Lotus
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has anyone ever tinted one?customer said rear window has to come out to tint?
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Move this if it's in the wrong place. This car is hand built and they all vary. I've done 3 now and the bottom sweeps were all tight in different places and just a pain in general. This time I decided to pull the panels and see why. It was much easier to tint it this way. Tape the lock pawn so it doesn't get scratched. Remove the two hidden screws behind this rubber gasket and the two push in clips that are visible. Remove the 3mm Allen screw behind the panel. This cover pops off of the pull handle. Remove the 2 6mm Allen screws from the handle, then the handle comes off. There is one phillips screw in the outermost bottom of the door and 4x 2…
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Lotus 3M Paint Protectin Install & Window Tinting @ The-Spokane-Shop
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Lotus Exige
by Guest losdawg- 0 replies
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Has any one done one of these yet? It has a small rear window but it is up againts the engin bay. There is no acess to the window on the outside. It is covered by a hatch. Just wondering if too much heat would build up? http://www.thedctraveler.com/wp-content/up...lotus-exige.jpg
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06 lotus elise 1 2 3 4
by Mr paladin- 32 replies
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I was going to put this under makes and models but did not see lotus listed
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Lotus elise
by Guest Diamond Tints- 9 replies
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Done an elise yesterday and was winding the window down to put in the weather strip and was a thud the window came away from the mechanism/regulator and as being the last person to touch it had to "try" and fix it, it was a fecking nightmare spent abot 3-4 hours trying to fix it but with no joy at all, just wondering anyone else had this problem as a very common fault on these cars and the first and last lotus I have done, ended up telling the customer to put it in to lotus to get fixed and keep the money he owed me for the tint so in total about 6-7 hours on this fecking thing with no money
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any one done one of these. they really look like a pain in the a--. for startes the rear is imposible to get to. the 1/4 is as well. if someone has please help
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Air80 vs Stratos70 Windshield
Since there is no limit of darkness on the top strip, I have wanted to tint it. But I would go very dark, to help with sun glare in the evening. -
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Air80 vs Stratos70 Windshield
Yeah that’s a very fair point to a degree I’m probably overthinking it. I don’t see really significant glare reduction until you get into much darker tint. Like you I think visibility for me is more important living in the country. I’ll probably see what the specs list the differences between 70% and 80% and then double check with the tinter as to what they recommend. Likely will end up with 70% with a strip along the top. Air80 seems to be much more popular, not sure if it’s due to performance or the difference in cost being so much more for the stratos. thank you -
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Process
Hey guys - so I work for a vinyl graphics company that is adding window tinting to their repertoire and I had a question about your guys' ideal process. I have my plotter set up and my window tinting software ready to go, but I am completely ignorant about the way that tint installers prefer that things be cut. Currently, I will plot/weed the tint and cut the backing away as much as I dare before handing it over to the installer. I was thinking that the installer would prefer the tint to be cut to shape which I believe I can achieve with the perf cut on my plotter. Is that the typical process or should I not be worried so much about it being cut to exact shape? -
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Air80 vs Stratos70 Windshield
Im in TX, plenty of of what you mentioned. While I do sit higher in an SUV, glare reduction is not improved much at all with what I have. My 80% is almost clear, not dark at all. With all tint, it adds a bit of reflectivity from the outside, which I notice makes it slightly harder to see from the outside looking in, in the form of a glare not darkness. At the end of the day, it's not permanent, it's only money! -
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PPF installer for hire in SoCAL
Hello. My name is Adrian i have good experience with paint protection film and i just moved to California, Irvine, i'm open to travel one hour away for the right job. You can contact me at 5717330693 -
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Boat window tinting tips
Best tip would be, “Sorry, no boats”.- 1
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Boat window tinting tips
The answer is to not heat that area too much so that you leave some slack in the film for when you get it to the inside. Also cut your pattern a little large so that you can trim a thread off the edges after shrinking to not have a furled edge. After you do a few of those you'll figure out how much to leave/trim to not have any light gaps. Also I'll leave a hardcard wrapped in a microfiber in the bottom overnight to collect water and keep pressure on the film while it dries. Sometimes you can take the top rail off the glass if the jackwagon boat builder didn't put too much pressure on the glass package when it was installed. If you pull the rail off of a tight package it's a pita to get back on, looking like it could crack the whole time. Congrats on getting it done. I've seen plenty that couldn't, which is why I price them like I do.- 1
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Boat window tinting tips
Thx everyone for the tips the install went fine, however i did run into a new problem on the main curve of the glass from thr outside the tint would lay flat on the big curve but when applying it seemed like there was too much tension and it would not stay down i ended up heating it up and flattening down but some of that area got overheated and warped a little, if you know how to tackle this problem please help me thank you!- 2
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