Doing an alero

Got an Alero next week (yay! First tint job in a month....thanks winter). Anything I should be warned about?

one of the easier cars on the market dont stress it shouldnt be a problem to do and I know that feeling of winter look at my weather icon its chiily here -39 today and -53 with the wind

Cake walk, extremely easy bg, hardly any shrink to it. On the 4 doors, the rear roll ups move a little bit and expose more glass as they come down, so make sure you do your roll down check (like you should on all cars) so you don't install it and then have them roll it down a few days later sporting an inch gap on the front edge.

Other than that, nothing to worry about.

Another tip(if this is your style for tinting) is it's I believe only 1 screw where the door handle is on the inside, then pull triangle peice of in corner(mirror cover with tweeter) then pull back upper lip of panel and remove felt gasket for easier/cleaner install...takes 30 seconds for this step (no full panel removal nessesary unless you want to)

Cleaner? How do you figure that? I've done tons of these and never had a problem with a clean install, or any car that I tuck for that matter.

If pulling panels or seals is your thing, thats cool I have no beef cause everyone has their own trick, or way of going about things. But saying it's cleaner or easier is just being arrogant in your own ways.

Sorry, I know this is just going to p1ss people off, but seriously, why tell someone something that isn't true and is only the way a certain person(s) do it

And for the "arrogant" comment, a peace offering

Tintnfool...what is so arrogent about saying in my first line : " If this your style for tinting". If it's not .
Fine.

Secondly ..you are a WAY more experienced tinter than Darkdan almost 3 yrs more.

The odds are if the learning and inquisitive Darkdan takes the 30 second proceedure I suggested assuming he's worked a screwdriver B4 and does this..he has removed an item(gasket) which is a great source for contaminent to an in experienced tinterthat's learning. On this car I'm suggesting it's a good trade of...30sec. for removing a dirt source. What the &^% is so arrogent about that advice? If you like saving the 30 seconds and you give a great clean install through other techniques..great, but why not use the time you took to type out I'm arrogant to type out your quicker and less time consuming, clean install procedure to Darkdan instead?

A peace offering for the arrogent comment is called editing it if it was a true offering or did you still want to say it by getting your point across.

Don't back pedal man..if you say I'm arrogent ..stand behind it and back it up.

If yo truely don't mean it , than that's fine...I'll tell you this much though ..I've participated on this site for a while now and you are the first tinter on here to ever call me arrogent ...are they all being nice to me in not saying it or are you mistaken.

Look forward to your next post.

here's all i have to say. TW has been at this as long as i have, and you've been doing this for 3 years. he's forgotton more about film than you'll ever know. does that make him arrogant? probably. but he's one of the best at not showing his arrogance.
and i'll take his suggestions over yours any day of the week. the mere questioning of someone with 7 times your experience is idiotic in itself.
watch what you say and who you're saying it to next time.

Arrogant? TW? Not hardly! I think you'd better get your little a$$ back up on the porch tintinfool.

If someone suggested a simple tip for me that saved the agony of that last slide down in the land of fuzz I'd sure take it and appreciate the hell out of it. Thanks TW Mighty thoughtful of ya.

Sorry, just I was trained this way and never had a clean job problem, even as a rookie.

Wasn't trying to cause a stir, just people don't need to think when they are new that seal and panel pulling is the only way because tucking is just as easy.

10,000 tinters in North America... 10,000 different ways of installing film.

Many roads to China, still China upon arrival no matter which road one takes.

Yeah but some of those are dirt roads.

I like that one


I woke up a little crusty this morning ..it's all good ..to each her/his own

so this pirate walks into a bar....

and says.. " who thinks taking off door panels is easier then tucking"...

We need an icon "stirring the pot" smillie

exactly

Okay, I get it, I'm a pee-on and he's god. Sorry for the comment I made.

no one ever said that. i have respect for anyone willing to get into this fukked up industry, and try and make it.

but, like i've told so many before in your shoes--when you get 20 years under your belt, you'll understand where we come from.

and you're wrong there---I'M GOD.

i'll tell you the same thing i told my wife on our first date----

"we'll get along fine as soon as you realize i'm god".

hey..im god..

you are out of control TTS

yep just check out my signature line.......

see what happen wene you give power to ppl like TTS...

i'm feeling good today. every damn thing i touched today turned to freakin gold. just having a good day......

because i'm sure the shiat will hit the fan tomorrow.

Same here, great day, had a bad morning felt like crap going to work, but turned out great.

My day is already shiat tomorrow. I have some sort of exotic to do, but they wouldn't tell me what it was and hid the planner from me. I'm guessing it isn't an exotic and it's something like a 1988 ford festiva and they are just f'ing with me.

Reason I said my day was shiat was I hate doing high end cars. Makes me nervous putting a couple hundred dollars of film on a car that costs as much or more than my first home did

it always does

So ...Um...good luck with that car Dan...however you do it

The drama just follows me.

Well this is TWICE he's postponed.

I think I'll remove the little thingy for a cleaner install (and just to spite those that don't). Those are the sort of tips I look for. That and the gap check on the back. But I usually don't have gapping problems.

Anyone know how to remove the rear deck? Or is it not in the way at all?

Removal not nessesary ...black all the way around

Seems the speakers are in the way for getting your hand back in with a normal sqeege or card. Might need a slammer or something of the like wrapped in a towel if I remember correctly. Hard to remember sometimes, most things you just do without thinking after a while and becomes 2nd nature.

Correct you are tintnfool ! A slammer is what I used to use until the "Side Swiper" came out...does a great job with firmer pressure...either extension tool will do fine

Bulldozer kicks azz too

Good, got the side swiper. I love that thing.

Now I just need the car! I hate customers sometimes.

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And if you ask me, the slammer was a good idea but it needs to be 3-4 inches longer with a squeegee tip, like the 'dozer, to eliminate towel wrapping.