Window Tinting - General Discussion
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Pink Window Film? 1 2 3
by TINT- 26 replies
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I want to tint my 2005 4 door honda civic LX. I know nothing about window tinting and recently visited a shop near where I live. They have a brand of window tint that they use called Protect Gaurd. Is this a good brand? A friend told me to ask them if they have the Lumar Brand and they told me that the Protect Gaurd brand they carry is actually better. They quoted me a price of $200 to tint all 4 windows and the rear window as well. They offer a 90 day warranty. I asked about a lifetime warranty and they said they dont offer that but seemed to strongly believe in this Protect Gaurd tinting and told me it won't bubble or fade. If anything happens to the tint, to …
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How do they work? I hear about them, but being in the big toe of the country you never get to see what the rest of the body is doing. Just curious what they do
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The end of 2005 brought quite a surprise, Our #1 installed film of the year turns out not to be Auto or Solar film. Safety film in 2005 took the lead with over 46,000 sf installed. Who knew people would pay for film that they couldnt see
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Why Subscribe to tintdude 1 2
by Guest ShadyKat- 19 replies
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Like I understand it takes money to run the site, I was just wonder what are the other benefits to the subscribers.
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ok, which A&E Roller girl is your fav?
by Guest Olfablade- 9 replies
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Tinter gets an invite to compete in a tint off... makes arrangements and flies in for the competition. As the event progresses said tinter is approached by official sponsoring the event and is asked to remove the competitors logo shirt in order to compete in tintoff... all others competing are wearing sponsors logo... tinter is an orange among the apples. Refuses to switch shirts... yet... is still allowed to compete and makes it to the final round. Tinter is again asked to remove competitor logo shirt... tinter refuses again... official for event then give ultimatum... remove logo and continue or do not continue. Tinter flies home with his shirt still on his back...…
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01 mustang tinting 1 2 3
by Guest newname- 29 replies
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I want to tint my black 01 mustang...im in nj...I just wanted to ask the professionals here what kind of tint should I get...I really have no familiarity with any tinting lingo...I'm thinking 30% all around should be fine...is that fine? too light? too dark?...also is there like a certain brand name of tint that I should go after...I read something about huber optik but those looked super expensive just from their website...im in bergen county and was also wondering if any of you guys know a good shop in that area...wow I guess thats a lot of questions im asking...any help is greatly appreciated!! thank you.
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98 Mustang Tint 1 2
by Guest hogstang- 16 replies
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The tinter placed tint on back window and it has huge places in it where tint not sticking. They said they have problems with the small black dots on the top of the Mustangs back window and the tint sometimes doesn't want to stick -so they used elmers glue on it and it doesn't seem to be sticking. Their solution is: 1. slice tinting off right below the dots 2. slice tint off below dots and place a black plastic 4' strip across the dots to meet the tinting. Help is this normal or am I being given the run around. The tinting cost $169 lifetime warranty. Thought about taking to the two other tint places in town and getting their procedure in doing such a job. HEL…
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Sunset install Manual / Software
by Guest ShadyKat- 8 replies
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I was looking at the Sunset Auto Install Manual / software and wondering how helpful it might be and if anyone has seen one up close and personal. I realize that you old hands here might think it is pretty useless for yourselves but to the newbies could it be a wealth of information? Shadykat
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National Championship Game 1 2 3 4
by Guest willie- 38 replies
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allright sports fantics whos going to win tonight? USC or Texas I'll let you know who I think tommorow
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So what;s the big deal? I was thinking about trying and becoming a dealer, but from what I saw, I wasn't impressed. It was peeling back from the matrix on the vents and back glass, the color was ok, all in all, it was OK. I used some 38 HP True Grey to match the door I was re-tinting and it was almost perfect, so where's the extra $$$ going? There was a sticker on the back glass for a shop in AZ and they said they get like $xxxdepending on the film, that is crazy money for a tint job. BTW, of the films we've used, the adhesive on the SolarGard seems to be the best, it sticks to anything and fast.
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So let me fill you in on a story from yesterday. About 6-8 months ago, a nice older gentleman walks in and says he has a crack on his windshield, and sure enough he does. I look up the price, and sure as @#$% he's the lucky owner of a $1000+ dollar piece of glass. Well, he had a lot going on at the time and wasn't ready to replace it, and the crack was quite low, by the wipers, so I said I will stop it for $20, but it's not garunteed to hold. He said alright, I pulled in the car, and started BSing with the old guy. Turns out he was in WW2, Korea, and Vietnam, retired out of the automobile business, helped develop the radial tire, and survived lung cancer and is livin…
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I thought it would be interesting to see the top posters for the entire year of 2005, so here goes... author_name TOTAL_POSTS TINT 7801 blade 7061 tintdude 4441 TintWizard 4115 LEO'n'DARTZ 4064 guest 3900 Texastintchick 3875 Mdog 3438 oldtinter 3054 zolar 3043 tint rookie 2957 solareclipseauto 2885 nautiboi73 2565 mountainmang 2547 metint 2463 willie 2412 thetintshop 2336 Mr paladin 1686 Total tint 1604 Meff 1571 SWAN 1529 Sprinter 1259 Exact-Oh 1200 tint4less 1156 TINTDESIGNZ 1133 tint_detective 1085 autotinter 1067 Devil with bad attitude 941 BIG E 927 ninjatinter 921 tigerstripe 836 Boo 771 Eclipse 74…
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I never should have takin a christmas vacation , I thought after taking 6 days off I would come back rested an recharged but now I have no desire to work anymore
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Just wondering how long you guys take to tint a car. For example a Lancer Evolution or Subaru Impreza, the whole car. Normally takes me about 6 hours to do the job right. Is that slow? Regards, Stevie
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honda finially made a back deck easy to take out
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!llegal tint
by Guest SIR TINTSALOT- 8 replies
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Last night on the local news some guy got pulled over because he had !llegal tint, they decided to search his car and found alot of Dr*gs, thousands of dollars and a hand gun. His car was hooked up with a secret compartment and had to use a police dog to sniff it out. I guess they found him with the $ and got suspicious.
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I h@te to admit there's something out there that we can't, or won't, tint... but there's a few cars that are just TOO much of a hassle to deal with. Now that we're a little bigger, I don't have time to help the tinters, so I'm trying to save myself a lot of wasted film, and time (which is money). I'm putting together a new price list for the new year, and would like some input on what vehicles you guys ever turn down, or charge thru the nose for. So far, this is what I have. What would you add? Blacklisted: 89-97 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme 4-DR 87-96 Chevy Berretta 91-95 Saturn SL Series 4-DR Charge Extra: 98-Present VW Beetle 89-97 Ford Thunderbird 93-95? …
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This is a no brainer for most, but if anyone uses magnetic bolt trays for anything, watch out where you set them down. Put it down on a work bench and accidentely pick up an unseen razor blade on the bottom. You take the chance of cutting yourself when handling it or setting it down on some part of a vehicle that can cause costly damage. TOTW??? How bout it TD, I need some medals here.... Come on dood; it's Christmas..
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Paladin Auto Specialties 1 2
by Guest tint rookie- 12 replies
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by a fluke, a kid from TX in a sick lil 3 series, comes into my shop for stereo equip (from co habitants). goes to school here in chico, now I eye fcuked the hell out of this job.... immaculate. after my compliments he claimed our mighty paladin did the work. very impressed guys, keep up the good work!!!
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hello, i'm new here!
by Guest loonytinter- 8 replies
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hello there, I just joined this site, which I thought was very very interesting! let me tell you a bit about my self. born-n-raised in chicago, originally a paki. been tinting in london for the past year and a half. certified by johnsons, in southampton. I'm lovin' it! had few problems at start, but now I can do all cars in one piece, but a 206. havent tried a new golf either. no pulsars in the help forum? see my car? can any one do a 1pc back glass? later, moon sorry, moonstintshop was me.... couldnt subscribe from that account. so here I am.
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new method
by Guest streetsounds- 7 replies
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has n e one in here ever heard of using teflon car wax to shrink back glass just curious
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Today on the way to the shop I was listining the radio and they were singing a song about a female race car driver named dixie,then after she crashed they kept singing My Dixy wrecked my dixie wrecked
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IM BACK
by Guest tintgod- 8 replies
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So you better start deleteing all the crap you have typed about me in here while I was gone..
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b/g tool ? 1 2 3 4
by Guest sportsman- 30 replies
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what is the best tool to use to get them hard to reach area's on the bottom of the back glass? thanks
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Vinyl Wood Grain
by Guest MemoreeMaker- 2 replies
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Hello, Hope you can help me with my problem. My wife & I would like to convert my 2005 Chrysler Town & Country Van into a "Woodie". I have found the "outer mld's" that I need but not the vinyl "wood grain" material I'll need. To complete this job I'll need 1 piece 12" wide by approx 50 ft for the basic "wood panals" & another 12" x 20 ft piece to cover the "outer mlds". Looking for suggestions as to where I can find the Vinyl Wood Grain material I need. Bob Huff , Norfolk Va.
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tried the new black chrome today, and its wonderful to shrink with, but its got some sharp edges. it wouldnt have been bad if I didnt have a ppf install after the cut. (alcohal and water!) I know its not gushing blood but is it badge worthy? finger.bmp
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Mdog soap method 1 2 3 4
by TintWizard- 38 replies
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First off, I'm a big fan of this method since last yr (thanks Mdog ) I've always used an Ivory soap bar , however, I ran out so I used Irish Spring because it was handy from the house and don't like it nearly as much ..got me to thinking of how many people that tried this method that don't like it hase been using another brand of soap bar other than the ivory . I'm not saying that it's the best out there ..but I am saying that there can be a big difference in using one bar of soap over an other. Food for thought
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what is the best squeege to clean windows? 1 2
by Guest chip01- 13 replies
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Underpro handle with 6" blade channel one not sure, what do you guys recommend for speed and quality
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here are some fun jobs I did a few weeks ago I have been meaning to post them but I havent gotten to enjoy!
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Tint Tickets- Arkansas 1 2
by Guest reject_racing- 11 replies
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I have an exemption from my eye doctor to have my windshield tinted(not dark), but when I got pulled over the doctor said it wasnt a legal exemption and that he would supeona my doctor to court. I've had it thrown out before by the judge in court, can he legally do this? Or is he trying to scare me into paying?
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Window Tinting $xx??? 1 2 3 4
by Guest uniqueimage- 35 replies
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How can these shops charge so little? What profit margin do you guys see for tinting all 2 and 4 door cars for $---? Oh yeah how much cars can you tint with a 40x100in roll??
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Fireplace
by Guest FilmBlazer- 8 replies
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I got a call today from a woman with a fireplace that is shared by her great room and master bedroom. She just bought the house and doesn't like the fact that one can see into the bedroom thru the fireplace. She wants to know if I can put film on it, the darker the better. I said sounds like a tricky one. I got some more info from her and she told me that the glass is only about 9 inches from the heat source. Thats gotta be hotter than hell that close to the source, so I just don't know if film would hold up. Gonna check the Llumar tech site and see at what temp the different films will combust, but thought I would ask yall for your input. Will the film hold up or what?…
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buckeye's spanked notre dame yesterday
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"Fishy" Marriage 1 2
by Guest losdawg- 10 replies
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http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10694972/?GT1=7538 Now I have seen it all!
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help with photo's
by Guest expertint- 9 replies
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I've got some pics of my shop but can't seem to get them posted can someone give me a hand??..Thanks
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click this, its a PDF file to our front page news. http://web.timesrecordnews.com/pdf/TX_TRN.pdf
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Just wonder if anyone on her know of any Tinters from Japan who are registered on here?
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What is an established commercial/residential business worth?
Looking to buy an established commercial/residential business. The company has grossed about 50-60k annually for the past few years. There's not really anything as far as assets go. So I'd basically be buying the phone number and 25+ years of being an established business. Just trying to get an idea of what I should be paying! Thanks in advance!! -
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Removable rigid window tint sheets - WTF?
Sucks that you got screwed. Sorry to hear that. But that is what we all kinda figured. -
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Commercial Residential Window Tinter Needed - Colorado
We need commercial/residential window film installer. 303-986-0190 info@columbinewindowtint.com -
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Removable rigid window tint sheets - WTF?
I created an account just to respond here. I'm not a "tinter" or whatever yall may call yourselves but I came across this product and thought that it looked pretty cool and something I could do myself. I ordered from Lazeway and spent like $150 for two packages. The product is from China although they claim all this America stuff on the website. All i received was two simple rolls of tint, nothing special. I was totally scammed and now I'm looking all over the internet for anyone talking about this product to let them know. Dont buy from them.- 1
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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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