A.M. Reception problems, any suggestions? Options

[1PEECBARETTA]

I tinted a custys Charger about 3-6 months ago. Calls friday says his a.m. is shot. Let's hear a few.

[ClassOnGlass]

try a test antenna first (pull the radio plug in the test antenna) if it works his antenna is bad or being blocked by the tint ....if its still the same no am his tuner is bad....

[Mdog]

I had the same thing happen with a Charger this year. I put llumar ATR on the car.

This customer listened to AM radio only pretty much. He is a traveling salesman.

I was honest with him and told him the tint was probably to blame if he want having problems before he had it tinted.

I told him we could remove the tint and replace it with a dyed version on the backglass. Oddly enough he just wanted it removed from the back glass all together The guy was happy with driving around with his 4 doors tinted and nothing on the back glass

But yeah i have had problems with the Charger myself.

[Marco]

Could be bad reception in his area I really don't have people with problems and I have used HP charcoal and Platinum plus for the last seven years. I have pp on my truck and wifes car. The am comes through clear, no static and we get all the stations, so maybe it is a problem depending on where they live and not the film. And if it's happening on certain cars maybe it's a defect, week antennas or something else because it should happen on every car if it was the film.

[autoez22]

I tinted a custys Charger about 3-6 months ago. Calls friday says his a.m. is shot. Let's hear a few.

How long ago? Even if its three months at a longest, I gotta ask did it just start now? Or does he say its been like that and never called about it?

[tintman237]

I had one on a 300m (still a Chrysler), have the vehicle on (radio going) and pull the film off the top area of the glass, if reception gets better there's your problem, if not you broke it

[TINTDESIGNZ]

what type film did you put on it?

[1PEECBARETTA]

ADN 35%

[TINTZEUS]

does that have metal in it... if so there is your problem...




This has been edited by TINTZEUS: Nov 4 2007, 09:14 AM

[tintman237]

If you'd have used Madico Charcool 35, looks the same, but GUARANTEED not to mess with the antenna

[darkdan]

Yeah, I was going to say it's the film.

This is why I always suggest to them a metal free film when they have an embedded antenna.

[1PEECBARETTA]

Yeah, I was going to say it's the film.

This is why I always suggest to them a metal free film when they have an embedded antenna.

you smartazz. every new car has an embedded antenna in them. This is the first complaint I have had

[CajunTinter]

Yeah, I was going to say it's the film.

This is why I always suggest to them a metal free film when they have an embedded antenna.

[1PEECBARETTA]

anybody try cutting the film alongside the antenna? does it work/help?

[CajunTinter]

anybody try cutting the film alongside the antenna? does it work/help?

tell him to go buy a satellite radio and you'll install it for free...

[darkdan]

You'd have to make sure the tint isn't touching the antenna.

So cut it above and below and remove that little tiny sliver! I know you can do it.


Either this is your first problem, or this is the first time the customer was smart enough to figure out why he can't listen to his talk radio and the Falcons game.

[TINTZEUS]

anybody try cutting the film alongside the antenna? does it work/help?

might have a light gap. but it would look ok from here.......

[darkdan]

Rip it off and replace it with some Raven or QDP or something. Won't match for crap, but at least the problem is fixed, and since it's the rear window maybe they won't notice.

[willie]

what type film did you put on it?

[willie]

anybody try cutting the film alongside the antenna? does it work/help?

pm Harold, I had one buick lucerne do that but it hasnt been back to try it

[1PEECBARETTA]

I just checked inventory, I don't have any dye film that will work. crap

[darkdan]

ATX?

Go pick up some Raven 1.0!

Advantage is advertising low prices on their website so I know the stuff is affordable.

http://209.200.102.31/Specials/tabid/77/Default.aspx

This has been edited by darkdan: Nov 4 2007, 09:51 AM

[Litespeeds]

I had a job at one of my dealerships on a Bentley Continental Coupe which the customer complained about the AM radio reception and the service writer told him that we can cut that section of film, which was about 3-4" off where the antenna lines were at.

When I got there, I told the service advisor that I will just cut the film off the antenna lines and see if that will work or not. I charged them $60 to do that and took me about 30 minutes to do. The customer never complained after that. I guess I fixed the problem and the car still looked great because it was completely tinted and not missing the top section.

[willie]

one peece if there local just unplug the ant at the back window

Thats what we did with a buddy of mines that bought a new car in the metroplex where they tint everything on the lot. When we unplugged it on the back window the reception came back and he was fine

Just a thought

[1PEECBARETTA]

I just looked at the photos of the car, and, I think I put Hanita on it. I'm not sure what the heck I did.

[Limo Tint Larry]

I'm glad I just get the young crowds, they dont even know what AM radio is.

[Marco]

The sports broadcasts are on am, since they took the big games off tv, people listen on the radio, around here am still lives

[blade]

anybody try cutting the film alongside the antenna? does it work/help?

i've done it 4 or 5 times and worked every time. have the radio on as you cut along the upper side of the top defrost wire or lower side of the antenna (between the defrost and antenna). you'll hear the difference once you finish the cut. it works.

[1PEECBARETTA]

thanks Blade , I will give it a try

[TINTDESIGNZ]

TOTW???

[tintman237]

I just looked at the photos of the car, and, I think I put Hanita on it. I'm not sure what the heck I did.

another reason to stick with one mfg.

Ya, what blade said, it'll work

[blade]

TOTW???

if i remember correctly, it's already a TOTW posted up by metint a few years ago. he's the reason i do it if a problem comes up with reception.











OMG did i just give props to metint?

[tintman237]

OMG did i just give props to metint?

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[Mr paladin]

we had the same problem with an 07 charger with suntek 15hp we redid it with 18 carbon and it fixed the problem

[TINTZEUS]

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[1PEECBARETTA]

thanks for all the suggestions guys.

[tint45]

I'm glad I just get the young crowds, they dont even know what AM radio is.

Alright ya dang whippersnapper. AM is amplitude modulation, and then there's FM; frequency modulation. And I have absolutely no idea what that means.

[LB55]

I tinted a custys Charger about 3-6 months ago. Calls friday says his a.m. is shot. Let's hear a few.

use f1 pinnacle man.

This has been edited by LB55: Nov 5 2007, 12:29 PM

[1PEECBARETTA]

it worked !!!!! woo hoo. I cut the film in between the defroster and antenna while the radio was on , and BAM. Started working. Thanks for the help guys

[TITAN500]

glad i could help

[VWaholic]

you smartazz. every new car has an embedded antenna in them. This is the first complaint I have had

Ford mustangs don't.

[1PEECBARETTA]

Whoops, I forgot to add -most-.

[goldtooth]

I had the same thing happen with a Charger this year. I put llumar ATR on the car.

This customer listened to AM radio only pretty much. He is a traveling salesman.

I was honest with him and told him the tint was probably to blame if he want having problems before he had it tinted.

I told him we could remove the tint and replace it with a dyed version on the backglass. Oddly enough he just wanted it removed from the back glass all together The guy was happy with driving around with his 4 doors tinted and nothing on the back glass

But yeah i have had problems with the Charger myself.

had the same problem last year,also on the chry 300, took the atr of and radio worked fine,so i installed at, without telling them, worked fine,they left happy and had no complaints,just return business!

[Sprinter]

I did one for an old man and the dyed film worked,
then I did one on a magnum wagon and forgot and put hp on it and a few days later he called so I went out there and listened to the am and nothing so as I pulled the film off I had the radio on and when the film was on its way off and then off no radio at all. I showed the guy and told him it's not the film and that I would put the dyed film on there and he can get the radio fixed at the dealership under warranty brand new magnum.
I told the why don't you back out the car and see if the am will come on outside of the garage so he proceeds to back out, after I move my truck and his trunk hatch is still open he catches it on the garage door and realized what he did so he trys to put his foot on the brake and it slips off and the car come back alittle more, his door opens and hits his new suburban and creases his fender at the rear tire he gets the car stopped and moves it forword and gets out, suburban 200.00 fix rear hatch 500 to fix garage door some more pounding with a hammer and it will be ok.
I felt bad for this guy so I did the window for free otherwise I would have charged him.

he was an insurance ajuster for auto shops and just the week before had a customer who put birthday presents in his tahoe and got into it to back it out of the garage and could'nt see if the glass was up or down and it was up and now in many pieces on the ground, the adjuster could'nt belive the story the guy told him, but when it happened to him he belived

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