Pontiac Solstice

This window sucked azz. I haven't done many convertibles, they all look like a pain though. Does anyone have any tips or recommendations for making this window look good and not like a complete piece of shiat when I'm done. I cut that thing 5 times to get the defrost cutouts come close to my expectations, but the clean and the lay was less than perfect, especially for a show car which is what he wants to do with it.

Rollups and windshield were cake!

-FB

I have only done a hand full of em, all I did was took a 36" roll laid it sideways cut a piece big enough to cover the window.
If memory serves its like 32" wide and 9" tall then climbed in the car cut it all on the inside, then cleaned it peeled it and stuck it

I finally got the defrost cutouts to look halfway not shiatty, but ended up with a light line on the top edge where there is little to no overlap. He's coming back in a few days for his "black tape" lol

Not alot of film on the car, but I put more on the floor than I did on the car! Love those jobs! You know how it goes though, I was like "He's gonna hate this" and when he got here to pick it up he had a boner for it!

try trimming it on the inside, before you peel it it eliminates the light gap

Then trim the defroster cutouts on the outside?

cut the entire thing on the inside

I've done a ton of these. I don't cut on the inside unless i have to trim a little around the defrost tabs. This and the new vibe are the only back glasses that i keep a template to. I cut out the perimiter off of the template, put it on the outside of the back window and then cut out the defrost tabs. I don't sweat too much if there is a small gap on the sides. The seat covers it up anyway.

I just bumped into this kid the other day. He now has Stage II supercharged pushing 300 HP out of this thing. pretty sweet!

What he says! I found this whole car to be a piece of cake.

nice easy car tight rear glass for me im lil hefty

i over cut it, cut the tabs out...lay it on...cut the rest..comes out perfect every time.

very easy car, thanks to my plotter back window was cake
As Class on glass said, not much room back there

So has anybody ever had the defroster break of the window? I barely touched it and one did

I had one come in that was glued on from when it had been broken and fixed before. As soon as I touched it it fell off. I've never broke one though. Are you releasing the connector right? They have a little release button on them you press in before you pull.

Yea I did the first one no problem, the other one just fell right off the glass and its a pretty new car.. I tinted it the first time but he wanted darker on the rear so I steamed the old stuff off. Luckily it wasn't a big deal to the custy.
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One of the few cars I make a pattern for!