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    smookee408@yahoo.com reacted to no ma'am in New Llumar IRX   
    Compare to F1 srtatos .... ctx is compared to F1 pinnacle @smookee408@yahoo.com Yes you can feel the difference on heat display. The improvement is in the infrared rejection not really the tser. So.... IRX. 
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    smookee408@yahoo.com got a reaction from TintDude in To all shop callers! How would you handle this situation?   
    Case closed got a 5 star review from her. Point is try to do the best you can do to handle the situation even if it’s not your fault. Listen to their concern and try to rectify it. 
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    smookee408@yahoo.com got a reaction from jh812 in To all shop callers! How would you handle this situation?   
    Case closed got a 5 star review from her. Point is try to do the best you can do to handle the situation even if it’s not your fault. Listen to their concern and try to rectify it. 
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    smookee408@yahoo.com got a reaction from CaliTINT in To all shop callers! How would you handle this situation?   
    Case closed got a 5 star review from her. Point is try to do the best you can do to handle the situation even if it’s not your fault. Listen to their concern and try to rectify it. 
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    smookee408@yahoo.com got a reaction from Roach in To all shop callers! How would you handle this situation?   
    Case closed got a 5 star review from her. Point is try to do the best you can do to handle the situation even if it’s not your fault. Listen to their concern and try to rectify it. 
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    smookee408@yahoo.com got a reaction from TintDude in Dirt contamination problem   
    Contamination can be many factors. Easy for some and harder for others. The biggest are your prep and environment. I was tinting in my garage for many years and didn’t realize how good I had it. I use to have the garage open when tinting even with a slight breeze would get excellent results. Now that I’m in my new shop I have to have the roll up doors closed when tinting. I’ve also figured out that it has to be closed for a few minutes before peeling. I use to peel the backglass off of the car but can’t do that anymore and use my peeler. The small holes in the shop also contributes. I’ve patched up small holes with duct tape and has helped. There’s small holes at the top of the shop A frames where dust is coming in from my neighbors but I need a big ass ladder to get to. Hard water can be issues. To get excellent results you have to control the environment. Every day I use a leaf blower and dust mop multiple times a day. 
    As for using razor blades I’m moving away from that as the new glass are chit and can scratch easy. Use a scrubbie! If you can’t control the environment then maybe it’s time to move. 
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    smookee408@yahoo.com reacted to vanhorn1 in Brand New Shop Coming Soon!   
    Excited to announce that our new shop will be completed this month. We hope to get moved in and using it next month. Been a long time in the making and we are more than ready!

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    smookee408@yahoo.com got a reaction from pbalentine in Dirt contamination problem   
    If it’s all over it’s in the air or slip 
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    smookee408@yahoo.com got a reaction from TNTLady in Dirt contamination problem   
    Contamination can be many factors. Easy for some and harder for others. The biggest are your prep and environment. I was tinting in my garage for many years and didn’t realize how good I had it. I use to have the garage open when tinting even with a slight breeze would get excellent results. Now that I’m in my new shop I have to have the roll up doors closed when tinting. I’ve also figured out that it has to be closed for a few minutes before peeling. I use to peel the backglass off of the car but can’t do that anymore and use my peeler. The small holes in the shop also contributes. I’ve patched up small holes with duct tape and has helped. There’s small holes at the top of the shop A frames where dust is coming in from my neighbors but I need a big ass ladder to get to. Hard water can be issues. To get excellent results you have to control the environment. Every day I use a leaf blower and dust mop multiple times a day. 
    As for using razor blades I’m moving away from that as the new glass are chit and can scratch easy. Use a scrubbie! If you can’t control the environment then maybe it’s time to move. 
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    smookee408@yahoo.com reacted to CaptainSpod in To all shop callers! How would you handle this situation?   
    I personally have seen MANY new vehicles come from the dealer with flaws, and these are vehicles without even a few hundred miles on them. Unfortunately most consumers don't start to notice imperfections until after they have had some type of after market work done to it, in our case being window tinting.
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    smookee408@yahoo.com got a reaction from Diablo's Tint in Dirt contamination problem   
    Contamination can be many factors. Easy for some and harder for others. The biggest are your prep and environment. I was tinting in my garage for many years and didn’t realize how good I had it. I use to have the garage open when tinting even with a slight breeze would get excellent results. Now that I’m in my new shop I have to have the roll up doors closed when tinting. I’ve also figured out that it has to be closed for a few minutes before peeling. I use to peel the backglass off of the car but can’t do that anymore and use my peeler. The small holes in the shop also contributes. I’ve patched up small holes with duct tape and has helped. There’s small holes at the top of the shop A frames where dust is coming in from my neighbors but I need a big ass ladder to get to. Hard water can be issues. To get excellent results you have to control the environment. Every day I use a leaf blower and dust mop multiple times a day. 
    As for using razor blades I’m moving away from that as the new glass are chit and can scratch easy. Use a scrubbie! If you can’t control the environment then maybe it’s time to move. 
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    smookee408@yahoo.com reacted to Tint Slayer in To all shop callers! How would you handle this situation?   
    Not thinking it was you, could've been when she was at a store and someone else did it pushing the rubber up
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    smookee408@yahoo.com reacted to highplains in To all shop callers! How would you handle this situation?   
    To me it just looks like the weather strip is dislodged from it's channel. Hard to say 100% without it in front of me but you should be able to roll the window down and get it fit back in place. You could've done it with outward pressure while rolling the window up but more likely it was like that to begin with. Honda's are particularly bad about that in my experience but speaking as someone who works for a new dealer I see fucked up stuff like that all the time on new ones. Generally it goes unnoticed by the public at large, until you work on the adjacent area and they have a reason to pay closer attention. Everyone assumes that the new car they're buying off the lot is flawless when in reality I can find at least one  flaw on every new car on the lot, it may be nitpicky in some cases but they're there. At the end of the day I'd say just take care of it, make your customer happy and move on, it's not worth taking a negative review over.
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    smookee408@yahoo.com reacted to Naples Tint Company in 2018 VW Atlas   
    Front sweeps pull very easily like a GTI. No shrinking needed on the sides, rear hatch is very easy as well. Sunroof and windshield were also very accessible.
     
    This might be the easiest VW to tint.
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    smookee408@yahoo.com got a reaction from TintDude in 2019 Genesis G70 3rd brake light removal   
    Got it! It’s one nasty biatch. Two clips hold the headliner to the brake near the ends. You’ll need a slightly angled 10mm gear wrench to remove bolts. Bolts are tension so you won’t need to hold bolt while turning. The bolts are long. 3rd blue clip is at center of light. Pop down and remove 3rd brake. 🍻 
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    smookee408@yahoo.com got a reaction from pbalentine in Removing inside pillars of a Tesla model 3   
    Yes just pull the from the top toward the middle of the car. It’s held in by clips and a bungee cord so don’t pull to far. Once out take the cord off of the panel. There’s also another plastic retainer that’s made to keep the panel in place once the airbags deploy. That you need a 90 degree pick. It has four retaining clips two on top and two on the bottom. Just pull and pick the clips up to get it out of the sheet metal. Once out grab the panel and pull towards the front of the car. This will make the install a breeze. I usually tape all the modules to prevent slip from getting in as there a lot of slip with a glass this big. Use microfiber rope at the bottom of the glass to soak up excess moisture. 
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    smookee408@yahoo.com reacted to Midtown Houston in Removing inside pillars of a Tesla model 3   
    Call me 713-560-0669
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    smookee408@yahoo.com got a reaction from TintDude in Removing inside pillars of a Tesla model 3   
    Yes just pull the from the top toward the middle of the car. It’s held in by clips and a bungee cord so don’t pull to far. Once out take the cord off of the panel. There’s also another plastic retainer that’s made to keep the panel in place once the airbags deploy. That you need a 90 degree pick. It has four retaining clips two on top and two on the bottom. Just pull and pick the clips up to get it out of the sheet metal. Once out grab the panel and pull towards the front of the car. This will make the install a breeze. I usually tape all the modules to prevent slip from getting in as there a lot of slip with a glass this big. Use microfiber rope at the bottom of the glass to soak up excess moisture. 
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    smookee408@yahoo.com got a reaction from LB55 in Removing inside pillars of a Tesla model 3   
    Yes just pull the from the top toward the middle of the car. It’s held in by clips and a bungee cord so don’t pull to far. Once out take the cord off of the panel. There’s also another plastic retainer that’s made to keep the panel in place once the airbags deploy. That you need a 90 degree pick. It has four retaining clips two on top and two on the bottom. Just pull and pick the clips up to get it out of the sheet metal. Once out grab the panel and pull towards the front of the car. This will make the install a breeze. I usually tape all the modules to prevent slip from getting in as there a lot of slip with a glass this big. Use microfiber rope at the bottom of the glass to soak up excess moisture. 
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    smookee408@yahoo.com got a reaction from Blackdout in Removing inside pillars of a Tesla model 3   
    Yes just pull the from the top toward the middle of the car. It’s held in by clips and a bungee cord so don’t pull to far. Once out take the cord off of the panel. There’s also another plastic retainer that’s made to keep the panel in place once the airbags deploy. That you need a 90 degree pick. It has four retaining clips two on top and two on the bottom. Just pull and pick the clips up to get it out of the sheet metal. Once out grab the panel and pull towards the front of the car. This will make the install a breeze. I usually tape all the modules to prevent slip from getting in as there a lot of slip with a glass this big. Use microfiber rope at the bottom of the glass to soak up excess moisture. 
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    smookee408@yahoo.com got a reaction from LB55 in Expected pay per vehicle tinting at a dealership?   
    I’ve been tinting for over 14 years and I have a large clientele base. That’s where most of my work comes from the other 1/3 is from Yelp. I’ve been hand cutting most of those years and funny got a plotter two years ago. I really don’t know why I didn’t get one sooner. As for being a tech it’s great I like the work but it’s looking like I’m going to retire from it once I’m a journeyman. Last year I made more money from my side tinting business then as a tech. Considering that I was only tinting weekends. Factor in how much money I spend on tools and it looks like I have to open my open tint shop. We’re all here a short time so I have to make as much money in the shortest possible time. Let me know if there’s any other questions. 
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    smookee408@yahoo.com reacted to Midtown Houston in Tesla model 3   
    We do them in less than a hour...we pre-shape them and bought the glass...








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    smookee408@yahoo.com got a reaction from Roach in What tint job do you have on your personal car?   
    Global Ceramic 50 on all windows 

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    smookee408@yahoo.com reacted to pbalentine in First Cracked Window in over 25 years !!!   
    This is the reason I wont tint the bg on the 3 anymore. I also wont tint the windshield on any of them.  I hear many thinking this company will fold soon.  
     
    The glass on these is defective by design.  Google it and you’ll see. 
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