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We finished the car and the rear doors are really the only issue. The panel needs to be removed, then the power screen has to be removed, then you need plug the screen back in and leave the panel off. The window can be nudged up and down from the driver door. This is how we did it, if anyone has a better way, please share.

I'm half way through tinting a Lucid Air and just thought I would give you all a heads up.
The rear doors on this model have screens which are in the way. Even if you tint with panels on,
it will be a problem. There's a wide rubber molding that is also in the way. Add in $$ for time and effort.

I'm half way through tinting a Lucid Air and just thought I would give you all a heads up.
The rear doors on this model have screens which are in the way. Even if you tint with panels on,
it will be a problem. There's a wide rubber molding that is also in the way. Add in $$ for time and effort.

I'm half way through tinting a Lucid Air and just thought I would give you all a heads up.
The rear doors on this model have screens which are in the way. Even if you tint with panels on,
it will be a problem. There's a wide rubber molding that is also in the way. Add in $$ for time and effort.

It has become very obvious that Mercedes has a batch of vehicles out there with defective defroster wires.
Let me clarify that. The wires may be completely intact and working but the problem occurs when anyone
touches the wires, such as cleaning the rear window, taping a temp tag to the glass or tinting process.
I believe that there is some final step to cure the wires to the glass during manufacturing that was skipped
or done wrong. The pic on the right below is a 2018 E class, we tinted the glass and then realizing that some of the wires
were messed up, we pulled the film back off the window while wet (2 min after install). All the wires came off the glass.
We sent the customer to the dealer and they replaced the window under warranty.
Yesterday we did a removal on a 2015 E class wagon and as we steamed the rear film off, many of the wires
simply pulled off with the film.
This morning as we were prepping a 2015 E class for tint we pulled the temp tag off the glass using our fingers
and the scotch tape pulled the defrost wires off. The second pic shows the temp tag from this morning, (look closely at the tape).
Clearly this should not happen and the fact that all have been E class Mercedes is telling.

Thanks for this detailed thread Autoevo.
Last 2 of these had the issue and both dried out fine but I will now pull the panel back there and cover everything up.
Thanks again.

Over the years we have determined that a problem can occur when tinting this vehicle.
We have had at least 4 customers over the years call us saying that a dash light has come on right after we tinted this car.
The light has something to do with the SRS safety restraint system and possibly the passenger side front more specifically.
The fix is a trip to the dealer to reset the code.
Why it happens we found out is when we are ready to install the back window tint, we normally move the seat all the way forward to make room getting in with  the large piece of film. Apparently when you move the passenger seat all the way forward, the wiring under the seat get stretched out and partially unplugs causing the problem.
So technically the owner of the car could move the seat all the way up to vaccuum and could cause this issue, we get blamed because we were the last ones in the car but it has nothing to do with tinting.
Hope this saves someone down the road.
 

Over the years we have determined that a problem can occur when tinting this vehicle.
We have had at least 4 customers over the years call us saying that a dash light has come on right after we tinted this car.
The light has something to do with the SRS safety restraint system and possibly the passenger side front more specifically.
The fix is a trip to the dealer to reset the code.
Why it happens we found out is when we are ready to install the back window tint, we normally move the seat all the way forward to make room getting in with  the large piece of film. Apparently when you move the passenger seat all the way forward, the wiring under the seat get stretched out and partially unplugs causing the problem.
So technically the owner of the car could move the seat all the way up to vaccuum and could cause this issue, we get blamed because we were the last ones in the car but it has nothing to do with tinting.
Hope this saves someone down the road.