cutting rear quarters

[the art of tint]

wait a minute, before I defend you anymore,

How much rubber did you cut out? did you cut the rubber evenly? Just asking.

[Guest autotintplus]

Yep have to trim to get rid of light line. Make it thin and straight.

[FRANK]

I trim where necessary , like Mdog said you can't win with them.

[Devil with bad attitude]

Sorry SD to hear you have been caught with your pants down around your ankles but what are you going to do now?

Devil

[NewYorkTinter]

Thats why no customers in work area post a big sign never let them see your KunFoo

[Guest tintgod]

just take them out...they are easy to take out..if you know how....no cuttin on the rubber..

[Guest Big_John]

Been trimming rubber for years. I tint for the BMW dealer next door , <maybe 5-10 per month> Trim where I need to freely. But on new ones (US models) its all dots now.

I always tell customers that I have to trim due to the deterioration that uccurs to the edges of the rubber. Cant remember any further complaints. SOMETIMES a professional explanation at the first questions will eliminate any others.

[Guest sdtintin]

it is a 97 318 nothing special typical pos bmw dents all over scratched to hell but hes got a problem with 2mm of rubber removed from his rear quarters I just dont understand customers sometimes if I had left a gap he would have complained I guess theres just no pleasing somepeople

[Guest Litespeeds]

I do that occassionally but it depends upon the car. Usually on Mercedes, I do not cut the rubber on the rear quarters because I tell the customer that the only way I can slip the film all the way inside is by cutting out about an 1/8" of rubber and 99% of my customer's tell me to just tint it as close as possible without cutting the rubber.

On other vehicles that I do cut, I only cut less than 1/16" at a 45 degree angle so it is very difficult to tell the rubber gasket has been altered.

[Guest sdtintin]

update on this

I recieved a letter from his soliciter today stating they are taking me to court and want ?700 to fix the damage caused to the window gaskets apparently I damaged every gasket on the inside of the car and all windows need to be removed (including the rear screen ) for the new gaskets to be fitted ,it states the damaged was caused with a plastic credit card

so what do you rekon the chances of me winning the case being as he was present when I cut the rear quarters and I told him exactly what I was doing and why ,and it also took them 3 weeks to notice the damage to the rest of the gaskets ,dam I hate bmw drivers