Orange Iguana Tinting

I called around 2 pm, told them I would come after 5pm and coming from Hollywood hills. I get there at 5:40, 3 guys standing around, my car would be next (a mini cooper) & they refused me told me it was too late! Cause they close at 7. Seriously lazy guys!!! Bad bad service

great service great price, was in and out in about an hour. Tint holding well 1 year later

I almost didn’t post this, because I dropped into this location yesterday and discovered that Brandon had gone out of business, and another tinting/​detailing company had taken over. I guess you get what you pay for.
I did a groupon deal for a detailing package, and brought my classic mercedes over to have it done… was happy with the results, although it took a little longer to do than I expected.
A month later, my wife purchased the same deal, and we delivered our «teenage drivers» car (2003 VW) to Brandon to have the same detail package as well as replacing old window tinting on side and rear windows. Again, very late pickup, this time well after dark, so we didn’t notice the cracks in both of the door panels or the fact that the rear window defroster no longer worked. Several weeks later, when I got in the car myself for the first time, I surveyed the damage and called Brandon, thinking he would be happy to take a look at what had happened and take care of us.
It was as if I were dealing with a completely different person, although it was still clearly Brandon. He told me that he worked on the car himself with the help of one of his guys and «there’s no way that damage was done here», going on to say «it looked like your car was a salvage». I suggested that he wait till he sees it in person and he said «I won’t even look at it». I admonished him, saying «I’m happy to file a small claims action against you, but am willing to give you one more chance to be professional about this» and he told me «do what you have to do»
And so now, I’m trying to find forwarding information for Brandon… I intend to file a small claims action.

No longer in business. Get your money back from Groupon.

A big «0» rating is more like it for this shaddy joint. No customer service at all. I left my car at 10am on Saturday and Brandon told me that it would be ready in 3 – 4 hours for a detail and tint. I waited until 4pm just to be sure what was happening and no one picks up the phone. I can repeatedly and finally Brandon picks up the phone and tells me that the car won’t be ready until Monday! WHAT? Didn’t bother calling me, so I was mad as hell and went to get my car to only find out they didn’t even complete the full detail. ALL day and his excuse was, well we need you to sign a disclaimer for cleaning the engine. I was there in the morning and he didn’t bother informing me of this even though i signed the paper with all work to be performed. Lame! Lame! Lame! To top it off the car was poorly detailed. Never stepping foot in this place.
Stay away from this place. not worth the headache!

I’m not usually a fan of dealing with anything car related in Los Angeles due to the inevitable hassle i encounter of prices changing on the fly, poor customer service and just mediocre work, however, i gotta say that today i made a GREAT choice and took my car to get the windows tinted at a place that was new to me called ORANGE IGUANA glass tinting.
After doing a bunch of research on line, reading a lot of the reviews and comparing prices, i called Orange Iguana to see how they were on the phone. I talked to a very friendly and relaxed guy named Brendon who answered all of my questions about price, options etc. He was patient and friendly, so i decided to go there the next day and give ‘em a try.
First thing i noticed as i pulled in to the shop was how VERY CLEAN and organized it was, in my experience, a clean shop equals clean work, and that was the case here. The guy i talked with on the phone, Brendon, turns out he’s the owner, greeted me, remembered me from the phone call, and had his guy start on my tint in only 10 minutes! GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE. I sat in their VERY clean and GREAT COLD AIR CONDITIONED waiting room, check the pics i posted, and thank goodness because it was about 100 degrees outside! He gave me the wireless code and i was comfortably checking my email and surfing the web on my ipad in minutes. They even have an olé’ circus style FREE POPCORN machine :)
Anyway, i seriously Thought he was joking when he poped his head in smiling and said, «You’re all done!“What? it ‘s only been like 15 minutes! Holy cow! I went and carefully inspected the work as I’m VERY particular with my car, and it was GREAT! I can truly say I’ve never had a FRIENDLIER OR EASIER experience with any car related in LA! As you can tell I’m now a HUGE FAN OF ORANGE IGUANA and their GREAT SERVICE AND PRICES! D
Do yourself a favor and support great businesses like this one by going there to get any glass tinting done! And just for the record, i have NO relation to these guys other than just a customer who found them right here on Unilocal.:)

Got the groupon for a sedan detail, and set up an apt.
Well, on the day (saturday at 9am), I was still recovering from friday night so I called them up (Spoke with Brandon) and was like, I can’t make it. Totally expecting them to say fine, come back next week etc.
But they were absolutely ok with me coming in later per my convenience at 1 or even 2 pm. Awesome, a place where they care about the customer !!!
I showed up, they had a few cars already being detailed, and I figured they might ask me to come back later or even just do a shit job.
Anyways, I hand over my groupon and keys to Brandon who assures me that they would do a good job and say that they would need at least 3 hours !
I was like great, let me grab some lunch and see what the area has to offer, and then I realized how long 3 hours can be. So after lunch I walk back and ask them how long they are ope, figuring I’ll go watch a movie or something.
Brandon was like 7 pm, and then he insisted that I take my time as he would wait for me, I could be back even at 7:30 if I felt like it !
Wow.
I show up at 7 (Saw Prometheus, good movie was entertained).
And wow again, my car (black g35) looked awesome, the clay, wax, shampoo work was excellent. They are a dedicated, hardworking group the Orange Iguana’s !
Just call them, hand over your car keys and you will not be disappointed !

NO STAR RATING! My appointment was at 11 and they didn’t finish my car till 3 (suppose to be 12:30)! Horrible customer service, no one to answer phone or questions. Would not recommend, also too many add ons from the Groupon or LivingSocial Deals so pay reg price somewhere else will be a better deal, trust me!

Where to begin. The service at this place is just awful. I made an appointment and was told that the service would take two hours. When I arrived I was informed that it would take three hours and my Living Social deal only covered four window so the price would go up by $ 50 to tint the back window and the two tiny side triangles.
OK, fine. That’s life.
Three and a half hours later i still haven’t received a call and it getting late. I call them and they tell me my car will not be ready for another hour and a half. Would they ever have bothered to call me and tell me this? I seriously doubt it.
That puts total time at five hours and pick up time 7 pm. My one year old daughter goes to bed at 7 pm so it’s not happening for us, we’ll just pick it up in the morning. Still, not great but no big deal. «We don’t open until 9 am» no problem. we’ll be there.
Cut to 9 am the next morning and another 20 minute drive to Tarzana, NO ONE IS THERE. My husband needs to go to a meeting so I leave a message and we leave. as I’m leaving the message I’m peaking in on our car which they have finished and left parked in their garage overnight… with the door left open. I still haven’t heard back from them but this will mean my battery is dead.
I’ll update my post to let you all know how this turns out but now this pregnant lady (with a one year old) has to borrow a car to drive to her dr’s appointment in Santa Monica, come home and get another ride back to Tarzana.
Not good, people. Not good.
Update1:
11 am, still no call. I call them, «we opened at 9:15 am». We were there at 9:15 so that’s a lie. I left a message telling them to call me when they got in. Nothing. No apologies, no excuses. They hang up the phone on me.
WOW.

Found out about them through a Living Social deal. They did an amazing job on tinting my windows! I even think their mini-​detail was the best wash my car has ever seen. I highly recommend.

At Orange Iguana you don’t get any gimmicks. (Well, at least I didn’t)…
I recently bought a 2012 Prius C and I didn’t like the fact that since the windows are so big (larger than my old car) you can see absolutely everything I keep in the backseat of my car and in the trunk. (I’m a college student so privacy is an issue when I’m parked at a college campus, you never know who wants to steal that 200 dollar Chemistry book in your car).
First off let me say I’m not a big «car tinting» person. I didn’t get them for style, nor do I think it makes my car look more «pimped out.» I mean, I drive a Prius for Pete’s sake!
Well in doing research I found out that tints actually help keep the car a bit cooler (thus saving more energy). When I called them I had found out that they were offering a deal (while stumbling upon their craigslist ad) the deal was legal tints (all windows except for the passenger side window, windshield, and drivers window) and it was only 79 dollars. The ad stated No tax, no extra charges… Well you know how some places can be so I called in to make sure and they were very courteous. They also told me that for my tints I would also be getting a lifetime warranty on parts and labor (fading, bubbles, etc.) So I decided «why not? it’s a great price!»
I drove to Orange Iguana thinking «Oh I hope the place doesn’t look sketchy and at least has some chairs to sit in while I wait»…
Well, when I drove into the lot, I was surprised (I was getting a little worried that they would end up charging me more because of how nice and clean it looked)…but they greeted me kindly and when I told the guy (I forget his name) about the 79 dollar special, he didn’t try to up-​sell me or push any of their other services.
I decided to go through with the tints and chose the darkest shade available. They worked on my car very carefully and they definitely didn’t look like they were trying to rush ANYTHING. The guy told me it would be about one hour and it ended up taking about one hour and 20 minutes. But that was definitely not a big deal because I’d rather have them take a while and do a good job. The waiting room was amazing, air conditioned, indoors, complimentary bottled water, complimentary skittles from a motion sensor dispenser, tons of magazines to choose from, a television, and a wonderfully clean bathroom. They also had the most comfortable leather sofas available!
When the car was all ready, I paid the 79 and was given a receipt for my warranty. The employee also told me that the tints last amazingly long and they’ve never had anyone come back to claim the warranty (well that made me feel great!). Another one of the gentlemen (one who worked on my tints) advised me not to roll down my windows for 2 days and I was very happy with the tints.
In fact one of the employees actually told me they were surprised and how much of a difference the tints made. I think this was because my Prius C may have been the first one they’ve worked on (I drive a LOT in the Los Angeles area and I haven’t seen a Prius C around AT ALL!). Heck, I was surprised at the big difference!
Overall I would definitely recommend Orange Iguana Tinting. They’re honest, reliable, and do a great job!

Lame, it takes forever to even get someone up to the front desk. He has no respect for his customers. Crazy, avoid like the plague! This fool actually took a pic of my license plate, found me and came after me. The only thing I did was get mad at him for not even starting on the car until a few hours after the promised finish time. He never even called to tell me it’s not ready. I ended up losing a $ 40/​hr job that day.

Unprofessional personnel! How is that guy Brandon the owner?? And don’t trust the dark guy doing the work… Tint your windows here at your own risk! They will find an excuse for their mistakes.- ’97 Accord.

My husband was looking to get his classic Honda Prelude tinted and he searched several places and came across reviews for this place for glass tinting. We saw that they had a special and he took a chance and decided to go there on his day off. He met with the owner, Brendon, who went over tint options. After deciding the perfect shade tint, Brendon’s expert tint-​master worked on our car with the same detail and perfectionism as a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon. While Brendon’s master technician worked his magic, my husband relaxed comfortably on the black, leather sofa watching TV in their large yet cozy waiting room.
When the job was finished, Brendon showed my husband what he had done. The tint turned out perfect! And it comes with a lifetime warranty.
We just finished driving around all day and I have to say it’s a gorgeous tint job, very impressive. I normally have to put my sunglasses on in the car when it’s bright out, but today my shades were untouched in my purse. It was even cooler in the car! Double bonus points.
According to my hubby, he was completely happy with the level of service, the friendliness of the staff and owners.
**Triple Bonus Points: they offered him a detailing job and he went in the following day. I have never seen our car so shiny and clean. This is a car that several detailers declined to work on, saying the paint was no good and that the only thing we can do is re-​paint (which would have cost a pretty penny). The owners were not daunted, showing my husband pictures of cars and their wet-​buffing process (sounds kinky lol). The end result is a shiny, happy car in our garage :).

Just had a very good experience at this place on Ventura. Bryan is knowledgeable about the product, has a computerized cutter that ensures a precise fit and… this is just a feeling, but a strong one… will stand behind the work if anything goes wrong (it takes a couple of days for the film to bond completely and little wrinkles to disappear). The price was amazingly low, considering what you get — I wanted UV protection more than to hide from paparazzi, but all films are same price. Nice to see a young guy busting his butt to make a small business work. Oh, yeah… and they practically detailed both cars for an extra twenty bucks each!
Highly recommend — and no, I’m not Bryan’s mother.

Took my 2000 F-​350 here to get windows tinted because they had faded over time since the last time they were tinted. they did a great job of taking off the old tint and putting new tint on! I was surprised that I fit into their lot because my truck is rather large. I left it with them and they called me when it was done. The tint looks great and they ensured me it would last a long time! Great job guys! I’ll definitely be bringing my cars here from now on!

I took my brand new BMW 3 to Orange Iguana, and they have done such a wonderful job on my car. My car looks so much better with these tints. They carry premium tints and life time warranty with them. The staff members were polite and very helpful. I recommend this place to anyone who is looking to get a premium tint job on their car.

If Unilocal had 0 star, I would give them that. The 39 dollar deal on the front 2 windows got me attracted to this place, they did all the stuff pretty quick, and aonly when I went home did i realize what they did. There were a couple of scratches with a blade on the window, my windows would not roll down, and the central lock panel did not work. I call the owner, and he was kind enough to tell me to come in and theyw ould fix in. The real issue started when I came in. The guy who did the tints completely denied about the scratches and said they were already there and he «forgot» to tell me about it. The windows still did not roll down on one click, he said the car is bad, it was not his fault. He apparently decided he would fake working at a lexus santa monica showroom since I had a lexus. He gave me BS like the remote was not working, he was trying it with the car engine on, but then which remote works while the car is down. I tried explaining but he wouldn’t listen. The owner did not even intervene, and I remember seeing him smirking when I pulled in to the showroom. Now I know why they charged only $ 39, thats coz no one goes to them. I;d definitely pay a little more and go else where. You do not want to mess up a good car going to them .
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I was shopping around for a place to get my windows tinted. After getting a few quotes and vesting a few shops I decided on Orange Iguana. Braden is very professional and charges a fair price for work that is excellent. The guy who did the tinting on my car was excellent very thoroughly and did not rush with the car. I would recommend them over any other tint place on the Westside. The shop is very clean and they clean up the car after they are finished working. I recommend them highly and there work is the best I have seen.

This place is great. I stumbled on it by chance when I was driving down Lincoln blvd one day and decided to drop in. (I’ve been wanting to get my front two windows re-​tinted as I had to take it off for a fix it ticket… boo!)
These guys took care of me right on the spot. I got both windows done for $ 39, which they had advertised on the banner outside. They’re quick, friendly, professional, and they have the lowest prices out of all the glass tinting shops I’ve researched on Lincoln. Highly recommended!