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Guest 500000watts

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hey guys, I have never tinted before in my life but I just put a killer sound system in my wakeboard boat and was thinking of what I could do to trick it out a little more and make it something one and only.

so I was looking at lights at autozone and saw this window tint and got the idea, anyway I bought some of this Gila window tint and took it home, read all the derections and went to work, first time it didint turn out as good as I liked so I peeled it off and started over. second one was a little better, by the third I was happy with the work I did by myself but still have room to improve, anyway my question is this..

what kind of tint should I use?

what kind of tools do I need to do it right?

I cant take the window off my boat so is it ok to tint from the outside of the window?

and does anyone have any tips for me as a begginer, the only problem I really had was trimming the exess tint around edges and stuff.

thanks for any help I you can give, if you need any more info of my project let me know.

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... if the "glass" in your Boat is "Plexiglass", your SOL!! Just "quit" tryin to save-money, and get to a "Pro" Tint-Shop in your area!! You "tightwads" really p1ss-me-off!! ( if you can afford a boat, why this crap?)It takes YEARS of training to do this properly, and it usually "doesnt" cost that much either, (if you have real tempered glass), which I "doubt seriously" in the 1st place!! Otherwise, all I can "say", is "make sure" you use a "olfa-knife", with a real-carbide cutting blade, and cut the film of your choice, in "several" strips, and use a 1200 degree heatgun, to "shrink' the film strips!! Happy Motoring on the "waterways"!!! Best of luck!!! ol TR

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this is a wakeboard boat man not a 1,000 dollar pontoon, this s**t is glass and like I said I already tried the flat side windows and it stuck really good, I really dont think I will need years of practice to be able to do a tint job that I will be happy with.

so is there any problem with putting the film on the outside of the window?

and is there any special film for applications such as boats?

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daayyyuumm TR,ease up on the nub's.I know how ya feel, but, these type of responses aren't going to help any of us in the grand scheme of things. don't b h8n playa.HOLLA!!

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The film needs to go on the inside, not the outside. Most boats have a nice curve to the windshield take is slow and easy, have fun trying it out and be ready to buy more film.

I know I started out buying film from a hardware store called "Coast to Coast"

back in 1986. I thought it looked great on my lowrider 67 bug, and so did alot of my friends...ofcourse thinking about now I remember it looked like crap. My point is if you enjoy trying to apply the film yourself and it looks OK to you , then let it ride.

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... if the "glass" in your Boat is "Plexiglass", your SOL!! Just "quit" tryin to save-money, and get to a "Pro" Tint-Shop in your area!! You "tightwads" really p1ss-me-off!! ( if you can afford a boat, why this crap?)It takes YEARS of training to do this properly, and it usually "doesnt" cost that much either, (if you have real tempered glass), which I "doubt seriously" in the 1st place!! Otherwise, all I can "say", is "make sure" you use a "olfa-knife", with a real-carbide cutting blade, and cut the film of your choice, in "several" strips, and use a 1200 degree heatgun, to "shrink' the film strips!! Happy Motoring on the "waterways"!!! Best of luck!!! ol TR

.........dude :thumbdown

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why does the film have to be on the inside? and yeh my boat windshield has a pretty nice curve to it, I could post a pic of what I have done and what im trying to do.

ill go take some

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why does the film have to be on the inside? and yeh my boat windshield has a pretty nice curve to it, I could post a pic of what I have done and what im trying to do.

ill go take some

Looks better, installs better, lasts longer, UV inhibitors are facing the right direction (not that it matters in a boat :thumbdown).

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