Best Car Wrap & Window Tinting Specialists in Wellington
We assessed 6 car wrap & window tinting specialists in Wellington and ranked the top 5 on public rating quality, review volume and how recent the reviews are. The businesses listed below hold 360 Google reviews between them. No business can pay for a place in these rankings. Last updated 25 September 2026. How we rank
Top 5 Car Wrap & Window Tinting Specialists in Wellington
The top 5 car wrap & window tinting specialists in Wellington are #1 Tint a Car, #2 Wrap Innovations, #3 Star Tint, #4 Kustom Tinting, and #5 Protect Vehicle Surface Protection Centre, ranked by Top5 Score.
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Tint a Car Wellington
★ 4.9 124 reviews Top5 Score 160Highest5★ 116 4★ 4 3★ 1 1★ 3Tint a Car handles vehicle window tinting, full car wraps, and fleet tinting jobs, turning around even short-notice bookings within a day or two.
6/2 Hawkins Street, Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt
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Wrap Innovations
★ 4.9 100 reviews Top5 Score 1582.3 behind5★ 97 4★ 2 1★ 1Wrap Innovations covers full colour change wraps, paint protection film, chrome deletes, and interior console wrapping, with several clients bringing in Teslas, BMWs, Jaguars, and Mustangs for complete transformations.
Unit 22/16 Jamaica Drive, Grenada North, Wellington
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Star Tint
★ 5.0 58 reviews Top5 Score 1519.8 behind5★ 58Star Tint gets window tinting done quickly without cutting corners, with clients noting bubble-free, flawless finishes on vehicles ranging from Land Rover Defenders to everyday cars and trucks.
11 Avalon Crescent, Avalon, Lower Hutt
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Kustom Tinting Ltd
★ 5.0 34 reviews Top5 Score 14614.4 behind5★ 33 4★ 1Kustom Tinting builds long-term client relationships across full window tints, blackout strips, and privacy glass matching, with many reviewers returning across five, ten, or more vehicles over the years.
7/5 Rutherford Street, Hutt Central, Lower Hutt
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Protect Vehicle Surface Protection Centre
★ 5.0 14 reviews Top5 Score 13525.8 behind5★ 14Protect Vehicle Surface Protection Centre covers full car wraps, paint protection film, PPF removal, chrome blackouts, and ceramic windscreen film, often combining several of these in a single job.
58 Kent Terrace, Mount Victoria, Wellington
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Window Magic
★ 4.7 30 reviews Top5 Score 13426.4 behind5★ 28 1★ 2Window Magic is the kind of operation where clients come back vehicle after vehicle, with one reviewer having brought five cars over time and another trusting Greg with their fleet for years.
1/4 Freshfields Place, Plimmerton, Porirua
Before you book a car wrap and window tinting specialist in Wellington
Many shops tint, wrap and fit paint protection film (PPF), so one list covers all three, for vehicles only. Tint limits are set by the NZTA Vehicle Inspection Requirements Manual and are measured through the glass and film together: no film on the windscreen apart from a clear band along the top, and at least 35% of light through the front side windows. Ask what your windows will measure once the film is on, not just the film's rating. For a wrap or PPF, ask which film is quoted, what the warranty covers and for how long, and whether door jambs are included. If a wrap changes your car's main colour, NZTA form MR16 is how you update the colour on the register.
The questions below are drawn from 114 customer reviews collected for this page.
How much does car window tinting, a car wrap or paint protection film cost in New Zealand?
Window tinting a standard car runs from $150 to $300 with basic dyed film, up to $500 with hybrid or metalised film, and $500 to $800 or more with ceramic or infrared-rejecting film, with SUVs and vans costing more. A full colour-change wrap starts at $3,000 for a compact car, $3,500 for a sedan, $4,000 for a hatchback or small SUV, $5,000 for a full-size SUV, and $8,000 or more for a premium or custom-printed wrap.
Paint protection film starts at $1,200 for the bonnet alone, $2,700 for the full front including bumper, bonnet and guards, and $7,200 or more to cover every painted panel except the roof on a standard vehicle, with large SUVs quoted after inspection. Vehicle size and shape, the grade of film chosen, and how much of the car is covered drive the final price, and these are installer-published figures whose sources do not say whether GST is included.
What are the legal window tint limits in New Zealand, and does a wrap affect your registration?
The New Zealand Transport Agency Vehicle Inspection Requirements Manual (VIRM) sets the tint limits that a Warrant of Fitness inspector applies, and they measure overall visible light transmittance through the glass and film together, with a 5% tolerance allowed on the reading. No film may be fitted to the windscreen except a transparent anti-glare band along the top edge that does not extend below the folded sun visors, and front side windows must let through at least 35% of light.
On a passenger car, rear and rear side windows must also stay at 35% or above and may only carry film if external mirrors are fitted on both sides, while vans and utes have no minimum VLT behind the driver's seat provided both external mirrors are present. Ask your installer for the finished reading on the glass itself, because a film rated at 35% will measure lower once applied to factory glass, and any film that has a mirrored effect that could dazzle other drivers, or that has bubbled, will cause a WoF failure.
There is no licence or registration scheme for tinters or wrap installers in New Zealand. If a wrap changes your car's predominant colour, the car's colour is recorded on the Motor Vehicle Register, and New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) form MR16 is how you update those details.
Tint, wrap or paint protection film: which does your car need?
Tint is the right choice if your priority is cutting heat, glare and UV inside the car or gaining privacy, but how dark you can go is set by the WoF rules described above. A wrap makes sense when you want to change the colour or carry printed branding and want the option to remove it later, though most premium vinyl wraps last around 2 to 4 years depending on exposure, material quality and maintenance.
Paint protection film is a thicker, usually clear film that absorbs stone chips and light scratches instead of your paint, with installers warranting it for up to 10 years against yellowing, cracking and peeling and quoting a service life of 5 to 7 years or more, and most owners protect only the front of the car where road damage actually happens. Reviewers valued installers who explained film options clearly, delivered a finish with no bubbles or lifted edges, and talked them through what they actually needed rather than upselling them on work that made no difference.
What are the warning signs of a tint or wrap shop to avoid?
- –Slow or no response to online inquiries and phone messages is a reliable signal of how the shop handles problems after your money is paid.
- –Film fitted darker than what you agreed on, with no prior discussion or option to stop the job, leaving you with a car that may fail its WoF.
- –Bubbles, lifting edges or peeling within months of installation point to poor film application or low-grade material.
- –A warranty that exists on paper but is met with excuses and no clear process when you actually try to claim on it.
- –Knife marks in the trim or paint from cutting film directly on the car, or damaged rear demister lines when old tint is removed.
- –Charging full price for work that clearly does not match what was confirmed, with no willingness to correct it or even hear the complaint.
What should you ask before booking window tinting, a wrap or PPF?
- –Ask which film brand and grade is being quoted, so you can compare like for like across shops rather than just comparing prices.
- –Ask what the windows will measure once the film is on the glass, and whether the installer checks this with a light meter before you drive away.
- –Ask exactly what the warranty covers, specifically bubbling, peeling and fading, and for how long, and get it in writing.
- –Ask whether removing old tint or a previous wrap is included in the price or charged separately.
- –For a wrap, ask whether door jambs and shuts are included, and how the installer avoids cutting directly on the paint when trimming the film.
- –Ask how long they need the car and what aftercare is required in the first few days, since curing windows too early can damage the film.
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What the 6 car wrap & window tinting specialists listed above hold, at the 25 September 2026 check.
How are the top car wrap & window tinting specialists in Wellington chosen?
We build this page from Google Maps results for car wrap & window tinting specialists in Wellington. Each one is scored on its public rating and review record, using the same published method on every page. Businesses outside the area, or whose reviews describe a different line of work, are left out. Every category and city is rechecked on a rolling cycle, about every two to three months. See how we rank for how rankings are made and who is left out. On specialist pages like this one, a business's reviews count in proportion to how many of them are about car wrap & window tinting specialists, so a business mostly reviewed for other work cannot win on review volume alone. See the words we look for.
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