Orange County’s Oldest Tint Shop: Why 47 Years in Business Matters

The Tint Pros has been Orange County’s tinting specialist since 1979 — over 47 years of professional installation experience, making us the oldest established tint shop in the region.

In a market full of fly-by-night shops offering $79 tint jobs, longevity signals something important: we’re still here because we do the work right.

What 47 Years in Orange County Means for You

When a tinting shop has operated continuously for over four decades, a few things have been tested and proven:

The installs hold up. Poor-quality work generates complaints, chargebacks, and word-of-mouth damage that eventually close shops. The Tint Pros has been building its reputation since 1979 on residential streets, on car lots, and on commercial properties throughout OC. That reputation is the business.

The technicians are experienced. You don’t staff a shop for 47 years with revolving-door employees who learned from a YouTube tutorial. Our installers understand the quirks of hundreds of vehicle models, the behavior of different film products in Southern California’s specific climate, and how to handle the edge cases that come with complex installations.

The product relationships are real. 3M, XPEL, LLumar, and SunTek don’t give their manufacturer dealer certifications to shops that don’t meet their installation standards. Our decades-long relationships with these brands mean we’re buying real, warrantied, manufacturer-grade product — not grey-market film repackaged with a fake brand label.

We’re still here. This sounds obvious but it matters: if something goes wrong with your installation in year 3, we’re still in the same locations taking your call. An installer that opened last year and closes next year doesn’t honor any warranty, no matter what they promised.

Our Story

The Tint Pros was founded in 1979 — when window film was a relatively new technology and Orange County was in the midst of its postwar growth boom. We established our flagship location on Newport Blvd in Costa Mesa, positioned between the growing communities of Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, and Irvine.

Over 47 years, we’ve watched the window film industry evolve from basic dyed film to carbon to the nano-ceramic technology we install today. We’ve seen competitors come and go. We’ve expanded to a second location in Huntington Beach to serve the northern Orange County coast.

What hasn’t changed: the commitment to professional installation, premium manufacturer product, and standing behind our work.

Our Locations

Costa Mesa / Newport Beach

Address: 1590 Newport Blvd, Costa Mesa, CA 92627
Phone: (949) 642-1121
Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 9 AM–5 PM

Centrally located on the main Newport Blvd corridor, serving Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, Irvine, Laguna Beach, Dana Point, and southern Orange County.

Huntington Beach

Phone: (714) 964-8468
Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 9 AM–5 PM

Serving Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, Westminster, Garden Grove, and northern coastal OC.

What We Install

Automotive:

• Window tinting — dyed, carbon, ceramic (3M, XPEL, LLumar, SunTek)
• Paint protection film (PPF) — XPEL Ultimate Plus
• Car wraps — color change, partial, custom printed

Residential:

• Solar control film
• Low-E energy film
• Safety and security film
• Privacy and decorative film

Commercial:

• Solar control and window tinting
• Safety and security film
• Anti-graffiti film
• Low-E energy film
• Decorative and frosted film
• Custom printed graphics

The Brands We Trust

We install film from 3M, XPEL, LLumar, and SunTek — the industry’s leading manufacturer brands. These are the same films used by OEM dealerships, fleet operators, and commercial building managers.

Every product we install comes with a manufacturer-backed warranty — not just our word. If a film defect occurs, the warranty is with the manufacturer’s network, not contingent on us staying in business (though we intend to).

What Our Customers Say

After 47 years, The Tint Pros has accumulated hundreds of verified reviews across Yelp, Google, and other platforms. OC drivers and homeowners trust us because we’ve earned it — one clean install at a time.

The most common feedback we hear: they wish they’d come to us instead of trying the cheaper place first.

A Note on Bargain Tint Shops

We’re not going to tell you bargain tint shops are all bad. But we will tell you what they’re usually doing:

The Tint Pros has seen 47 years of other shops’ failed installs come through our doors for removal and replacement. We won’t tell you our installs are cheap. We will tell you they’re done right — the first time — with film that’s warranted by the manufacturer who made it.