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Just got my vehicle tinted, there seem to e a few lines on the edge of tint shot sure if its a sharpie or not.
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Just tinted a 2021 Chevy Silverado crew cab. Took off the door panels. When client picked up truck the door lock remote doesn't work. But can lock the truck from the inside. Remote just won't work.
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Hello, I'm very new to the world of tinting, I am looking to tint the headlights on my 2017 Audi A4, I want a very very very very light tint and I don't know exactly which tint is the lightest on the market. I know Vvivid has a "light smoke", but I was hoping there was something even lighter than that. If anybody can link me some very light headlight tint, and lead me in the right direction, I'd really appreciate it. Thank you!
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Does anyone know of a dyed film that matches the toyota Tacomas 4runner rear windows. Looking for a film that has that prepurpled look.
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Would you consider this an acceptable tint job? Photo 1 (Whole window isn't fully tinted. Straight cut leaving open space): https://imgur.com/zXmM7vN Photo 2,3,4 (Gap / Little Bubbles): https://imgur.com/nN3eKml | https://imgur.com/B9M17ky | https://imgur.com/NR8ASp4 Photo 5 (Bubbles): https://imgur.com/Hu32xfb
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https://www.racingoptics.com/industries/windshield/
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Does anyone know how much does xpel pay per warranty for their car window film. Is their a certain amount per window and a max per car.
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Got a call from a customer I tinted their window back in 2017 using Suntek film. (Not sure which film - looking for my paperwork) She sent me this picture... Any ideas? I've never had a call on 4 yr old film gone bad.. but there's always the first time. The customer isn't exactly around the corner, so I haven't seen it in person yet. Figured I would get a picture of it first and then go from there.
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1971 Chevy Nova SS
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I did one for a long time customer the other day. No issues. Tons of room at the bottom of the windshield. Put three soak ropes down. Covered everything else up. No issues. Probably done it a dozen Model S's with no issues. Too much risk for me with the model 3s.
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What do you do if you suspect the tinter of scratching your glass?
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I was able to try out some Geoshield C2 Carbon tonight on a friends car. There was a lot of features in this film I liked. I am looking into changing the brand of film i am using now. My question is Has anyone tried there pro classic? Just any thoughts of your opinion of it. Thanks in advance
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Just curious if there are any tint-safe options out there for lubricating vertical window tracks/seals/channels in cases where they're causing excessive drag on the motors. I've seen silicone spray as well as dry teflon used on untinted windows, but obviously don't want to risk affecting the film adhesive.
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Any one have a good marketing guy that can help me set up a good google adword campaign ?
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Anyone heard of these guys out of Canada? Got an email that they have a rep stopping in our area in Janurary and wanted to see if anyone carries it? There are some dealers in the Northeast, Midwest, and California. I was signed up for Clearplex, but never fully started offering it. Then Madico bought them, called for pricing, but never heard anything from them. So wanted to see if the ExoShield is comparable.
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Rear 1/4s are different sizes. Ive had to trim the passenger side from the inside 3x now! Probably do it again, but maybe its faster this way? While im here, the gaskets come out with one screw by handle.
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Ive been getting back warranties on rear windows in 2-3 years using rayno s-5. This is not acceptable especially when rayno makes you jump threw hoops to get paid. I can just see all the warranties coming in this year. at 150.00 max per car its going to be a tough year. Ive been hearing good things about global ceramic films. What can anyone tell me.
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Hi all, I'm looking to tint a 2018 Equinox. I found a local shop to install Madico Black Pearl ceramic for $350 with a lifetime warranty. What are your thoughts on this film? I can't seem to find a lot of info on it. Thanks.
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Hello, my name is Abe Eadeh from Extreme Auto Pros in Cleveland. We are a 15 year old company that specialises in Automotive restoration for dealers and the public. We recently purchased a Chevy dealership on three acres and combined all our locations into one giant one. With all that said, I’m looking for someone with experience in window film, PPF, and wraps. This division will be a huge success. If you are looking for a good opportunity, have a good attitude and love cars, please call me at 216-739-9400. Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you. Abe
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New to this forum, need some help comparing a few quotes for a 2020 Toyota Avalon. Got my Avalon mid November last year. It's a dark amber brown exterior and cognac leather interior, it's the original leather so need to get my car tinted as I live in Sacramento and the summers here get really hot. I can already feel my car getting hotter although it's not even Spring yet. Now coming to the tint options itself, I got a few quotes and was deciding between two of them. Hoping someone could suggest what's the best one to go with out of the options I have based on your experience. I am trying to seek as many opinions as possible to do my own research and finalize …
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There is a level of cringe factor. Viewer beware !!!!! Someone in the area befriend him so he can show how its really done!! The opposite wall needs a full wall graphic of the pits at Nurburgring or something local to his shop.
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Hello I need some help, I am looking to have the front of my house tinted. I have a lot of large front windows and the sun is pretty strong in the morning. I am looking at two different tint types. Enerlogic 35 and Dual Reflective Series V28 SR PS8. How are these two films? And would you recommend any other films as I am looking for heat rejection as well as privacy. Thanks for your comments and help TOM
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I bought my brand new Audi to a well known tinting shop in town, AB, last month and finally had the opportunity to wash/detail the car until now. I took out my inspection light and to my shock I discovered multiple, multiple vertical/diagonal scratches along the bottom edges of all 4 side windows. Some are deeper than the others. I assume the scratches occurred during shrinking the films? How did this even occur?
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working on my 3 peace of film, im maxed out of shrinking, has anyone tint one yet
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I just purchased a new car and I'm looking to have the windows tinted. I know everyone recommends Crystalline, however there are no installers around me for almost 2 hours. Locally, I have two options 1) Suntek and 2) Llumar. Both shops have the same warranty, and both have great reviews. Suntek shop with more positives between the two. Price not being a factor, which would you go with between Suntek CXP, Suntek CIR, or Llumar CTX? I'm expecting Llumar because everything I see on here says Suntek sucks. The shop I went to pushed me to Suntek CXP over CIR because the CIR had more of a green tint in the sample vs the CXP charcoal and you get similar performance…
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Hello everyone, I have a question. Let me start by saying I use a 10,000 lumen work light that I move to each window as I install the film. Now why is it that I cannot see any visible tiny air bubbles from debris until I bring the car outside to natural lighting.
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I have compiled quite a few partial rolls of flat glass window films from different jobs over the years, and some are just never going to be used again. Do you guys just chuck the rest in the trash? It's all Llumar products so its pretty decent stuff. I just hate wasting good product.
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Hello tintdude community. I used to tint windows for autos at a shop but retired from that about 15 years ago since working in IT. Never touched residential tinting so hoping to get some guidance. I have a 35” x 120” roll of frost window film that I want to apply on my 33x90” mirror by myself. I have a ladder, olfa knife, water bottle, steel wool and squeegee. Direction says to peel off the liner and use water to adjust and apply the film but I’m not sure the best technique or approach since it’s such a large piece of mirror. My concern is handling the big piece of film while applying and end up creating creases. Should I unpeel the entire liner first or unpe…
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how do y'all have your shops setup? We're looking into updating our setup and getting some new peel boards so its a natural time to look into different options.
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M mom Any suggestions would be appreciated for VLT percentages, film quality, and roll sizes I should purchase and carry for the initial startup phase of my small auto window tinting business. I’m thinking I should carry 3 levels of film for three different price points but would love to hear your valued opinions. Any help would be appreciated. As law is 35% VLT front max Any VLT on the rear Windshield strip is ok as long as at or above as-1 windshield overall is illegal i have a good idea just interested in any options I might not have thought about. Thanks!
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So the saga continues. The windows were tinted in December 2020 with FormulaONE Pinnacle Ceramic Film, and recently I just discovered that all 4 windows have this strange band that appears to be between the film and glass. Absolutely cannot be wiped off. Moisture? The band is where the glass touches the weather strip. I am the one who posted started the thread about the tinter allegedly scratched my glass.
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What's your opinions scrathes where they already there or done by the tinter thanks photos are a week after tinting car hasn't been washed since tint
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I’m using solar free ztoa I’m happy with it atm
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I’ve been tinting for quite some time now. And I’ve gotten very good at shrinking the film to the back glass. However, I keep running into the problem of having fingers in my tint once I install the film. Most the time I hit them down with the heat gun, which takes forever. Yesterday I tinted The back window of a civic. It shrunk perfectly to the glass. To my dismay, there was a giant finger in the lower left corner with a few others here and there. Even the heat gun could not take care of the problem. I haven’t seen anybody else with this problem. Is there something I’m doing wrong? Perhaps not enough soap? Maybe not enough water? Perhaps my squeegee pattern is flawe…
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just removed a tint job I did a few years back and my gosh what a pain.. the film pulled off like 20 year old tint in a hundred strips, even with steam applied. anyone ever had this happen before also? I've removed year old Xpel that comes off in one piece but this vehicle was awful.
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There is a new social networking platform where like minded individuals within the same field get together and network strictly business within the field via voice. Wanted to see if anyone is using the networking app.
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Hey! I from ISRAEL, Im new tinter and I practiced for a while with really cheap and bad film. I really want to order a good film that i can finally tint on customer vehicles. The problem is that all the good companies that I found are from US and not selling to abroad... Wich good brand and not too much expensive that makes deliveries to abroad you know guys? I really need help. (By the way, the only good brand that sales on ISRAEL is hanita coatings but one film here cost 300$+)
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Where do I buy tint film?
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Where do I buy film from and what brands do you guys recommend?
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Driver's side little dirt?
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Just got my jeep wrangler tinted. Just wanted to know if this is normal, when i drive i see this little line of smudge. Maybe dirt particles inside the film? Will it go away? Or get better? Or just dont worry about it? The line is about 1-2 inches long
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Olfa blades are not as sharp as they used to be
I switched so long ago... first to KDS but they went away. NT are great though. I use a piece of white strapping material as a cutting buffer between the blade and glass. Some use a button but I didn't like the feel..- 1
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Headlight Taillight Vinyl question... (Looking for CHROME)
I'm looking for a chrome/mirror wrap for headlights/taillights. No NEOchrome, just a mirror or chrome appearance. Looking to spice up a project. Looking for transparent so can see lights thru film. I have looked and can't find what fits the bill. Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance. -
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Stratos 70 on windshield, what is this?
I can't win with getting tint decent on the windshield. I had 3M on my F150 done twice and still has major defects. Recently did Stratos twice on my F350 and I see this granular spotted, texture pattern on the tint. It's super obvious in the corner here but also right in my view when driving. It's honestly hard to point out and show someone but when your driving and stuff is moving behind the windshield, it becomes more obvious. The lighting also matters. The first time I did the windshield, I had a two foot line on the windshield. Thinking it was tint, they removed the tint and it was apparently a defect in the Ford windshield. An issue between the laminated glass layers caused this big defect. So they removed the tint, I had Ford replace the windshield on a 2024 F350 but when the tint shop removed the tint, they made a bunch of micro scratches in the front windshield, probably from scrapping the glue off. I told them but I didn't care since Ford was replacing the windshield anyways. So if basically I'm trying to figure out what this texture stuff is and if I should have them replace or remove it. Replacing it might just have different issues but also afraid they will scratch the windshield. -
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Wtb Solar Gard Supreme NR 40
I would direct you to Express Window Films web site. They sell Global brand after setting up an account with them. They are reasonably priced and they do partials. Can't go wrong with Global.- 1
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Never overlook the condition of the floor. Back when I did install, I used to mist the floor between the vehicle and the peel board. This is done between misting the window and walking toward the peel board to mist the pattern liner, peel liner and spray adhesive for install. Tacks any dust for the duration of each pattern install, so repeat each time a pattern is going to be installed. -
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Olfa blades are not as sharp as they used to be
Yeah, at least a decade ago rumored to be different as a result of a US based manufacturer making Olfa blades sold here at home. Of course, Olfa would deny coupling up with a US maker. I, too, switched to NT.- 1
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Olfa blades are not as sharp as they used to be
Olfa has been terrible for years. Switched to NT a long time ago.- 1
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Olfa blades are not as sharp as they used to be
We have been using olfa blades forever but in the past year we have noticed the quality of the blades is not the same as it used to be. Blades are not as sharp and pressing harder is starting to etch the glass on certain vehicles. Would like to know if anyone else is experiencing this or is there a better brand ss blades that you have been using that is a better trusted brand. -
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Help Needed! - Graphtec FC4100-75 - Software/Compatibility/Drivers/Communication/Blades/Setup
Bump on this. I spoke with Film & Vinyl Design and the rep told me their cutting software contains the drivers for the Graphtec 4100 models. They also mentioned it will work with Windows 11. Any one have experience with this program, good or bad things to say about it? -
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Need some help
Push out all the air you can then… Heat up area with heat gun and use a hard card to press them down while everything is still fresh… don’t over heat prep work is key… you can also use masking tape on the gaskets and carefully peel the tape out once you have all the fingers out- 1
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