windshield visor tints — precut visor tint for the top strip of your windshield.
How to Install Windshield Visor Tint
Precut visor tint for the top strip of your windshield — reduces glare and blocks heat. 6-step guide covering cleaning, dry-fit, slip solution, inside application, squeegeeing, trimming, and cure.
Wraps by Application
Specialized vinyl wrap techniques for motorcycles, rims, and brake calipers — each application has unique steps and pro tips.
How to Wrap a Motorcycle
Step-by-step guide for applying vinyl wrap to motorcycle fairings, tank, and panels. Remove panels, clean, measure, apply, post-heat.
How to Wrap Your Rims
6-step guide for wrapping wheels with vinyl film — clean, measure, apply to spokes, heat conform, trim, and post-heat.
How to Wrap Brake Calipers
Transform your brake calipers with heat-resistant vinyl wrap film — no painting required. Clean, cut, apply, wrap edges, post-heat.
Cleaning & Prep
Surface prep is the most critical step in any vinyl installation — contamination is the number one cause of film lifting and bubbles.
Surface Preparation Guide
How to properly clean and prepare any surface before applying vinyl film or tint. 5-step guide covering soap wash, IPA wipe-down, clay bar treatment, final IPA pass, and the "squeaky finger" test.
Resources
Guides, FAQs, tint laws, troubleshooting articles, and buying guides — everything you need before, during, and after installation.