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leaffan
I have a customer who is interested in tinting the clear portion of his hood on a new ZR1 Corvette blink.gif

Right now I have both Moonraker and Lumar film in-stock, does anyone know how well this will hold up to the heat of the engine?
Booms2Go
I believe those clear hood parts are plexi, correct? You'd have a hard time tinting them for sure if they are...plus there's quite a bend in them.
leaffan
Yes the hood 'window' is plexi.

I explained to the customer it is not the easiest thing in the world to tint but he insists I alteast give it a shot....

Any tips?
trimguy
vinyl wrap it.
scottydosnntkno
QUOTE (trimguy @ Jun 5 2009, 11:18 AM) [*]692709[/*]
vinyl wrap it.

a smoked headlight vinyl should work, they're usually designed to get a lot of heat from the lights. or look into getting a can of VHT nightshades. its the paint for head/tail lights, and is heat resistant. it sprays on just like spraypaint, then you can put a clear coat on it if you want extra gloss, otherwise its already pretty glossy.
VIP tint + glass
derfinately use vinyl
I-tinted-the-pyramids
My question is why? Does he want it to be slightly darker? Vinyl will work or have it painted to match the car. if he doesnt like the clear look dunno.gif I wouldent put tint on plexi for a reason I ran into. --REMOVAL-- Had a yacht some one tinted 2 port holes that were plexi. Film went south. Would not peel off. It was delaminated into dust, had to scrape it which scratched it, then put some vinyl on them. Looked better than to start with. OK do that to that vette hood. AR15firing.gif
leaffan
Good idea guys, didn't even think about headlight vinyl material, something like Lamin-x im assuming would do the trick?
Shady Sherlock
I would disclaim ANY TYPE of damage that may occur during installation......biggthumpup.gif
leaffan
Wrapped it in vinyl, looked awesome thanks guy! Customer was happy with the results biggthumpup.gif
jakestint
QUOTE (Shady Sherlock @ Jun 5 2009, 02:01 PM) [*]692741[/*]
I would disclaim ANY TYPE of damage that may occur during installation......biggthumpup.gif



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