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    Darren's Tinting

    4.9 (84 reviews)
    Open 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

    Services - Darren's Tinting

    Window film installation

    Tint application

    Tint removal

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    Tint repair

    Window tinting

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    Laura J.

    Darren has tinted all five of my vehicles, so it only made sense to have him work on my brand-new Taco. I was thrilled to learn he also offers ceramic coating, which I had been wanting to get done as well. With his trustworthy reputation, I was confident in the results, and he didn't disappoint. With friendly, honest, and fair pricing, my truck now looks even more brand-new! I have no excuses to go holo-holo now. Mahalo Darren!!

    Owner, Darren Saiki ... been in the tinting business since November 1984 !  His first pic on Yelp !
    Dennis Y.

    I bought a new small suv vehicle that I finally received April 10th (had put in the order for options, etc back on August 30th of last year). Now was the time to have it tinted like I have done to all my other vehicles in the past. As 'usual', I go to T and T Tinting, having gone there since the mid 1980s, but the location was kind of farther away from where I live at present, so decided on Darren's Tinting. Why Darren's Tinting you might say? Well, I have passed this house for several decades (gotta been the late 1980s) and have always seen the small yellow signs either attached to the home or on the fence line but always thought, "gee... I don't think this guy is making a profit ... he working out of his home...". My brother had his CH-R tinted here back in 2018 upon recommendation from his salesperson at Waipahu Toyota (just down the block). When he had it tinted, I kinda scrutinized the workmanship (as like I said, I have always gone to T and T Tinting) but could not find anything wrong with the workmanship. This made me think hmmm.... maybe the next car I have I will go there. I called about two weeks ago (called at a few minutes past 9am, even though they open at 8:30am as I figure he has customers at the start, so waited for the drop off vehicles' customers to leave ). He confirmed his pricing on the Llumar 'IRX' series tint (presently the highest performance ceramic tint from Llumar for which he is a certified dealer). It would be practically equivalent in specifications to Llumar's 'Formula One's' dealers' 'Pinnacle' series tint. Came today Friday morning for the drop off around 8:30am. You will go to the first house DH side of the bus stop (which is past the Texaco Gas station) --- but note Darren's home has two driveways, so the driveway you will want to go into would be the DH side driveway (not the Ewa side). While there, I tell him the tint shade specifications I want for the front windshield, the panoramic sun roof, the side windows and the rear window. Llumar Air 90 for the windshield (really, with all new cars factory tinted for few decades, don't even think of the Llumar Air Blue 80 as it will NOT satisfy Hawaii's annual Safety Check inspection minimum of allowing the minimum of 70% vehicle light transmittance --- tried that with two vehicles at T&T back in 2010 and 2017, and with the swab of the Air Blue 80, they both tested below the 70% minimum with the tint meter). I chose 40 series for the sunroof (not too dark and not too light) and for the front driver and front passenger windows and the rear back window. I asked that the rear seat windows and quarter panels be tinted with the 35 series (remember, on suvs and trucks you see 'privacy tint', they are NOT exactly tinted to prevent 99% ultraviolet radiation or reduce heat unless they are tinted, such as with the Llumar tint film. Just letting you know, since I still see some tint installers on YouTube not tint the 'privacy tinted' windows on the suv or truck they have, but only tint the front side windows ! Sheesh, they call themselves knowledgeable tinters ? Darren texted me about 6 hours later to say the car was ready and so I got a ride back there. Looked at the workmanship while I was waiting for Darren to come out and finish the transaction. He provided me with Llumar's Limited Lifetime Warranty papers and we went all around the vehicle to discuss related matters on the tinting, etc. I told Darren, look --- no one has taken a picture of you, but I want to when I do my Yelp review ... so I did! So now, you'll know how he looks if you're a first time customer ! Handsome buggah ! So easy to talk to and doesn't push any additional services upon you (he does do ceramic coating though) in a way you would feel ' shame' to say 'no'. Before leaving, we talked a short bit so I tell him my story about how through the many years I've driven by and thought to myself that this guy must be struggling to do business, but from our talk I am happy to say he is quite successful due to 'word of mouth' and also to the many salespersons at Waipahu Toyota that send their customers here for their tinting needs! Gosh, Darren Saiki deserves to be recognized by Llumar for his excellent workmanship and customer service ! Don't hesitate ... workmanship is equivalent to T and T Tinting but at a lesser cost ! Now 'I' know !

    90% tint on Windshield
    Reina Liz G.

    Just bought my Highlander 2022 XLE on Set 8 2022 Thursday and was able to get my car tinted and ceramic coated on Sept 10 Saturday. I was amazed that Darren was able to get started on my car right away. I didn't want to take my car out until it was coated and tinted. Now we're ready to get this car on the road and not worry about this hot Hawaiian sun . Highly recommend Darren's tinting. He'll take good car of your car. Location: don't follow the GPS directions, it'll make you miss his garage. It's a Big brown house after Texaco gas station in Waipahu. It's literally right after the bus stop, so try not to go too fast or you'll miss.

    Claire H.

    We were referred to Darren by many people. Everyone had good good things to say about his workmanship, professionalism and friendliness so of course we took our brand new 2023 BRZ to Darren for ceramic glaze and tint! Two days later we are super happy with the gloss of the paint and the legal tint! I will update after a year or two.

    Ceramic coating by Trevor and window tinting by Darren.  Awesome job!!!  Once again.
    W H.

    Have taken all my cars to Darren for the last 30 years, never an issue, always a job well done. This man takes absolute pride in his work!

    Jacob W.

    Darren, Trevor & his crew did a wonderful job ceramic coating my 2023 black Tacoma! I did the 5 layer tungsten ceramic coating. My Tacoma looks pretty much brand new, from top to bottom. Really appreciative of their work I was speechless! Highly recommend them for ceramic coating!! They also explain how to maintain my ceramic coating & was really personable as well! Super stoked!!

    Richard O.

    Darre'n's Tinting is one of the few places that carries Llumar films. I do extensive research before buying/getting/installing stuff. And what do you know, he also carries the most recommended Llumar Films, the IRX for the windows, and the Air 90 for the windshield. Speaking to Darren as I dropped off the car, I know my car is in good hands. He assured me that he's gonna put extra time to heat dry the windows coz he knew that the Tesla Windows go down a bit when opening the door, and it was also kinda cloudy that day. I highly recommend Darren's Tinting to anybody.

    Llumar ceramic tint
    Sherman R.

    Darren did a wonderful job tinting my 2021 Camry. Although I was booked about 2 weeks out , it was worth the wait. He tinted my vehicle with ceramic type tint (Llumar). He stated that If there was any problems To let him know and he'd take care of it. So far so good. No problems whats so ever - quality of work was outstanding. Price was reasonable - just call him up and get a quote. Thanks Darren Aloha.

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    He was able to take care of my truck quickly and professionally. Overall pricing was very fair considering the quality of tint being used.

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    Best customer service and quality work hands down! Darren is great to work with and takes his time to do great work. Definitely recommend!

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    Experience was friendly, fast and professional. Dropped off our car and within the time frame that he promised it was done. Looks great!

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    Awesome tint on my Tesla! Darren was super nice and my car turned out great. I will definitely get my future tinting done by him again.

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    Ask the Community - Darren's Tinting

    Just wanna ask how much cost to tint my car camry 2017? Hoping for your response thank you!

    Hi Monica. Sorry I don't know what the cost would be, however, I can tell you that it will be fair, and the workmanship excellent! Not to mention the fact that Darren is a great guy and easy to talk to. Hope this helps.

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