CRANK YANKER (put the window in a bind)

this only works with manual crank windows.

when you roll up the glass push hard on the crank when it bottoms out and 99% of the time the window will bow away from the door panel gasket giving you all the room you need to feed the film behind the gasket.

normally when you roll the window up the gasket stays against the glass, but that added extra pressure you can put on the crank when it bottoms out makes the glass bow away from the bottom gasket, works like a mug. no gasket tucking or panel pulling needed when you do this. after you let it dry for a bit you can tap the crank back and the glass will drop back to its normal position.

Makes perfect since!
Power windows top out and go no further.
Manual windows effectively over ride that problem, putting the glass in bind, so to speak.
I will keep it in mind if I ever see a vehicle with manaul windows.
Most of our jobs are newer vehicles, forgot that there ever were
manual windows!:LOL

mdog givin his old school tint secrets out.
I like it.

nice tip..i like..i will have to try it out next time..thanks dog

i wish they we all manual cranks HYUNDAI ELANTRA, dodge reg cab, S10, new chevy trucks. it works on everything pretty much with manual windows.

Yeah, I hear ya!! That helped big time on the old S-10s I remember worrying about yankin too hard and strippin the crizznank for that extra room

they do make "metals" for that bottom gasket... try filmhandler.com hehe and wouldnt that be pointless as for getting your top edge... seems pointless to me

Mdog - - 17 years as a tinter

Carolinatinter - - 2 years

Not all things on here make sence, but it pays to open your mind.

(Good tip, but I would still pull the panel, but that's just me.)

You mean GASKET WIZARD? never heard those called "METALS" before

Install the top half of your tint then roll the glass up and put alittle extra umph on the crank when it bottoms out. it will bow the glass away from the gasket, peel the bottom part and flush the glass the squeege the tint. no fvcking around with GASKET WIDARDS/METALS necessary. it takes a extra 1/2 second to do this.

If you cant understand what i am talking about CAROLINAPAPERDOOD

Everybody knows that GASKET WIZARDS do dont get me wrong, but this way you need no extra tools and about a half second extra work.

good tip, now just to get more manual windows in here

where is the spray carolinatinter

guess the cheep stuff sells good around here HYUNDAIS, cheep dodge pu, cheep chevy pu and CAVALIERS i forgot those, it works excellent on those cars 2 or 4 dr.

Jam up tip Dog, I still have to yank a few handles on these hillbilly swamp rides from around here.
Not too many in the middle, either tired azz old hooptie, or brand new from the dealership.

Metals? oh that shiot cars used to be made of, no we dont use that either
I would like to get some of that spray though!

Z

yes the gasket wizards... made from metal... a holes... and you are more likely to get trash in the bottom part of the glass that way compared to pulling the panel or using "metals" and yah he has been tinting longer but that doesnt seem logical to me especially for the totw... and i understand it only takes 1-2 secs but to put in "metals" and take them out takes 1-2 secs. as well...

CAROLINApaper, thanks for your >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Thanks for calling us "A HOLES" though. that was nice. You will be gone shortly talking to longtime members like that, if you dont believe me just ask the man that runs this place.

yeah you don't need to do that....we already know it. Years and years of customers, stupid questions, dealing with new cars and windows every year, film cuts, razorblade cuts, climbing in and out of cars, creasing, kinking, burning, yanking, and trashing film have turned us all into 'A HOLES.'

how you liking the flaming so far carolina?

This is a great tip. I have always been a panel-puller, but those frickin' hyundia's window crank clips are a @#$% to remove. I have done a couple of them, and my tool for removing the clips does not work well on them for some reason. I always think that maybe their clips are a different size, and last time I had one here, I asked my Snap-On dealer if he had another tool for removing them, and he didn't. Once I finally get them off, I saw that they are the same dimensions, but still nasty to remove.

yep...on those cranks I use a dentist type hook tool. slide it in twist it and hook the clip and pull it out. Still a little bit of pain sometimes, but it works better than the basic crank clip remover.

That's exactly what I ended up using. I think it has something to do with the way the plastic is molded on the back of the handle. Not one of my favorites.

We call 'em Jesus clips
Jesus where did that thing go?
I have gotten pretty good at making them out of paper clips

Z

Great tip M-Dog i just hope i dont strip something in the door or handle trying this on an hooptie!

i do it all the time and have never broke nuttin.

tip of the week

totw
You get a metal, 'er I mean medal


congrats my dog

Z

***`S OF THE WEEK i mean tip thanks TD

Thank you for posting it

its nice to have 4 out of my 27K post that actually might help somebody

i know how you feel