Our Founder and Owner

A 22 year legacy of excellence

Founder and owner, Mike Burke strives to create a successful team who work together in order to provide clients with the best possible experience and finished product. Built on the concept of family first values, teamwork, quality products and professional installation, Sun Stoppers has become the industry leader in window tint and automotive paint protection solutions. Mike Burke graduated from Western Carolina University in 1994 with a marketing degree and spent 6 months of the following year as the Scott Clark Toyota’s #1 salesman. An entrepreneur at heart he packed up in 1996 and moved to Myrtle Beach to open his first tint shop, Innovations. Homesick after a year at the beach Mike then returned to Charlotte and started a mobile tinting company, The Tint Man. He quickly became the primary tint provider for most of the stereo and accessory shops within a 50 mile radius of Charlotte. The Tint Man was so successful that in 1999 he created his first retail location, Lighting Mike’s, to keep up with the demand. Over the next 6 years Mike built and developed Lightning Mike’s into 6 locations throughout the Charlotte area, offering a variety of services, including inspections, aftermarket automotive services, A/V, accessories, wheels & tires in addition to the ever popular window tinting.

By 2005, after gross sales of $1.6 million, Mike choose to sell Lighting Mike’s and spend more time with his family. Pulling on his educational background he took a break from the automotive industry to start an ad agency, Pinpoint Advertising, which focused on direct marketing to upscale clients. After growing Pinpoint to self-sufficiency, he then sold it in 2006 to open Sun Stoppers. With Sun Stoppers, Mike took what he learned from building and running his first several companies and decided to follow a Starbucks inspired marketing strategy, focusing on quality rather than quantity, with an emphasis on providing a superior product and excellent customer service. By doing one thing, window tinting, extremely well! Sun Stoppers quickly built a reputation as the place to go for the best overall customer experience and window tint installation. Over the course of Sun Stoppers’ 12 years in business, Mike has been able to expand his product offerings to include mobile tinting, automotive paint protection, roller shades, residential and commercial flat glass tinting and specialty and printed films for commercial storefronts, branding and advertising.

Sun Stoppers now has eleven local retail locations include Matthews, Charlotte, Uptown, South Tryon, Lake Norman, Concord, Monroe, Rock Hill, Southend, Stoughton, Massachusetts, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina and Fairmont, WV. Sun Stoppers has three flat glass divisions that can aid with any commercial or residential window tinting solutions. In addition to window tinting and paint protection services, Sun Stoppers has also created a design, print and installation company called Southend Graphics. Southend graphics specializes in full vehicle wraps, automotive graphic accents, graphic design, storefront graphics and installation. As Sun Stoppers and its affiliated companies/divisions continue to expand, Mike is careful never to lose sight of the core values that make Sun Stoppers and his team great; motivation, teamwork, quality and putting the client first.

If you are an existing window tint or paint protection company and would like to expand your business through a partnership with Sun Stoppers, contact Mike Burke at mike@sunstoppers.com.