Mercedes
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Could use some guidance on this. Don't see Mercedes in my part of the world. Do the panels need pulled or just the tops? Any issues with the defroster lines coming off during the strip? Thanks in advance.
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Hey just tinted one of these today. It wasn't fun at all. I would've loved to pull the seals. But didn't know how. So If somebody figures it out please let me know.
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What should I look out for. Or is it like most German cars.
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How hard is this car to tint? Any tips on it?
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So I had a walk in come and wanted to know if we layed the lightest tint i carry. which is the 35% classic black and wants to so do it all around. he was mainly wanting to know if the rear glass would look extra blusih, purplish then what it already looks like.
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Can this back window be done without cutting for a brake light. THis brake light is huge.
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Anything to worry about?
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Piece of cake, well seems no one here can figure this out, not even google??? If you must take headrest out which I like cause I like a unobstructive clear path to put in the rear window (that's how I charge up to a grand per car). It was a nightmare to wiggle out and virtually impossile to reinstall, but this is 100% the solution. 1) Take off brake light cover, it simply pops out and will give you needed extra room. 2) Lift headrest up and then remove leather with plastic panel tool (so won't rip/damage leather) until there is nothing left but the metal posts and the plastic frame (you do not need to remove the plactic frame) this will in turn give you 4 to 5 i…
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Ive got one of these in the shop now. Most of the car seems pretty straight forward. The back quarter glass rolls down similar to the convertibles. Has anybody done one of these? If so, How did you do the quarter glass. It seems like the rubber sweeps are made into the rubber that surrounds the tiny window behind the quarter which makes it impossible to remove. Hopefully somebody has figured this one out. thanks for the input!!!
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did a brand new 2104 cla250 the other day from a long time customer..it's pretty suite..besides the typical German door panel clips you damn near break to take off,pretty easy straight forward card..
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Hey hey just wondering easiest way to get the sweeps out of this 4 door? Thanks
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Hi again! Anything my installer should be looking out for with this car? I was surprised to see it pull up.... was expecting a CLA to come in. lol Thanks guys!
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Hi Tint Dudes! Anything our installers should be aware of on this car? Thanks for your input!
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Tinted one of these today, now the customer is saying his central locking won't work...Anyone had this, or know what it might be, anything that could get wet etc? Thanks.
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Hey guys, done about 40 cars in my 3 month tinting carreer now, but I've had this car 2 times now and it's a pain in the ass. Does anyone have any tips or help on how to remove the hatch interior? I just can't seem to get it off, which would make tinting the rear window a whole lot easier since the interior is thight against the window and past the dot matrix.
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New Mercedes ML 350 or ML500 Panel removal
by Guest Litespeeds- 9 replies
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If anyone needs help on removing the door panel from the new style ML, you will find that there is a hidden torx screw behind the door lock switch. It took me about 10 minutes before I figured that one out. Very tricky because if you are not careful, you will break the door lock switch. E-mail me if you need help.
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super easy but you better stuff under these rear quarters. cool thing is when you undo the latched covers the inner covers swing up like a garage door so you can really get the towels in there.
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all hail..... MERCEDES-BENZ.....
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Anyone done one yet? I have one in today so will report later on
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This is my second time shrinking the back glass and every time i install it, I get quarter sized bubbles on some of the defroster lines. Can someone explain to me what I'm doing wrong? I have a pic but don't know how to post it on here with my phone
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Fairly straightforward tint. Tight in the back. Watch the water and like the 2013; make sure you cover the fuse box on the passenger side with some towels. There have been radio/speaker shorts when water has gotten on fuse box. Mercedes is aware (like Audi) and is not covering warranty issues on tinted vehicles.
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In the trunk, up top in the back is a cross bar. There are holes about the size of a nickel in the cross bar. Inside the holes are two little black switches. You will need a small flashlight and a hook tool. Flip the switches to the left with your hook tool. This will allow the rear seat to come forward about 1 1/2 feet. Just enough room to remove and re-install the headrest. Hope this helps out. Happy Tinting!
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Tips on removing doorpanel ? Backwindow Other issu? 5doors car
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Any thing I should now about this model? Or any other model I should stay away from cause I am getting more n more of these cars. Cheers
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So I have one of these tomorrow, I'm a fan of pulling the bottom gaskets, I've done a search and couldn't find anything. Any tips? Where screws at? Do you need to remove the screws to pop back the top of the panel? Thanks.
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Did one yesterday, complete redesign. About the same to tint. Rear brake light is on top of window now like a Beemer. The light comes out like Beemer, side slide clips (a little tricky, though, as the clips are inside the light housing, but you should be able to figure it out) The front door panels are similar to the E class but there isn't that heavy duty clip behind the door trim. In fact, you don't have to remove the top trim piece at all. Remove the tweeter pod like the E and then it pops right back, sleazy. Seriously, took about an hour. AND, the factory tint covers the entire rear window, no more factory light cut out!! Sweeeet
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Just did a brand new ML350 front windows, couldn't seem to be able to flip the trim over so had to add a lot of slip and tucked the film in slowly, turned out pretty good. Was curious if anyone have done one and how did you get the trim over. Cheers
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Has anyone done one? I was too scared to start pullin at things. The door panels look expensive! I'm not a half peel tucker type of tinter. Cheers.
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just done a 2014 C63 n lucky i put a towel on top of the amp. it has a hole that water just leak down right to it .
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Hello tinters of the world, I have a mb e coupe 2009 coming up this weekend, Is there anyone who figured out what the best way is to tint the rear quarters The rear quarters are shifting windows Is there anyone who has dissambled them?
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Thank's.
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mercedes cl 63 amg 2012 all 3M cristall line 90
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Hi guys, got a brand new C220 in this week. Just a quick question about the back window. Is it easy enough or do you need to remove brake lights and parcel shelves before you can tint the glass? Thanks, Jon
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2012 250 coupe on Tuesday
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Any help on this one? The back glass looks kinda tight! Does the rear deck come out? Thanks!
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Sorry, I can't post pics from my phone app but ill get on the pc at some point and add them. Here's the scoop on this $150k ride. Laminated glass the whole way around, it all looked like it was about a 50% vlt and reflective blue. We put 5 over that. Fronts: kinda like a C300/C350 but no need to pull sweeps, BUT the front edge by the mirror was dammit tight. Rears: very easy. Quarters were partially covered by the automatic sunshade track but do have a border and not too bad at all. There's a left and right power window switch in each of the rear doors, so don't hit the wrong one while doing the 2nd rear window, ha! Back window: grids between the glass except for ant…
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what a pleasure to work on...car is SO clean,4 year restoration
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Got a customer wanting to do the windshields on a new mercedes glk. Has anyone done one yet and is there anything to watchout for? Thanks in advance
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Huge panoramic sunroof '13 E350
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I have one of these to do. Haven't seen one. Probably 2 panes? Anyone done one??
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Mercedes ML
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hi folks done one few weeks back and took some pics took door cards off but a pain to find on the front ones only two screws one near door catch and one near door catch (cutting costs should be at least 3) for the front same at door handle below second took me 30 mins to figure out you have to press both lock and unlock buttons at the same time and then pinch the center plastic out. then behind that will be above screw p.s. be careful against the plastic ribbon cable and finished and customer wanted a further 15% on the front thanks for reading and hope this helps
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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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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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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
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