Fire truck

[nipster]

I tinted a brand new pierce firetruck and on it's 4th call it got a little close to the fire and broke one of the windows. the fire company got a new glass and I tinted with the same tint but the glass looks blue compared to the rest. any suggestions?

[Booms]

Yeah, they replaced the glass with an aftermarket piece is My guess. Look at the little DOT stamps on the glass, see if they are different.

[nipster]

same brand and numbers on glass.

[Booms]

[ljr1977]

I tinted a brand new pierce firetruck and on it's 4th call it got a little close to the fire and broke one of the windows. the fire company got a new glass and I tinted with the same tint but the glass looks blue compared to the rest. any suggestions?

wonder if they used temp. or lami glass...they will both have differnt looks then the standard temp. glass...the one truck I did had temp all the way around it...besides the w/s

[Guest thatsnappyguy]

that cant use lami where they dont have to because of the heat.

[nipster]

I think it is lami is it possible to tint the wrong side because it is in the opposite direction . the writting is inside on one side and out on the other.

[Pyramids]

Not that im aware of. I have seen alot of boats with it inside on one outside another.

[Guest Zrok]

as a glass installer, it IS possible to order different colors of the same piece of glass.

the last 3 letters designate the color of the glass, top band color (if any, on the windshield) and whether there are any attachments bonded to the glass..

for example, a windshield w/ the last 3 letters of GBY = Green (glass color) Blue (band at top) Yes (there are attachments)

for side windows the designations are similar... BTN = Blue Tint No attachments or GTY - Green Tint (with) Attachments...

make sense ?? I do know that the glass manufacturers make the same glass in either a blue tint or green tint..

this is why the one window looks like it's bluish.. they ordered a replacement glass that's BTY or BTN.. blue tint with or without attachments instead of a GTN or GTY... ever notice a toyota or honda (older ones) that have a different colored door glass or back glass than the rest of the car ?? this is why

I hope this helps

[tint123]

Looks like zrok has it figured out, if they still claim the film is different, bite the bullet and have them watch you strip and retint the replacement

window and the window next to it.

That takes the monkey off your back, and puts it on the glass company that supplied the mismatched glass.