windshield strip Options

[Jason]

Any tips on doing a small strip of tint on the windshield? (some call it an eyebrow)

I did it before by using an auto writer on the outside glass- then installing a larger peice of tint on the inside- and finishing by freehand cutting the curved line I made.

The line was not perfectly straight when you looked closeup. no matter, it was a coworkers car anyways.

Ive heard of a curved ruler called a french curve, should i be using one of those- or does someone have a better solution?

[*live2zzz *]

Any tips on doing a small strip of tint on the windshield?  (some call it an eyebrow)

I did it before by using an auto writer on the outside glass- then installing a larger peice of tint  on the inside- and finishing by freehand cutting the curved line I made.

The line was not perfectly straight when you looked closeup. no matter, it was a coworkers car anyways.

Ive heard of a curved ruler called a french curve, should i be using one of those- or does someone have a better solution?

[*]242792[/*]

hay jason.the way you di it is to use the straight edge of your film for your botom line and cut your film on the out side of the glass that way you dont have thrash.free handing a straight edge is hard and will drive you nuts!

[blade]

He wants a curved bottom edge...not a factory straight edge. Check in the tip of the week section. I'm pretty sure there's a tip in there with an easy way of doin' 'em. I always just mark it and freehand it if that's what the customer wants.

[Jason]

Thanks. Took a while to find it, but tint terrorist had a good way of doing it with the roll holder. I had to read it a few times to figure out what the hell he was saying, but i got it.

[*asistint *]

Good luck with that. I always use the factory edge. The only time I freehand is when the factory edge is got some imperfections in it I trim 1/8 in off of it. I'm going to try to find that post on the curve trick.

[TintDude]

I think they look better following the line of the roof, with a slight taper on the ends

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[*asistint *]

That tapper off at the end does add a nice touch. The wheels are turning in my head allready.

[tint rookie]

i just use one of my nylon boards for getting behind 3rd brake lights. (really just a 6x10x1/16 piece of plastic) i drilled holes the length of the board and curled up one end of it. ill lay and shrink scrap from a backglass, cut my top and side edge. use the curled edge against the windshield frame, insert sharpie pen into hole at desired length of visor and drag across the windshield. i just freehand the lil curves at the ends. then i trim around the mirror if its stuck to the glass. notheing left to do but to peel and stick, frankenstien style.

[*asistint *]

I'll give that a shot monday.

[Jason]

Just finished. It turned out nice- took me two tries tho.

Next time i'll try to taper the sides, looks better that way.

How do you get both sides even? Im guessing you fold it in half.

[TintDude]

http://www.tintdude.com/contour-visors.html

[Jason]

Good idea. I do something similar with ppf, Only I use 3m pre-mask for my template. The stuff is extremly expensive tho. Im guessing freezer paper is much cheeper.

Thanks for the tip

[pAiNtBaLlEr88]

This might be a dumb question, but on some carss, the AS1 mark is not present on some windshields. How far down the windshield is AS1?

[blade]

Thanks. Took a while to find it, but tint terrorist had a good way of doing it with the roll holder. I had to read it a few times to figure out what the hell he was saying, but i got it. 

[*]243377[/*]

that's TINT TERRORIST for ya

[TintDude]

I've heard it's measured from the seat position.

With the seat all the way back measure 29 inches up from the lowest part of the seat, then horizontally to the glass.

(i'm not sure about the 29 inches)

[pAiNtBaLlEr88]

Oh, I always thought they measured it with the height. The method you described does seem more logical due to the variation of the area of sight on different cars. I like your method of doing that TD, but I don't understand how to get that line that you draw from the several marks from each inch to be parallel, or am I missing something?

[TintDude]

I'll try to illustrate it....hold on, be right back

[TINTFX]

i, personally, like the natural curve that the the factory edge gives you... on modern cars....... the cut TD is talking about i like on muscle trucks, that where i use his method

[TintDude]

[pAiNtBaLlEr88]

Thanks TD.

FX, so you need to cut the tint a little differently when doing a visor on the newer, modern cars since they have a factory curve to them? Annnd, I'm guessing if it is curved and the visor is big enough, you'd have to wet shrink the film first before installing?

[pAiNtBaLlEr88]

Awesome, thanks TD that clears some things up for me.

[TintDude]

I think i'm going to give myself a TOTW for that one

[pAiNtBaLlEr88]

Go for it. Actually, I was thinking the same thing just before you posted that.

[TINTFX]

Thanks TD.

FX, so you need to cut the tint a little differently when doing a visor on the newer, modern cars since they have a factory curve to them? Annnd, I'm guessing if it is curved and the visor is big enough, you'd have to wet shrink the film first before installing?

[*]243525[/*]

you dont have to cut the factory edge at all, just measure down from the roof line on each corner to make sure both sides are the same length from the roof line to the bottom of the eyebrow and cut the top edge from the roll and then trim the top.... the factory edge will lay out to a "curve" on the glass...... and its not something that specific for a modern vehicle, i just think the "sleekness" of the look caters to the newer stream lined cars, the cut that TD is referring to looks better, in my opinion, on muscle cars and trucks

[TINTFX]

sounds like a co- TOTW to me

[blade]

TD, have you ever tried just layin' the film over the tape and running your blade along the edge of it? Rather than using the freezer paper?

[TintDude]

I haven't tried that, i think the blade would wander into the tape

[blade]

I haven't tried that, i think the blade would wander into the tape

[*]243565[/*]

rookie

[BIG E]

I haven't tried that, i think the blade would wander into the tape

[*]243565[/*]

rookie

[*]243575[/*]

[TintDude]

[TINTFX]

fk that, td is old school and so am i, dont be embarassed td

[blade]

It was a joke FX...don't get your tight little green P@NTIES in a bunch. I think i'd fall into the oldschool category too...

[TintDude]

TOTW

[Boo]

It was a joke FX...don't get your tight little green p@nties in a bunch.    I think i'd fall into the oldschool category too...

[*]243877[/*]

daam, and I just know I'll regret this but..... how do you know what color FX's p@nties are?!!!! Inquiring minds wanna know.

[blade]

[*tintslut *]

It was a joke FX...don't get your tight little green P@NTIES in a bunch.     I think i'd fall into the oldschool category too...

[*]243877[/*]

daam, and I just know I'll regret this but..... how do you know what color FX's P@NTIES are?!!!! Inquiring minds wanna know.

[*]247596[/*]

Everyone knows there PINK

[Boo]

Knew I'd regret that!!

[TINT]

[Tintbds]

Thats a simple freehand cut.

[blade]

here we go

[TintDude]

Also, you can save and mark the liners with the model type and reuse them as a patter for the next one.

Marked up and sorted

[*metint *]

Any tips on doing a small strip of tint on the windshield?  (some call it an eyebrow)

I did it before by using an auto writer on the outside glass- then installing a larger peice of tint  on the inside- and finishing by freehand cutting the curved line I made.

The line was not perfectly straight when you looked closeup. no matter, it was a coworkers car anyways.

Ive heard of a curved ruler called a french curve, should i be using one of those- or does someone have a better solution?

[*]242792[/*]

Cut your visor pattern and if you want the bottom edge to mimic the top you can use the bow guide pictured below:

Measure and mark how much visor you want (4, 5, 6 inch) down from the top (See pic 1)

Place the bow guide in place along your marks, which has been adjusted to bend or bow exactly as the top of the pattern or windshield does (See pic 2)

Cut along bowed guide using an extended blade in your Olfa (See pic 3)

This has been edited by metint: Jan 25 2005, 11:40 AM

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[Exact-Oh]

This might be a dumb question, but on some carss, the AS1 mark is not present on some windshields. How far down the windshield is AS1?

[*]243499[/*]

If a car doesn't have a visible AS1 line, it may not have one. I am not sure on how they determine the location of this line, but I did have a customer come in last summer claiming that he was ticketed for a 4" strip I added to his windshield.

According to the cop, the car he had didn't have enough height visibility for an AS1 line to exist, and therefore any tint on the top was illegal. And, sure enough, his car did not have an AS1 line marked on the glass.

[Mdog]

Thanks. Took a while to find it, but tint terrorist had a good way of doing it with the roll holder. I had to read it a few times to figure out what the hell he was saying, but i got it.

TINT_TERRORIST IS A MIRACLE MAN when it comes to visors

he is alittle hard to understand though with all "DAT DER...MANG, MUG, and SHIZZZZ" :

[*metint *]

This might be a dumb question, but on some carss, the AS1 mark is not present on some windshields. How far down the windshield is AS1?

[*]243499[/*]

If a car doesn't have a visible AS1 line, it may not have one. I am not sure on how they determine the location of this line, but I did have a customer come in last summer claiming that he was ticketed for a 4" strip I added to his windshield.

According to the cop, the car he had didn't have enough height visibility for an AS1 line to exist, and therefore any tint on the top was illegal. And, sure enough, his car did not have an AS1 line marked on the glass.

[*]251179[/*]

This makes sense... since the AS1 line denotes the highest point of the critical viewing area of a windshield.

[tintinater]

I've always laid the tint on the roof ( with the bottom edge overlapping the top of the windshield) and run my blade across the top of the windshield. then slide the tint down however far down you want, it's not perfect but pretty quick.

[blade]

I've done it that way several times too

[Key West]

I like to use the Bottom of the windshield as a pattern to cut the curve. on MOST vehicles, the bottom curve of the wind screen is ABOUT the same as is the top. And bigger too. Cut the curve on the bottom, slide it to the top and , there you go. I try to discourage that f...ing strip unless there is NO factory tint. I don't think they are worth the 15 or 20 dollars add on sale

[hoosierwindowtek]

I agree, Key West.

An Eyebrow should be worth 30 to 40 bucks considering the time it takes and the amount of film used.

I hate 'em.

I don't know if anyone ever thought of this, but...

Typical side rollup window = 18 inches tall by 33 inches long.

typical amount of film needed to make an eyebrow = 7-9 inches tall by 55-60 inches long.

Almost the same amount of film needed, typically half the price charged.

[Exact-Oh]

In order to not waste too much material on these suckers, I take and cut off 60" from the 36" roll (usually 5% is most popular), and then cut it into four 9" strips. This way, I am not wasting much film (four cars from 60" of material), and the 9" width has served me good, even on the most curved windshields.

[oldtinter]

Not a bad idea Exacto.

[tintnfool]

Just charge out the arse like we do....then you don't have to do very many and it's worth your time when you do. We charge more for an eyebrow than we do for a single front rollup, and we aren't on the cheap side of this profession

We do so few of them, that it's almost hard to do one when someone wants one

[oldtinter]

Just charge out the arse like we do....then you don't have to do very many and it's worth your time when you do.  We charge more for an eyebrow than we do for a single front rollup, and we aren't on the cheap side of this profession 

We do so few of them, that it's almost hard to do one when someone wants one 

[*]264907[/*]

Pretty much sums up my philosophy on the strips.

[hoosierwindowtek]

In order to not waste too much material on these suckers, I take and cut off 60" from the 36" roll (usually 5% is most popular), and then cut it into four 9" strips.  This way, I am not wasting much film (four cars from 60" of material), and the 9" width has served me good, even on the most curved windshields.

[*]264866[/*]

Exact-Oh, I do the exact same thing...

It proves my point: cut a 9" by 60" Strip in half and you've got the equivalent of an 18" by 30" piece. It shows that an eyebrow should be priced at least the same as one rollup window. Maybe more.

[skanlan]

I use the factory edge too but when they want it to match the top I have a fast way!!
Lay the film on the cars roof use the edge as a guide..Slide it down to desired length then trim
the remaining 3"-4"s on the sides(freehand)!!Only takes a minute and if you can't freehand only 3"-4"
straight..You ain't a true tinter!!

[skanlan]

I didn't see Keys post!! but !!

[zolar]

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Thanx TD !!!!!
Here's another trick for that "skrait skrip"
works for me

[dbdreams]

I remember when I first started tinting the shop I worked for at the time only charged $10 for a strip if it wasn't thrown in for free during the sales pitch. I own my shop now and I certainly agree that it should cost at least as much as a single side window.