ford fivehundred

[tint_audiopros]

they are tempered arent they? I couldnt see how the film wouldve done it..

yeah, I don't know either. My customer keeps calling wanting to know whats up, and I don't know what to tell them. I guess I'll check with a few glass companys on Monday.

[micro-edge]

Being tempered if it had been something you had done it would've shattered into a million pieces rt in front of you,not the next day

[Guest tintjam65]

any known glass problems ?

Google, type, 'nickel sulfide inclusion'.

Nickel sulfide inclusion = a contaminate found in glass manufacturing.

This inclusion crystal grows when the glass temperature gets hot enough.

Tempering usually finds this, if not a heat soak/bath will. Those that are not found sit in wait for just the right conditions to grow.

And, it must be dead center in the glass thickness. Once conditions are ripe/right, the crystal will grow placing great outward pressure against the high-density tempered surface.

When that pressure reaches a point greater than the surface strength, you experience (if you check with the glass guys) what is known as

Spontaneous Glass Breakage

This glass was almost there, adding tint increased the thermal stress causing an 'inclusion' to become 'Spontaneous Glass Breakage'.

Google that too and there is plenty to read.

[tint_audiopros]

any known glass problems ?

Google, type, 'nickel sulfide inclusion'.

, that my friend...has to be the answer

[Guest Lee]

bring the car in and trace the crack with a ball point pen, if you can pick up a "divot" on the glass, something hit the glass causing the shatter.

theres no tracing a crack on tempered glass

really, hmm learn something new every day...tomorrow im going to try potty training.

[tint_audiopros]

bring the car in and trace the crack with a ball point pen, if you can pick up a "divot" on the glass, something hit the glass causing the shatter.

theres no tracing a crack on tempered glass

really, hmm learn something new every day...tomorrow im going to try potty training.

how do you trace a crack on tempered glass when the window has shattered into thousands of pieces, be my guest

[TintDude]

If it's tinted and broke spontaneously, I'd imagine it's still intact and in the frame.

[Carmeltinting.com]

now that my car may be totalled I was looking at getting one of these to replace but may have changed my mind now

I got one. Nicest Ford I have ever owned!

No glass breakage either.

[Guest Darknesswithin]

I've tinted about 15 of those ,, never heard of this happening..

but yeah I would have to agree

[Guest GreenCove]

I would say either way it is not your fault, so I would tell the cust. that your sorry it happened but there is nothing you can do about it cuz you have tinted thousands of side windows without this happening before so it has to be something to do with the manufacturing of the glass itself....just tell them even if scotty himself tinted this window it still would have broke!....sorry scotty I couldnt resist