Guest 92Rover Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 I hired a guy to re-tint my GF's '92 Range Rover (in great shape, not a rusty POC). I had previously done a very good job removing the old metallized tint (heat gun) that had been all scratched up by the previous owner - got 99% of all the old glue, (missed pulling the trim on one back door) with #0000 fine steel wool and Goo Gone, followed up by a thorough cleaning. He put on new metallized film, seemed to have done an alright job at the time, but there was a lot of moisture under it. I took the truck home, and let it sit for three full days.... Found contamination (dust bubbles, about 1/16" diameter, with at least one cluster of 5-10 bits) in _every_ panel - hairs in two of them, and big chunks of something in two others- and the corners of the windup windows look like they were cut by a first-grader with dull scissors. He wants to "fix" it for me - am I completely out of my mind to ask for my cash back? I'm not expecting complete perfection - a spot or hair here or there is fine - but not _every_ pane!?! I had the front windows of my Volvo redone, and there's not _any_ contamination in those. (Also done with metallized film, just one shade lighter) The tinter's making a bunch of noise about the fact that the previous tint had to be dyed film, the metal shows up too much dirt, I left too much glue, etc, etc. I really wish he would have told me ahaed of time that there'd be contamination showing if he did the tint- I would have taken it elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICHat22 Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 metal or dyed, it should be clean. I hope you told him it was previously tinted and you did the cleaning and removal. Either way, let him re-do it. It's his labor involved. Always give them a chance unless it was done so badly you're afraid of damage to the vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 92Rover Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 metal or dyed, it should be clean. I hope you told him it was previously tinted and you did the cleaning and removal. Either way, let him re-do it. It's his labor involved. Always give them a chance unless it was done so badly you're afraid of damage to the vehicle. I definitely told him that it was previously tinted and that I did the cleaning and removal. I'm just doubtful about letting him re-do a job that was done so badly in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICHat22 Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 maybe he had an off day. give him at least once to re-do. at least the second time around the fresh adhesive will pull all the trash on it now off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest darkdan Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Give him a chance to fix it. If he screws it up a second time ask him to remove it and get your money back. Perhaps you went with the bargin basement priced guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 1PEECBARETTA Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Whoa! Some of the Range Rovers had a major problem with pitted glass. That may or may not be the case with yours. If it does, the dyed film would hide it more than the metalized , which tends to amplify it more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest willie Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 He hired "a guy" Does this guy work at a shop, does he do this for a living or is he the kid next door Give us more info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CajunTinter Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 He hired "a guy"Does this guy work at a shop, does he do this for a living or is he the kid next door Give us more info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICHat22 Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Whoa! Some of the Range Rovers had a major problem with pitted glass. That may or may not be the case with yours. If it does, the dyed film would hide it more than the metalized , which tends to amplify it more. you're right. I forgot about that. doesn't explain the hair's. maybe he was taking care of other business as well. I remember the pits on one I did. Thought it was weld marks at first. Found no evidence of previous body work and decided to just stare at it puzzled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 92Rover Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Whoa! Some of the Range Rovers had a major problem with pitted glass. That may or may not be the case with yours. If it does, the dyed film would hide it more than the metalized , which tends to amplify it more. you're right. I forgot about that. doesn't explain the hair's. maybe he was taking care of other business as well. I remember the pits on one I did. Thought it was weld marks at first. Found no evidence of previous body work and decided to just stare at it puzzled It's not pitted glass (I got a _very_ good look at it while removing the old tint, took about four hours doing it), the guy is supposedly a pro who does this for a living, he tints for some of the local dealers and auto custom shops, but he came out and did the job in the parking lot where I work. I just _really_ wish he would have told me ahead of time if he didn't think he could get a clean job where he was doing it, or I would have made arrangements to have him do it elsewhere had he told me. It also wasn't the cheapest estimate I got, either.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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