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How hard is the 2006-07 GS to tint??

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Can you still leave the door panels on if you don't shrink the side windows???

I want to get this done properly without pulling panels, because that can lead to rattles.

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You don't have to pull panels off on any vehicle to tint them, it does help to get a cleaner install especially on a r/r but yes it can be done without removing panels. I also agree the tinter shouldn't have to shrink the side windows but dayumn, what's up with johnson's new film :beer Better shy away from that film for now...

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You don't have to pull panels off on any vehicle to tint them, it does help to get a cleaner install especially on a r/r but yes it can be done without removing panels. I also agree the tinter shouldn't have to shrink the side windows but dayumn, what's up with johnson's new film :beer Better shy away from that film for now...

As uneducated as I am, I don't think it's the film that is the problem.

Based on what some of you have said, the installer shouldn't have shrunk anything in the first place.

If you installed Huper Optik ceramic 30 the same way by heating 8 different fingers, you'd probably get the same result. I know for sure that the huper leaves ghost marks on the back glass.

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yo man that shouldnt happen to any window period. thats one hell of a salesman if he talked you into it, it looks bad, and youre STILL defending it.

heres what you should do if you still want that film. look at your backglass. does it have any ghosting? if not, tell the installer "the backglass is way curvier than the doors. how come there isnt any ghost marks there? can you just shrink the doors in the same way you shrank the backglass?"

also if the installer is used to pulling panels he shouldnt have a problem taking them off and putting them back on without any rattles. however if he doesnt pull them, dont tell him to cuz more than likely he will brake something. if I were you I would shop other other tinters close by you and get a quote for another ceramic film that may suit your needs first then ansk for the tint to be removed and refunded if they cant fix those doors.

there are many ceramic films out there that have already worked out the bugs. seriously, this johnson stuff is way new so it has issues. all new films have it every now and then. I carry a new line of tint, but I waited till the bugs were worked out first. my old boss got it when it first came out and they recalled the whole lot.

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If you installed Huper Optik ceramic 30 the same way by heating 8 different fingers, you'd probably get the same result. I know for sure that the huper leaves ghost marks on the back glass.

:evilgrin not if its done right, so let me ask this, if the doors look like that, what does your back glass look like :gasp did they put ceramic on there :lol2 and if they did, did they piece it, or do it in one piece :lol2

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yo man that shouldnt happen to any window period. thats one hell of a salesman if he talked you into it, it looks bad, and youre STILL defending it.

heres what you should do if you still want that film. look at your backglass. does it have any ghosting? if not, tell the installer "the backglass is way curvier than the doors. how come there isnt any ghost marks there? can you just shrink the doors in the same way you shrank the backglass?"

OOOPPPPSSSS I guess I should have read all the way down before asking my ?? on the back glass, like VIP said, if the back glass doesn't look like that, then nothing else should :evilgrin

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I'm not defending the work done on my car.

I do not like it at all.

I'm just saying that if this tinter touched ANY brand of ceramic tint, it would turn out the same....... because he doesn't know how to install it properly. Any crappy installer can fock up good tint.

They've never installed Madico MAC before, or any other ceramic tint for that matter.

So these guys are total noobs. Too bad I didn't know beforehand.

TINTMAN:

Yes, the back glass has flame marks around the 4 corners of the glass. But it is less noticeable because the sun usually doesn't hit the window at the necessary angle for you to see it from a distance.

Only one piece was used. They fukked up, didn't they..

The manufacturer suggested that 2 pieces should be used.

But no, I only have one big azz piece of film on my back glass, heat shrunk.

It looks like this:

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However, I do know that Danny's carwash in AZ won't do certain back glass's with huper optik because it will ghost as well.

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No, it should be done in one piece, there are some tinters on here that will disagree, but that car is by no means hard to do with a ceramic film.

Most of the cars that Danny's does, do have Huper on them, and for the really hard ones they have some "specialists" that they call in to do the job.

I happen to be one of them, I'm not BS'n ya, if you can get your money back, have them remove the film, and are close to Phoenix, gimmie a call.

I will do that car with no problems in Madico's Advanced Ceramic, Hupers C -40, or if you insist on Johnsons, I will use their film as well, and have no ghost marks, 1 piece back glass 100% satisfaction :lol2

My moneys on agent 237, give him a chance and you will be completely satisfied :lol2

:evilgrin Thanks :gasp

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