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Im going to start tucking more on the easy ones. Ive even been pulling just the front and tucking the back if i can. I have been mainly pulling stuff on the easy ones to get better at removing stuff and from just getting bored. Now I can get most panels or seals off in about 15 seconds to 2 minutes probably. Just comes down to  choosing which method is quicker, cleaner and less aggravating. 

2 hours ago, jh812 said:

I knew before even pulling this thread up you started it

 

Yep, any thread thats about being over a tool or technique thats me!!

Im getting to the point where I rarely tuck. I’ll pull the seal and/or panel if the sides stick out, bottom seal is tight, and if its a removal or the felt is deteriorating. I also do it for ease if I can do it fast. Most all vehicles now fall in these categories, so Im to the point of just never tucking. The few times i do now it just irritates me, especially since I dont do it as much and lose my edge doing it. 

The 19’ G63 changed. No third brake light, no seals to pull on rear 1/4s. 

Door seal removal: 1-T30 behind leather arm rest handle cover and pull it out. 

50% is too dark for me. I do them in 70%, which is light but does as some darkness. Remember, front tint is for heat & UV protection, not to be unseen. Front tint that dark is unsafe.  I think some people just get so used to 5%, they just cant go lighter. I loved 5% back on the day, but dont like it now that im used to lighter films. 

Dry shrink bottom and wet shrink the top. Then install with hatch open. For hatch panel removal just pop 2 hatch lights out, & strap cover and remove 10mm bolts. 

Just gave 2 email quotes on these monday and even one guy asked about the back window if its ok to tint. I just quoted without doing the back, but still adding $75 over a sedan. 

BTW, where is ATL?? He posted about the problem being the two layers of glass on a huge window. 

Screw relying on dealers and dealing with their BS!! Just get the work yourself or add services. I got more than enough auto and adding ppf soon...nope dont need to tint 80% off for no reason. 

🖕🖕🖕 Dealers!!!

Ive been using the blu max for years, but getting over it. Like Ryker said, wears out quick. I put a new blade in a few days ago and the edges got dull after doing two cars. Orange crush I use to clean the bg and the blade looked better 3-4 months later.  Clear max sucks and just wears quicker than the blu max.  

BTW it does seem fusion changed the blades. They seem softer, especially the clear crush. 

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. 

Klingon is the best film...performance specs are 100% across the board. They also have a new plotter coming out that shrinks everything as it cuts! BTW they make all the above films mentioned. 

1- PH behind handle cover, 1-PH in armrest under small rubber cover. 

I had the perimeter perfect. Traced with dry erase marker and trimmed 1/8” around it. Problem was that weird defroster tab with 2 wires on the side. I tried doing full coverage by doing 2 small slits, since the wires would not detach.

How you squeegee on first pass cant create fingers at the bottom. Squeegeeing along the entire top edge in one pass can create fingers in bottom.  For these I first make a horizontal pass a bit lower not following the top edge, then squeegee the rest of the top edge after.  This stretches the top straight out to the sides, reducing fingers at the bottom edge, especially if you sqeegee the bottom similar. I learned this years and years on the tintdude forum.  Its basically how you sqeegee for FG. 

On 3/7/2019 at 12:33 PM, Mr paladin said:

Other than a handful of Trucks and Suv's I shrink everything I would rather deal with fingers on the outside than the inside.

Only takes me 15 seconds to a minute.  Not many fingers, i squeegee to form the fingers and shrink.  If there is a lot to shrink, I dont squeegee the bottom 6 inches.  I hit the fingers and point the heat slightly left and right as I heat from top to bottom.  Never seen any use for snapping, since this works just fine.  

I had a windshield lined up with a previous customer on a model 3. After reading on here yesterday and just reading a tesla forum about othet problems like: screen fried, computer fried in pillar/dash, and center console stopped working....I’ll pass.  Im not sure if i even want to tint them now. 

6 hours ago, TINT said:

i dont get it, what kind of conv was it? who owns in AZ anyway

It was a Fiat Spider.  I agree, its too hot for convertbles here. 

1 hour ago, jh812 said:

So you had a pretty good day then 😂

Haha!! I actually did think, this ruined my entire day!! Im kinda still pissed thinking of it.  

I probably do one a year if that, so wont matter. The risk of damaging the top alone makes these not worth doing.  Plus, theres never enough room to clean and install. Just f’ them all!!

Glad to say i will f’ing never tint one again!  Just did one and had trouble with the bg and told the guy i aint doing it. He was cool with it and I just did the fronts.  Next customer that calls asking for a quote on one; my reply will be ‘F that!”

For the panels its 1-10 mm behind handle cover (pry cover from front of vehicle). Grab the middle of the seal, pull straight up and it flexes out.

Ive used slip, dish soap in bottle and sprayway.  IMO sprayway is best for many reasons. No filling bottles, floats contamination and squeegee cleans better, and the film tacks better, since there is alcohol in it. It also breaks down some adhesives for removal like an adhesive remover does. 

4 hours ago, audioman7 said:

makes sense and I buy a box of J&J at a time and probably has been two years since we bought it.   anyone like the generic target brand?   I'll check out fusion

 

Target brand is good, but doesnt slip well around 100*. 

1. Increase price to lose those cheap    customers asking for discounts. 

2. Get a Bulldozer. 

3. Rough cut film before shrinking. 

Had someone asking for a visor covering 1/3 of windshield yesterday.  That is just ghetto as shiat. My guess there vehicle is a 90s Silverado or Impala.