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2021 Toyota Venza 1 2
by Booms- 10 replies
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Do NOT put a razor blade anywhere near driver and passenger front doors. They have a coating that scratches very easily. Ask me how I know. You're welcome...
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'01 Avalon
by Guest HeatShrunkSS- 1 reply
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PIE, PIE, PIE!!! Hadn't done one in about a year or so unitl last night, and had forgotten what a moneymaker they were!! Car was Maroon with tan leather, tinted it in 35% Bronze.....(popular with the seniors, but looks classy with this color combl)
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'06 Celica
by Guest dark- 0 replies
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Hi chaps, Got a Celica to do on friday, any surprises o need to watch for? Saw the 2 section rear lid/glass. any help would be well appreciated.
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I noticed on a previous thread about an older new body Tundra that the front window breaks away in the last few inches of roll down, are the 2010's this way as well and whats the best way to cut these type of windows? Thanks!
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So I have another one of these to do tonight and am looking for some advice on the rear quarters.. First off, are you guys tucking the film behind the gasket on them? I am having a hard time getting the back corner on the bottom edge to tuck in there properly due to how tight it is. If you are not tucking it or even if you are I guess, how are you cutting both the top triangle and the bottom triangle so that the tint does not want to lift off the glass in the corner? The bottom is the one I am more concerned with.
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'91 Celica GTFour
by Guest coyoteboy- 0 replies
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Hey guys, I'm new to tinting, but pretty good with my fingers and have watched a few being done - fancy my chances. Anyone tinted a 5th Gen celica? That back window is HUGE and curved-which is my main worry. I dont really want join lines in it. It also has a sort of gradiented black line top section to it that I'm not sure will just cover, or if I'll have to avoid it and paint over it. Thoughts? James
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'94 Toyota truck 1 2 3
by Guest DAK- 23 replies
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I will be tinting a friends Toyota 4x4 truck here soon. I looked at the slider and stationary window in the back and was wondering how you go about tinting them while avoiding light gaps? On the slider window, how do you cut the pattern around the handle? The handle protrudes on the inside and outside and there is no seal to tuck the tint behind. On the stationary rear windows how can you cut the pattern to avoid light gaps when there is no seal to tuck the film behind?
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'98 4runner 1 2 3
by Guest Clemsonfan15- 29 replies
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Ok this is my first post, but I have done a few searches on here and cannot find the answers I need. I have a '98 4runner. These cars have factory tint on the rear passenger windows and the rear window. I want to have the fronts tinted so that they match or closely match the factory tint. What is the usual % for factory tint? Somewhere I read that it might be around 20% so I was thinking that I would do 20% up front. I know 20% is !llegal and that's not great, but I also read somewhere that having anything less that 20% is kinda pointless. How dark is 20%? Is it hard to drive at night or in the rain? How much should a shop charge to tint two front windows? Thank…
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have one to do in a couple of weeks question is I see that the brake light and speaker are as one but looks like enough clearance between light and glass should I do the old binder cover trick or is it fairly easy to remove?
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03 Corolla S 1 2
by oldtinter- 15 replies
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Piece O' Cake, if you can figure out where the damn window will end up when it's rolled up..
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04 sienna sliding door
by Guest superettemotorsports- 4 replies
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I have tried tinting the rear sliding doors on a sienna and they just wont lay flat. Looks like a rear window before I knew how to heat shrink. I was wondering if I have to heat shrink the side glass and if I do should I charge more because it will take longer?
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05 corolla tinting 1 2
by Guest adrian- 17 replies
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looking to have 05 corolla s tinted. Never had a tint job before. what should I look for in tint shops - does the kind of tint make a difference? Can the shop mess up the car? its new. Not even sure what to ask? Help please - private emails ok - NYAdrian@aol.com Thanks
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05 rav 4
by Guest coolrides- 3 replies
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guy phoned askin if I could do one. I have never even looked at one before. anything tricky?? quarter glass come out easy? any advice would be great
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05 Toyota Camry
by Guest oink2u- 4 replies
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Hi! Just wanted to get input as to the best 'look' you have seen on a Silver (Lunar Mist) Toyota Camry. I'm thinking of going with Llumar film, 30% on the doors & 20% on the back. Comments? Thanks! =)
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Ok here is the Toyota Avalon I did today. Nothing fancy but I am happy it was a success. It was a mobile job nothing like chuey and his video though. another pic
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06 Corrolla rear deck 1 2
by Guest ShadyKat- 11 replies
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I was wondering can the corrola's back glass be tinted without removal of the rear deck. And if not what am I miissing, I have removed all screws, pushed the plastic retainers up in the rear deck. The deck moves up and down but will not come out. Question: Do I have to pull the side panels out and if so any tips as how not to break anything. I'm an old aircraft mechanic and used to puling on Titanium panels, they don't break just fllex a little
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06 Toyota Prius hybrid
by Guest scottstinting- 5 replies
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I did this car a couple weeks ago and its easy to tint but weird to drive .The customer when he drops it off says do you know how t odrive this cause its different Im like ????? .He gives me this piece of paper that toyota provides a sticky note pad to hand out .You have to push this thing that looks like a keyin the dash but has no metal to it hit a button and its on but not running( engine} I push the gas and it feels like a golf cart then all of a sudden the engine finaly comes on then if you stop engine does to everytime you stop and go and at long lights I quess .But it kinda freaked me out
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06 toyota tundra double cab.
by Guest Juraj037- 0 replies
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I want to get my front windows tinted on my tundra and im looking for advice on which film to get it done with. please, any help is appreciated. NJ installers please leave your info or send me an email. thanks
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07 Camary
by Guest Stag- 9 replies
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Did a 07 camary and the front windows are streaking when he rolls them up and down. I didnt know if it had another weather strip below that needed felt because the top one is felt.Thanks for any help.
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I actually tried to take out those pesky little rear door quarter glass windows today, I removed the upper hidden screw, then the one behind the panel, but I could not get the window track that runs in front of the quarter to move enough to get it out. This rear window track runs all the way to the bottom of the door, I even removed the lower bolt on the track, but it still wouldn't come completely out. Do you guys take this rear window track out? If so do you remove the roll up glass first, I got scurred of breaking things so I just put it back together and did the best I could with those little windows, but I still want to be able to remove them to do a proper job.
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what a pain these are with the sliding door rear roll downs. I've done a few already, I even bought my mom one, but this one is Omega Plus 5% not factory tinted. here's my moms van is also an 07. I bought it recently with the factory tinted windows, that way I woudnt have to tint it, she still made me tint over with Omega plus 20% I hate these things, to tint them. price them high.
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07-08 Corolla SEDAN
by Guest Oh_Yeah- 6 replies
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hey guys just got a question .. the 07 corolla sedans .. with tinting the rear screen do u guys pull the rear shelf out of them?? if u do can some1 explain 2 me how they come out. We had one in the other day and couldnt work out how they came out and was worried about breaking something. thanks in advance!
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07-08 corollas
by Guest Oh_Yeah- 4 replies
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hey there, tinted the new corollas this week .. the hatch and sedans .. different windows to the previous model .. the new sedan to me are like a smaller version of the camry .. nice looking car but as far as tinting goes I perfer tinting the 05-06 ones but maybe thats cause ive done so many of them and so used to them, each to their own I guess. http://img.drive.com.au/drive_images/Edito...olla018_L_m.jpg (hatch) http://img.drive.com.au/drive_images/Edito...olla057_L_m.jpg (sedan)
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08 RAV 4 panels?
by Guest jwilkinson1977- 1 reply
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Just wondering if you usually pop the panels on the 08 RAV 4? Never did one before and it seems pretty tight unless you do. Easiest way to pop it? Thanks all.
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Guys is telling me since I tint his two fronts his tire sensor light came on. he says it is written in the owners manual that there is to be no tint on this car. I did see it written just going by the customer complaint any on ever here of this problem Solargard surpreme 40
Last reply by tintman Pa, -
No problems with this one although it had vent visors it was still a POC. The rear window needed very little shrinking. Still not as easy as the FJ cruiser though.
Last reply by Protint, -
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First do the back glass (minimal shrinking) Second do the pain in the rear quarter glass (must shrink) Lastley do the front rool ups (no shrink, seals are a little tight. no need to pull panels, just slide the tint right on down) Doun't make the same mistake I did. My partner did the front roll ups and I did the rear glass. We put the top down, there was the mistake! The top switch rolls all of the windows down, oops there went the front roll ups. Just a FYI. Easy car as long as you don't do the same thing we did.
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This car has been changed from the earlier models. Bad news : the 3rd brake light is much tighter against the back glass but is still tintable with a bulldozer (push downward , then slide to the left or right of the brake light , then lift away to avoid pulling the film up) Good news : the gaskets pull our REAL easy so no panel removal or tucking ..just remove 1 screw where the door handle is . 1/4 glass looks like it's the same as the other years. So other than a tighter brake light , not a bad car Oh yeah..if your picking up one of these from the dealer..watch it fly when you hit the gas..this thing eats the older corollas for dinner
Last reply by Graviteesfx, -
Just got done doing one of these for the dealer. Wayyyyy easier...no struts on the glass anymore. the rear quarter windows are really, really tiny...just a sliver of a window. I dont know why they even bothered with them!
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Anyone have any tips on how the rear seat and deck are removed? A tricky one this is
Last reply by Jayz81, -
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I have a 2009 Toyota Corolla im doing this weekend for the first time. Any special thing I should know, or pretty much the basic install? I was told rear window can be tight with brake light but it gets cut out since its NJ. Does it need to be felted or anything? Thanks guys
Last reply by EJW1308, -
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if you're having trouble shaping these backglass's, ive found that the easiest way is to divide it into an H patern and pocket shrink it focusing on the left and right sides. the middle third needs almost no shrinking.
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1980 corolla 1.8
by Guest loy- 1 reply
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My friend acquired this some time ago and I tinted it a few weeks back. 20 qdp. Back window kinda sucked, got it on the second try, and the gaskets were hard. Overall turned out pretty good.
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I took a job for a 1984 Toyota Land Cruiser this after noon. Is there anythin I should now about this car? Things to look out for? Tips or Tricks? Or even an admonishment to run and save myself the time and trouble?
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Has anyone shrunk the back glass of these cars before? do you consider this as a hard window cuz I been attempting to do this back glass and always failed. The back glass doesn't have much room to work with and also curves downward on the sides. Any tips on shrinking the corners especially the bottom ones without creasing? if you can post a video that would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
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1991 Camry
by Guest 515tinter- 4 replies
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got a '91 camry comin in next week and was wondering if anyone has any experience on these. used the search but nothin for this year model so if anyone can help please share, thanks
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1991 Supra
by Guest JustinP- 2 replies
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Besides probably being dirty as hell, anything special?
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Got one of the old MR2's in tomorrow. Anyone done one before? Anything to worry about? Thanks guys
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That back window sucks, easy shrink but man it had a ton of dirt in the side corners.
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1994 Toyota Corolla
by Guest speeddemon- 1 reply
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What do you think is the best tint for a white toyota corolla that isn't that dark? the owner actually wants it with no tint, but due to the hot weather, he wanted it tinted but not that tint. what do you think?
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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. -
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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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