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2011 GS350
by Guest Mo Evo- 1 reply
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I've not done one in a while...probably 2 years ago. Any problems with the latest version?? Besides the stupid brake light/camera?
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lexus 250 2011
by Guest Crackz- 1 reply
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we have done a ton of these no issues except for this one the tint is 2 weeks old and when the custy puts on the rear defroster it looses radio reception any one have this issue before ? Dyed Non Metalized Film the only thing i can think water conducting its not dry yet ....
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2011 IS-C
by Guest Mo Evo- 3 replies
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I've tinted up any and every Lexus, but haven't tackled the convertible yet and have a meeting with one this week. Just looking if there's a 'heads up' on anything with this car. Please share your experience with me if you've done one of these. TIA...
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Friend bringing it in friday, but he makes mention of laminated back window it sounds like. I'm a bit worried and not sure if I should do it.
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Just started doing a lexus dealer in my area . Hate dealers but i am going to give this one a try with an open mind . They are picky as ever so i am going to start removing the door panels . Any one have an axperience on where the screws are . It sounds from the messages they arent too much is 250 ? es 330 ? gs350 ? ls 460 ? i will take pictures of each car once i figure the easiest way to remove . Had to do over a door to day . you could see anything but the customer could feel something when he ran his fingures over it ? Wish me luck !!!
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I have a customer that is asking me how to tint the quarters. Last one i did was over a year and a half ago and I cant remeber how we triggered them up. Is the pin switch in the a pillar or in the trunk? Or how do you guys tint them?
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2011 Lexus CT200h 1 2
by blade- 15 replies
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awesome car! piece 'o cake to tint. remove the screw behind the handle and pop the corner caps off and the top of the panels pop right back. the dude said the car is averaging around 54 miles to the gallon.
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Dont wana loose more than I can make! All help is apreciated, thanks.
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First one I have tinted and I messed up the rear coating. Does anyone know if it could be compley removed or polished? I did the same thing as any other car, soft scrubbing pad and razor on the fronts. The fronts are fine but the rear coating has light scuffs you can only see in floresent light or at a crazy angle outside.
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2010 Lexus is250
by Guest kramster- 1 reply
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How do you remove the third brake light!?
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2010 Lexus IS350
by Guest kramster- 1 reply
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I have been tinting for about 3 years now, just out of my garage, and coincidentally have a new is350 and a 2006 is350 to do. I have been reading old posts about these cars and just wanted to get a more up to date review of them. -Are the front panels essential to take off in order to do a good job on the fronts? -If so, I have never taken a panel off in my time of tinting, I do know quite a bit about cars though, will I have any problems? -Any other tips about this car would be great....i read something about curving the cut a little more on the rear side of the quarters? Thanks alot guys hope to hear your feedback
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removing 2007 Lexus Is250 quarter windows
by Guest Peja43916- 8 replies
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I keep getting too much contanimation or light gaps so I want to remove the window to get it cleaner. Is it worth the time or should I just try and cut better?Thanks in advance for any help or info.
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I tinted this LS400 like three years ago and on the rear doors the fingers poped out from the presure of the seal in the top corners... can anything be done to avoid it from happening again???? I'm re-doing them monday!!!
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I tinted my first Lexus LS 460 today, sorry no pics, but the car is really sweet!!! Customer gave me a demo of the self parking option, the car scans the surroundings, then parallel parks itself!! All you do is use the brakes. As far as tinting, mostly basic, but the front door panels need to come off. Also they didnt put the coating on the inside of the glass
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB8zdWnPhhc WOW!
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Would this be suntek Infinity op on the front window
by Guest thug9030- 6 replies
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the owner said that he darkended the rear windows and it came out like this and his tint shop matched it so he didnt remember but he came me the shop number and they said suntek infinity op but when i searched other post and seen what infinity op looked like that it didnt look like it THIS IS SUNTEK INFINITY OP 35% WHY DO IT LOOK DIFFERENT
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Im looking for this certain tint..please help
by Guest thug9030- 0 replies
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Okay im looking for (SUN-TEK INFINITY OP 35) AND I HAVE A LEXUS RX300 AND I REALLY ONLY NEED ENOUGH FOR THE FRONT TWO WINDOWS AND AS WELL AS THE TWO QUARTER PANEL WINDOWS UP FRONT.... THANKS
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2009 is 250 F Sport w/Black Suede
by Guest MasterTinter420IV- 6 replies
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With the interior of this Lexus is250 F-Sport being Black Suede, I chose to remove the rear deck and all conjoining panels along with the rear seat to keep them dry. I also took off the front door panels to make installation of the front two doors much easier due to the speakers that protrude into the corners near the mirrors.
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Door trims for Lexux IS350 MY2011
by Guest Oscar Tint- 1 reply
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Does anyone know if the door trims on MY2011 Lexus is any different to MY2008? I have to tint one today. Cheers
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My friends mom has a 97 LS400, He asked me how much i would tint the entire car. Ive never done one, and to be honest with you this will be my 12th car to tint. How hard is the back window? If you can give me some tips and ideas, it would be a great help. Thanks.
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lexus is220 and is200
by Guest silvretta- 1 reply
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Hi, Ihave two lexus on Monday is200 and is220 any tips and advices? any problems with side, ear or 1/4 windows? Thanks for help. Iam using Graphite Magma.
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Hello everyone, I hade a 06 IS 300 in the shop yesterday. I have a problem with the door panels. I started ting this car and after laying the film on the passenger side, I notice this black and green goo all over my squege and corner card. I figure it was something down in the door seal that I had picked up. So I cleaned my tools and continued to tint. Well after finishing the sides I noticed that I had more of this goo on my tools. I looked at all of the doors, and the panels were the cause of this goo. It seems like once I got them wet, the panels got soft. I also noticed tool marks on top of the panels themselves. I felt the panels after they were wet, and the…
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all always hate starting my day out on a tough car and the ls 400 isn't a terrible car to tint just not a fun one. I did manage to get the back glass out in 1 piece the first time. Then on to the door BTW the rear doors on these cars move something crasy when you roll them down. All four door glasses have dots up the side edges and a tight little gasket and button. But in all it made my morning drag by and I had it knocked out by lunch time.
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tips or advice on 2006 Lexus GS430?
by Guest Peja43916- 6 replies
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I have one of these cars to do next week . Just wondering if anyone has any tips or pointers about this car? The rear brake light just pops out right? Thanks in advance.
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Was doing one of these today. It appeared it had previously been tinted and stripped. They did a good job taking the old stuff off, minor glue remaining. I put on CS 35 all around. I got to my third door and noticed after I put the film on that there were horizontal lines in the film. It looked like smeard glue or somthing. It was all over the window. So I figured ok, maybe it is a bad roll. I looked over the other windows and could only find a little bit of the problem. But this window was aweful. I pulled the tint off and saw it was the window that had this pattern. I razored it and nothing. Tried chemicals. Nothing would take this pattern off. It basical…
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Hey guys, I have a 2007 Lexus RX 350 SUV to tint real soon. This is going to be my first time tinting a Lexus of any kind and I'm curious to know if there is anything I need to know about this particular model. How tight are the seals? and how hard is it to shrink the rear back glass. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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2006 rx350
by jj- 4 replies
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Did an 06 rx350 last week custy says his passsenger side window won't work off his drivers side switch block, probably something simple but has anyone had similar issues? Yes I did take the trims off.
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I don't get any calls for these cars in my area tll today..an issues with this car ? gasket /door panel issues..matrix , laminated glass,price is as a regular 4 dr or does it take longer..you know..any BS ?
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Ummm one of the smoohest cars ive ever driven, and fast too LLUMAR ATX 40 and AIR BLUE on the front
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2007 Lexus IS250 1 2 3
by Guest Peja43916- 23 replies
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Even with removing the front panels I struggled with this damn car. All the side windows need to be shrunk or else you get major fingers. Even after shrinking, after installing film on windows I still get big fingers that I have to heat from the inside. I don't even want to get into the small windows......Those were a pain in the ass too. Too much contanimation. What tips can you pro's give me? I seem to have less issues with the 2 front windows after removing panels. Maybe I need to remove the rear door panels also ? Thanks in advance for any help or info.
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2006 lexus rx
by Guest silentobserver- 1 reply
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Hello all, I had a question about the process of tinting the front rolldown windows for 2006 lexus rx... When tint shops tint the windows, are they supposed to tuck in the tint back into the edges so that you cant see the seperation between the tint and the non-tinted window?? Is this car generally a pretty easy car to tint? Thanks
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little difficult. pulled front panels and tucked the quarters. fronts and quarter need mad shrinking. doors have a black border on the side. no need to trick doors, they stay up as long as the quarter is rolled up. the quarter is curvy and has a plastic box in one of the corners, its pretty easy to cut around though. installed the backglass with the window half way down. it has a border all the way around. so in a way its not too bad of a car just took a while, it being the first one. pics to come later
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Lexus dealership has confirmed that too much water can cause problems with a connection located just under one of the little quarters in front of the front doors. Not sure if it's the right or left but be aware to put a towel down under and use as little amount of water as possible.
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Right, got a Lexus IS 200 coming up... what are they like to do? Rear Screen? 1/4's? Door Pannels? Im taking it, that the door panels are a piece of piss to whip off, 1/4s remove, and im guessing thats easy like the toytoa's... Rear Screen?? I know some of these bad boys have fancy Sat Navs, Is the GPS pick ups in the rear screen? Rear Screen an easy shrink? Heater Lines ok? Parcel Shelf out? I wouldnt normalyl ask, but, I swear somewhere along the lines, ive heard bad things about these lil puppies.. Thanks
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2001 Lexus RX300 1 2
by Guest tintpro2007- 14 replies
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Had a customer come in today with a '01 Lexus RX300, he asked if we could match the front doors to the back. Of course we had to tell him we couldn't match the front to the factory back, because we didn't carry a film that matched the greenish mirror tint thats on this car from the factory. We are a FormulaOne shop, so all we use is Llumar, and FormulaOne products, whom don't offer that kind of tint. We were just wondering if there are any film manufactures that make this type of tint for future customers and maybe this guy. Any suggestions or thoughts? Thanks
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Lexus BG defroster wires
by Guest tintpro2007- 4 replies
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So my question is, does anyone know what to do about the thick defroster wires on the back glasses of most of all lexus's. I clean the back glass as normal, and take some extr time on them because I know the defroster wires are extra thick and the film doesn't like to lay down on them, but sometimes the film still doesn't lay down well... better but not perfect... the sun usually dries it out and allows it to lay down properly but I hate having to explain that to customers. Any ideas?
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well im doing one tommarow so any heads up on these?
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2000 Lexus GS300
by Guest Peja43916- 0 replies
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Any tips or advice? Do I have to worry about peanuts on back window?
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HAS ANYBODY TINTED THE FRONT WINDOWS ON THE NEW LS 460? IF YOU HAVE LET ME KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS
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Anything to look out for ? I don't get Lexus cars around here ...laminate glass? gps ir issues ? panel pulling ? dots? you know..any booby traps?
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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
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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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